About
Gagan Agrawal is the UGA Foundation Professorship in Computing and a Professor at the School of Computing, University of Georgia. He serves as Director of the School and is affiliated with the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences. Agrawal holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland (1994-1996).
His research focuses on high-performance computing, parallel algorithms, compiler optimization for deep learning, GPU acceleration, and interdisciplinary applications in health informatics. Notable contributions include frameworks like ForensiBlock (blockchain for data forensics) and DELITE (tensorized instruction compilation). Agrawal has secured over $2.5M in NSF grants for projects addressing extreme-scale computing challenges.
- Recent grants include:
- SHF: Small: Memory Hierarchy Optimizations Meet Transformers (MITTEN) ($600K, 2024-2027)
- DELITE compilation system for deep learning models ($600K, 2023-2026)
Publications span parallel computing methodologies, cybersecurity frameworks, and health outcomes analysis. His work on social determinants of health in cancer survival has been systematically reviewed in top-tier medical journals.
Agrawal leads UGA's computing initiatives, emphasizing interdisciplinary research and student mentorship in HPC and AI domains.
