PhD Thesis

M. Sala: Domain Decomposition Preconditioners: Theoretical Properties, Application to the Compressible Euler Equations, Parallel Aspects. PhD Thesis, EPFL, Lausanne, 2003.

Articles

Book Chapters

  • M. Sala, K. Stanley, M. Heroux: Amesos: A Set of General Interfaces to Sparse Direct Solver Libraries. Applied Parallel Computing, B. Kagstrom, E. Elmroth, J. Dongarra, and J. Wasniewski (eds), pages 976–985. Springer, 2007.
  • M. Sala, W. Spotz, M. Heroux: PyTrilinos: A Collection of Python Modules for High-Performance Scientific Computing. Applied Parallel Computing, B. Kagstrom, E. Elmroth, J. Dongarra, and J. Wasniewski (eds), pages 966–975. Springer, 2007.
  • P. Arbenz, G.H. van Lenthe, U. Mennel, R. Muller, M. Sala: Multi-level μ-Finite Element Analysis for Human Bone Structures. Applied Parallel Computing, B. Kagstrom, E. Elmroth, J. Dongarra, and J. Wasniewski (eds), pages 240–250. Springer, 2007.
  • M. Sala, L. Formaggia: Algebraic Coarse Grid Operators for Domain Decomposition Based Preconditioners. Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics - Practice and Theory, P. Wilders, A. Ecer, J. Periaux, N. Satofuka, and P. Fox (eds), pages 119–126. Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, 2002.
  • A. Quarteroni, M. Sala, M.L. Sawley, N. Parolini, G. Cowles: Mathematical Modelling and Visualisation of Complex Three-dimensional Flows. Visualization and Mathematics III, H.-C. Hege and K. Polthier (eds), pages 361–377, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002.
  • M. Sala: Agglomeration Coarse Corrections: Convergence Estimate and Numerical Results. Proceeding to the Second International MIT Conference on Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 2003, K.-J. Bathe (editor), 2004.
  • M. Heroux, M. Sala: The Design of Trilinos. Proceedings to the PARA’04 International Conference, pp. 620–628, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2004.
  • L. Formaggia, M. Sala, F. Saleri: Domain decomposition techniques. In Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations on Parallel Computers, A.M. Bruaset, P. Bjorstad, A. Tveito, Eds. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005.
  • M. Sala, P. Lin, R. Tuminaro, J. Shadid: Algebraic Multilevel Preconditioners for non-symmetric PDEs on Stretched Grids. Proceedings of the 16th Domain Decomposition Conference. New York, USA, January 2005.

Non-Refereed Technical Proceedings

  • A. Casagrande, P. Leyland, L. Formaggia, M. Sala: Parallel Mesh Adaptation. In Applied and Industrial Mathematics in Italy. Proceedings of the VII SIMAI Conference, pp. 201–212. Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences, M. Primicerio, R. Spigler and V. Valente (eds.), 2005.
  • P.T. Lin, M. Sala, J. Shadid, R. Tuminaro: Performance of a Geometric and an Algebraic Multilevel Preconditioner for Incompressible Flow with Transport. Proceedings of Computational Mechanics WCCM VI in conjunction with APCOM’04, Sept. 5–10, 2004, Beijing, China.
  • M. Sala, P. Leyland, L. Formaggia, F. Moussaoui, Y. Savoy: Parallel Preconditioners with Mesh Adaption for Compressible Flow Computations. Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002, S. Armfield, P. Morgan, and K. Srinivas (eds), pages 253–258, 2003.
  • M. Sala: Schur Complement Domain Decomposition Preconditioners for Compressible Flow Computations. Proceeding of 13th International Domain Decomposition Conference, Lyon, October 9-12, 2000.

