Fredrik Kjolstad
Research Scientist at Stanford
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarFredrik Kjolstad is a research scientist and computer scientist based in Palo Alto with 14 years of experience focused on programming languages, compilers, and systems. Formerly an Assistant Professor at Stanford, he blends academic rigor with practical systems-building, producing research that informs real-world compiler and language implementations. He is comfortable spanning theory and implementation, translating formal ideas into performant tooling and infrastructure. With a career rooted in both education and hands-on engineering, he brings a deep understanding of how language design impacts system performance and developer productivity. An understated strength is his ability to communicate complex compiler concepts to practitioners, bridging the gap between research and production.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (38)
sparse10
code-generator10
algebra10
expressions10
gpu10
taco10
cuda10
compiler10
tensor10
linear-algebra10
opencl8
machine-learning8
data-science7
javascript7
cpu7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
simit-lang/simit
Jun 2014 - May 2019
Contributions:1651 commits, 32 PRs, 143 pushes in 4 years 11 months
compilersparsecomputing
fredrikbk/fredrikbk.github.io
Oct 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:151 commits, 8 PRs, 196 pushes in 4 years 2 months
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