Presenter

Martin Burtscher is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University. He received the BS/MS degree from ETH Zurich and the PhD degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Martin's current research focuses on the parallelization of graph algorithms and complex programs for GPUs as well as on the synthesis of high-speed lossy and lossless data-compression algorithms. He has co-authored nearly 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications, which have been cited over 7300 times. Martin is a distinguished member of the ACM and a senior member of the IEEE.

Martin is among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in his field according to a study from Stanford. He has obtained millions of dollars in research funding from the DOE, NSF, DARPA, NVIDIA, Intel, and Microsoft. He has published papers in top venues like ASPLOS, HPDC, IPDPS, MICRO, PLDI, PPOPP, SC, and SIGMETRICS. He has received 2 best-paper awards and 4 research awards. He has presented 3 keynotes. He consistently receives some of his department's highest course evaluations. He has received 3 teaching awards, 3 favorite professor awards, and the university-wide 2025 Mariel M. Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award. He has served as faculty mentor for 4 assistant professors. He has co-founded and organized 17 workshops and tutorials. He served on the advisory board of 2 companies and has consulted for 6 companies.