Presenter

Anja Gerbes is currently working as a Community Manager at the University of Göttingen, where she engages with academic and research communities. Alongside her professional role, she is pursuing a PhD in Compiler Optimization, focusing on advancing the performance and efficiency of compilers — the crucial software that translates programming languages into machine code.
The goal of her PhD is to study the compiler for deficits in terms of performance when translating HPC applications and to understand the limitations of compilers in making the necessary optimizations. These insights can then be incorporated into the compiler for future automatic compiler optimization. Automatic program transformation using source-to-source instrumentation of parallel programs will prepare HPC applications for future performance analysis.

Performance optimization was very exciting, which in turn drew her closer to HPC after her bachelor in computer science. She did her master in HPC and did a performance analysis with hardware performance counters on C++ code. She organized during her study different events like IT-Girls Night and Night of Science. As a student she was volunteering in university politics.

After finishing her study in computer science she started studying physics, where she got a member of the Equalization Council of Physics. As a physic student she is now responsible for Girls’ Day and is planning to organize a Physics-Girls Night, to inspire girls for physics.

2017 she joined the organization team of the international conference I,Scientist in Berlin. The conference is designed by and for students and young researchers in the natural sciences and mathematics. Our mission is to increase the visibility of female role models, introduce you to a variety of career options, and give you a dedicated time for networking and establishing useful contacts.