David Castells-Rufas received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, in 1994, 2009, and 2016, respectively. From 2003 to 2018, he was worked as a Research Assistant and a Postdoctoral Researcher with the CEPHIS/CAIAC Research Center, UAB, where he was an Adjunct Professor. From 2020 to 2022, he was with the Computer Architecture and Operating Systems Department, UAB, and the Microelectronic and Electronic Systems Department, UAB. From 2022 to 2023, he was with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Currently, he is with Microelectronic and Electronic Systems Department, UAB as Tenure Track Professor. He founded the technology-based companies Histeresys and Creanium, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. His research interests include high performance computing,