Andy Georges
HPC System Administrator
Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolAndy Georges is an experienced HPC system administrator and former academic researcher with 14+ years managing Ghent University’s supercomputer infrastructure, overseeing seven clusters totaling over 13,000 cores and 4 PB of storage. He holds a PhD in Computer Science focused on Java performance evaluation and extended that research into VM and compiler optimization during a postdoc at FWO. Combining deep expertise in performance analysis, JVM internals, workload characterization and scheduling, he also contributes to open-source tooling like the widely used EasyBuild framework, enhancing reproducible software installations. Outside IT he applies hands-on skills building bikes part-time and mentors kids in coding through CoderDojo, reflecting a practical, community-minded approach to technology.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Universiteit GentBasisschool VogelzangASO, Maths (8h/week) - Sciences, ASO, Maths (8h/week) - Sciences at KAII Oostende-SteneDoctoral training programme, Computer Science, Doctoral training programme, Computer Science at Ghent University
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (13)
hpc10
python10
scite9
scilab9
linux8
git7
datetime6
cabal6
homebrew6
ghc6
haskell-platform6
django6
haskell6
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
easybuilders/easybuild-framework
Apr 2012 - Aug 2012
EasyBuild is a software installation framework in Python that allows you to install software in a structured and robust way.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 3 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Andy focused on enhancing and maintaining the `easybuild-framework` repository. They made multiple contributions to the `mrbayes.py` module, including fixes for MPI enabling, typo corrections, and documentation improvements. Their work also involved correcting and updating git import checks within the tools/repository.py file. These changes demonstrate their involvement in software installation, configuration and potential debugging, using Python.
pythonhpclinuxscientific-software
itkovian/configuration-modules-core
Jan 2015 - Nov 2022
Node Configuration Manager Components for Everyone
Contributions:6 PRs, 152 pushes, 24 branches in 7 years 11 months
configuration-managerconfigurationnodejs
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