Hi, I'm John Alsop. I grew up in Minnesota, went to undergrad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and got my PhD from the University of Illinois working in Dr. Sarita Adve's lab. I now live in Seattle, WA and work at AMD Research in Bellevue.
My research interests lie in computer architecture, heterogeneous computing, memory coherence and consistency, parallel programming models, and power and performance modeling. My current work aims to improve the efficiency of emerging memory systems.
I also like movies, trivia night, snowboarding, hiking, pool, darts, beer, card games, yard games, board games, video games, and generally spending time with friends and family enjoying any of the above. In most cases this includes my wife Rory and my dogs Maeby and Shirley.