Oxford Mathematician 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, Mike 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 from 2018 to 2022 and is now Professor of Numerical Analysis. He is also a Fellow of the IMA and SIAM.
Mike says, via ChatGPT: "Delighted to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. I plan to celebrate in the traditional scientific way: mild astonishment, followed by tea."
Oxford Mathematics now has 32 Fellows of the Royal Society among its current and retired members: Fernando Alday, John Ball, Bryan Birch, Emmanuel Breuillard, Martin Bridson, Philip Candelas, Marcus du Sautoy, Artur Ekert, Alison Etheridge, Alain Goriely, Ben Green, Roger Heath-Brown, Nigel Hitchin, Ehud Hrushovski, Dominic Joyce, Jon Keating, Frances Kirwan, Terry Lyons, Philip Maini, James Maynard, Jim Murray, John Ockendon, Roger Penrose, Jonathan Pila, Graeme Segal, Endre Süli, Martin Taylor, Ulrike Tillmann, Nick Trefethen, Andrew Wiles, Alex Wilkie, and Mike himself, of course.