Dr. Mark R. Gilder is a Sr. Lecturer in Computer Science at RPI. He has extensive experience in high-performance computing, parallel architectures and parallelization techniques. In particular, he has worked on tools and methodologies to automate and guide parallelization transformations for new and existing codes onto a wide variety of heterogeneous architectures. He has expertise in compiler technology, database design, programming languages, cloud computing and cybersecurity.  Prior to joining RPI he was Professor and Dept. Chair of Computer Science at the College of Saint Rose.  Additionally, he has over 25 years of industry experience working at startups and more recently at GE Research. He has currently filed over 10 U.S. patents and has over 25 peer reviewed papers and technical reports.