Dr. Abellan received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Murcia, Spain, in 2007, 2008 and 2012, respectively. In the summer of 2011, he was a pre-doctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering at the University of Ferrara, Italy. From 2012 to 2014, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Integrated Circuits and Systems Group at Photonics Center - Boston University, USA. His research interests include performance optimization and energy efficiency of computing systems. More specifically, Dr. Abellan is working on intra/inter-chip network design, memory system architectures, silicon-photonic link technology, and HW/SW-acceleration for Deep Learning.