Vance Faber
Encyclopedia
Vance Faber is a mathematician, known for his work in combinatorics
, applied linear algebra
and image processing
.
Faber received his Ph.D.
in 1971 from Washington University in Saint Louis. His advisor was Franklin Tepper Haimo.
Faber was a professor at University of Colorado at Denver during the 1970s. He spent parts of 3 years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
in Boulder on a NASA postdoctoral fellowship where he wrote a second thesis on the numerical solution of the Shallow Water Equations under the direction of numerical analyst Paul Swarztrauber. In the 1980s and 1990s he was on the staff of the Computer Research and Applications Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory
. He was Group Leader from 1990 to 1995.
From 1998 to 2003 Faber was CTO and Head of Research for three different small companies building imaging software: LizardTech, Mapping Science and Cytoprint. He is currently Director of Pattern Recognition at BD Bioimaging Systems.
In 1981, Gene Golub offered a US$500 prize for "the construction of a 3-term conjugate gradient like descent method for non-symmetric real matrices or a proof that there can be no such method". Faber and his co-author Thomas A. Manteuffel won this prize for their 1984 paper that solved Golub's problem.
Faber has an Erdős number
of 1.
Combinatorics
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Aspects of combinatorics include counting the structures of a given kind and size , deciding when certain criteria can be met, and constructing and analyzing objects meeting the criteria ,...
, applied linear algebra
Linear algebra
Linear algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies vector spaces, also called linear spaces, along with linear functions that input one vector and output another. Such functions are called linear maps and can be represented by matrices if a basis is given. Thus matrix theory is often...
and image processing
Image processing
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
.
Faber received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in 1971 from Washington University in Saint Louis. His advisor was Franklin Tepper Haimo.
Faber was a professor at University of Colorado at Denver during the 1970s. He spent parts of 3 years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Atmospheric Research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
in Boulder on a NASA postdoctoral fellowship where he wrote a second thesis on the numerical solution of the Shallow Water Equations under the direction of numerical analyst Paul Swarztrauber. In the 1980s and 1990s he was on the staff of the Computer Research and Applications Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
. He was Group Leader from 1990 to 1995.
From 1998 to 2003 Faber was CTO and Head of Research for three different small companies building imaging software: LizardTech, Mapping Science and Cytoprint. He is currently Director of Pattern Recognition at BD Bioimaging Systems.
In 1981, Gene Golub offered a US$500 prize for "the construction of a 3-term conjugate gradient like descent method for non-symmetric real matrices or a proof that there can be no such method". Faber and his co-author Thomas A. Manteuffel won this prize for their 1984 paper that solved Golub's problem.
Faber has an Erdős number
Erdos number
The Erdős number describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.The same principle has been proposed for other eminent persons in other fields.- Overview :...
of 1.