Nícolas Agostini
Computer Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolNícolas Agostini is a computer scientist with 11 years of experience blending compiler research, ML-driven optimizations, and hardware-software co-design, currently advancing MLIR-based compiler flows at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He led development of SODA-OPT, the first MLIR-based high-level compiler enabling system-level DNN design and automated FPGA/ASIC generation, and co-authored award-winning grants. His work spans LLVM/MLIR extensions, HLS tool integration (Bambu, Vitis, OpenROAD), GPU kernel optimization, and end-to-end accelerator simulation, reflecting deep expertise across the stack from Verilog and SystemC to TensorFlowLite. A PhD in Computer Engineering from Northeastern, he combines academic rigor with hands-on engineering—mentoring students and shipping production-capable research prototypes. Notably, he has a track record of applying machine learning inside compilers to bridge research ideas into practical high-performance computing and accelerator toolchains.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering at Northeastern UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / UFRGS
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (83)
python10
deep-learning10
ml10
neural-network10
tensorflow10
machine-learning10
deep-neural-networks10
editor9
vhdl-code9
windows9
gamepad9
mlmodel9
microsoft9
visual-studio-code9
command-line9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
tflite-soc/tflite-soc
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
Jumpstart your custom DNN accelerator today. This project holds scripts to build and start containers that can compile binaries to the zedboard's arm processor. Includes all repos from tflite-soc as submodules.
Contributions:25 commits, 1 PR, 21 pushes in 7 months
tflite
pnnl/soda-opt
Jul 2023 - Jul 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 35 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 11 months
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