Scott A. Mitchell

Principal Member of Technical Staff
Dept. 1415 Computer Science & Informatics
Computation, Computers, Information & Mathematics Center
Sandia National Laboratories

 Sandia National Laboratories
I am currently doing technical work related to discrete math and computational science. My current projects include desiging a MANET protocol, military logistics optimization, and validation of computer models of how humans think and behave.

Time will tell what sticks.

Scott's pages:

  • Papers 2007+
  • Some web pages from my past life as a manager
  • I used to manage the Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation department
  • Scott's Meshing and Cubit-related pages
  • Scott's Computational Geometry triangulation papers and programs
  • Some Quotes I like
  • Personal interests

    • Contact:

    Scott A. Mitchell
    Sandia National Laboratories
    P.O. Box 5800
    MS 1316
    Albuquerque, NM 87185-1316
    Phone: (505) 845-7594
    FAX: (505) 845-7442
    E-mail: samitch@sandia.gov
    Home Page(here): http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~samitch/

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    Biography:

    I received a B.S in Applied Math, Engineering & Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. I received an M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1993) in Applied Math from Cornell University. I worked the summer of 1991 at Xerox PARC. Since Oct 1992 I've been at Sandia National Laboratories. I researched triangular and tetrahedral meshing algorithms via a computational geometry approach from 1992-1993. I was part of the Cubit project, doing mesh generation R&D from 1993-2000, and project leadership from 2000-2002. I did things like researching algorithms and existence proofs for hexahedral meshes and optimization for assigning the right number of edges locally so the model can be meshed globally. I managed the Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation department from 2002-2007. I served in various capacities on various programs, including LDRD (internal research program) and NNSA's ASC program. I decided I missed building things and figuring things out for myself and moved on to technical work in 2007. Time will tell what I do now.

    Links:

  • My department doesn't have its own page, but the CCIM Center does.
  • Department 1411, Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation
  • Dakota optimization and uncertainty analysis framework
  • Scott's CG triangulation papers and programs
  • Scott's Meshing and Cubit-related pages.
  • Cubit mesh generation tool suite
  • DOE ASC (formerly ASCI)
  • Sandia ASC (formerly ASCI)
  • DOE MICS
  • Sandia MICS
  • Patrick Knupp
  • Hex mesh existence proof
  • Whisker Weaving (WW) basic ideas
  • Reliable WW via curve contraction
  • WW knives
  • Resolving two faces sharing two edges in WW
  • All-hex geode-template
  • Mesh improvement abstract
  • Mesh improvement paper
  • Choosing corners for mapped meshing
  • Interval assignment
  • Steve Vavasis at Waterloo
  • QMG quadtree/octree mesh generator
  • International Meshing Roundtable International Meshing Roundtable
  • Computational Geometry Bibliography is a good place to look up papers.
  • Mathtools.net is a good place to look up scientific computing resources.
  • Sandia Anywhere.
  • Sandia's IRN
  • Sandia Home Page.
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    Last modified: 17 January 2007