Curriculum Vitae for Hans Bruun Nielsen

Born:
May 23, 1943 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Citizenship: Danish.
Family:
Married to Vibeke Munksgaard.

Two daughters: Signe Bruun Munksgaard and Ulla Munksgaard Stahlschmidt.
Work:
IMM (Informatics and Mathematical Modelling), Building 305,

Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby.
Phone: +45 45 25 30 77.
Email:   hbn@imm.dtu.dk
Education
 
1961-1967: Student at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
1968-1970: Ph.D. Student at Institute for Numerical Analysis and Hydraulic Laboratory, DTU.
1.5-30.6.1968: Student at International Courses in Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering, Delft, Holland.
1979: Participant in a course on Teaching Students at University Level. 

Degrees
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics, 1967.
Ph.D. from the Institute for Numerical Analysis and Hydraulic Laboratory, DTU, 1971.

Employments
 
1967-1968: Assistant Professor at Hydraulic Laboratory, DTU.
1970-1971: Assistant Professor at Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU.
1971-1993: Associate Professor at Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU.
Since 1993: Associate Professor at IMM, DTU.

Employments Abroad
1978: Structure Laboratory, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Palo Alto, California, USA.

Other Relevant Functions
 
1973 -  :  External examiner at Århus University, Odense University and the Diploma Engineering Department, DTU.
1973-1977 :  Chairman of the Civil Engineering Student Board, DTU.
1977-1982
1985-1988		 :  Chairman of the Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU.
1981-1982 :  Member of a DTU-committee on "studiestartsproblemer" (problems in the first 2 years of the studies at DTU).

Publications of Hans Bruun Nielsen

Ph.D. thesis
H.B. Nielsen, A Second Order Approximation to Free Surface Shear Flow over a Wavy Bed. Institute for Numerical Analysis and Hydraulic Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (1971). 138 pages.

