Simon Long
Director Of Poplar Compiler at Graphcore
Chippenham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Long is a seasoned software engineering leader with nine years in high-performance compiler and analysis tooling, currently directing the Poplar compiler team at Graphcore to map ML graphs onto hundreds of IPUs. He combines deep C++ and embedded systems expertise with a strong telecom background—leading LTE/3G protocol teams and open-source efforts like Open-nFAPI at Cisco—to bridge low-level systems and large-scale ML infrastructure. Simon has a proven track record of shipping production tooling and CI-driven workflows, and his work often focuses on turning complex graph representations into analysable, optimised programs. Based in Chippenham with a First in Computer Science from the University of East Anglia, he brings an unusual blend of networking protocol experience and compiler engineering that helps translate algorithmic models into efficient hardware execution.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Reading Blue Coat SchoolBSC, Computer Science, 3.8 GPA, BSC, Computer Science, 3.8 GPA at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor's degree, Computer Science, First, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (24)
popart10
pytorch10
interoperability10
mxnet10
machine-learning10
onnx10
disable10
keras10
functional-api10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
scikit-learn10
neural-network10
ipu10
ml9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cisco/open-nFAPI
Feb 2017 - Dec 2017
An open source implementation of the Small Cell Forum's Network Functional API (nFAPI)
Contributions:16 commits, 12 PRs, 67 pushes in 10 months
apiforumfunctional-api
hobei/advent_of_code_2021
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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