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Aslak Tveito (born February 17th 1961, Norway) is the Managing Director and CEO of Simula Research Laboratory, and professor of scientific computing at the University of Oslo.

Education
Tveito received his PhD from the University of Oslo in 1988. His supervisor was professor Ragnar Winther.

Areas of interest
During his time at Simula, Tveito's main research focus has been on mathematical and computational issues related to understanding the electrophysiology of the human heart.

Editorial positions

 * Editorial board of Computing and Visualization in Science, Springer Publishing
 * Editorial board of Encyclopedia of Applied and Computational Mathematics
 * Editor in chief of Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing

Simula Research Laboratory
Simula Research Laboratory was established in 2001, and Tveito took over the position as Managing Director and CEO in 2002.

Simula was evaluated by a group of international experts in 2004 and again in 2009. For both evaluations the laboratory received excellent reviews, and the renewal of their basic allowance. Simula was also evaluated as part of a national ICT evaluation in 2012; two of three groups at Simula were then awarded the highest grade, and Simula received the highest average score of all institutions evaluated.

Memberships
Tveito is a member of the Norwegian Academt of Technological Sciences and a lifetime member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.