Rui Li
Computer Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRui Li is a computer scientist with nine years of research and engineering experience, currently developing scalable numerical algorithms at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and specializes in numerical linear algebra, parallel solvers, and high-performance computing using C++, MPI, and Linux. Rui has a proven track record accelerating sparse linear solvers and multigrid methods—including contributions to the hypre library where he improved iterative triangular solves, APIs, and build reliability for BoomerAMG. Early industry internships at NVIDIA and GPU-focused work for reservoir simulation demonstrate his practical GPU expertise alongside deep research credentials. Based in Livermore, CA, he blends rigorous academic training with production-oriented optimizations that improve solver robustness and scalability.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Arkansas State UniversityUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Japanese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (8)
c1710
hpc10
parallel-computing10
c1110
grid10
linear-algebra10
grids10
standard-library10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
hypre-space/hypre
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
Parallel solvers for sparse linear systems featuring multigrid methods.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:597 reviews, 125 commits, 413 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rui primarily worked on enhancing the iterative triangular solve functionality within the hypre library. Their contributions included adding new APIs, implementing Jacobi approximation for iterative triangular solves, and fixing defaults, documentation, and comments. Furthermore, the user contributed to bug fixes and optimizations, specifically related to the BoomerAMG build process. They also updated versioning and release information.
multigridradiusssnl-applicationsparallelsolvers
LLNL/hypre
Jun 2017 - Jul 2022
See https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre for the development repository and releases. This repo will eventually be removed.
Contributions:824 commits, 8 comments in 5 years 2 months
hypre
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