Simon Garcia De Gonzalo
About Simon Garcia De Gonzalo
Simon Garcia De Gonzalo is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in scalable computer architectures and exascale technologies.
Current Position and Role
Simon Garcia De Gonzalo holds the position of Senior Member of Technical Staff in Scalable Computer Architectures and Exascale Technologies at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been in this role since 2022, working in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. His responsibilities involve developing scalable computing architectures geared towards exascale computing technologies.
Previous Work Experience
Simon worked at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center as a Postdoctoral Researcher from 2019 to 2022. Before that, he was a Ph.D Research Assistant at the Semiconductor Research Corporation's Center for Applications Driving Architectures (ADA) from 2018 to 2019. Additionally, he served multiple stints as an R&D Graduate Intern at Sandia National Laboratories in 2016 and 2018. Simon has also worked at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in various capacities.
Education and Academic Background
Simon earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completing his studies between 2012 and 2019. Before that, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Florida State University, where he studied from 2007 to 2012. His academic background has profoundly influenced his research and professional journey in the field of high-performance computing.
Research Interests
Simon’s research interests include parallel heterogeneous computing, performance portability, runtime systems, compilers, and programming models for high-performance computing. His work primarily focuses on optimizing the performance and efficiency of large-scale computational systems.
Awards and Recognitions
Simon has received multiple awards and recognitions for his contributions to high-performance computing. In 2020, he was awarded the STARS Fellowship as part of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions while at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. He was also selected as a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in 2022. Simon's work received the best paper award at SC'20 and HPCC'19, highlighting his significant contributions to the field.