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\department{School of Computer Science}
\extension{422-2657}
\netmail{jrs@cs.cmu.edu \\ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/$\sim$jrs}
\signature{Jonathan Shewchuk}

\begin{letter}

\address{CS Faculty Search Committee Chair \\
c/o Anita Bailey \\
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences \\
University of California, Berkeley \\
381 Soda Hall \#1776 \\
Berkeley, California  94720-1776}

\opening{Dear Committee Chair,}

I wish to apply for an Assistant Professor position
in Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley.
I received a doctorate in computer science this past May under the
supervision of David O'Hallaron and Gary Miller
at Carnegie Mellon University, where I am currently a Post Doctoral Fellow.

My research interests include scientific computing,
computational geometry, and numerical methods.
My work in scientific computing includes
large-scale earthquake modeling, with a focus on mesh generation.
For the last five years, I have worked closely with civil engineers and
computer scientists in Carnegie Mellon's Quake Project.
I have built most of the computational infrastructure for
our seismic simulation effort,
including mesh generators, a mesh partitioner, and parallel solvers.
With these tools, we have created
some of the world's largest unstructured finite element simulations,
culminating in a characterization of the seismic response of the
San Fernando Basin described in an enclosed article.

My thesis, ``Delaunay Refinement Mesh Generation,''
is an extensive theoretical and practical treatment of
provably good Delaunay-based mesh generation
in two and three dimensions.
My triangular mesh generator {\em Triangle} has contributed to
scientific computing worldwide, with
thousands of research and commercial users,
and has been licensed for inclusion in commercial programs
for purposes such as cartoon animation and visualization of mining data.
{\em Pyramid}, my new tetrahedral mesh generator,
offers capabilities not available in commercial mesh generators.
In another section of my thesis, I take advantage of the properties of
correctly rounded floating-point arithmetic to design fast software for
simple arbitrary precision arithmetic and correct geometric tests,
thereby improving the robustness of my mesh generators
with little sacrifice of speed.
This work and my tetrahedral mesh generation algorithm
are described in enclosed papers.

Please find enclosed the items listed below.
I can be reached at home at (412) 422-2657 for additional information.
I am confident that my skills in applied and theoretical
scientific application building and
computational geometry can complement and contribute to
the strengths of your department.

\closing{Sincerely yours,}

\encl{$\bullet$ vita (with references) \hspace{0.66in}
      $\bullet$ research overview \\
      $\bullet$ descriptions of selected papers \hspace{0.1in}
      $\bullet$ three papers}

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