Michael Heath

Michael Heath may refer to:

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Michael Heath (computer scientist)

Michael Thomas Heath (born December 11, 1946) is a retired computer scientist who specializes in scientific computing. He is the director of the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets, a Department of Energy-sponsored computing center at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the former Fulton Watson Copp Professor of Computer Science at UIUC. Heath was inducted as member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2002, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2000, and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2010. He also received the 2009 Taylor L. Booth Education Award from IEEE. He became an emeritus professor in 2012.

Heath is the author of Scientific Computing: An Introductory Survey, an introductory text on numerical analysis.

Education

Michael Heath earned his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 1968. In 1974, Heath earned his M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Tennessee. Heath earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1978; his Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Numerical Algorithms for Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization and was completed under the direction of Gene Golub.

Michael Heath (Paralympic swimmer)

Michael Heath is a Canadian swimmer who participated in the London 2012 Paralympics. He competed in the 200m freestyle, the 100m breaststroke, and the 100m backstroke. Heath trains with the Wilmot Aquatic Aces in New Hamburg, Ontario.

In 2012, Heath participated in the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, and took home a bronze medal in the Men's 100m LC Meter Breaststroke Multi-Disability.

Michael Heath is now a retired Olympic Swimmer. In August 2013 he married Kassandra Heath (Lee) in London, Ontario. They now reside in London, Ontario.

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