Torsten Hoefler
Scholar

Torsten Hoefler

Google Scholar ID: DdBvcBEAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich
High Performance ComputingDeep LearningNetworkingMessage Passing InterfaceParallel and Distributed Computing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
19,190
 
H-index
63
 
i10-index
256
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
160
list available
Contact
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Member of Academia Europaea
  • ACM Gordon Bell Prize (2019)
  • Youngest recipient of the IEEE Sidney Fernbach Award (oldest career award in HPC)
  • Inaugural ISC Jack Dongarra Award (2023)
  • ETH Zurich Latsis Prize (2015)
  • SIAM SIAG/Supercomputing Junior Scientist Prize (2012)
  • IEEE TCSC Young Achievers Award (2013) and Award of Excellence (2019)
  • Indiana University Young Alumni Award (2014) and Distinguished Alumni Award (2023)
  • Max Planck-Humboldt Medal (Germany)
  • Over 300 peer-reviewed publications
  • Co-author of the MPI 3 specification
  • Seven best paper awards at SC (2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Best paper awards at IPDPS'15, HPDC'15/16, OOPSLA'16, etc.
  • Elected to ACM SIGHPC Steering Committee since 2013 (re-elected in 2016, 2019, 2022)
Background
  • Full Professor at ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science
  • Director of the Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory (SPCL)
  • Chief Architect for Machine Learning at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center
  • Long-term Consultant to Microsoft in large-scale AI and networking
  • Research focuses on performance of parallel computing systems, spanning architecture, programming, and algorithms
  • Active in Weather/Climate simulations and Distributed Deep Learning
  • Led numerous funded projects, including an ERC Starting Grant and an ERC Consolidator Grant on Data-Centric Parallel Programming