Hi, I'm Ben

About Me

I am a second-year honors Computer Science undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, where I work with Professor Caiwen Ding on systems and computer architecture research. Previously, I worked at the University of Chicago under Professor Kyle Chard on high-performance computing research. I have been fortunate to have my work supported by the National Science Foundation, the Data Science Institute at UChicago, and the University of Minnesota.

My interests range the full stack of computing including computer architecture, distributed and parallel systems, and information theory. These interests have come as a result of years of tinkering with computers and electronics in personal projects including building FPV drones, biometric locking systems, homemade compute clusters, and more.

I am especially drawn to work that involves investigating the relationship between low-level implementations and the downstream performance of applied systems. On this front, I am always looking for problems in unfamiliar areas to broaden my research exposure. Long term, I hope to pursue a PhD in ECE, CS, or a related field.

Research Interests

My current work focuses on:

  • GPU kernel programming and optimizations
  • data compression for scientific and signal workloads
  • serverless inference and high-performance distributed systems
  • computer architecture, operating systems, and parallel algorithms

Recent Work

News

Aug 2026
Presented at UChicago Data Science Institute and Argonne National Laboratory
Jun 2026
Started as a research intern at the University of Chicago
May 2026
Published FPTC paper preprint to arXiv at arXiv:2605.01086
Dec 2025
Made College of Science & Engineering Dean's List
May 2025
Graduated from Washburn High School
Aug 2024
Started as a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota