Ayesha Afzal

Ayesha Afzal is a researcher working toward the PhD degree at Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU). She won the “Global Award of Achievement 2023” by WeAreTheCity and was also named in the “100 Future Leaders Role Model List 2022” supported by Yahoo Finance. She received the First Place ISC PhD Forum Award 2021, which recognizes the most outstanding PhD work. Her PhD research lies at the crossroads of analytic performance models, performance tools and parallel simulation frameworks in high-performance computing. She further conducts research in multi-core and parallel architectures, parallel computing and algorithms, parallel programming models, modern C++, and domain-specific languages. Ayesha has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and serves as an active speaker, reviewer, and/or committee member at various international events. She is a passionate advocate for inclusive technology and training new scientists in mentorship.