Michael Kinsner
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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RockstarMichael Kinsner is a software engineer with eight years of experience specializing in spatial compiler technology, parallel computing, and accelerator programming. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he focuses on squeezing performance from modern hardware through compiler-driven optimizations and efficient parallelization strategies. Michael combines deep systems knowledge with practical engineering to bridge research ideas and production-ready code. Though primarily research-oriented, he applies a hands-on approach to accelerator programming that often uncovers non-obvious bottlenecks in memory and dataflow. His background suggests a comfort working at the intersection of compilers, high-performance computing, and specialized hardware.
8 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (39)
staging10
xapi10
opencl10
vulkan10
licensing10
parallel10
james10
shader10
intel10
headers10
abstract-syntax-tree10
llvm10
video-processing10
accelerator10
glsl10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Apress/data-parallel-CPP
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Source code for 'Data Parallel C++: Mastering DPC++ for Programming of Heterogeneous Systems using C++ and SYCL' by James Reinders, Ben Ashbaugh, James Brodman, Michael Kinsner, John Pennycook, Xinmin Tian (Apress, 2020).
Contributions:15 reviews, 24 commits, 48 PRs in 2 years 4 months
heterogeneous-systemscppbenheterogeneousparallel
mkinsner/SPIRV-Headers
Feb 2019 - Jan 2022
SPIRV-Headers
Contributions:12 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 11 months
headersspirvheader
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