Wu FENG

Director
SyNeRGy Laboratory
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
Health Sciences
Other Affiliations
Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC)
Wireless @ VT
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)
Research Interests
My interests lie broadly at the synergistic intersection of computer architecture, systems software and middleware, tools, and applications software. Most recently, my research has dealt with high-performance computing, ranging from systems software and tools to applications, including artificial intelligence, biocomputing, biomedical engineering and science, and more broadly, data science. I joined Virginia Tech in 2006 after spending seven years at Los Alamos National Laboratory, operated by the University of California. I am the recipient of 15+ Best & Outstanding Paper Awards in biocomputing, data science, green computing, human-computer interaction, high-performance computing, high-performance networking, cybersecurity, and moon computing, and three R&D 100 Awards in green supercomputing, high-speed networking, and bioinformatics, respectively. I lead the SyNeRGy Laboratory as well as four grassroots projects:
![]() The Green500 List: A ranking of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. |
![]() mpiBLAST: An open-source, parallel implementation of NCBI BLAST. |
![]() Supercomputing in Small Spaces: Green supercomputing, i.e., low-power and power-aware supercomputing. |
![]() MyVICE: A platform to simplify delivery of education and create engaging and "kid-friendly" curriculum in support of STEM. |