Presenter

Richard (Rich) Vuduc is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”), in the School of Computational Science and Engineering and co-director of CRNCH (the Center for Research on Novel Computing Hierarchies). His research lab, the HPC Garage, is interested in performance "by any means necessary," whether by innovative algorithms, rigorous performance modeling and analysis, ninja programming techniques, or exploiting novel hardware. He is a recipient of a DARPA Computer Science Study Group grant; an NSF CAREER award; an ACM Gordon Bell Prize Winner and two-time Finalist; a Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Company Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence; and the SIAG/SC Best Paper Prize, among awards.