Uwe Naumann: Professor of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University

Uwe Naumann is the author of the popular text book on (Adjoint) Algorithmic Differentiation (AAD) titled “The Art of Differentiating Computer Programs” and published by SIAM in 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics / Scientific Computing from the Technical University Dresden, Germany.

Following post-doctoral appointments in France, the UK and the US, he has been a professor for Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, since 2004. As a Technical Consultant for the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Ltd. Uwe has been playing a leading role in the delivery of AAD software and services to a growing number of tier-1 investment banks since 2008.