George Thiruvathukal
Department Chairperson at Loyola University Chicago
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolGeorge Thiruvathukal is a computer science professor and department chair at Loyola University Chicago with 14+ years of academic leadership and a deep technical pedigree in parallel, distributed, and low-power systems. He led the launch of Loyola’s first new PhD program in the College of Arts and Sciences in over two decades and co-founded an interdisciplinary center for digital humanities that bridges computing and the humanities. A former Argonne visiting computer scientist and contributor to early high-performance grid middleware, he blends hands-on systems research (including software metrics and data-intensive workflows) with curriculum and program-building. His work spans industry and academia—from compiler and tooling projects to high-performance Java and MPI-related efforts—and he actively mentors students across backgrounds while advancing the department’s international profile.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Lewis UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Illinois Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Decatur High School
English
Github Skills (140)
to-do10
meter10
academia10
journal10
open-access10
csv10
formatting10
lilypond10
portable9
yaml9
progress-bar9
transformation9
database9
cli9
science9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
SparkHPC/simplemap-spark-scala
Jul 2016 - Sep 2018
SimpleMap benchmark (in progress) for Spark/Scala
Contributions:114 commits, 101 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
in-progressspark-scalaspark-mlsparkbenchmark
LoyolaChicagoDigitalHumanities/jpatterns
Dec 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:64 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 5 months
abjadlilypondjazzpatterns
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