Scientific Leadership
Gianluigi Rozza is the leader of the Rozza Group and coordinator of the SISSA mathLab laboratory.
He is Full Professor of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing (SSD MAT/08, A1/05) at SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy, where he also serves as the Vice Coordinator of Mathematics Area and Director’s Delegate for Knowledge Valorisation, Innovation, Technology Transfer and Industrial Cooperation.
He is among the top 13 Italian Mathematicians according to Top Italian Scientists (2026).
Research Focus
Gianluigi Rozza’s research lies at the intersection of mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and scientific computing, with a consistent focus on reducing the computational cost of high-fidelity simulations.
His early work developed within computational fluid dynamics and the numerical analysis of parametrized partial differential equations, where model order reduction (MOR) emerged as the central methodological axis of his research.
He has contributed to the advancement of MOR techniques through the development of certified Reduced Basis methods for parametrized PDEs and through the use of POD-Galerkin approaches for fluid dynamics and related systems.
The methodologies developed within this framework have been applied across several domains, including advanced manufacturing, aerospace and naval engineering, and cardiovascular modeling.
More recently, his research has expanded toward real-time simulation and digital twins, exploring the integration of model order reduction with data-driven modeling and machine learning.
Grants
ROSA Reduced Order and Surrogate methods for advanced Applications FIS 3 PE1 Consolidator Grant 2026–2030 |
 ARGOS Advanced Reduced Groupware Online Simulation ERC Proof of Concept 2022–2024 |
AROMA-CFD Advanced Reduced Order Methods with Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics ERC Consolidator Grant 2016–2022 |
Publications
Gianluigi Rozza is (co-)author of 681 scientific publications, with over 22,000 citations. His H-index is 67 (source: Google Scholar, March 2026).
Gianluigi Rozza on Google Scholar
Main Current Duties
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President Italian Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIMAI) |
Coordinator Spoke 9 – Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem (iNEST) |
Co-founder and Scientific Director FAST Computing |
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Member of the Management Committee SMACT Competence Center |
President of the Scientific Committee Maritime, Aerospace, Renewable Energies Technology Cluster FVG (MARE FVG) |
President Simplifica |
Gianluigi Rozza’s full CV is available here.
Other Duties
Teaching
PhD program in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling and Applications
SISSA
Post-graduate program in High Performance Computing
SISSA, ICTP (joint program)
MSc in Mathematics
SISSA, University of Trieste (joint program)
MSc in Data Science and Scientific Computing
SISSA, University of Trieste, University of Udine (joint program)
Academic Service
Member of the Board of Directors
SISSA
Delegate of SISSA Director in the Scientific Committee
ARPA-FVG (Friuli Venezia Giulia regional agency for environment protection)
Member of the Web Commission
SISSA
Member of the High Performance Computing Advisory Board
SISSA
Member of the Open Access Committee
SISSA Library
Faculty Advisor
SISSA SIAM Student Chapter
Scientific Coordination and Advisory Roles
Member of the Board of Directors
Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem (iNEST)
Coordinator of MIT-FVG project
Member of the Management Committee for Italy & Chairman of WG1
COST EU-MORNET – Cooperation in Science and Technology, European Union Model Reduction Network
Member of the Scientific Committee
NetVal – Network for Research Valorization
Member of the Scientific Committee
CUOA Business School
Editorial Duties
Editor-in-Chief
MCA – Mathematical and Computational Applications
Associate Editor
RIMU – Rendiconti dell’Istituto di Matematica dell’Università di Trieste
Associate Editor
Mathematics in Engineering
Associate Editor
ACOM – Advances in Computational Mathematics
Associate Editor
IJCFD – International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Associate Editor
IJNME – International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Associate Editor
NMPDEs – Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
Area Editor
Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models: Theory and Modern Applications
Past Duties
Coordinator of the Mathematics Area (2020–2025)
SISSA
Coordinator of the PhD program in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling and Applications (2018–2020)
SISSA
Academic Path
2018-present
Full Professor of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, Italy)
2014-2017
Associate Tenured Professor in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, Italy)
2012-2014
Research Excellence Grant for independent research NOFYSAS
SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, Italy)
2008-2012
Researcher and Lecturer
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
2006-2008
Post Doctoral Associate Researcher
MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, USA)
2002-2006
Research Assistant
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Education
PhD in Applied Mathematics
2005
Chair of Modelling and Scientific Computing, EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
MSc in Aerospace Engineering (Aerodynamics)
2002
Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Main Recognitions
SIAM Fellow
Class of 2025
Awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for contributions to the development of reduced order models for CFD applications.
Gili Agostinelli Prize 2025
Mathematics applied to Physical or Natural Sciences and Engineering
Awarded by Accademia delle Scienze di Torino for fundamental contributions to the Numerical Analysis of partial differential equations arising in Mathematical Physics, particularly in Fluid Dynamics, with significant applications in the Physical and Natural Sciences as well as in Engineering and Industrial Mathematics.
Previous Awards
ECCOMAS Jacques Louis Lions Award 2014
Awarded to Young Investigators (under 40 years old) in Computational Mechanics by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS).
Springer Computational Science and Engineering Prize 2009
Joint award with Phuong Huynh and Ngoc-Cuong Nguyen for the development of the software package rbMIT, used in solving parametrized partial differential equations by the Reduced Basis method.
ECCOMAS PhD Award 2005
Awarded by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) for the best PhD thesis in Computational Science and Engineering.
Bill Morton CFD Prize 2004
Awarded every 3 years to researchers under 31 years old by the Computational Fluid Dynamics Institutes and Computing Laboratories of the University of Oxford and the University of Reading (United Kingdom).
Further Reading
Gianluigi Rozza on the website of the Mathematics Genealogy Project: https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=95633
Gianluigi Rozza on Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Rozza