Tobi Popoola
Staff GPU Engineer at Qualcomm
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolTobi Popoola is a Staff GPU Engineer based in Boise, Idaho, with eight years of experience bridging compiler research and production GPU toolchains. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has driven compiler and optimization work for major silicon vendors including Qualcomm and MediaTek, specializing in Adreno GPU backends, vectorization, loop scheduling and stack-size optimizations for embedded/HPC workloads. His background blends deep research—developing LLVM-based front ends, sparse polyhedral models and tensor-algebra plugins—with hands-on engineering leadership as an interim CTO and lead developer on production systems. Comfortable across C/C++ and Java ecosystems, he uniquely translates academic compiler advances into pragmatic compiler optimizations that improve real-world performance on mobile and embedded platforms.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Boise State UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at University of Lagos
Github Skills (28)
realms10
inspector9
sparse8
expressions7
taco7
code-generator5
conversions5
algebra4
linear-algebra4
clang4
gpu3
cuda3
benchmark3
benchmarking3
llvm2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BoiseState-AdaptLab/CodeSynthesis
Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 release, 159 commits, 169 pushes in 2 years 1 month
BoiseState-AdaptLab/omega
Dec 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:22 commits, 27 pushes, 8 comments in 10 months
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