Michel Schanen
Principal Specialist, Computer Science at Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMichel Schanen is a Principal Specialist in Computer Science with over a decade of experience at Argonne National Laboratory, advancing computational research and software for scientific applications. He progressed from postdoctoral work to senior technical leadership, blending deep academic training—a Ph.D. from RWTH Aachen—with hands-on development and research program delivery. Based in Lemont, Illinois, he focuses on turning complex scientific problems into robust, production-ready software and infrastructure for national-scale computing. Colleagues know him for bridging theory and practice, mentoring researchers while driving reproducible, high-performance solutions. His career reflects sustained commitment to long-term projects and the institutional knowledge needed to shepherd scientific software from prototype to persistent capability.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University
English, German, French
Github Skills (129)
solver10
gpu10
clang10
optimization10
gradient10
checkpointing10
ocean10
differentiable-programming10
abaqus10
julia10
contingency10
nonlinear-programming10
automatic-differentiation10
oneapi10
derivative10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
exanauts/exanauts.github.io
Feb 2020 - Feb 2024
Project related webpage
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
webpage
exanauts/ExaAdmm.jl
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Julia implementation of ADMM solver on multiple GPUs
Contributions:5 reviews, 68 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 2 months
juliamultiple-gpuadmmgpu-computing
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