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Ivor Spence is a Professor in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast. His academic role includes research and teaching in distributed and cloud computing, machine learning on heterogeneous systems, and benchmarks for satisfiability problems. He is actively involved in supervising PhD students, including Konstantin Bakanov and Ian McRitchie, focusing on topics such as heterogeneous computing and generative programming.
His research interests span energy-efficient computing architectures, edge and federated learning systems, and algorithm optimization for heterogeneous hardware. He has contributed to projects like Energy-efficient Heterogeneous Computing at exaSCALE and FUSION/Numa Engineering, emphasizing practical applications in distributed systems and real-time analytics. Dr. Spence collaborates with industry partners through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), addressing challenges in edge computing and hardware-software co-design.
His work has led to numerous publications in top-tier journals and conferences, including contributions to federated learning frameworks, DNN pruning systems, and video retrieval algorithms. He is affiliated with the Centre for Intelligent Sustainable Computing and has served on editorial boards and peer-review panels for IEEE Transactions and other venues. His research bridges theoretical computer science with practical innovations in high-performance and sustainable computing.
