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I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Kahlert School of Computing at the University of Utah. My research focuses on scientific machine learning, scientific computing, and high performance computing.

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University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2023-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Kahlert School of Computing)
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Varun Shankar

University of Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah, US

2018-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | Assistant Professor Lecturer (Kahlert School of Computing)
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Varun Shankar

University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2014-07-01 to 2018-06-30 | Postdoc (Department of Mathematics)
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Varun Shankar

University of Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah, US

2010-01-08 to 2014-04-22 | Graduate Research Assistant (Mathematics)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah, US

2009-08-24 to 2014-04-22 | PhD in Scientific Computing (School of Computing)
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SRM University: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

2005-06 to 2009-06 | Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science and Engineering)
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Funding (2)

AF: Small: Collaborative Research: Scalable, high-order mesh-free algorithms applied to bulk-surface biomechanical problems

2017-08-01 to 2020-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (n/a, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000083/1714844/AF-Small-Collaborative-Research-Scalable-high-order-mesh-free-algorithms-applied-to-bulk-surface-biomechanical-problems
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The Best of Both: Toward a hybrid discrete and continuum multiscale platelet aggregation and coagulation model

2015-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000086/1521748/The-Best-of-Both-Toward-a-hybrid-discrete-and-continuum-multiscale-platelet-aggregation-and-coagulation-model
GRANT_NUMBER: 1521748
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Works (16)

MGM: A Meshfree Geometric Multilevel Method for Systems Arising from Elliptic Equations on Point Cloud Surfaces

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
2023-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1137/22M1490338
Contributors: Grady B. Wright; Andrew Jones; Varun Shankar
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A Robust Hyperviscosity Formulation for Stable RBF-FD Discretizations of Advection-Diffusion-Reaction Equations on Manifolds

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1137/19M1288747
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Grady B. Wright; Akil Narayan
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Asymptotic and Numerical Analysis of a Stochastic PDE Model of Volume Transmission

Multiscale Modeling & Simulation
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1137/18M1230773
Contributors: Sean D. Lawley; Varun Shankar
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Hyperviscosity-based stabilization for radial basis function-finite difference (RBF-FD) discretizations of advection–diffusion equations

Journal of Computational Physics
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2018.06.036
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Aaron L. Fogelson
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RBF-LOI: Augmenting Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) with Least Orthogonal Interpolation (LOI) for solving PDEs on surfaces

Journal of Computational Physics
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.015
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Akil Narayan; Robert M. Kirby
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Curvilinear Mesh Adaptation Using Radial Basis Function Interpolation and Smoothing

Journal of Scientific Computing
2018-10-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-018-0711-0
Contributors: Vidhi Zala; Varun Shankar; Shankar P. Sastry; Robert M. Kirby
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3-D FDTD Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Magnetized Plasma Requiring Singular Updates to the Current Density Equation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2847601
Contributors: Santosh Pokhrel; Varun Shankar; Jamesina J. Simpson
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Mesh-free semi-Lagrangian methods for transport on a sphere using radial basis functions

Journal of Computational Physics
2018-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2018.04.007
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Grady B. Wright
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Robust Node Generation for Mesh-free Discretizations on Irregular Domains and Surfaces

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1137/17M114090X
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Robert M. Kirby; Aaron L. Fogelson
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The overlapped radial basis function-finite difference (RBF-FD) method: A generalization of RBF-FD

Journal of Computational Physics
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2017.04.037
Contributors: Varun Shankar
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A Radial Basis Function (RBF)-Finite Difference (FD) Method for Diffusion and Reaction-Diffusion Equations on Surfaces.

2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-014-9914-1
PMID: 25983388
Contributors: Shankar V; Wright GB; Kirby RM; Fogelson AL
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A high-order radial basis function (RBF) Leray projection method for the solution of the incompressible unsteady Stokes equations

Computers & Fluids
2016-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.01.009
Contributors: Edward J. Fuselier; Varun Shankar; Grady B. Wright
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Augmenting the immersed boundary method with Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) for the modeling of platelets in hemodynamic flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
2015-12-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/fld.4061
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Grady B. Wright; Robert M. Kirby; Aaron L. Fogelson
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Radial basis function (RBF)‐based parametric models for closed and open curves within the method of regularized stokeslets

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
2015-10-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/fld.4048
Contributors: Varun Shankar; Sarah D. Olson
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A radial basis function (RBF) finite difference method for the simulation of reaction-diffusion equations on stationary platelets within the augmented forcing method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/fld.3880
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Contributors: Shankar, V.; Wright, G.B.; Fogelson, A.L.; Kirby, R.M.
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A study of different modeling choices for simulating platelets within the immersed boundary method.

2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnum.2012.09.006
PMID: 23585704
PMC: PMC3623290
Contributors: Shankar V; Wright GB; Fogelson AL; Kirby RM
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Peer review (17 reviews for 9 publications/grants)

Review activity for Applied mathematics and computation. (1)
Review activity for Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering. (3)
Review activity for Engineering with computers. (3)
Review activity for IJIDEM. (1)
Review activity for Journal of computational physics. (2)
Review activity for Journal of scientific computing. (2)
Review activity for Neural networks. (3)
Review activity for Neurocomputing. (1)
Review activity for SIAM journal on scientific computing. (1)
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