Charles Rizzo
Research Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolCharles Rizzo is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, specializing in neuromorphic computing and spiking neural networks with nine years of experience bridging academic research and operational infrastructure. He completed a PhD in Computer Science in 2024 with a dissertation on pairing event-based cameras and spiking neural networks, and now develops applications and algorithms for the TENNLab research group. Charles has hands-on experience administering a 1,728-core cluster that supports large-scale neural network development, giving him rare expertise at the intersection of systems engineering and ML research. His work spans teaching, internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry, and published research visible on Google Scholar. Known for turning experimental neuromorphic concepts into practical tools, he combines experimental rigor with production-minded cluster management to accelerate research outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Silverdale Baptist AcademyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (4)
operating-system3
javascript3
python3
zig1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
charizzo/cs483
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:112 pushes, 5 branches in 3 months
nbogda/cosc522_final_project
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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