Professor Mike Giles FRS

Professor Mike Giles is a computational mathematician who has worked at the interface with both engineering and computer science.  His early research was on computational fluid dynamics, developing algorithms and software which is today used by Rolls-Royce in the design of its aircraft engines.  More recently, he moved into computational finance and more generally the area of Uncertainty Quantification, developing advanced Monte Carlo simulation methods. Throughout, he has also conducted research on high performance computing, including the use of GPUs.

After an BA in Mathematics at Cambridge in 1981, he obtained a PhD from the MIT Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1985 and then joined the faculty in the same department. He moved to Oxford University's Computing Laboratory in 1992, initially as Rolls-Royce Reader in Computational Fluid Dynamics, later becoming a Professor of Scientific Computing.

In 2008 he moved to Oxford's Mathematical Institute where he was head of department during 2018-22 and is now Professor of Numerical Analysis. He is also a Fellow of the IMA and SIAM.