Books

  1. L. Høj, H. Isaksson, H.B. Nielsen, Lommeregnere - Tænk og Tast. (In Danish). Teknisk Forlag, København (1980), 125 pages.
  2. P.S. Hansen, J. Eising, H.B. Nielsen, M.P. Bendsøe, Lineær Algebra - Datamatorienteret. (In Danish). Department of Mathematics and Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU (1984), 2nd ed. 1985, 3rd ed. 1987. 451 pages.
  3. V.A. Barker, H.B. Nielsen, P.G. Thomsen, Linear Algebra. In R.K. Beck et al. (eds), Formulae and Methods in Experimental Data Evaluation. CERN (1984), R1-R52.
  4. H.B. Nielsen, Numerisk Lineær Algebra. (In Danish). Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU (1996). 2nd ed. 1996. 238 pages.
  5. L. Eldén, L. Wittmeyer-Koch, H.B. Nielsen, Introduction to Numerical Computation, analysis and MATLAB illustrations. Studentlitteratur, Lund, (2004). 360 pages.
Journal papers
  1. G. Iooss, H.B. Nielsen, H. True, Bifurcation of the Stationary Ekman Flow into a Stable Periodic Flow. Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. 63, 3 (1978), 227-256.
  2. I.S. Duff, N. Munksgaard, H.B. Nielsen, J.K. Reid, Direct Solution of Sets of Linear Equations whose Matrix is Sparse, Symmetric and Indefinite. J. Inst. Maths. Applics. 23 (1979), 235-250.
  3. H.B. Nielsen, Methods for Analyzing Pipe Networks. ASCE J. Hydraulic Engineering 115,2 (1989), 139-157.
  4. Z. Zlatev, H.B. Nielsen, Solving Large and Sparse Linear Least-Squares Problems by Conjugate Gradient Algorithms. Comput. Math. Applic. 15, 3 (1988), 185-202.
  5. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, Finite Algorithms for Robust Linear Regression, BIT 30 (1990), 682-699.
  6. C.T. Hansen, H.B. Nielsen, K. Madsen, Optimization of Pipe Networks, Mathematical Programming 52 (1991), 45-58.
  7. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, A Finite Smoothing Algorithm for Linear l1 Estimation, SIAM J. on Optimization 3 (1993), 223-235.
  8. K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, New Characterizations of Solutions to Overdetermined Systems of Linear Equations, Operations Research Letters 16, 3 (1994), 159-166.
  9. C. Bendtsen, P. C. Hansen, K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, Implementation of QR up- and downdating on a massively parallel computer, Parallel Computing 21 (1995), 49-61.
  10. K. Jensen, I. Søndergaard, I.M. Skovgaard, H.B. Nielsen, From Image Processing to Classification: 1. Modelling Disturbances of Isoelectric Focusing Patterns. Electrophoresis 16 (1995), 921-926.
  11. K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, A New Finite Continuation Algorithm for Linear Programming, SIAM J. Optimization 6, 3 (1996), 600-616.
  12. G. Greene, R. Greene, H.B. Nielsen, S. Markvorsen, P. Røgen, R. Sinclair, M. Ungstrup, Feature Recognition for Automated Sculpture Reproduction, ECMI Newsletter 25, (1999), 15-18. 
  13. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, A Finite Continuation Algorithm for Bound Constrained Quadrattic Programming, SIAM J. Optimization 9, 1 (1999), 62-83.
  14. K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, Bound Constrained Quadratic Programming via Piecewise Quadratic Functions, Mathematical Programming 85 (1) (1999), 135-156.
Papers in proceedings
  1. H.B. Nielsen, H. True, Numerical Solution of the Nonlinear Stability of an Incompressible Ekman Boundary Layer. VIth Int. Conf. Num. Meth. in Fluid Dynamics, Tbilisi. Springer (1978), 410-415.
  2. H. Isaksson, H.B. Nielsen, PPC: Programmable Pocket Calculators in the Teaching of Computer Science and Numerical Analysis. SEFI Conf.: The First Years in Eng. Education, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium. (1979), 171-174.
  3. H. True, H.B. Nielsen, On Bifurcation of Stable Periodic Flows in an Ekman Layer and in a Convective Boundary Layer. IUTAM Symp. Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stuttgart. Springer (1979), 405-419.
  4. Z. Zlatev, H.B. Nielsen, Least-Squares Solution of Large Linear Problems. Symp. Appl. Statistics, Lyngby. (1980), 17-52.
  5. H.B. Nielsen, H. True, Numerical Investigation of the 3-Dimensional Stability of a Convective Flow in a Slot. BAIL I Conf. Boundary and Interior Layers, Dublin. Boole Press (1980), 381-386.
  6. P.C. Hansen, H.B. Nielsen, Singular Value Decomposition of Images. 3rd Scand. Conf. Image Analysis, Lyngby. (1983), 301-307.
  7. H.B. Nielsen, Linear Huber Estimation. Symp. Appl. Statistics, København. (1988), 385-397.
  8. N. Kærgaard, H.B. Nielsen, Robust Estimation af den Danske Investeringsfunktion. (in Danish). Symp. Appl. Statistics, København. (1988), 399-412.
  9. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, A Continuation Method for Linear Estimation. 2nd Int. Conf. On Stat. Data Analysis based on the L1-norm and Related Methods, Neuchatel, Y.Dodge, ed., North Holland (1992), 371-377.
  10. H. Ekblom, H.B. Nielsen, Computing M-Estimates. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Barcelona. (1996), 6 pages.
Reports
  1. H.B. Nielsen, A Finite Element Method for Calculating a Two-Dimensional Open Channel Flow. Basic Res. Prog. Rep. 19, Hydraulic Laboratory, DTU. (1969), 8-11.
