Nick Henderson PhD Candidate Systems Optimization Laboratory Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering Stanford University

Interests

• Numerical optimization

• Large-scale and sparse matrix computations

• Scientific computing

• C²: computational & mathematical consulting

Teaching

Teaching assistant at Stanford University for:

• Numerical optimization (CME304). Winter 2008, 2010, and 2011.

• Numerical linear algebra (CME 302). Fall 2007.

• Introduction to numerical methods for engineering (CME 206). Spring 2008.

• Ordinary differential equations for engineers (CME 102). Winter 2009.

Bits of code

• lusol_mex: a Matlab interface to LUSOL for sparse LU factorization and stable updates.

• lucp.m: LU factorization with complete pivoting for Matlab.

• pchipd.m: Matlab code to construct piecewise cubic polynomial which interpolates function values and derivatives.

Things I like

• Stanford Triathlon

• Stanford Aerobics and Yoga

• Be Yoga of Palo Alto