Author

Nawras Alnaasan is a Graduate Research Associate at the Network-Based Computing Laboratory, Columbus, OH, USA. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree 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). Alnaasan received his B.S. degree in computer science and engineering from The Ohio State University.