Layla Ghaffari
Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLayla Ghaffari is an applied scientist with seven years of experience at the intersection of scientific computing, high-performance computing, and software development, currently driving design and simulation efforts at AWS Center for Quantum Computing. She holds advanced degrees in computer science and chemical engineering and completed a PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder where she focused on automatic differentiation, finite element methods, and numerical linear algebra. Layla blends deep numerical expertise with practical performance optimization—having worked on GPU programming (SYCL/DPC++) and scalable simulation pipelines—to make computational mechanics more reliable and automated. She mentors and collaborates across disciplines, translating research prototypes into production-ready tools for simulation and quantum-aware design. A detail that sets her apart is her transition from chemical engineering foundations to leading-edge computational research, enabling a pragmatic view of physics-informed software development.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering at University of TehranDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Science - MS, Chemical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Chemical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
Persian, Azerbaijani, Arabic, English
Github Skills (45)
code-library10
hpc10
api10
gpu10
root-finding10
cuda10
extensible10
enzyme10
linear-algebra10
julia10
simulation9
gradient9
derivative9
high-performance9
cpp9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LeilaGhaffari/enzyme-proto
Oct 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:8 reviews, 2 PRs, 139 pushes in 3 years 5 months
LeilaGhaffari/talks
Nov 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 37 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 4 months
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