Carl Pearson
LTE at Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Pearson is a research-focused software engineer and LTE at Sandia National Laboratories with 12 years of experience building scalable algorithms for multi-GPU scientific computing, machine learning, and graph analytics. He holds a PhD and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UIUC and a BS with high distinction from Harvey Mudd, blending deep academic rigor with practical systems work. Carl’s contributions to the Trilinos project demonstrate hands-on expertise modernizing linear-algebra stacks and ensuring cross-package compatibility as Tpetra/Kokkos evolved, impacting widely used HPC libraries like Zoltan2 and Amesos2. His background spans research internships at IBM and MulticoreWare, teaching roles at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and compiler and RTL work that gives him a rare full-stack view from hardware to parallel software. He publishes and documents his work at carlpearson.net and brings a consistent focus on performance characterization across heterogeneous hardware. Notably, his decade-plus trajectory combines sustained open-source maintenance with academic leadership, making him effective at translating cutting-edge research into robust, production-ready HPC software.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Engieering, High Distinction, Bachelor of Science - BS, Engieering, High Distinction at Harvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (11)
trilinos10
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c-language10
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cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra10
scientific-computing10
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cplus9
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
trilinos/trilinos
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Carl's commits primarily involve refactoring and adapting existing code to accommodate the deprecation of `Tpetra::KokkosCompat` and related components within the Trilinos project. Their work included renaming namespaces, updating header files, and modifying code that used deprecated functionality. The user's contributions ensure the continued functionality and compatibility of several Trilinos packages such as Zoltan2, Stokhos, pytrilinos, xpetra, belos, galeri, amesos2, shylu, ifpack2, muelu, trilinoscouplings, thyra, moertel, panzer, and nox with the updated Trilinos framework.
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cwpearson/nvidia-performance-tools
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:48 commits, 63 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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