Prof. Dr. Sarah Neuwirth

About Me

I am a Full Professor for Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany. In addition to my responsibilities as a professor in the Institute of Computer Science, I am also responsible for the management and further development of JGU's High Performance Computing division (→ HPC Group and Infrastructure), the coordination of HPC activities at regional and national levels and the representation of JGU in the committees of the NHR, the NHR South-West, and the Gauss-Allianz. I also hold a Visiting Researcher position at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany. My research interests include parallel file and storage systems, modular supercomputing (i.e., resource disaggregation and virtualization), performance engineering, high performance computing and networking, reproducible benchmarking, parallel I/O, and parallel programming models.

Prior to joining JGU, I was the Deputy Head of the "Modular Supercomputing and Quantum Computing" Group at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and a postdoctoral research associate at Heidelberg University, Germany. In 2018, I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Heidelberg University, Germany advised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Brüning. My Ph.D. has been greatly impacted by two summer internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA in 2015 and 2016 under the mentorship of Dr. Sarp Oral and Dr. Feiyi Wang, where I learned the aspects of identifying and addressing gaps in leadership HPC system software and hardware stacks by developing, hardening, and deploying experimental research and production-ready solutions. My current research has also been greatly impacted by the participation in the European research project series DEEP, where I focused on the resource disaggregation and virtualization of network-attached accelerators, and my continuous conference committee work and volunteering ever since I joined SC’11 as a Student Volunteer. I also hold a M.Sc. (2012) and B.Sc. (2010) in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Mannheim, Germany.

For my work in high performance computing, I have been awarded the "2023 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC" and the "ZONTA Science Award 2019". I have worked on numerous research collaborations including working with: the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (DEEP Project Series, EUPEX), BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. My projects have received funding from EuroHPC, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), DOE, ORAU, and ORNL.

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Awards

PRACE Ada Lovelace for HPC Award, 2023.
ZONTA Wissenschaftspreis, ZONTA Club Heidelberg, 2020.
Most Memorable Mentor, 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC), 2019.
Ph.D. with highest honors (summa cum laude), 2018.
Best Paper Finalist, IEEE 28th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), 2016.
Best Poster Award, Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences and Engineering Conference 2015 (SMC), 2015.

Professional Service

Scientific Leadership

NHR Graduate School, since 2024, Steering Committee Member
IEEE Cluster Conference Series, 2024-2026 (3-year term), Steering Committee Member
Strategic Research Agenda 6th Edition (SRA 6), ETP4HPC, 2024, "I/O & Storage" Working Group Lead

