Presenter

Jonas Latt is an Associate Professor in the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He conducts research in high-performance computing and computational fluid dynamics, with applications in cross-disciplinary areas that include geophysical, biomedical, and aero-spatial fields. He is the original developer and current co-maintainer of the open-source software Palabos for Lattice Boltzmann simulations of complex flows. He previously obtained his Ph.D. in physics and computer science at the University of Geneva and pursued his interest in fluid dynamics through research at Tufts University (Boston, USA) and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL (Switzerland), and as a co-founder of the CFD company FlowKit.