Presenter

Aaron Welch is a postdoctoral research associate in the Quantum Communications and Networking group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He graduated from the University of Houston with a PhD in computer science. His specialties include high-performance computing and parallel programming models, memory and network technologies, and relational database systems. In particular, past research contributions have had a significant focus on optimizing Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) languages and libraries. Aaron's experience includes contributions to the success of the OpenSHMEM specification and its reference implementation, as well as the Unified Communication X (UCX) project. He has also explored the application of PGAS technologies in data analytics and the Python ecosystem, as well as investigated a novel semi-automated method for combining static and dynamic analysis on arbitrary code bases. Aaron has published several papers in OpenSHMEM and has made significant contributions to the PGAS community.