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Christina C. Christara is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. She specializes in scientific computing and computational mathematics, focusing on numerical methods, parallel computation, and high performance computing. Her extensive research contributions include the development of mathematical software and numerical solutions to partial differential equations, particularly for applications in science, engineering, and finance. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University and has authored numerous publications in her fields of expertise. Throughout her career, she has supervised a substantial number of graduate theses, contributing to advancing doctoral research in numerical algorithms and PDE methods. She is involved in developing efficient numerical methods for financial derivatives pricing and has explored high-order numerical techniques to solve complex partial differential equations. As an educator, she has taught various courses at the graduate level, emphasizing hands-on experience in high-performance scientific computing, numerical algorithms, and computational finance. Her efforts to integrate research and teaching allow her students to engage deeply with practical problem-solving in computational science.
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