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Christina Christara

Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Computer Science
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  • 361 Front st. #3305, Toronto, Ontario, M5V3R5, Canada
  • University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G4, Canada

BIO

Christina Christara is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. She obtained her BSc at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and her MSc and PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Her research interests are in numerical analysis and scientific computing, more specifically, in the numerical solution of partial differential equations, the associated high-performance issues, and the related applications such as those in computational finance. She is currently Editor-in-Chief for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Associate Editor for Applied Mathematics and Computation, and has been Associate Editor for Numerical Algorithms. She is also serving as a member of the Board of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS).

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Depart. of Computer Science, Toronto, Canada2018 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Depart. of Computer Science, Toronto, Canada1994 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Depart. of Computer Science, Toronto, Canada1989 - 1994
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Toronto, Depart. of Computer Science, Toronto, Canada1988 - 1989
  • Research Assistant
    Purdue University West Lafayette, Depart. of Computer Science, West Lafayette, United States1987 - 1988
  • Teaching Assistant
    Purdue University West Lafayette, Depart. of Computer Science, West Lafayette, United States1984 - 1986

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Computer Science
    Purdue University System, West Lafayette, United States1984 - 1988
  • M.Sc., Computer Science
    Purdue University System, West Lafayette, United States1986
  • B.Sc., Department of Mathematics
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece1978 - 1982

LANGUAGES

  • Greek, Modern (1453-)
  • English
  • French
  • German

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries

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