Presenter

Tim Mattson is a parallel programmer (Ph.D. Chemistry, UCSC, 1985). Tim has been with Intel since 1993 where he has worked with brilliant people on great projects such as: (1) the first TFLOP computer (ASCI Red), (2) the OpenMP API for shared memory programming, (3) the OpenCL programming language for heterogeneous platforms, (4) Intel's first TFLOP chip (the 80 core research chip), and (5) Intel’s 48 core, SCC research processor. Currently Tim is working in the Parallel Computing lab. He is (1) the PI for our Big Data science and technology center, and (2) leading a small group studying revolutionary approaches to runtime systems for exascale computers.