Curriculum Vitae
Bruce M. Boghosian
211 Bromfield-Pearson Hall, Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155, U.S.A.
bruce.boghosian@tufts.edu
(617) 627-3054 (direct), (617) 627-3966 (fax)
Employment History
- Tufts University, Medford, MA: Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics
(2000 - present, promoted to rank of Professor in 2003, promoted to Chair in 2006); Adjunct Professor,
Department of Computer Science (2003 - present).
- Boston University, Boston, MA: Research Associate Professor, Center
for Computational Science and Department of Physics (1994 - 2003).
- Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA: Senior Scientist,
Mathematical Sciences Research Group (1986 - 1994).
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA: Physicist,
Plasma Theory Group (1978 - 1986).
Visiting Positions
- École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France: Visiting Researcher
(7 April - 7 May 2008).
- Peking University, Beijing, China: Visiting Professor, School of
Engineering, gave half-semester course entitled ``Topological Fluid Dynamics''
(5 November - 12 December 2007).
- University College London: EPSRC Visiting Fellow, Centre for
Computational Science, Department of Chemistry (2002-present).
- University of California, Berkeley: Visiting Professor,
Department of Physics (1996 - 1997).
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy:
Visiting Scientist, Condensed Matter Division (Summer, 1996).
- Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre, Cambridge, UK: Consultant (1994 - 1998).
- University of California, Davis: Research Scientist, Department
of Applied Science (1995).
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Fusion Center:
Visiting Scientist (1994 - 1995).
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer
Science: Visiting Scientist, Information Mechanics Group (1993 - 1994).
Education
- University of California, Davis: Doctor of Philosophy degree,
Department of Applied Science and Engineering (1980 - 1986, degree
conferred in March, 1987). Thesis research was conducted primarily at
the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Bachelor of Science degree,
Physics; Master of Science degree, Nuclear Engineering (1973 - 1978, both
degrees conferred in 1978). Thesis research was carried out at the M.I.T.
Plasma Fusion Center. Graduate traineeship from U.S. Department of Energy
(1977-1978).
Awards and Honors
- Co-recipient of Department of Energy Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award (2008).
- Elected as a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (2008).
- Work on Grid Computing featured on web site of British Embassy to the U.S. See:
http://www.britainusa.com/science/articles
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- Co-recipient of HPC Challenge award for Most Innovative Data-Intensive Computation,
Supercomputing 2003, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (2003)
- Recipient of Undergraduate Initiative in Teaching (UNITE) award,
College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering, Tufts University (2002)
- Elected to Fellowship of the American Physical Society (2000)
- Elected secretary-treasurer of the American Physical Society
Division of Computational Physics (1995-1997); reelected
(1998-2000)
Patents
- Patent number 7,343,555, ``System and Method for Delivery of Documents over a Computer Network,'' with J. Ko and C. Traynor, 11 March 2008.
Editorial Work
- Guest Editor of two special issues on Scientific Applications of Grid Computing, Computing in Science and Engineering, (September/October and November/December 2005).
- Member of editorial board of Physica A (2001 - present)
- Member of editorial board of Computing in Science and Engineering (2001 - present)
- Book Review Editor, Computing in Science and Engineering (2003 - 2005)
- Member of editorial board of the International Journal of Modern Physics C - Physics and Computers (1997 - present)
Selected Funded Grants
- NSF Major Research Instrumentation program, ``Acquisition of a Scientific Visualization Facility'' (2006-2009).
- NSF, Computing Division (2005-2006), ``Cross-Site Runs and Computational Steering,'' subcontracted to Argonne National Laboratory.
- ARO, Physics Division, Quantum Information Science, basic research grant (2004-2007) to establish Center for Quantum Algorithm Design at Tufts University.
- AFOSR, Directorate of Mathematics and Space Sciences, Division of Computational Mathematics, basic research grant (1995-1996); renewed (1997-1998); renewed (1999-2000); renewed (2001-2003); renewed (2004-2007).
- DARPA QuIST grant subcontract providing postdoctoral position (2002-2006), subcontracted to Texas A&M University.
- NSF PACI/NRAC grant of supercomputer time from Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center (2003-2005).
- NATO travel grant (1995-1996); renewed (1997-1998).
Selected Professional Service
- Member Program Committee, ``Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments (CLADE),'' to be held in conjunction with the 18th International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC-18), Munich, Germany (9-10 June 2009).
- Member Program Committee for the Sixth International Workshop on the Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems, held in conjunction with the ICCS meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (25-27 May 2009)
- Member Organizing Committee, ``Plasma Theory, Wave Kinetics, and Nonlinear Dynamics,'' University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California (5-7 October 2007)
- Participant, National Science Foundation Visualization Workshop, Arlington, Virginia (27-28 September 2007)
- Participant, National Science Foundation Cyber-Fluids Workshop, Arlington, Virginia (19-20 July 2007)
- Chair of Visiting Assessment Committee, Center for Computational Science, Boston University (September, 2005)
- Program Review panel member, U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque, New Mexico (May, 2005)
- Organizing committee, International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluids: member (1996-1997); chair (1997-1998); member (1998-1999); member (2002-present); chair of local organizing committee (2004)
- Member Organizing Committee for the Second International Workshop on Multiphysics and Multiscale Systems, held in conjunction with the ICCS meeting (22-25 May 2005)
- Member of Nicholas Metropolis Award Committee, Division of Computational Physics, American Physical Society (2002-2005), chair (2003-2004)
- Member of Fellowship Committee, Division of Computational Physics, American Physical Society (2002)
- Member of Program Committee of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99)
- Member of APS organizing committee for Conference on Computational Physics (CCP99), March, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia
- Member of APS organizing committee for Physics Computing '97, August 25-28, 1997, Santa Cruz, California
- Member of American Mathematical Society, American Physical Society, Mathematical Association of America, and Sigma Xi
Selected Service within University
- Principal Investigator, Center for Scientific Visualization, Tufts University (inaugurated on 8 February 2008).
- Member, Faculty Subcommittee for Visiting Lecturer Selection, Tufts Experimental College (April 2007)
- Member of advisory committee to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2007-present).
- Chair of the Department of Mathematics (2006-present)
- Faculty representative to Tufts University Information Technology Council (2005-2006).
- Member of Tufts University Faculty Research and Award Committee (2001-2006).
- Member of Tufts University Scholarship Committee (2003-present).
- Member of Curriculum or Graduate Committee, Department of Mathematics (continuous basis).
- Chair of Hiring Committees, Tufts University Department of Mathematics (2003-2004 and 2005-2006).
- Speaker at events for prospective students held by Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Tufts University (2004 and 2005).
Bruce Boghosian
2009-03-24