Andrew Barker
Math Algorithm Engineering Manager
Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Barker is a Math Algorithm Engineering Manager with a decade of experience translating numerical analysis and high-performance computing research into optimized linear algebra routines for cutting-edge hardware. Based in Hillsboro, Oregon, he leads a hybrid team of computer scientists and mathematicians at Intel, blending managerial rigor with hands-on algorithm design honed during roles at Lawrence Livermore and academic postdocs. His background—PhD in Applied Mathematics from CU Boulder—underscores a deep familiarity with both theory and practical implementation for performance-critical systems. Known for bridging research and production, he focuses on squeezing performance from emerging architectures while keeping numerical robustness top of mind. An apt summary from his GitHub—“Some computing, some math”—captures his dual identity as a practitioner who thrives where mathematical elegance meets systems engineering.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (40)
computational-science10
solver10
hpc10
laplacian10
parallel-computing10
finite-element-analysis10
c-library10
cpp10
amr10
multiphysics10
scalable10
scientific-computing10
code-library9
graph9
linear-algebra9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
barker29/hillsboro-crashes
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
Database of crashes in Washington County, Oregon
Contributions:4 PRs, 66 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
risk-assessmentoregondatabaseperlwashington
LLNL/saamge
Aug 2016 - Apr 2019
Smoothed aggregation spectral element-based algebraic multigrid
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 7 months
multigridspectralaggregationalgebraic
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