Mark Howison

Current

• Computer Systems Engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

Past

• Student Research Assistant at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
• Graduate Student Researcher/Instructor at UC Berkeley

Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Brown University

Connections

43 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• My Website

Mark Howison’s Summary

Mark holds a B.S. in mathematics from Brown University (2006) and an M.S. in computer science from UC Berkeley (2009). In his previous research, he has fabricated mathematical artwork, designed visualization tools, and investigated how people use technology to learn about mathematics and science. His recent projects at LBNL include profiling and improving collective I/O performance on NERSC's flagship Cray XT4 system, tuning image processing filters for multicore processors and GPUs, and researching parallelization strategies for visualization algorithms such as isocontouring and volume rendering.

Mark Howison’s Specialties:

Programming, profiling, benchmarking, optimizing and tuning, data analysis, technical writing and editing.

Mark Howison’s Experience

• Computer Systems Engineer

  Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  May 2009 — Present (8 months)

• Student Research Assistant

  Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  June 2008 — April 2009 (11 months)

• Graduate Student Researcher/Instructor

  UC Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 5 months)

  Teaching: calculus, introductory astronomy, science and mathematics education.
  Research: "Kinemathics: Kinetically Induced Mathematical Learning"

Mark Howison’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MS , Computer Science , 2006 — 2009

  Passed preliminary exams for the Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education.

• Brown University

  BS , Mathematics , 2002 — 2006

Additional Information

Mark Howison’s Websites:

• My Website

Mark Howison’s Groups:

•    Brown Alumni Association (BAA)

Mark Howison’s Honors:

Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2006

Mark Howison’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• reference requests
• getting back in touch