Summary
Márcio Castro is an Associate Professor and leader in High Performance Computing at the Federal University of Santa Catarina with 13+ years of academic experience and a Ph.D. from Université Grenoble Alpes. His research focuses on parallel programming models and scalable parallel applications for multicore and manycore systems, built on postdoctoral work at INRIA and UFRGS. He directs the university's graduate program in Computer Science and heads the SBC commission on Computer Architecture and HPC, bridging academic research with national technical leadership. A summa cum laude undergraduate and seasoned PhD advisor, he combines deep theoretical background with hands-on development of high-performance software, and maintains a curated list of key publications online. An international scholar who has worked in French and Brazilian research labs, he brings a global perspective to building efficient parallel systems.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doutorado em Ciência da Computação, Doutorado em Ciência da Computação at Université Grenoble Alpes
Mestrado em Ciência da Computação, Mestrado em Ciência da Computação at PUC-RS
Informatics Technician, Computer Science, Informatics Technician, Computer Science at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS)
Portuguese, English, French