Michael F. P. O'Boyle

Michael F. P. O'Boyle is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics. He is a leading researcher in compiler technology, specializing in optimizing compilation, machine learning for compilation, and heterogeneous systems. His work addresses the critical challenges of compiling software for increasingly diverse hardware architectures in the post-Moore's Law era.

Professor O'Boyle's research interests focus on:

• Optimizing compilation techniques
• Machine learning applications in compilation
• Heterogeneous computing systems
• Program synthesis
• Neural machine translation for code
• Hardware/software co-design

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on tensor optimization, compiler infrastructure for heterogeneous systems, and machine learning applications in program analysis and transformation. O'Boyle's work bridges traditional compiler techniques with modern AI-driven approaches to code optimization, addressing the growing complexity of hardware-software interfaces.

Professor O'Boyle has received several notable honors and awards:

• ACM CGO Test of Time award (2017)
• Senior EPSRC Research Fellow
• Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS)

He holds significant leadership roles including Director of the ARM Research Centre of Excellence at Edinburgh and Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism. O'Boyle is also a founding member of HiPEAC, a European network for high-performance and embedded architecture and compilation, and has delivered keynote addresses at major conferences including PPoPP 2019 where he presented his vision for "Rethinking Compilation in a Heterogeneous World."