معرفی
Lillian Pentecost serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Amherst College, a position she assumed in Fall 2022. Her research bridges computer architecture, memory technology innovation, and computational efficiency for modern data workloads.
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Harvard University (May 2022), VLSI-Arch group under Professors David Brooks and Gu-Yeon Wei
- BA in Physics and Computer Science, Colgate University (2016)
Research Focus:
Dr. Pentecost specializes in co-design methodologies that integrate novel memory technologies with algorithmic adaptations to optimize data-intensive applications across computing scales. Her work targets the hardware-software interface to accelerate workloads from edge devices to data centers, with particular emphasis on emerging non-volatile memory systems and their architectural implications for performance-critical applications.
Professional Experience:
- Research Intern, IBM (2016)
- Research Intern, Microsoft Research (2018)
- Research Intern, NVIDIA Research (2020)
