Brian C. Van Essen

Brian is Computer Scientist at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He is actively pursuing research in training deep neural networks on high-performance computing systems. His research interests also include developing new Operating Systems and Runtimes (OS/R) that exploit persistent memory architectures, including distributed and multi-level non-volatile memory hierarchies, for high-performance, data-intensive computing. Additionally, he is interested in opportunities related to mapping these scientific, data-intensive, and machine learning applications to Neuromorphic architectures. Dr. Van Essen joined LLNL in October of 2010 after earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle.  He also holds a M.S in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington, a M.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.