Research Scientist Associate V
PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 1996
M.Eng., Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, 1984
B.Sc., EE, Northwestern Univ. Tech. Institute, 1976
Telephone: (512) 471 0383
email: tobis (a) ig.utexas.edu
personal home page: mtobis.googlepages.com
Research Interests
Earth system modeling.
Statistical methods and uncertainty quantification.
Productivity in applied computation.
Editor (computer science focus): Geoscientific Model Development
Selected Publications
E. Ong, J. W. Larson, B. Norris, R. L. Jacob, M. Tobis and M. Steder (2007): "Multilingual Interfaces for Parallel Coupling in Multiphysics and Multiscale Systems" International Conference on Computational Science, Beijing, China.
M. Tobis, M.Steder, R. L. Jacob, R. T. Pierrehumbert, J. W. Larson and E. T. Ong (2006): "PyMCT and PyCPL: Refactoring the Community Climate System Model". Submitted to ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Journal.
M. Tobis 2005: "PyNSol : Objects as Scaffolding". Computing in Science and Engineering Vol 7 # 4.
M. Tobis, 2005: "PyNSol: A Framework for Interactive Development of High Performance Continuum Models. Proceedings 2005 Conference on Parallel Computational Dynamics, Washington DC.
R. Jacob, C. Schafer, I. Foster, M. Tobis and J. Anderson, 2001: "Computational Design and Performance of the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model" Proc. 2001 International Conference on Computational Science, eds. V. N. Alexandrov, J.J. Dongarra, C. J. K. Tan, Springer-Verlag.
M. Tobis R. L. Jacob, J. R. Anderson, I. T. Foster and C. M. Schafer 1997: FOAM: Expanding the Horizons of Climate Modeling" Proceedings of Supercomputing '97. San Jose CA.
J. R. Anderson and M. Tobis 1990: Long Term Variability and Trends in Intraseasonal Fluctuations of the Tropical Climate Transactions of First AMS Symposium on Global Change
Studies, Anaheim CA.