Samuel Wu (he/they)

HPC | Machine Learning | Avid Film Buff | Public Speaker
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About me

I recently finished my master's in High Performance Computing (HPC) with Data Science at the University of Edinburgh. My master's dissertation focused on replicating and extending DeepPCR, an algorithm from a recent NeurIPS paper that applies parallel tridiagonal solvers to neural networks. I hold a bachelor's degree with honours in Computer Science from Lancaster University, with a full exchange year at the Australian National University.


I am interested in HPC in general and, in particular, leveraging accelerators for machine learning (ML) applications. Currently, I am focused on numerical methods for ML and generative models (normalising flows, flow-matching).


Outside of my academic pursuits, I enjoy reading and watching films. I am also actively involved in the community, having given talks at Yorkshire DevOps and BSides Leeds.

My portfolio

Updates

Aug 2025Article: The Unsubmitted 2nd-Place LLM Inference Solution

Aug 2025I have completed my MSc dissertation! [View abstract]

Education

Sep 2024 - Aug 2025MSc in High Performance Computing with Data Science at the University of Edinburgh
Oct 2021 - Jul 2024BSc Hons in Computer Science at Lancaster University
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023Year abroad at the Australian National University

Experience

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024Teaching assistant in OS and Computer Networks
Oct 2023 - Dec 2023Back-end developer at ISS