  2. H.B. Nielsen, Iterative Refinement. Report NI 76-02, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1976). 28 pages.
  3. H.B. Nielsen, Numerical Solution of a Non-Self-Adjoint Differential Eigenvalue Problem. Report NI 77-11, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1977). 29 pages.
  4. Z. Zlatev, H.B. Nielsen, Preservation of Sparsity in Connection with Iterative Refinement. Report NI 77-12, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1977). 20 pages.
  5. Z. Zlatev, H.B. Nielsen, SIRSM - a Package for the Solution of Sparse Systems by Iterative Refinement. Report NI 77-13, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1977). 40 pages.
  6. Z. Zlatev, H.B. Nielsen, LLSS01 - a Fortran Subroutine for Solving Linear Least Squares Problems (User's Guide). Report NI 79-07, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1979). 27 pages.
  7. H.B. Nielsen, SEMIDC - a Fortran Subroutine for Complete Solution of Semidefinite Systems of Equations. Report NI 88-02, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1988). 15 pages.
  8. H.B. Nielsen, N.E. Hansen, Some Experiments with Simultaneous Iteration. Report NI 89-01, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1989). 24 pages.
  9. H.B. Nielsen, Huber Fitting of a Straight Line. Report NI 89-02, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1989). 12 pages.
  10. H.B. Nielsen, LHUBER - a Fortran77 Function for Linear Huber Estimation. Report NI 89-03, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1989). 14 pages.
  11. H.B. Nielsen, AAFAC: A Package of Fortran77 Subprograms for Solving A'Ax = c. Report NI 90-01, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1990). 36 pages.
  12. H.B. Nielsen, Implementation of a Finite Algorithm for Linear L1 Estimation. Report NI 91-01, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1991). 49 pages.
  13. H.B. Nielsen, SPLPAK - Pascal and Fortran77 Subprograms for Cubic Splines. Report NI 91-06, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1991). 28 pages.
  14. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, Linear, Quadratic and Minimax Programming Using L1 Optimization. Report NI-92-11, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1992). 16 pages.
  15. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, Experience with a Continuation Algorithm for Dense Linear Programming on the Connection Machine CM-200. Report NI-93-02, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1993). 37 pages.
  16. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, C. Bendtsen, P.C. Hansen, Solution of Bounded Variable Linear Programs on a Massively Parallel Computer. Report NI-93-08, Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU. (1993). 25 pages.
  17. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, User's Guide to LPASL1: A Fortran77 Package Based on a Continuation Algorithm for Dense Linear Programming. Report IMM-REP-1994-02, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1994), 28 pages.
  18. H.B. Nielsen, Algorithms for Computing Pipe Network "Loops". Report IMM-REP-1994-04, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1994), 40 pages.
  19. H.B. Nielsen, Fitting Data from Electrophoretic Analysis of Wheat. Report IMM-REP-1994-08, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1994), 31 pages.
  20. H.B. Nielsen, Automatic Classification from Electropherograms. Report IMM-REP-1995-01, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1995), 22 pages.
  21. K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, A New Finite Continuation Algorithm for Bound Constrained Quadratic Programming , Report IMM-REP-1995-22, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1995), 22 pages. Submitted to SIAM J. on Optimization.
  22. H. Ekblom, H.B. Nielsen, A Comparison of eight Algorithms for Computing M-Estimates. Report IMM-REP-1996-15, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1996), 14 pages.
  23. H.B. Nielsen, Bound Constrained Quadratic Programming Solved via Piecewise Quadratic Functions. Implementation, Report IMM-REP-1996-21, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1996), 33 pages.
  24. H.B. Nielsen, QPBOX USER'S GUIDE, A Fortran77 Package for Box Constrained Quadratic Programs, Report IMM-REP-1997-04, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1997), 14 pages.
  25. K. Madsen, H. B. Nielsen, M.C. Pinar, Bound Constrained Quadratic Programming via Piecewise Quadratic Functions, Report IMM-REP-1997-05, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1997), 18 pages. To appear in Mathematical Programming, January 1999.
  26. H. B. Nielsen, Computing a Minimizer of a Piecewise Quadratic - Implementation. Report IMM-REP-1998-14, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1998), 31 pages.
  27. H. B. Nielsen, Damping Parameter in Marquardt's Method. Report IMM-REP-1999-05, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1998), 31 pages.
  28. H. B. Nielsen (ed), Extended Abstracts from 3rd Scandinavian Workshop on Linear Programming, August 26 - 28, 1999. Report IMM-REP-1999-12, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (1999), 58 pages.
