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+title = "Bio Snippet"
+subtitle = ""
+date = 2019-03-13T00:00:00
+lastmod = 2019-03-13T00:00:00
+draft = false
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+# Authors. Comma separated list, e.g. `["Bob Smith", "David Jones"]`.
+authors = ["Carl Pearson"]
+
+tags = []
+
+summary = "A short biography of Carl Pearson for general use"
+
+# Projects (optional).
+#   Associate this post with one or more of your projects.
+#   Simply enter your project's folder or file name without extension.
+#   E.g. `projects = ["deep-learning"]` references 
+#   `content/project/deep-learning/index.md`.
+#   Otherwise, set `projects = []`.
+# projects = ["internal-project"]
+
+# Featured image
+# To use, add an image named `featured.jpg/png` to your project's folder. 
+[image]
+  # Caption (optional)
+  caption = "Carl Pearson"
+
+  # Focal point (optional)
+  # Options: Smart, Center, TopLeft, Top, TopRight, Left, Right, BottomLeft, Bottom, BottomRight
+  focal_point = "Smart"
+
+  # Show image only in page previews?
+  preview_only = false
+
+
+categories = []
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+Carl Pearson is a PhD candidate in the Electrical Computer and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
+He is a member of the [IMPACT Research Group](http://impact.crhc.illinois.edu/) and advised by Professor Wen-Mei Hwu.
+His current research focus is on multi-GPU graph algorithms, and more broadly he is interested in high performance computing, GPU computing, compilers, and high-level programming languages and frameworks.  
+He was awarded the 2017-2018 Dan Vivoli  GPU computing fellowship from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.