Tim Kaler

Tim Kaler is a Research Scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) since August 2023.1 He has been a Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since September 2020.1 Kaler's academic background includes a Ph.D., Master's, and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and related fields from MIT.1

His research focuses on parallel algorithms, programming languages, performance engineering, and graph algorithms.2 Kaler has published numerous papers on topics such as graph neural networks, dynamic data-graph computations, and connectomics.2

Prior to his current roles, Kaler worked as a Research Assistant at MIT for over 7 years and completed internships at Microsoft Research and Google.1 He has also served as a Teaching Assistant for advanced computer science courses at MIT.1

Kaler's work has been influential in the field of computer science, with his publications receiving over 1,600 citations.2 He has contributed to various areas, including accelerating training and inference of graph neural networks, executing dynamic data-graph computations, and developing algorithms for analyzing memory usage in parallel programs.23