Richard Vuduc

Richard Vuduc is an Associate Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), part of the College of Computing. His research focuses on high-performance computing (HPC), algorithms, performance engineering, and their applications in numerical simulation and data analysis. He leads the HPC Garage research lab and has held roles such as Associate Chair and Director of graduate programs in his department. He has received notable awards including the NSF CAREER Award, Gordon Bell Prize (2010), and teaching excellence recognition.

Education and Background:

• PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley (2003)
• Postdoctoral scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Research Interests:

• High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems and algorithms
• Parallel algorithms for graph processing and machine learning
• Performance analysis and optimization
• Tensor decomposition and multiway data analysis

Key Contributions:

• Pioneering work in distributed-memory parallel algorithms
• Development of tools like Jack (autotuner) and SPARTan (PARAFAC2)
• Advances in HPC applications for bioinformatics and knowledge graphs

Awards and Recognition:

• Gordon Bell Prize (2010)
• NSF CAREER Award
• Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Teaching Excellence Award (2013)
• Best Paper Awards at SDM (2012) and IPDPS (2015)

Professional Service:

• Chair of SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (2018-2020)
• Co-chair of SC16 Technical Papers Program
• Associate Editor for International Journal of High-Performance Computing Applications and IEEE TPDS

Labs and Teams: The HPC Garage lab, focused on scalable HPC systems and applications, and contributions to interdisciplinary projects like the C21U Center.