Chelsea Trotter

Bioinformatics Software Engineer
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Overview

Chelsea Trotter discovered her love for software engineering in her 20s. She started with basic Java programming, and later on took a research interest in high performance computing, specially in GPUs. She now is a user of Julia, R, Python to implement workflows and acclerate algorithms for genomic research.

Education

  • MS, Computer Science, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (2017)

Professional Experience

Time Position PI/Supervisor Institution
2021- Bioinformatics Software Gang Wu/ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  Engineer Yawei Hui  
2018-2021 Scientific Programmer Saunak Sen University of Tenneessee
2017-2018 Associate Systems Engineer Power Seawright Autozone
2015-2017 Research Assistant Byunghyun Jang University of Mississippi

Publications

For a full list (GEO|SRA|Browser|Code) see below

Full List

*denotes equal contribution

2020:1

  1. Speeding up eQTL scans in the BXD population using GPUs
    Trotter Chelsea, Kim Hyeonju, Farage Gregory, Broman Karl W, Williams Robert W, Prins Pjotr, Sen Saunak
    bioRxiv 2020

2019:1

  1. Accelerating the discontinuous Galerkin cell-vertex scheme solver on GPU-powered systems
    Hu Xiaoqi, Zhao Mengshen, Tu Shuang Z, Jang Byunghyun
    International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering 2019

2017:1

  1. Understanding the impact of fine-grained data sharing and thread communication on heterogeneous workload development
    Ta Tuan, Troendle David, Hu Xiaoqi, Jang Byunghyun
    In 2017 16th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC) 2017

2016:1

  1. Accelerating Distance Transform Image based Hand Detection using CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Computing
    Yi Zhaohua, Hu Xiaoqi, Kim Eung Kyeu, Kim Kyung Ki, Jang Byunghyun
    JSTS: Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science 2016

2015:1

  1. A robust and parallel-friendly distance image based hand detection
    Yi Zhaohua, Hu Xiaoqi, Jang Byunghyun, Kim Kyung Ki
    In 2015 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) 2015