GIREF - Université Laval

RESEARCH CENTRE AT UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL
Finite Element
Interdisciplinary
Research Group (GIREF)
GIREF’s multidisciplinary teams use the power of mathematics for applications
in a wide range of fields.
MISSION
GIREF’s mission is to develop
numerical methodologies
for solving systems of partial
differential equations, primarily
using the finite element method.
These methods are mainly applied
to solve industrial problems.
GIREF director: André Fortin, Faculty of Science and Engineering
CENTRE DESCRIPTION
GIREF brings together researchers and research groups from various universities to promote research,
development, specialized training, and interaction with industry in the field of numerical modeling and simulation.
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STATISTICS AT 1 JUNE 2013
GIREF members collaborate regularly with various partners in fields that use numerical methods (finite elements,
finite volumes, finite differences) to conduct numerical simulations of fundamental and applied problems.
ADVANTAGES
Université Laval in the heart of Québec City
is one of Canada’s top research universities,
with nearly 230 graduate programs.
Students at GIREF collaborate on research in fields at the
intersection of applied mathematics, software engineering, and fundamental science and engineering. All have
the opportunity to work with researchers from diverse
backgrounds within multidisciplinary teams. They draw
on their core math knowledge to solve concrete problems
in fundamental science (medicine, biology, pharmacy)
and engineering.
A global leader in numerous cutting-edge
disciplines, Université Laval educates
tomorrow’s leaders and prepares them to
face current and future challenges in every
field of knowledge.
Learn more about
Université Laval programs at
ulaval.ca/futurestudents
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Awards and honours
> Sophie Léger won the 2011–2012 Fernand Landry scholarship as well as a 2013 Hydro-Québec
scholarship.
> Benoît Pouliot received the Québec Lieutenant-Governor’s medal in 2011.
> Zanin Kavazovic was twice runner-up for the Society of Wood Science and Technology’s
George Marra Award, which recognizes excellence in writing and research (2011, 2013).
> André Fortin won the 2012 CAIMS-MPrime industrial mathematics prize awarded by the
Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society.
Finite Element Interdisciplinary
Research Group (GIREF)
Université Laval
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
1045, avenue de la Médecine
Suite 1448
Québec City (Québec) G1V 0A6
CANADA
100 %
418 656-2209
giref@giref.ulaval.ca
www.giref.ulaval.ca/accueil.html
(DC2014-01)
GIREF is home to the NSERC Research Chair in High Performance Computing. Researchers
from the group also solved a non-linear system of 1 billion equations on Colosse, the
supercomputer at Université Laval.