★

Education

Employment

Research

Extracurriculars

Accomplishments

Skills

Greetings!

  Currently, I am an Research Assistant for Jon C. Calhoun of   the Holcombe Dept. of Electrical and Computer   Engineering at Clemson University. I obtained a Bachelor’s   Degree in Computer Science from Coastal Carolina   University, doing research with William M. Jones and USRC   and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  My research interests lie in High-Performance Computing   (HPC) and Big Data Reduction, specifically with data   sampling and lossy compression. Take a look at my other   interests and past research projects to learn more!

                                                                                                                                          

Megan at a Glance

• Research Assistant - Clemson University - Clemson, SC - August 2019-Present
  • Advisor: Jon C. Calhoun
  • Explored energy profiles of various lossy compressors to analyze workflow, using RAPL and PAPI.
  • Researched how to efficiently parallelize (via CUDA) the generation of frequency distributions to alleviate the Huffman Encoding bottleneck in the GPU implementation of the lossy compressor SZ.
  • Investigated the development and implementation of in situ algorithms that combine spatial and temporal sampling to enable massive data reductions without losing important information.
• PhD Graduate Student (Currently Enrolled) - Clemson University - Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • PhD of Science, Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited)
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.99
• MS Graduate Student (2021) - Clemson University - Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Master of Science, Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited)
  • Focus: Computer Systems Architecture
  • Thesis Topic in Data Reduction Techniques
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.99
• B.S. Computer Science (Honors) (2019) - Coastal Carolina University - Department of Computing Sciences
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.950

• Minor in Applied Mathematics (2019) - Coastal Carolina University - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Research Interests: High-Performance Computing, Data Reduction, Data Sampling, Lossy Compression

Contact information

• mlhickm@clemson.edu
• Resume
• CV
• linkedIn

Index

Educational History
Employment History
Publications, Presentations, and Posters
Extracurricular Activities
Academic Accomplishments
Skills
ACM Student Chapter