Systems and Performance Research Lab at Santa Clara University
Current Students
Vedica Rao (Ph.D.)
Chianing Wang (Ph.D.)
Shreyas Raghunath (M.S.)
Hudson Strauss (M.S.)
Saeyeon Kim (B.S., Clare Booth Luce Scholar 2024)
Alexander Anokhin (B.S.)
Former Students
M.S. with thesis
Kimsong Lor, thesis: GBOTuner: Autotuning of OpenMP Parallel Codes with Bayesian Optimization and Code Representation Transfer Learning (Spring 25), first position: Apple
Gaurav Punjabi, thesis: Efficient Inference Of Performance Models in OpenMP Applications (Summer 25), first position: Apple
M.S. without thesis
Lauren Hu, 2025
Rohit Roy Chowdhury, 2025
Ananya Pagadala, 2025
Vedica Rao, 2024 (re-joined the lab as a Ph.D. student)
Undergraduate research (course credit)
Anthony Bryson
Logan Calder
Former Visitors
Floris Jan-Willemsen (Fall 25) (from the Netherlands e-Science center and Leiden University)
Advised undergraduate senior design projects
As the main, sole advisor:
Implementation of Mixed Precision Iterative Solver on AMD APU (working title) (AY25-26)
Applied Auto-tuning on LoRA Hyperparameters (AY23-24)
General Purpose Tuning Data Visualization (AY23-24)
As a secondary, co-advisor:
Open source ARM Cortex M0 (temporary title) (AY25-26) (co-advised with Dr. Andy Wolfe)
Secure Your Hardware with Randomization and Redundancy (AY24-25) (co-advised with Dr. Hoeseok Yang)
Photos
SC 2024: Saeyeon (left), Vedica (right)
Nvidia visit: Kimsong, Vedica, Saeyeon, Floris-Jan, Younghyun, Gaurav (from left to right)
IPDPS 2024 in San Francisco: Gaurav, Kimsong, Vedica, Younghyun (from left to right)
