Accelerated Computing research group

Learning From The Past

Making Software Greener and Faster By Mining Past Performance Data

Abstract

This project aims to make powerful computing applications, like those used in Artificial Intelligence (AI), climate modeling, astronomy, and self-driving cars, run faster and greener. By mining extensive data sets on the specific interactions between software and hardware, the project develops intelligent tools using explainable AI and transfer learning that learn from past software optimizations to improve future software optimization sessions and automatically adjust software to run more efficiently. The result: better performance, lower energy use, and reduced carbon emissions from the world’s fastest computers.

Making Software Greener and Faster By Mining Past Performance Data
Ben van Werkhoven

Ben van Werkhoven

Assistant Professor, Group Leader

Ben van Werkhoven is assistant professor at LIACS and head of the Accelerated Computing research group. His research interests lie in High Performance Computing (HPC), software optimization, automatic performance tuning (auto-tuning), energy efficiency, programming models, performance modeling, and the acceleration of scientific applications.

Floris-Jan Willemsen

Floris-Jan Willemsen

Postdoc

Floris-Jan is a Postdoc at Leiden University. Floris-Jan recently graduated from the Accelerated Computing research group after completing his PhD. He carried out his PhD research at the Netherlands eScience Center and Leiden University. His research focusses on intelligent, automated optimization of GPU software.