Kenneth Hoste
Kenneth Hoste, a.k.a. @boegel, is a computer scientist and FOSS enthusiast from Belgium. He holds a Masters (2005) and PhD (2010) in Computer Science from Ghent University. His dissertation topic was "Analysis, Estimation and Optimization of Computer System Performance Using Machine Learning".
Since October 2010, he is a member of the HPC team at Ghent University (Belgium) where he is mainly responsible for user support & training. As a part of his job, he is also the lead developer and release manager of EasyBuild (https://easybuild.io), a software build and installation framework for (scientific) software on High Performance Computing (HPC) systems, as well a a core contributor to the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI, https://eessi.io). In addition, he is an active contributor to both MultiXscale, a EuroHPC Centre-of-Excellence, and the EuroHPC Federation Platform.
In his free time, he is a family guy and a fan of loud music, frequently attending gigs and festivals.
He enjoys helping people & sharing his expertise, and likes joking around.
He is willing to trade stickers for beer (you bring the beer), but he can be quite picky about the type of beer.
He is an avid FOSDEM attendee since 2012, and lead organizer of the "HPC, Big Data, and Data Science" devroom at FOSDEM.
Events
| Title | Day | Room | Track | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeping the P in HPC: the EESSI Way |
Sunday | H.1301 (Cornil) | Software Performance | 10:30 | 11:10 |