Fred Rothganger
Senior Member Of Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFred Rothganger is a Senior Member of Technical Staff with 12 years of professional experience and a PhD in Computer Science, driving advanced research and engineering at Sandia National Labs where he leads development of N2A for large-scale neural simulations and neuromorphic compilation. He combines deep expertise in computational neuroscience, AI, and robotics with practical systems work—from integrated visual SLAM and object recognition for robotic platforms to robust image recognition in noisy, low-resolution environments. His background spans high-performance computing, parallel filesystems, and production-grade software dating back to enterprise and embedded systems roles in the 1990s, giving him rare breadth across research and applied engineering. Based in Albuquerque, he pursues an ambitious long-term goal of modeling the whole brain to extract biologically inspired algorithms, reflecting a blend of curiosity-driven research and mission-focused delivery.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 3.9, High School Diploma, 3.9 at Faith AcademyBachelor of Arts - BA, Pastoral Ministries, 3.5, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Pastoral Ministries, 3.5 at Central Bible CollegeComputer Science, 4.0, Computer Science, 4.0 at Missouri State UniversityUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at University of Massachusetts Boston
Tagalog, Chinese, German
Github Skills (53)
simulation10
java2d10
neurons10
simulator10
network-analysis10
ide10
jsinterop10
scale10
trace10
modeling10
swing10
processor10
modeling-tool9
apache-mina9
javafx9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sandialabs/n2a
Sep 2013 - Jan 2023
An object-oriented language for modeling large-scale neural systems, along with an IDE for writing and simulating models.
Contributions:4 releases, 10 reviews, 1399 commits in 9 years 5 months
machine-learningscalelarge-scaleideobject-oriented
frothga/n2a-repo-local
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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