Cris Cecka
Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolCris Cecka is a Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA with 13 years of experience bridging computational mathematics and applied research in industry and academia. He holds a PhD in Computational Mathematics from Stanford and has done postdoctoral work at MIT and research/teaching roles at Harvard, where he helped design courses for applied computational science. Proficient in C++, Python, Matlab and computational physics, Cris translates advanced numerical methods into high-performance implementations for real-world problems. Based in San Jose, he combines deep theoretical training with production-oriented R&D, mentoring students as an adjunct professor at Stanford while driving innovation at NVIDIA. A subtle through-line in his career is repeatedly connecting curriculum design and tooling to practical research workflows, improving how teams learn and apply computational techniques.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics at Harvey Mudd CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Mathematics at Stanford University
Github Skills (24)
algebra10
matrix-multiplication10
cluster-computing10
blas10
nvidia10
deep-learning10
gpu10
cuda10
cpp10
linear-algebra10
thrust9
bem8
tensor8
algorithms7
multi-gpu7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ccecka/configure
Dec 2013 - Nov 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years
ccecka/fmmtl
Jul 2013 - Mar 2018
Contributions:274 commits, 1 PR, 45 pushes in 4 years 9 months
fmmtemplate-library
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