Technical Reports

  • M. Sala: A Scalable Multi-level Preconditioner for Matrix-Free Micro-Finite Element Analysis of Human Bone Structures. Technical Report 543, ETH Zürich, Institute of Computational Science, 12/2006.
  • M. Gee, C. Siefert, J. Hu, R. Tuminaro, M. Sala: ML 5.0 Smoothed Aggregation User’s Guide, SAND Report number SAND2006-2649, May 2006.
  • M. Sala, M. Heroux, R. Hoekstra, A. Williams: Serialization and Deserialization Tools for Distributed Linear Algebra Objects. Sandia report, 2006.
  • P. T. Lin, M. Sala, J. Shadid, R. Tuminaro: Performance of Fully-Coupled Algebraic Multilevel Domain Decomposition Preconditioners for Incompressible Flow and Transpost. In Algorithm and Simulation Development in Support of Response Strategies for Contamination Events in Air and Water Systems, B. van Bloemen Waanders (editor). Sandia report number SAND-2006-0074 (17 pages), July 2005.
  • M. Sala, W. Spotz, M. Heroux: An Overview of PyTrilinos. Sandia report number SAND-2005-4238J (26 pages), July 2005.
  • M. Sala: On the Design of Interfaces to Serial and Parallel Direct Solvers. Sandia report number SAND-2005-4239 (16 pages), July 2005.
  • M. Sala: Distributed Sparse Linear Algebra with PyTrilinos. Sandia report number SAND-2005-3835 (24 pages), June 2005.
  • M. Sala, J. Shadid, R. Tuminaro: A Field-Of-Value Approach for Smoothed Aggregation Preconditioners. Sandia report number SAND-2005-3333 (20 pages), May 2005.
  • M. Sala: MLAPI: A C++ Framework For Multilevel Preconditioners. Sandia report number SAND-2005-1382 (19 pages), March 2005.
  • M. Sala, M. Heroux: Robust Algebraic Preconditioners with IFPACK 3.0. Sandia report number SAND-2005-0662 (27 pages), February 2005.
  • M. Sala, J. Hu, R. Tuminaro: ML 3.1 User’s Guide. Sandia report number SAND-2004-4819 (47 pages), September 2004.
  • M. Sala, J. Hu, R. Tuminaro: ML 3.1 Developer’s Guide. Sandia report number SAND-2004-4821 (57 pages), September 2004.
  • M. Sala: Amesos 2.0 Reference Guide. Sandia report number SAND-2004-4820 (22 pages), September 2004.
  • M. Sala, K. Stanley: Amesos 1.0 Reference Guide. Sandia report SAND-2004-2188 (22 pages), May 2004.
  • M. Sala, M. Heroux, D. Day: Trilinos 4.0 Tutorial. Sandia report SAND-2004-2189 (115 pages), May 2004.
  • M. Sala, P. Leyland: A Parallel Adaptive Newton-Krylov-Schwarz Method for the 3D Compressible Euler Equations. EPFL-IACS report (51 pages), March 2003.

Co-Supervised Master Thesis

  • Francesco Pizzi, Stochastic Collocation and Option Pricing, Master thesis, Politecnico di Milano, 2011.
  • Marco Pischedda, Mesh morphing techniques based on continuum deformation models, Master thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Spring 2009.
  • Uche Mennel, Multi-level micro-Finite Element Analysis for Human Bone Structures, Master thesis, ETH, Spring 2006.
  • Sabine Emch, Parallel 3D VCSEL Simulation, Master thesis, ETH, Fall 2005.
  • Omar Trabattoni, Approssimazione di Flussi Comprimibili con il Metodo di Schur per Sottodomini (in Italian), Politecnico di Milano, 2001.

PhD Thesis Committees

  • Klaus Sapelza, Multilevel preconditioners for elliptic problems with multiple scales, EPFL, thesis n° 3931, 2007.

