David P. Landau

Not to be confused with Lev Landau.

David P. Landau (born 22 June 1941) is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and founding Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He won the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics. This is the highest award in computational physics given by the American Physical Society.

Awards

• Fellow of the American Physical Society
• Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science
• 1987 Jesse W. Beams Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society^[1]
• 1988 Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• 2002 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society^[2]
• 2008 Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach from the American Physical Society^[3]

Notes

1. ^ APS Physics | SESAPS | Jesse W. Beams Award
2. ^ 2002 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient
3. ^ March Meeting Prize and Award Recipients, 2008

References

Landau, David P.; Binder, Kurt (2005), A guide to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521842389 

"Physics Central: David Landau". American Physical Society. http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/people/landau.cfm. Retrieved 15 January 2011. 

See also

Wang and Landau algorithm

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Name	Landau, David P.
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Date of birth	22 June 1941
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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