Committee Work and Conference Chairing

24th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST 2026), TPC Member
32nd IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HiPC'25), Program Vice-Chair "Architecture"
2025 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC25), Research/ACM SRC Posters Member, TPC Member
10th International Parallel Data Systems Workshop (PDSW'25), in conjunction with SC25, Program Co-Chair
NHR Conference 2025, Scientific Committee Member
2025 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER 2025), TPC Area Co-Chair "Data, Storage, and Visualizations"
5th Workshop on Performance Engineering, Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Strategy (PERMAVOST 2025), in conjunction with ACM HPDC'25, Program Co-Chair
17th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage 2025), TPC Member
24th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC 2025), TPC Member
37th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management (SSDBM 2025), Program Co-Chair
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2025 (PASC 2025), ACM SRC Member
ISC High Performance 2025 Conference (ISC 2025), Workshop Chair
1st Workshop on Energy Efficiency with Sustainable Performance: Techniques, Tools, and Best Practices (EESP 2025), in conjunction with ISC 2025, Program Co-Chair
2nd Workshop on Research Software Engineering in HPC (RSEHPC 2025), in conjunction with ISC 2025, PC Member
39th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2025), TPC Area Co-Chair "System Software"
6th Workshop on Extreme-Scale Storage and Analysis (ESSA 2025), in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2025, General Chair
25th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2025), TPC Member
31st IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HiPC'24), TPC Member
2024 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC24), TPC Member
9th International Parallel Data Systems Workshop (PDSW'24), in conjunction with SC24, TPC Member
2024 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER 2024), TPC Member
4th Workshop on Re-envisioning Extreme-Scale I/O for Emerging Hybrid HPC Workloads (REX-IO 2024), in conjunction with IEEE Cluster 2024, Workshop Co-Chair
30th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2024), Women in HPC Co-Chair
16th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage 2024), TPC Member
33rd ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC'24), TPC Member
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2024 (PASC 2024), ACM SRC Member
4th Workshop on Performance Engineering, Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Strategy (PERMAVOST 2024), in conjunction with ACM HPDC'24, TPC Member
ISC High Performance 2024 Conference (ISC 2024), Deputy Workshop Chair
37th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2024), TPC Member
38th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2024), TPC Member
5th Workshop on Extreme-Scale Storage and Analysis (ESSA 2024), in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2024, Program Chair
24th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2024), TPC Member
2023 IEEE 29th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2023), TPC Member
30th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HiPC'23), TPC Member
25th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2023), TPC Member
2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC23), TPC Member
8th International Parallel Data Systems Workshop (PDSW'23), in conjunction with SC23, TPC Member
2023 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER 2023), TPC Member
3rd Workshop on Re-envisioning Extreme-Scale I/O for Emerging Hybrid HPC Workloads (REX-IO 2023), in conjunction with IEEE Cluster 2023, Workshop Co-Chair
52nd International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2023)
32nd ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC'23)
3rd Workshop on Performance Engineering, Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Strategy (PERMAVOST 2023), in conjunction with ACM HPDC'23
ISC High Performance 2023 Conference (ISC 2023)
37th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2023)
4th Workshop on Extreme-Scale Storage and Analysis (ESSA 2023), in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2023, Program Co-Chair
24th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2022)
2022 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC22)
7th International Parallel Data Systems Workshop (PDSW'22), in conjunction with SC22
2022 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER 2022), Student Mentoring Chair
2nd Workshop on Re-envisioning Extreme-Scale I/O for Emerging Hybrid HPC Workloads (REX-IO 2022), in conjunction with IEEE Cluster 2022, Workshop Co-Chair
51st International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2022)
Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences and Engineering Conference 2022 (SMC2022)
2nd Workshop on Performance Engineering, Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Strategy (PERMAVOST 2022), in conjunction with ACM HPDC'22
36th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2022)
ISC High Performance 2022 Conference (ISC 2022)
23rd IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2021)
6th International Parallel Data Systems Workshop (PDSW'21), in conjunction with SC21
1st Workshop on Re-envisioning Extreme-Scale I/O for Emerging Hybrid HPC Workloads (REX-IO 2021), in conjunction with IEEE Cluster 2021, Workshop Co-Chair
Supercomputing Frontiers Europe 2021
IEEE/ACM 8th Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS 2021), in conjunction with SC21, Workshop Chair
2021 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC21)
IEEE/ACM 7th Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS 2020), in conjunction with SC20, Workshop Co-Chair
2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC20)
2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC19), SCinet Volunteer Services Chair
2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC18), SCinet Volunteer Services Chair
ISC High Performance Conference 2017 (ISC 2017), Session Chair "Interconnects for HPC Systems"
2017 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC17), SCinet Volunteer Services Co-Chair
2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC16), SCinet Student Coordination Co-Chair

Editing and Other Reviewing Activities

ACM Computing Surveys (Journal), 2024
Open Research Europe, 2024
Frontiers in High Performance Computing (Journal) - Specialty Section: High Performance Big Data Systems, 2023, 2024
IEEE Access, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS, Elsevier), 2021, 2022, 2023
Modern Computer Architecture and Organization (2nd Edition), by Jim Ledin, Packt Publishing, Technical Reviewer, 2021
Cluster Computing Journal (Springer), Special Issue "Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science 2020", Guest Editor, 2021
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (Journal), 2019

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