Presenter

Dr. Melissa C. Smith received her B.S. (1993) and M.S. (1994) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University and a Ph.D. (2003) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. She is currently the Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence for Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences, as well as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Clemson University. She has over 25 years of experience developing and implementing scientific workloads and machine learning applications across multiple domains, including 12 years as a research associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her current research focuses on the performance analysis and optimization of emerging heterogeneous computing architectures (GPU- and FPGA-based systems) for various application domains including machine learning, high-performance or real-time embedded applications, and medical and image processing. Her lab collaborates with researchers in other fields to develop new approaches to the application/architecture interface providing interdisciplinary solutions that enable new scientific advancements and/or capabilities. She is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).