Dr. Andres Vidal is a UCAR Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) Software Engineer III. He leads the Consolidated Observing Systems Simulator (COSS) for the QOSAP program. He works closely with the scientists of the group by implementing the physical models they develop, test and validate, so the COSS package is always up-to-date with the developments of the group. His research interests are supercomputing, parallel/multicore/multithreaded programming, code optimization and numerical computing.
Education:
2015, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
1999, M.S., Computer Science, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Miranda State, Venezuela
1993, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Miranda State, Venezuela
1989, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Miranda State, Venezuela