Michela
Taufer
Ph.D. ETH Zurich, 2002
Michela has a long history of interdisciplinary work with
high-profile computational biophysics groups in several research and
academic institutions. Her research interests include software
applications and their advance programmability in heterogeneous
computing (i.e., multi-core platforms and GPUs); cloud computing and
volunteer computing; and performance analysis, modelling and
optimization of multi-scale applications. She has been serving as
the principal investigator of several NSF collaborative projects.
She also has significant experience in mentoring a diverse
population of students on interdisciplinary research. Michela's
training expertise includes efforts to spread high-performance
computing participation in undergraduate education and research as
well as efforts to increase the interest and participation of
diverse populations in interdisciplinary studies. For detailed
information on Prof. Michela's research areas, visit her
website
The Global
Computing Lab (GCLab), headed by Dr. Michela Taufer, targets
large-scale, heterogeneous computer systems and their application to
the sciences. GCLab research focuses on exploring, designing, and
implementing alternative, more efficient computational paradigms for
large-scale scientific simulations on hybrid computing systems
including grid and volunteer computing, multi-core architectures,
and graphics processing units (GPUs).