I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of the Basque Country. I am based at the School of Engineering in Bilbao.

This website shows a brief synopsis of my research, a summary of my professional experience and ways to contact me. Webgune hau euskeraz hemen ikusi daiteke.

My contact e-mail: unai.lopez -at- ehu.eus

Research

My main research area is parallel and distributed computing, with focus on the following topics:

• High performance computing
• Scalable data processing systems
• Cloud and edge computing
• Heterogeneous and emerging architectures
• Energy efficient computing

I am a member of the Networking, Quality and Security (NQaS) research group and an affiliated member of the Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Center (CFAA).

A list of publications is available in Google Scholar and DBLP.

Teaching

I currently teach the following modules of the BSc in Computing and Information Systems:

• Systems Administration, 4th year (Syllabus in Basque/Spanish).
• Database Administration, 3rd year (Syllabus in Basque/Spanish).

I have also taught the following modules in the past:

• Advanced Software Development, BSc in Computing and Information Systems, 4th year (2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years).
• Fundamentals of Computer Science, BSc in Electrical Engineering, 1st year (2019/20 and 2021/22 academic years).

Work Experience

• 2019-Now: Department of Computer Languages and Systems, University of the Basque Country.
  • 2023-Now: Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer.
  • 2019-2023: Assistant Professor/Lecturer.
• 2017-2019: Research Software Engineer, Data Innovation Research Institute, Cardiff University.
• 2017 (Apr-Sep): Part-time MSc Thesis advisor, International University of La Rioja.
• 2015-2017: Research Associate, MoreLab Research Group, University of Deusto.
• 2011-2015: Research Assistant, Intelligent Systems Group, University of the Basque Country.
  In 2014 I did a 4-month research internship at the APT Group, University of Manchester.
• 2008-2010: Research Technician, DeustoTech, University of Deusto.

Education

• 2015: PhD in Computer Science. University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian (Spain).
  Thesis: Contributions to the Efficient Use of General Purpose Coprocessors: Kernel Density Estimation as Case Study, advised by Jose Miguel-Alonso and Alexander Mendiburu.
• 2011: MSc in Computer Science. University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian (Spain).
  Thesis: Parallelization of a Molecular Dynamics Simulation Code using OpenCL, advised by Jose Miguel-Alonso and Alexander Mendiburu.
• 2010: BSc in Computer Science. University of Deusto, Bilbao (Spain).
  Thesis: A platform to enable shopping for the blind using mobile technologies, advised by Diego López-de-Ipiña. Award to the best BSc Thesis of Computer Science at the University of Deusto in 2010.

Contact and Social Media

My institutional web page with information about office hours is available in Basque and Spanish.

Address: Despacho P3i17, Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao - Edificio II, 48013 Bilbao (Spain).

You can find me in social networks like Twitter, LinkedIn, Mastodon or ResearchGate.

I have a SlideShare profile with slides of my presentations/talks and a GitHub profile with some software projects, including this webpage.