Orion Papadakis
Research Associate
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOrion Papadakis is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester with nine years' experience working at the intersection of managed runtimes, compilers, and computer architecture. His PhD research on NUMA-aware optimizations for MaxineVM and earlier diploma work on memory-system simulators for disaggregated architectures reflect a consistent focus on memory systems, VM internals, and HW/SW co-design. At Manchester he contributes to the APT Group and TornadoVM, blending systems research with practical toolchain and CI experience from earlier MaxineVM internships. He has taught core computing courses from system architecture to AI, bringing pedagogy together with hands-on research. Colleagues describe him as a detail-oriented engineer who connects low-level performance insights with compiler/runtime innovations.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of ManchesterDiploma of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Diploma of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering at Technical University of Crete / Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης
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Github Skills (42)
opencl10
mistral-7b10
jvm10
quarkus-extension10
graalvm10
risc-v10
java10
x8610
nvidia10
parallel-computing10
ai10
cuda10
gpu-acceleration10
granite10
armv710
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
orionpapadakis/HelloWorld
May 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:11 PRs, 48 pushes, 10 branches in 5 months
testing
orionpapadakis/GPULlama3.java
May 2025 - Jun 2026
GPU-accelerated Llama3.java inference in pure Java using TornadoVM.
Contributions:44 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year
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