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\title{Curriculum Vitae}

\author{David Bryan Carpenter}
%\address{Department of Electronics and Computer Science, \\
%         Southampton University, \\
%         Southampton, S09 5NH} 

%\date{October 31, 1990}
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\section*{Personal Details}

\begin{description}
\item{Date of Birth:}
15th January, 1958
\item{Place of Birth:}
Birmingham, UK
\item{Marital Status:}
Single
\item{First Degree:}
BSc., Physics, from Westfield College, London.\\
First Class Honours.  Degree awarded 1979.
\item{Second Degree:}
PhD., Theoretical High Energy Physics, also from Westfield.\\
Supervisor: Prof.~E.~Leader. Degree awarded 1984.
\item{Thesis:} {\em Lattice and Large N Studies of Two-dimensional QCD},
submitted to University of London, 1983.
\item{Positions:}\
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\item{1983-1984}
Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics Department,
Edinburgh University.
\item{1985}
Held Royal Society Overseas Fellowship at DESY, Hamburg.
\item{1985-1988}
Research Fellow in Computational Physics Group, Southampton.
\item{1989}
Employed at ``Transputer Technology Solutions'', Southampton.
\item{1989-91}
Research Fellow in Department of Electronics and Computer Science,
Southampton (funded by Esprit Project PUMA).
\item{1991-92}
Research Fellow in Department of Electronics and Computer Science
and Department of Physics, Southampton.

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\section*{Research Interests}

     After spending a couple of years in my early research career
involved in more or less theoretical work on lattice gauge theories
(and two-dimensional field theory), I have for the last five years
been very heavily involved in computational work, programming
parallel computers, most especially transputers, to simulate
physical systems.

     My doctoral research involved applying the at that time
newly-developed computational techniques for handling lattice
fermions to a low-dimensional field theory \cite{2d}, together with
application of a novel analytic technique to the same theory.
Subsequently at Edinburgh I was exposed to one of the early
successful massively parallel computers---the ICL DAP, although
at that stage, and for the next year at DESY,  my main interests
remained more analytic \cite{free} \cite{block} \cite {sigma}.

    In 1985 I came to Southampton to work with Prof.~A.J.G.~Hey,
then in the Physics Department, on the earliest transputer
systems.  In close collaboration with {\em inmos} we wrote some of
the first scientific programs to exploit this new type of
machine, at that stage concentrating on statistical physics
problems.  In particular we worked with J.T.~Chalker on
elucidating the phase diagram of a modified XY model
of theoretical interest at that time \cite{simulation}
\cite{xy}.

     During the ESPRIT {\em supernode} project, which developed
a reconfigurable multi-transputer supercomputer, I worked
on programming paradigms for exploiting transputer networks in
simulation of physical systems \cite{monte}.  Later on this
experience was applied to QCD simulations, for example contributing
simulation results obtained on a Meiko transputer machine
to a study of glueballs with C.~Michael and M.J.~Teper \cite{glue}. 

     At the end of the {\em supernode} project Southampton
was provided with a 128 floating-point-transputer
machine.  In the last year this machine (which, with careful
programming, is capable of
CRAY-like performance) was utilised to perform a calculation
of heavy meson decay constants in a collaboration with Prof.~Sachrajda
\cite{decay}.  Currently we are attempting to perform a more
accurate calculation, in a collaboration
involving contributions from several European groups and several machines
\cite{meson}.

     My experience over several years now has given me a strong
grounding in exploiting parallel computers to the maximum for
scientific applications.  Besides scientific programming I have
spent a significant amount of time on system programming for
transputer machines (frequently because existing system software
was inadequate for handling the scientific problems in which I was
interested), and a lesser amount of time in system
programming on SUN workstations running UNIX.
I also have an interest in programming techniques
and languages in general.  It should also be said that I retain
a strong interest in QCD.

\begin{thebibliography}{9}

\bibitem{2d} D.B.~Carpenter, {\em Two Dimensional Lattice QCD in Quenched
Approximation.} Nucl. Phys. B228 (1983) 365.

\bibitem{free} D.B.~Carpenter and C.F.~Baillie, {\em Free Fermion Propagators
and Lattice Finite-Size Effects.} Nucl. Phys. B260 (1985) 103.

\bibitem{block} D.B.~Carpenter, {\em Blocking Transformations for Lattice
Fermions.} DESY Preprint 85-064. Unpublished.

\bibitem{sigma} S.J.~Hands and D.B.~Carpenter, {\em Lattice Sigma Model
and Fermion Doubling.} Nucl. Phys. B266 (1986) 285.

\bibitem{simulation} C.R.~Askew, D.B.~Carpenter, J.T.~Chalker, A.J.G.~Hey,
D.A.~Nicole and D.J.~Pritchard, {\em Simulation of Statistical Mechanical
Systems on Transputer Arrays.} Computer Physics Communications 42 (1986) 21.

\bibitem{monte} C.R.~Askew, D.B.~Carpenter, J.T.~Chalker, A.J.G.~Hey,
M.~Moore, D.A.~Nicole and D.J.~Pritchard,
{\em Monte Carlo Simulation on Transputer Arrays.}
Parallel Computing 6 (1988) 247.

\bibitem{tsp} J.R.A.~Allwright and D.B.~Carpenter,
{\em A Distributed Implementation of Simulated Annealing for the
Travelling Salesman Problem.}
Parallel Computing 10 (1989) 335.

\bibitem{xy} D.B.~Carpenter and J.T.~Chalker, {\em The Phase Diagram
of a Generalised XY Model.} J. Phys: Condens. Matter I (1989) 4907.

\bibitem{glue} B.~Carpenter, C.~Michael and M.J.~Teper,
{\em $O^+$ and $2^+$ Glueball Masses from Large Lattices in SU(2)
Lattice Gauge Theory.} Phys. Lett. B198 (1987) 511.

\bibitem{decay} C.R.~Allton, D.B.~Carpenter, V.~Lubicz, L.~Maiani,
G.~Martinelli and C.T.~Sachrajda, {\em Decay Constants of Heavy Mesons.}
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 20 (1991) 504.

\bibitem{meson} A.~Abada, C.R.~Allton, Ph.~Boucard, D.B.~Carpenter,
M.~Crisafulli, J.~Garland, S.~G\"{u}sken, G.~Martinelli, O.~P\`{e}ne,
C.T.~Sachrajda, R.~Sarno, K.~Schilling and R.~Sommer
{\em Meson Spectroscopy and Decay Constants with Wilson Fermions at
$\beta = 6.4$}
Preprint (CERN-TH.6271/91, LPTHE-ORSAY 91/36, SHEP 91/92-3).

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