  29. H. B. Nielsen, Separable NonLinear Least Squares. Report IMM-REP-2000-01, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2000), 16 pages.
  30. H. B. Nielsen, Multi-Exponential Fitting of Low-Field 1H NMR Data. Report IMM-REP-2000-03, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2000), 30 pages.
  31. H. B. Nielsen (ed), Abstracts from 1st international conference on Surrogate Modelling and Space Mapping for Engineering Optimization. November 16-18, 2000. Report IMM-REP-2000-16, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2000), 41 pages.
  32. H. B. Nielsen, UCTP - Test Problems for Unconstrained Optimization. Report IMM-REP-2000-17, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2000), 19 pages.
  33. H. B. Nielsen, UCMINF - an Algorithm for Unconstrained, Nonlinear Optimization. Report IMM-REP-2000-19, Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2000), 24 pages.
  34. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, J. Søndergaard, Robust Subroutines for Non-Linear Optimization. Report IMM-REP-2002-02, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2002), 36 pages.
  35. S.N. Lophaven, H.B. Nielsen, J. Søndergaard, DACE - A Matlab Kriging Toolbox, Version 2.0. Report IMM-REP-2002-12, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2002), 34 pages.
  36. S.N. Lophaven, H.B. Nielsen, J. Søndergaard, Aspects of the Matlab Toolbox DACE. Report IMM-REP-2002-13, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, DTU. (2002), 44 pages.
Lecture Notes
NI denotes Institute for Numerical Analysis, DTU.
IMM denotes Department of Mathematical Modelling, DTU.
  1. H.B. Nielsen, Examples of Application of Numerical Analysis in Civil Engineering. NI (1969), 71 pages. (in Danish)
  2. H.B. Nielsen, P.G. Thomsen, Numerical Solution of ODEs. H17, NI (1972), 35 pages. (in Danish)
  3. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, V. Sadolin, P.G. Thomsen, Eigenvalues for Matrices. H18, NI. 4th ed. (1972), 58 pages. (in Danish)
  4. H.B. Nielsen, Orthogonal Collocation. H22, NI. 2nd ed. (1973), 21 pages. (in Danish)
  5. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, Solution of Linear Systems of Equations. H23, NI. 2nd ed. (1972), 69 pages. (in Danish)
  6. H.B. Nielsen, Numerical Solution of PDEs. H30, NI (1973), 106 pages. (in Danish)
  7. V.A. Barker, H.B. Nielsen, Methods for Differential Eigenvalue Problems. Mathematical Background. H33, NI. 2nd ed. (1982), 71 pages. (in Danish)
  8. V.A. Barker, H.B. Nielsen, Methods for Differential Eigenvalue Problems. Approximation Methods. H34, NI. 2nd ed. (1982), 119 pages. (in Danish)
  9. V.A. Barker, H.B. Nielsen, Numerical Solution of the General Eigenvalue Problem. H35, NI. 2nd ed. (1982), 71 pages. (in Danish)
  10. K, Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, Eigenvalues for Matrices. H36, NI (1975), 93 pages. (in Danish)
  11. H.B. Nielsen, Numerical Solution of PDEs. H39, NI (1977), 42 pages. (in Danish)
  12. Th. Busk, H.B. Nielsen, Numerical Integration. H43, NI. 4th ed. (1993), 24 pages.(in Danish)
  13. V.A. Barker, H.B. Nielsen, Approximation with Chebyshev Polynomials. H44, NI (1978), 28 pages.(in Danish)
  14. H.B. Nielsen, Cubic Splines. H45, NI. 2nd ed. (1991), 70 pages. (in Danish)
  15. H.B. Nielsen, Least Squares Solution of Overdetermined Linear Systems of Equations. H47, NI. 4th ed. (1985), 180 pages. (in Danish)
  16. H. Isaksson, H.B. Nielsen, Applications of Programmable Pocket Calculators. H49, NI (1980), 170 pages. (in Danish)
  17. H.B. Nielsen, Number Representation and Rounding Errors. H52, NI. 2nd ed. (1983), 12 pages. (in Danish)
  18. H.B. Nielsen, Extrapolation. H58, NI (1988), 60 pages. (in Danish)
  19. H.B. Nielsen, Calculation on a Computer. H59, NI (1988), 22 pages. (in Danish)
  20. H.B. Nielsen, Introduction to MATLAB in the Data Bar. NI. 3rd ed. (1986), 31 pages. (in Danish)
  21. H.B. Nielsen, P.G. Thomsen, Numerical Methods for ODEs. H66, NI. 2nd ed. (1993), 44 pages.(in Danish)
  22. H.B. Nielsen, Eigensolutions for Matrices. H68, NI (1995), 102 pages. (in Danish)
  23. L.H. Hansen, H.B. Nielsen, Introduction to MATLAB at IMM's courses. IMM (1996), 27 pages. (in Danish)
  24. H.B. Nielsen, P.G. Thomsen, Supplementary Notes for Numerical Methods 1. IMM (1997), 8 pages. (in Danish)
  25. H.B. Nielsen, Direct Methods for Sparse Matrices. IMM (1997), 44 pages.
  26. H.B. Nielsen, Algorithms for Linear Optimization - an Introduction. IMM (1998), 118 pages.
  27. H.B. Nielsen, Cubic Splines. IMM (1998), 80 pages.   pp. 1-54   pp. 55-80
  28. H.B. Nielsen, Algorithms for Linear Optimization - an Introduction, 2nd edition. IMM (1999), 122 pages.
  29. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, O. Tingleff, Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Problems, IMM (1999), 56 pages.
  30. P.E. Frandsen, K. Jonasson, H.B. Nielsen, O. Tingleff, Unconstrained Optimization, IMM (1999), 86 pages.
  31. P.E. Frandsen, K. Jonasson, H.B. Nielsen, O. Tingleff, Unconstrained Optimization, 2nd ed, IMM (2004), 76 pages.
  32. K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, O. Tingleff, Methods for Non-Linear Least Squares Problems, IMM (2004), 58 pages.


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