Presentations

  • Apr 13, 2016. The Continuous Adjoint Method for Computing Risk Sensitivities. Quant Summit Europe 2016, London, United Kingdom.
  • Mar 23, 2015. Fast Computation of Risk Sensitivities using Adjoint PDEs. MathFinance Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Nov 08, 2006: Scalable Algebraic Multigrid for Human Trabecular Bone Structures. IBM Zürich Research Lab, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
  • Sep 25, 2006: Multi-level μ-Finite Element Analysis for Human Bone Structures. CSCS User Day 2006, Manno, Switzerland.
  • Jun 19, 2006: PyTrilinos: High-Performance Distributed-Memory Solvers for. PARA06 Parallel Processing 2006, Umea, Sweden.
  • Jun 19, 2006: Amesos: General Interfaces to Direct Solver Libraries. PARA06 Parallel Processing 2006, Umea, Sweden.
  • Feb 22, 2006: A new framework for smoothed aggregation preconditioners for the parallel solution of non-symmetric linear systems. SIAM Parallel Processing 2006, San Francisco, USA.
  • Jan 12, 2006: Object-Oriented Programming Techniques for Sparse Linear System Solvers. CERFACS, Toulouse, France.
  • May 19, 2005: A Smoothed Aggregation Preconditioner for the Solution of Non-symmetric Linear Systems. Preconditioning 2005, Emory, USA.
  • Feb 15, 2005: Multilevel Preconditioners for the Solution of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Orlando, USA.
  • Feb 14, 2005: Overview of the ML package. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Orlando, USA.
  • Feb 14, 2005: Overview of the Amesos package. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Orlando, USA.
  • Jan 18, 2005: Aggregation-Based Preconditioners for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations. Invited talk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA.
  • Jan 12, 2005: Algebraic Preconditioners for Non-symmetric PDEs. 16th International Domain Decomposition Conference, New York, USA.
  • Nov 3, 2004: Recent developments in IFPACK. Second Trilinos Users Group meeting, Albuquerque, USA.
  • Nov 3, 2004: ML Tutorial. Second Trilinos Users Group meeting, Albuquerque, USA.
  • Nov 2, 2004: Overview of DIDASKO. Second Trilinos Users Group meeting, Albuquerque, USA.
  • Oct 25, 2004: Multilevel Preconditioners: Algorithms and Software. Invited talk, COLAB, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Jun 22, 2004: An Overview of the Trilinos Project. PARA04, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Mar 29, 2004: Algebraic Multilevel Preconditioners Based on Aggregation Procedures: A Demonstration for the Navier-Stokes Equations with Associated Heat and Mass Transfer. Copper Mountain Conference, Copper (CO), USA.
  • June 18, 2003: Aggregation Coarse Corrections: Convergence Estimates and Numerical Results. Second MIT Conference, Boston, USA.
  • Nov 26, 2002: Two-level Schwarz Preconditioners: Theoretical Properties and Applications to the Compressible Euler Equations. Invited talk, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (LA), USA.
  • Nov 21, 2002: Domain Decomposition Preconditioners: Theoretical Properties and Applications to the Compressible Euler Equations. Invited talk, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (NM), USA.
  • Jun 17, 2002: Domain Decomposition Preconditioners for the Compressible Euler Equations. Invited Talk. Università di Bergamo, Italy.
  • Sep 6, 2001: Algebraic Coarse Grid Operators for Domain Decompositon Based Preconditioners. London Mathematical Society Workshop on Domain Decomposition Methods in Fluid Dynamics, Greenwich, United Kingdom.
  • May 21, 2001: Algebraic Coarse Grid Operators for Domain Decomposition Based Preconditioners.allel CFD 2001, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
  • Jan 31, 2001: Algebraic Domain Decomposition Preconditioners with Applications to Euler Equationsvited talk. CRS4, Cagliari, Italy.
  • Oct 13, 2000: Schwarz and Schur Complement Preconditioners for multidimensional upwind methods in CFD. International Domain Decomposition Conference, Lyon, France.

Organization of Workshop and Conferences

  • First workshop on High Performance Computing, ETH Zurich, 2006.
  • International Conference for Applied Mathematics, 2001.