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Rolf Krause

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division

rolf.krause@kaust.edu.sa


Affiliations

Education Profile

  • Doctor rerum naturalium (with distinction, “summa cum laude”) in Mathematics, The Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany (2001)
  • Diploma in Mathematics, FU Berlin, Germany (1996)
  • Rhetoric and Communication Training: Friedrich–Naumann Foundation, Bonn, Germany (1991)
  • Study of Mathematics, FU Berlin, Germany; Minor field of study: Economics (1990-1996)
  • Abitur/Matura, Evangelisches Gymnasiums zum Grauen Kloster zu Berlin, Germany (1990).

Research Interests

Applied mathematics, computational mechanics, contact problems in mechanics, scientific software, multilevel and domain decomposition methods, optimization, iterative solution of large-scale systems, parallel computing, high-performance computing (HPC), coupled problems, finite elements, non-linear solution methods, neural networks, physics-informed neural networks, cardiac simulation, biomechanics and computational geoscience.