Cecilio C. Tamarit Cecilio C. Tamarit

ECE PhD Candidate
Fulbrighter

Cornell University

Biography

Cecilio César Tamarit Camarero is a Fulbright Scholar from Spain, and an Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Candidate at Cornell University. He is currently conducting research at the Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL), advised by Prof. José F. Martínez. In the past, he earned a Master’s (2020) and Bachelor’s Degree (2019) at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, where he also worked as a Graduate Researcher at the Parallel Architectures Group (GAP).

This feels weird, allow me to switch to first person: Computers and cultural exchange are some of my many passions, and I have enjoyed sharing them with others from a young age. Some examples of this are the two books I wrote on iOS development (2014) and the macOS operating system (2018), and programming/entrepreneurial projects I took on since high school (2014, 2016, 2017). See below to find out more. Since 2020, I have served as President and Vice President in the board of the Fulbright Graduate Students at Cornell (FULGRA) association.

Interests

Computer Architecture
High-Performance Computing (HPC)
Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
RISC-V
GPUs and parallel computing
Embedded systems
Machine Learning and LLMs
Sparsity and computational genomics
VR / AR (hobby)
iOS development (hobby)

Education

PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020 - Present

Cornell University
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Networks, 2020

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, 2019

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia & Technical University of Munich (Thesis)
Gymnasium / Abitur, 2015

Deutsche Schule Valencia (German School)

Recent Publications

Updated Dec 2024

S. Wong , Cecilio C. Tamarit , J. F. Martínez (2023). PUMICE: Processing-using-Memory Integration with a Scalar Pipeline for Symbiotic Execution. PUMICE.

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Experience

Graduate Researcher

Parallel Architectures Group (GAP)

Dec 2019 – Aug 2020 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Part of the H2020 European Commission “RECIPE” project. Designed and developed a parameterized, superscalar, OoO RISC-V core aiming for ease of expandability/modification, but without oversimplifying its design.
Advisors: José Flich and Pedro López.

Lead Mobile Developer

Closca Design

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018 Valencia, Spain

Featured on Financial Times, El País, Mashable, etc.
Worked on the App for the Closca Bottle: A sleek, elegant water bottle designed to change the way you find, carry and drink water.
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CEO, Lead Mobile Developer

Tutorio

Feb 2015 – Mar 2017 Valencia, Spain

Led a team of innovators striving to help other students like themselves in the task of getting better grades. Developed an App that allowed these students to match themselves with the most suitable study partners and businesses. Incubated at Demium Startups Valencia and part of Santander Bank’s ‘YUZZ’ Entrepreneurship program (now ‘Xplorer’).
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CEO, iOS Developer

SplendidON, C.B. (RideU)

Dec 2014 – Jan 2017 Valencia, Spain

Worked on a mobile App called ‘RideU’. (iOS, Google Glass)
This App worked in 242 cities all around the world and helped users commute using public bicycles.
This software has now become part of the Closca Design ecosystem and is no longer being maintained, although a new and vastly improved version might pop up in the future. Part of Fundación Telefónica’s Think Big Youth Entrepreneurship program.
Watch the Demo Day or a Spanish TV appearance.
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Outreach

A hobby of mine is to spread my passion for computers to people of all ages and backgrounds

Manual Imprescindible: macOS Mojave

(2018) Outreach. A 400-pager aimed at all ages detailing how to do simple, day-to-day tasks using macOS 10.14 ‘Mojave’.

Cecilio C. Tamarit

Desarrollar Apps para iOS 7 es fenomenal

(2013) iOS development, divulgation. A simple ebook aimed at all ages, filling the gap in Spanish resources at the time.

Cecilio C. Tamarit

Desarrollar Apps para iOS 7 es fenomenal

Certificated merits

Fulbright Scholarship / Award

Comisión Fulbright España / U.S. Department of State Sep 2020

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is sponsoring my Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD studies at Cornell University. It’s true! [1] [2]

Certificate of Specialization in Entrepreneurship

Santander YUZZ Program (Now ‘Xplorer’) Jun 2017

Completed a one-year program developing a personal project and covering topics such as:
Design Thinking, Lean Startup, marketing, financing a project, investors and public speaking.

Think Big - Level 2 Social Entrepreneur

Telefónica Foundation - Social Entrepreneurship Program Dec 2015

Reached the maximum level of a 3-year program resulting in this Demo Day keynote speech.

Speaks 5 languages

All certified Jul 2015

Spanish: Native
English: Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2 Level, Grade A)
German: Deutsch C2 - Kultusministerkonferenz
Valencian/Catalan: Valencià C1 - Grau mitjà de la JQCV
French: DELF B2 - Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française (Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale)