Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Group Leader, Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Dr N. Nikiforakis

Position(s): Director for Academic Programmes, Centre for Scientific Computing
Fellow, College Teaching Officer and Director of Studies in Mathematics, Selwyn College.

Email: nn10005 at cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 339841
Fax.: +44 (0)1223 363263

Group Secretary / Administrator / Personal Assistant:
Louise Mortimer and Alison Murfin
Email: admin at csc.cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 746634
Fax.: +44 (0)1223 363263

Research description

Please see the Lab's research pages for all of the projects that I am supervising.

Postgraduate supervision

  • Dr A. Aspden PhD student (2002-2006), with Dr S.B. Dalziel
  • Dr K.R. Bates PhD student (2001- 2003), PDRA (2003 - todate)
  • Dr S.Billett PDRA (1996)
  • Dr P.Blakely PhD student (2005 - 2009), PDRA (2009-todate)
  • Dr Alison Hart PhD student (2002-2007), with Dr S.B. Dalziel
  • Dr S.D. Hern PDRA, with Prof. A.M. Anile
  • Dr M.E. Hubbard PDRA (2002-2004)
  • Mr A. Lawrie PhD student (2005-2009), with Dr S.B. Dalziel
  • Mr G.N. Leese PhD student (2004-todate)
  • Mr Sean Lovett MPhil student (2009), PhD student (2010-todate)
  • Dr C.A. Lowe PDRA (1999-2005)
  • Miss Louisa Michael PhD student (2008-todate)
  • Dr D.E.A. van Odyck PDRA (2005-todate)
  • Dr M. Patterson PDRA (2003-2005), with Dr S.B. Dalziel
  • Dr C.J. Parkins PhD student (1997-2000), with Professor D.G. Crighton FRS
  • Mr Stefan Schoch PhD student (2008-todate)
  • Dr G.J. Thorn PhD student (1999-2002)
  • Dr B. Walker PhD student (1999-2002), PDRA (2002 - 2005)

Selected publications

    (For more entries, please see the research pages and the pages of the other members of the Lab)

  • "Developing the next-generation climate system models: challenges and achievements", Julia Slingo, Kevin Bates, Nikos Nikiforakis, Matthew Piggott, Malcolm Roberts, Len Shaffrey, Ian Stevens, Pier Luigi Vidale and Hilary Weller. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 13 March 2009 vol. 367 no. 1890 815-831 Second in the top ten list of downloaded articles in 2009: Second in the top ten list of downloaded articles in 2009 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Theme Issue "Mesh generation and mesh adaptation for large-scale Earth-system modelling" compiled and edited by N. Nikiforakis November 28, 2009; 367 (1907)

  • "The mathematical structure of multiphase thermal models of flow in porous media", Daniel E.A van Odyck1, John B Bell, Franck Monmont and Nikolaos Nikiforakis. Proc. R. Soc. A 8 February 2009 vol. 465 no. 2102 523-549.

  • "Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced by the interaction of a shock wave with a rectangular block of SF_{6}", Bates, K. R., Nikiforakis, N. & Holder, D. Physics of Fluids 19, 2007, 036101-1-036101-16.

  • "Adaptive mesh refinement for global atmospheric modelling", N. Nikiforakis, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Volume 41, Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications, Tomasz Plewa, Timur Linde and V. Gregory Weirs(editors), Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005.

  • A.M.Anile, N.Nikiforakis, V.Romano, G.Russo, ``Discretization of semiconductor device problems. II'', Handbook of numerical analysis. Vol. XIII, 443--522, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 2005. Handbook of numerical analysis. Vol. XIII, 443--522, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 2005

  • "A Three-Dimensional, Adaptive, Godunov-Type Model for Global Atmospheric Flows", M. E. Hubbard* and N. Nikiforakis, Monthly Weather Review 2003; 131: 1848-1864

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Theme Issue "Combustion science at the end of the millennium" compiled by K. N. C. Bray and N. Nikiforakis December 1, 1999; 357 (1764) December 1, 1999; 357 (1764)