Franz Franchetti

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Appointments

2008 -	Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2005 - 2008	Systems Scientist (special faculty member) at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2004 - 2005	Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship J2322)
2003	Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Project 5 of the SFB AURORA)
2000 - 2003	Research Assistant at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Project 5 of the SFB AURORA)

Business Involvement

2009 -

CTO (since 2011) and Co-Founder, SpiralGen

Education

2003	Dr. techn. (PhD, Computational Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology)
2000	Dipl.-Ing. (MS, Technical Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology)

Grants

2011	Spiral: Code Synthesis for Higher-Level Application Domain Specific Code Patterns Intel EGC grant
2011	HotBench: An Optimization Workbench for Hotspots NSF SHF Small
2011	Zero Knowledge Control in Smart Grids SRC SGRC Seed Project
2010	PACT 2010 Student Travel Grants as PACT Finance Chair NSF
2010	Spiral for SCC Intel Early Equipment Access
2010	Pushing the Limits to Computing: Managing Resources in a Reliable and Efficient Way in Large-Scale Electric Power Grids M. Ilic (PI), F. Franchetti, G. Hug, R. Negi SRC ERI (CMU SGRC)
2010	Application-Specific Logic In Memory (Year 2) F. Franchetti (PI), J. C. Hoe, L. Pileggi, Mark Horowitz SRC (C2S2)
2010	Automatic Program Generation for High Performance Data Dependent Applications J. M. F. Moura (PI), F. Franchetti ONR
2010	Generating IPP Library Functionality for Larrabee using SPIRAL (Renewal) Intel Grant
2010 2009	Nvidia Professor Partnership Nvidia Grant Generating IPP Library Functionality for Larrabee using SPIRAL (Renewal) Together with M. Püschel Intel Grant
2009	A Computing Framework for Distributed Decision Making to Ensure Robustness of Complex Man-Made Network Systems: The Case of the Electric Power Networks Rohit Negi (PI) F. Franchetti, Marija Ilic,Ole Mengshoel NSF CPS
2009	Application-Specific Logic In Memory F. Franchetti (PI), J. C. Hoe, L. Pileggi, Mark Horowitz SRC (C2S2)
2009	From SPIRAL to Silicon: Synthesis of Ultra-High-Performance SAR in End-of-Roadmap CMOS J. C. Hoe (PI), F. Franchetti, L. Pileggi SRC (C2S2)
2009 2009	Computer Generation of Multicore Software for Software-Defined Radio J. M. F. Moura), F. Franchetti, M. Püschel ONR STTR (with SpiralGen) Automatic Program Generation for Data-Dependent Applications J. M. F. Moura (PI), F. Franchetti, M. Püschel ONR
2008	Generating IPP Library Functionality for Larrabee using SPIRAL Together with M. Püschel Intel Grant
2007	FFT Generation for the Cell Processor Together with M. Püschel Mercury Computer Systems Inc.
2007	Intelligent HW-SW Compilers for Signal Processing Applications (Phase II) J. M. F. Moura (PI), F. Franchetti, J. C. Hoe, J. R. Johnson, D. A. Padua, M. Püschel, M. M. Veloso DARPA DSO
2007	Program Generation for Parallel Platforms Together with M. Püschel Supported by NSF, CPA
2006	Towards Production Quality Library Generation Using SPIRAL Together with J. M. F. Moura and M. Püschel Intel Equipment Grant
2006	Spiral: Automatic Performance Tuning Using Chapel Together with H. P. Zima Supported by the JPL SURP Office.
2004 - 2005	Advanced Code Generation in Digital Signal Processing Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship J2322 Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Awards-

2010	HPC Challenge Class II Award (Most Productive System) Member of the winning team, led by Gheorghe Almási (IBM Research) [ECE news] [presentation]
2009	Best Paper Award (HPEC 2009) together with D. McFarlin, and M. Püschel
2009	Best Paper Award (DSL WC 2009) together with D. McFarlin, F. de Mesmay, and M. Püschel
2008	Best Paper Award (HPEC 2008) together with Y. Voronenko, F. de Mesmay, and M. Püschel
2008	City of Wiener Neustadt Culture Prize (awarded in Science) Young Scientist Category (Förderpreis), 2 awarded in 2008 [ECE news]
2006	Gordon Bell Prize (Peak Performance Award) Member of the winning team, led by Francois Gygi [ECE news]
2006	Best Paper Award (ISPA 2006) [ECE news]
2001	Austrian Computer Society Award (OCG-Förderpreis) Best M.Sc Thesis in Computer Science 2, awarded in 2001
1999	Siemens Innovation Award (Innovationspreis)

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