David Bunde

David Bunde, the William & Marilyn Ingersoll Professor at Knox College's Department of Computer Science, is a leading expert in parallel computing education and resource management for supercomputers. His work bridges theoretical scheduling algorithms with practical implementations in high-performance systems.

• University: Knox College
• Department: Computer Science
• Rank: Professor

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Illinois-Champaign (2006)
• B.S., Harvey Mudd College (1998)

Research Interests focus on:

• Supercomputer resource management and scheduling
• Parallel programming education using high-level languages
• Theoretical guarantees in online scheduling
• Task mapping strategies for emerging topologies

Article Trends reveal expertise in:

• Chapel as a pedagogical tool
• GPU computing integration
• Geometric partitioning for performance
• Non-contiguous allocation strategies

Scientific Awards & Grants:

• NSF grants for parallel education initiatives
• R&D 100 Award for 'Compute Process Allocator'
• Quad City Engineering and Science Council Junior Scientist of the Year

Advising & Collaborations include:

• Co-authoring papers with 12+ students
• Collaborations with Sandia National Labs and DOE
• Maintaining 'Peachy Parallel Assignments' repository