Presenter

Nicolás Erdödy is CEO and Founder of Open Parallel Ltd. Since 2013, Open Parallel has been Work Package Manager for the Software Development Environment for the Central Signal Processor (CSP) of the Square Kilometre Array radio-telescope (SKA) - the largest scientific and engineering instrument in the world, to be built in the coming decade. Since 2016, Open Parallel contributes to the computing platform of SKA’s Science Data Processor (SDP). Nicolás is also Conference Director of Multicore World, a global think-tank specialised in High Performance, Edge, Parallel and Exascale Computing, held every year in New Zealand since 2012. His background is in engineering, mathematics and venture capital and holds a Master of Entrepreneurship from the University of Otago, NZ. A Kiwi born in Uruguay from Hungarian parents he lives in Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand and knows how to ask for a beer in five human languages.