▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Sim ula ▁Research ▁Labor atory , ▁a ▁Norwegian ▁research ▁center ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Government , ▁and ▁is ▁Professor ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁Comput ing ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Os lo . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁T ve ito ▁obtained ▁an ▁M Sc ▁degree ▁in ▁N umer ical ▁Analysis ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Os lo , ▁Department ▁of ▁In format ics ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁He ▁obtained ▁Ph D ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁department ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁foc using ▁on ▁numerical ▁solution ▁of ▁partial ▁differential ▁equations . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁T ve ito ▁joined ▁the ▁App lied ▁Mathemat ics ▁department ▁at ▁S IN TE F ▁as ▁a ▁research ▁scient ist ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁held ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Chief ▁Scient ist . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁Professor ▁of ▁N umer ical ▁Analysis ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Os lo , ▁Department ▁of ▁In format ics ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁T ve ito ▁co - f ounded ▁N umer ical ▁Object s , ▁a ▁company ▁that ▁commercial ized ▁the ▁D iff pack ▁software , ▁and ▁served ▁on ▁its ▁board ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁T ve ito ▁joined ▁the ▁Sim ula ▁Research ▁Labor atory ▁upon ▁its ▁establishment ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁its ▁Man aging ▁Director ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁The ▁scientific ▁computing ▁activities