Presenter

Nawras Alnaasan is a graduate research associate at the Network-Based Computing Laboratory (Columbus, Ohio, USA), currently pursuing a PhD in computer science and engineering at The Ohio State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of deep learning and high performance computing. He works on advanced parallelization techniques to accelerate the training of deep neural networks and exploit underutilized HPC resources covering a wide range of DL applications including supervised learning, semi-supervised learning, and hyperparameter optimization. He is actively involved in several research projects including HiDL (High-performance Deep Learning) and ICICLE (Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment). Nawras received his BS in computer science and engineering from The Ohio State University.