Rate My Professor Apan Qasem

Apan Qasem is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University in July 2007, with a dissertation titled 'Automatic Tuning of Scientific Applications,' supervised by Ken Kennedy and John Mellor-Crummey. Qasem leads the Compilers Research Lab (CRL) at Texas State University, focusing on high-performance computing projects that develop machine-learning compilers and runtime systems to improve programmer productivity, application performance, and energy efficiency on heterogeneous high-performance computing architectures. His research interests also encompass computer science education, including the creation of pedagogical tools, integration of emerging topics into the curriculum, accessibility for non-majors, and efforts to increase participation of underrepresented groups in computing. He has taught a variety of courses at Texas State University, such as Foundations of Computer Science (including Honors sections from 2010 to 2019), Computer Architecture since Spring 2010, Program Translators and Crafting Compilers from 2008 to 2017, High-Performance Computing since Fall 2017, and others including Unix Systems Programming and Coding and Data Skills for Communicators.