Lieven Eeckhout

Lieven Eeckhout is a Professor at Ghent University, Belgium, in the Department of Electronics and Information Systems (ELIS), where he leads the PerformanceLab research group. His work spans computer architecture, performance evaluation and modeling, workload characterization, dynamic resource management, CPU/GPU microarchitecture, and sustainability. He has supervised a dozen PhD students and postdocs, with alumni now in academia (e.g., assistant professors at TU Eindhoven, ANU) and industry (e.g., Intel, Huawei).

• Education: PhD in Computer Science (Ghent University, 2002)
• Awards: ACM Fellow (2021), IEEE Fellow (2018), 2017 ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award, 2017 OOPSLA Most Influential Paper Award, 2024 IEEE CAL Best Paper Award, Distinguished Artifact Evaluation Award at ASPLOS 2024, and multiple Hall of Fame/Top Pick recognitions.

Research focuses on computer architecture and hardware/software interface, with recent emphasis on sustainability and processor design. Key projects include the Sniper multi-core simulator and ERC-funded initiatives like LSC (Load Slice Core) and DPMP (Dependable Performance Management). Articles highlight trends in GPU memory systems, vector runahead, and carbon-aware architectural models.

Scientific honors include

• 2024 IEEE CAL Best Paper Award
• Distinguished Artifact Evaluation at ASPLOS 2024
• IEEE/ACM MICRO 2023 Best Paper Award
• ISCA@50 25-Year Retrospective Selection
• ACM Fellow (2021)
• IEEE Fellow (2018)
• Maurice Wilkes Award (2017)
• IBM Belgium Prize for Informatics (2003)

As a research advisor, he has mentored numerous PhD students, including Benyamin Eslami, Jaime Roelandts, and Hossein SeyyedAghaei. His grants include ERC Starting (2011-2017) and Advanced Grants (2018-2023). The PerformanceLab group explores topics like multi-core simulation, GPU architecture, and energy-proportional systems, with collaborations across institutions (e.g., TU Eindhoven, Intel, ANU).