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Author Biographies
Cliff Click
Cliff Click is the CTO and Co-Founder of H2O, makers of H2O, the opensource math and machine learning engine for Big Data. Cliff wrote his first compiler when he was 15 (Pascal to TRS Z-80!), although Cliff’s most famous compiler is the HotSpot Server Compiler (the Sea of Nodes IR). Cliff helped Azul Systems build an 864 core pure-Java mainframe that keeps GC pauses on 500Gb heaps to under 10ms, and worked on all aspects of that JVM.
Before that he worked on HotSpot at Sun Microsystems, and was at least partially responsible for bringing Java into the mainstream. Cliff is invited to speak regularly at industry and academic conferences and has published many papers about HotSpot technology. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Rice University and about 15 patents.
Jessica Lanford
Jessica is a word hacker and seasoned technical communicator at H2O.ai. She brings our product to life by documenting the many features and functionality of H2O. Having worked for some of the top companies in technology including Dell, AT&T, and Lam Research, she is an expert at translating complex ideas to digestible articles.
Michal Malohlava
Michal is a geek, developer, and Java and Linux programming language enthusiast developing software for over 10 years. He obtained PhD from the Charles University in Prague in 2012 and post-doc at Purdue University.
During his studies he was interested in construction of not only distributed but also embedded and real-time component-based systems using model-driven methods and domain-specific languages. He participated in design and development of various systems including SOFA and Fractal component systems or jPapabench control system.
Viraj Parmar
Viraj is currently an undergraduate at Princeton studying applied mathematics. Prior to joining H2O as a data and math hacker intern, Viraj worked in a research group at the MIT Center for Technology and Design. His interests are in software engineering and large-scale machine learning. Apart from work, Viraj enjoys reading, sampling new cuisines, and traveling with his family.