Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
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Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pennsylvania State University
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| Office: 343J IST Building
Phone/Voice Mail: (814) 865-0193 Fax: (814) 865-3176 Office Hours (Spring 2012): |
E-mail address: shontz@cse.psu.edu
US mail address: Vita: [PDF] (Updated on 4/20/12.) |
Suzanne Shontz received her Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Cornell University in 2005. She received her B.A. in mathematics and B.S. in chemistry from the University of Northern Iowa in 1999 and her M.S. degrees in computer science and applied mathematics from Cornell University in 2002. Prior to joining Penn State in August 2006, she was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and a Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Scholar at the University of Minnesota.
Professor Shontz is the recipient of a 2011 NSF CAREER Award for her research on parallel dynamic meshing algorithms, theory, and software for simulation-assisted medical interventions. In 2009, she received an Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Fellowship for her research in computational materials science. In 2007, she was selected as the Computer Engineering Faculty Marshall for the Spring Commencement exercises at Penn State. Prof. Shontz received a National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship from 1999-2004 and an Honorable Mention for the Alice T. Schafer Prize for Women in Mathematics in 1999.
Prof. Shontz has presented her research at several international and national venues. Selected recent presentations have included talks at the 2011 International Conference on Computational Science, the 2011 SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference, the 2010 Tetrahedron III Workshop, the 2010 International Conference on Computational Science, the 2010 U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting, the 2009 International Conference on Computational Science, the 2009 SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference, and the 2009 International Meshing Roundtable.
Professor Shontz's research interests lie in the area of parallel scientific computing. In particular, her research focuses on the development of unstructured meshing and numerical optimization algorithms and their applications to computational medicine, materials science, and visual computing.Recent projects have included the design of efficient algorithms for mesh optimization, mesh untangling, and dynamic mesh generation and mesh warping for cardiovascular and elasticity applications. Other recent projects have involved the development of an optimization-based shape-matching algorithm, the design of efficient geometry optimization methods for electronic structure calculations, and the use of approximation models in parallel nonlinear optimization.
Click here for results of my NSF CAREER project. Click here for recent publications. Click here for recent presentations.
Shankar Prasad Sastry (Ph.D. Candidate) Jibum Kim (Ph.D. Student) Thap Panitanarak (Ph.D. Student) Jeonghyung Park (Ph.D. Student)
Alumni
Kenneth Czuprynski (M.S. Student -- Co-advised with John Fahnline (ARL); First position: Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics at the University of Iowa) Michael Nistor (B.S. Honors/M.S. Student; First position: Mathworks) Rachel Fuehrer (B.S. Student in Computational Mathematics); CREU Project Nicholas Voshell (M.Eng., December 2010; First position: Microsoft) Jeonghyung Park (M.S., August 2009; First position: Ph.D. student in CSE at Penn State) Kyle Wray (B.S., December 2009; First position: M.S. student in CSE at Penn State) Patrick Kasting (B.S. with Honors, May 2007; First position: InfoSoft International)
Fall 2006
CSE/Math 451 Numerical Computations (2 sections). Spring 2007
No teaching assignment (due to overload in Fall 2006). Fall 2007
CSE/Math 451 Numerical Computations. Spring 2008
CSE 598C Meshing Techniques (course ad). Fall 2008
CSE/Math 555 Numerical Optimization (course ad). Spring 2009
CMPSC (formerly CSE)/Math 451 Numerical Computations, 2 sections. Fall 2009
CMPSC (formerly CSE)/Math 451 Numerical Computations, 2 sections. Spring 2010
CSE 598C Meshing Techniques. Fall 2010
CMPSC/Math 455 Introduction to Numerical Analysis I Spring 2011
CMPSC/Math 456 Introduction to Numerical Analysis II, MWF 11:15am-12:05pm, 271 Willard Hall CSE/Math 555 Numerical Optimization Techniques, MWF 9:05-9:55am, 112 Walker Hall Fall 2011
CSE 598C Meshing Techniques, TR 4:15-5:30pm, 333 IST Bldg. Spring 2012
CMPSC (formerly CSE)/Math 451 Numerical Computations: Section 2: MWF 1:25-2:15pm 365 Willard Hall Section 1: MWF 2:30-3:20pm 167 Willard Hall
Conference Committees
2012 Member, Program Committee MICCAI Workshop on Mesh Processing in Medical Image Analysis 2012 (MeshMed 2012), Nice, France 2012 Member, Program Committee, Grace Hopper Conference Panels, Workshops, and Papers Committee 2012 Member, Program Committee, eScience 2012 2011 Panelist, Professional Development Panel, International Meshing Roundtable 2010 Chair, SIAM Professional Development Evening Working Group, SIAM Annual Meeting 2010 Conference Chair, 19th International Meshing Roundtable 2009 Organizing Committee, 18th International Meshing Roundtable. 2009 Co-Organizer, Professional Development Evening, SIAM Annual Meeting. 2009 Doctoral Showcase Committee, Supercomputing Conference. 2007 Posters Committee, Supercomputing Conference 2006 Member, Grace Hopper Conference Committee on Presentations, Panels, and Workshops Workshops
2011 Invited Academic Expert, Fourth Montreal Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop 2010 Invited Participant, DARPA 2nd GRID Workshop 2008 Invited Academic Expert, Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop 2008 Editor of the NXP Semiconductor Group report for the 2nd Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop 2006 Invited Academic Expert, Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop 2006 Editor of the National Research Council (NRC) Group report for the Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop Refereeing
Journals:
SIAM Review SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering Engineering with Computers Journal of Mechnical Engineering Science Journal of Computational Physics Computer Physics Communications Computational Materials Science Journal of Chemical Physics IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ACM Crossroads Magazine Conferences:
International Meshing Roundtable Conference International Conference on Parallel Processing Proposals:
CUBIT External Review Panel National Science Foundation Panels Department of Defense Panels Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development in Chile (FONDECYT) Proposal Review King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudia Arabia Proposal Review Other Service
2009- SIAM Visiting Lecturer 2009 Mentor, Mentor/Protege Program, 2009 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis 2007 Faculty Marshall, Computer Engineering, PSU Commencement 2005- Mentor, Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Mentor Network