Alvaro Vazquez Alvarez

Alvaro Vazquez Alvarez is an Assistant Professor at the Higher Technical School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering (2009) from the same institution, focusing on High-performance decimal floating point units under the supervision of Dr. Elisardo Antelo Suárez. His research interests span high-performance computing, decimal arithmetic hardware design, parallel programming models, and LiDAR data processing.

His work emphasizes FPGA implementation of arithmetic units, numerical algorithms optimization, and compiler/runtime systems for parallel environments. He leads the CograDe Research Group (Computer Graphics and Data Engineering), exploring advanced topics in parallel computing and data engineering applications. Key contributions include universal MPI binding frameworks for new languages and efficient LiDAR point cloud processing algorithms.

Notable technical expertise includes: digit-by-digit algorithms, redundant number systems, CORDIC-based computations, and multi-operand decimal arithmetic implementations. His publications bridge theoretical numerical methods with practical hardware/software co-design solutions.

Current research focuses on extending parallel programming interfaces, improving decimal arithmetic precision in modern architectures, and applying advanced geometric processing techniques to 3D data challenges.