Education 1988 Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cornell University. Advisor: Charles Van Loan. 1983 � 1988 Studies in computer science at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1980 � 1983 Studies in mathematics and computer science, University of Würzburg, Germany. Professional Experience Since June 1998 Full professor for Scientific Computing and Director, Center for Computing and Communication, RWTH Aachen University. 1992 � 1998 Computer Scientist (706 job classification 09/92-03/94, 707 job class. 04/94-07/96, 708 job class. 08/96-05/98), Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (MCS/ANL) 1989 � 1992 Assistant Computer Scientist, MCS/ANL 1988 � 1989 Argonne Scholar, MCS/ANL