Joan Oliveras Torra

Building
IOTICAT
Address
C. Quatre Camins 30, 08022, Barcelona
Floor
IOT

 


Joan Oliveras Torra, PhD candidate in Computer Architecture at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He holds an MSc in Data Science and a BSc in Industrial Engineering (UPC).

Education:
PhD in Computer Architecture (ongoing), BSC–UPC. MSc in Data Science, UPC. BSc in Industrial Engineering, UPC.

Teaching activity:
Lecturer at La Salle Campus Barcelona – Universitat Ramon Llull, contributing to courses in data science and distributed systems.

Research and knowledge transfer:
Researcher at BSC in the Data-Centric Computing group. His work focuses on optimizing inference of deep learning and large language models in distributed and cloud-edge environments, addressing latency, energy, and resource efficiency. Experience includes orchestration over Kubernetes-based infrastructures and collaboration with IBM Research.

Publications:
Co-author of peer-reviewed papers in top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICNP) on LLM serving, cloud-edge orchestration, and distributed systems.