Melissa Jost
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Jost is a computer architecture-focused software engineer with five years of hands-on experience blending research and engineering since graduating in Computer Science and Engineering from UC Davis. She has contributed to the official gem5 simulator—adding devices, refactoring architecture code, and writing tests—and used SST in high-performance computing research at the NSA to model livelock and thundering herd scenarios. Proficient in C++ and Python, she has practical experience porting virtual devices from QEMU into gem5 and shipping those changes into a stable release used by educators and researchers. Melissa also applies full-stack problem solving from a healthcare-focused senior design project that used C# and computer vision to track wound healing, demonstrating an eye for applied research and user-centered solutions. Based in Los Angeles, she pairs strong academic research instincts with collaborative experience in tutoring and student leadership, making her effective at communicating complex technical ideas to diverse audiences.
5 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering at University of California, Davis
Github Skills (10)
simulations10
simulation10
system10
open-source10
c-language10
architectures10
cprogramming-language10
computer-architecture10
architecture10
risc-v9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gem5/gem5
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
The official repository for the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:28 reviews, 25 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Melissa primarily contributed to the development and refactoring of the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator. Their work focused on improving the simulator's functionality and efficiency. The user's contributions included fixing bugs in the architecture-related code, modifying and adding new devices, and adding tests. Their changes impacted multiple modules, indicating a broad understanding of the system's architecture.
gem5architecturearmmodelingrisc-v
mkjost0/gem5-actions
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:59 PRs, 760 pushes, 44 branches in 8 months
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