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Turing Award Special: A Conversation with Jack Dongarra
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Jack Dongarra is an American computer scientist who is celebrated for his pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and high-performance computing. He developed essential software libraries like LINPACK and LAPACK, which are widely used for solving linear algebra problems on advanced computing systems. Dongarra is also a co-creator of the TOP500 list, which ranks the world’s most powerful supercomputers. His work has profoundly impacted computational science, enabling advancements across numerous research domains.
Jack received the 2021 Turing Award "for pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and libraries that enabled high performance computational software to keep pace with exponential hardware improvements for over four decades."
He joins the podcast with Sean Falconer to talk about his life and career.
Sean's been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.
Please click here to see the transcript of this episode.
Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com
2088 episodes
Manage episode 472014322 series 2455731
Jack Dongarra is an American computer scientist who is celebrated for his pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and high-performance computing. He developed essential software libraries like LINPACK and LAPACK, which are widely used for solving linear algebra problems on advanced computing systems. Dongarra is also a co-creator of the TOP500 list, which ranks the world’s most powerful supercomputers. His work has profoundly impacted computational science, enabling advancements across numerous research domains.
Jack received the 2021 Turing Award "for pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and libraries that enabled high performance computational software to keep pace with exponential hardware improvements for over four decades."
He joins the podcast with Sean Falconer to talk about his life and career.
Sean's been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.
Please click here to see the transcript of this episode.
Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com
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