Purdue ECE Prof. Timothy Rogers named 2026 NVIDIA Research Faculty Fellow
Timothy Rogers, associate professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a 2026 NVIDIA Research Faculty Fellow, an annual honor recognizing exceptional academic collaborators whose work advances accelerated computing and artificial intelligence. NVIDIA Research Faculty Fellows are a group of distinguished academics selected for deep, sustained collaborations with NVIDIA researchers.
Rogers’ research centers on computer architecture, software systems and performance modeling for programmable hardware accelerators such as GPUs. His work addresses major challenges in computing performance and energy efficiency, helping shape the future of AI hardware and software.
The fellowship recognizes the strength and relevance of that work at a time when accelerated computing is increasingly central to AI, scientific discovery and high-performance computing. Rogers’ research explores how hardware and software can be designed together to make advanced computing systems faster, more efficient and more capable.
“I’m honored to be named an NVIDIA Research Faculty Fellow,” Rogers said. “This recognition reflects the importance of building computer systems that can deliver both high performance and energy efficiency for the next generation of AI and accelerated computing. I’m excited for the opportunity to deepen collaboration with NVIDIA Research and continue work that can help shape future GPU and accelerator design.”
Rogers joined Purdue after earning his PhD in computer architecture from the University of British Columbia in 2015. During his doctoral studies, he interned with the research divisions of both AMD and NVIDIA, where he worked on future GPU computing microarchitectures.
His research and teaching have earned numerous honors. Rogers received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2020 and was inducted into the MICRO Hall of Fame in 2024. His work has also been recognized through best paper nominations at several leading conferences, while his teaching has earned multiple Outstanding Engineering Teacher citations as well as Purdue’s Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Hesselberth Award for Teaching Excellence and the College of Engineering Excellence in Early Career Teaching Award.