Dimitar Lukarski

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About me

I like mixing applied mathematics and computer science, luckily I am able to do this for living - I work on interdisciplinary topics in the area of computational mathematics and emerging parallel hardware such as GPUs, multi-core CPUs and embedded devices.

After my PhD at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) and post-doc at Uppsala University (Sweden), I started a small start-up where we developed a fast sparse linear algebra library (called PARALUTION) with special focus on multi-core CPUs and GPUs hardware support. We had two very exciting years with various customers from super computer centers to multi-physics simulations companies. At the end, we managed a successful exit by selling the copyright of the software to one of the semiconductor giants.

Currently, I live in Silicon Valley where I work for Apple at Special Project Group. Due to the nature of the project, I cannot give any details. As a high level description, my day to day job involves a lot of C++ programming, architecture and software design, as well as intra-/extra-team communication and coordination.



Contact
    dimitar [AT] lukarski [DOT] com
    http://de.linkedin.com/in/dimitarlukarski


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Work Experience

Oct 2016 : present Senior Software Engineer at Apple Inc., Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Jan 2015 : June 2016Co-founder and CEO at PARALUTION Labs, Karlsruhe, Germany

August 2012 : July 2014
Post Doctoral Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden
   
Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architectures Research Center (UPMARC),
    Department of Information Technology,
Division of Scientific Computing

Sept 2008 : June 2012 - Research Associate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
    Shared Research Group “New Frontiers in High Performance Computing Exploiting Multicore and Coprocessor Technology”
    with collaboration partner Hewlett-Packard

Sept 2005 : June 2006 - Teaching Assistant, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

April 2005 : Dec 2005 - Internal Contract, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
    "Asymptotic Methods for Differential Equations. Research and Control", Contract 562/NI-10/2005

March 2003 : June 2006 - Sky Archive Data Center, Bulgarian Academy of Science
    System Support and Development of Software "Wide-field Plate Database",
    Contract I-1103/2001 with Space Research Institute, National Science Fund (NSF), Ministry of Education and Science (MES)

March 2003 : Oct 2004 - Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Science
    System and Network Administrator


Interests

Education

Sept 2008 : Jan 2012 - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
    Department of Mathematics, Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. Natural Sciences)
    Thesis: Parallel Sparse Linear Algebra for Multi-core and Many-core Platforms - Parallel Solvers and Preconditioners
    Advisor: Jan-Philipp Weiss (KIT, Germany)
    Reviewers:  Vincent Heuveline (KIT, Germany) and Richard Vuduc (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
    Examination grade: 1.0 (magna cum laude)
    Download (PDF)

Oct 2006 : Aug 2008 - University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
    Department of Mathematics, M.Sc. (Master of Science)
    2006-2008 - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship holder
    2007 - “DAAD-Preis für hervorragende Leistungenausländischer Studierender” - best student award
    2008 - Graduated top of the class
    Thesis: Specific Aspects of a Parallel Implementation of a 3D CFD Solver on the Cell Architecture

Feb 2005 : June 2005 - University of Ioannina, Greece
    Department of Mathematics, Erasmus student

Oct 2002 : July 2006 - Technical University of Sofia (TU-Sofia), Bulgaria
    Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science)
    2006 – Graduated top of the class
    Thesis: Modeling of Thin Plates with Structural Defects - Finite Elements Method

Sept 1997 : May 2002 - High School ‘Electronic Systems’ (TU-ES), Sofia, Bulgaria


Teaching Experience


Invited Talks and Visits

Book Chapters
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Conference and Workshop Proceedings


Pre–prints / Technical Reports


Conference and Workshop Talks



Committee Member

Last update: March 2018