===affil2: Adviser ===firstname: Derrick ===firstname4: ===firstname3: ===lastname2: Douglas ===lastname: Cerwinsky ===firstname5: ===affil6: ===lastname3: ===email: derrick.cerwinsky@gmail.com ===lastname6: ===affil5: ===otherauths: ===lastname4: ===affil4: ===lastname7: ===affil7: ===firstname7: ===postal: 321 1/2 Fremont St. Laramie, WY 82072 ===firstname6: ===ABSTRACT: Roughed aggregation is a new AMG method which uses a rougher rather than a smoother to construct the restriction operator. In this case, the rougher used is conjugate gradient. With this simple modification there is a significant performance gain in some problems over smoothed aggregation. ===affil3: ===lastname5: ===affilother: ===title: Roughed Aggregation ===firstname2: Craig C.