Dr. Ahmad Tarraf is a senior researcher in computational science at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUDa), where he has worked since 2021 on performance prediction, behavioral modeling, and optimization of High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications and systems within the Laboratory for Parallel Programming. His research focuses on efficient file and storage systems, malleability, performance analysis, and machine learning in has contributed to several national and EuroHPC projects, including ADMIRE and DEEP-SEA, and is currently pursuing his habilitation.
EDUCATION
Dr. Tarraf earned his B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering from RHU Lebanon in 2013 and his M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering from TUDa in 2016. In 2017, he joined the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Frankfurt as a research assistant, exploring the formal abstraction and verification of analog mixed-signal circuits. He received his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in Computer Science from the University of Frankfurt in early 2021, graduating Magna Cum Laude.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Computer Science, Software
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Scholar Citations
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
ENSIMA-Energieoptimiertes High-Performance Computing für Finite-Elemente-Simulationen in der Produktentwicklung A Tarraf, F Wolf Hannover: Technische Informationsbibliothek , 2026 2026
When AI Bends Metal: AI-Assisted Optimization of Design Parameters in Sheet Metal Forming A Tarraf, K Kassem-Manthey, SA Mohammadi, P Martin, L Moj, S Burak, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.22302 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Fantastic Hardware Counters and How to Find Them: Automating the Detection of Noise-Resilient Performance Counters in HPC A Tarraf, A Geiß, L Fuchs, F Wolf Proceedings of the SC'25 Workshops of the International Conference for High … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
EquilibrIO: Taming the I/O Tides in High-Performance Computing T Özden, A Tarraf, F Wolf 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), 1-12 , 2025 2025
A deep look into the temporal i/o behavior of hpc applications F Boito, L Teylo, M Popov, T Jolivel, F Tessier, J Luettgau, J Monniot, ... 2025 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS … , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
A Simulation-Based Framework to Reduce I/O Contention in HPC S Pernice, A Tarraf, JB Besnard, B Cantalupo, A Cascajo, DE Singh, ... 2025 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium … , 2025 2025
Denoising Application Performance Models with Noise-Resilient Priors G de Morais, A Geiß, A Calotoiu, G Corbin, A Tarraf, T Hoefler, B Mohr, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10996 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
A deep look into the temporal I/O behavior of HPC applications-extended version F Boito, L Teylo, M Popov, T Jolivel, F Tessier, J Luettgau, J Monniot, ... Inria & Labri, Univ. Bordeaux , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Improving I/O phase predictions in FTIO using hybrid wavelet-Fourier analysis A Tarraf, F Wolf Frontiers in High Performance Computing 3, 1638924 , 2025 2025
Dynamic Resources Management for Exascale in ADMIRE Framework J Carretero, DE Singh, J Fernandez-Muñoz, R Sedona, S Pernice, ... Procedia Computer Science 267, 165-175 , 2025 2025
Accelerating Sheet Metal Forming with AI E Park, C Woll, K Kassem-Mathey, K Diethelm, S Burak, C Terboven, ... Proc. of the NAFEMS DACH Conference, 1-12 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
I/o behind the scenes: Bandwidth requirements of hpc applications with asynchronous i/o A Tarraf, JF Muñoz, DE Singh, T Özden, J Carretero, F Wolf 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), 426-439 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Malleability in modern HPC systems: current experiences, challenges, and future opportunities A Tarraf, M Schreiber, A Cascajo, JB Besnard, MA Vef, D Huber, S Happ, ... IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed systems 35 (9), 1551-1564 , 2024 2024 Citations: 47
Capturing periodic I/O using frequency techniques A Tarraf, A Bandet, F Boito, G Pallez, F Wolf 2024 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS … , 2024 2024 Citations: 15
Qu'est-ce qu'un logiciel de recherche? F Pellegrini Revue Lamy Droit de l'immatériel, 39-40 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Towards smarter schedulers: Molding jobs into the right shape via monitoring and modeling JB Besnard, A Tarraf, C Barthélemy, A Cascajo, E Jeannot, S Shende, ... International Conference on High Performance Computing, 68-81 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Introducing the metric proxy for holistic i/o measurements JB Besnard, A Tarraf, A Cascajo, S Shende International Conference on High Performance Computing, 213-226 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
FTIO: Detecting I/O periodicity using frequency techniques A Tarraf, A Bandet, F Boito, G Pallez, F Wolf arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.08601 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Conquering noise with hardware counters on hpc systems M Ritter, A Tarraf, A Geiß, N Daoud, B Mohr, F Wolf 2022 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Programming and Performance Visualization Tools … , 2022 2022 Citations: 11
Compositional Behavioral Modeling of Analog Neural Networks A Tarraf, L Hedrich American Journal of Science & Engineering 2 (2), 21-25 , 2021 2021
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Malleability in modern HPC systems: current experiences, challenges, and future opportunities A Tarraf, M Schreiber, A Cascajo, JB Besnard, MA Vef, D Huber, S Happ, ... IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed systems 35 (9), 1551-1564 , 2024 2024 Citations: 47
Establishing reachset conformance for the formal analysis of analog circuits N Kochdumper, A Tarraf, M Rechmal, M Olbrich, L Hedrich, M Althoff 2020 25th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 199-204 , 2020 2020 Citations: 20
Behavioral modeling of transistor-level circuits using automatic abstraction to hybrid automata A Tarraf, L Hedrich 2019 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE … , 2019 2019 Citations: 17
Capturing periodic I/O using frequency techniques A Tarraf, A Bandet, F Boito, G Pallez, F Wolf 2024 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS … , 2024 2024 Citations: 15
Conquering noise with hardware counters on hpc systems M Ritter, A Tarraf, A Geiß, N Daoud, B Mohr, F Wolf 2022 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Programming and Performance Visualization Tools … , 2022 2022 Citations: 11
Multi-agent learning for energy-aware placement of autonomous vehicles ÖI Erduran, M Minor, L Hedrich, A Tarraf, F Ruehl, H Schroth 2019 18th IEEE International Conference On Machine Learning And Applications … , 2019 2019 Citations: 9
I/o behind the scenes: Bandwidth requirements of hpc applications with asynchronous i/o A Tarraf, JF Muñoz, DE Singh, T Özden, J Carretero, F Wolf 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), 426-439 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Equivalence checking methods for analog circuits using continuous reachable sets A Tarraf, L Hedrich, N Kochdumper, M Rechmal-Lesse, M Olbrich 2020 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 7-12 , 2020 2020 Citations: 6
A deep look into the temporal i/o behavior of hpc applications F Boito, L Teylo, M Popov, T Jolivel, F Tessier, J Luettgau, J Monniot, ... 2025 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS … , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
Towards smarter schedulers: Molding jobs into the right shape via monitoring and modeling JB Besnard, A Tarraf, C Barthélemy, A Cascajo, E Jeannot, S Shende, ... International Conference on High Performance Computing, 68-81 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Introducing the metric proxy for holistic i/o measurements JB Besnard, A Tarraf, A Cascajo, S Shende International Conference on High Performance Computing, 213-226 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Automatic abstraction of analog circuits to hybrid automata A Tarraf, L Hedrich ANALOG 2018; 16th GMM/ITG-Symposium, 1-6 , 2018 2018 Citations: 4
Qu'est-ce qu'un logiciel de recherche? F Pellegrini Revue Lamy Droit de l'immatériel, 39-40 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Automatic modeling of transistor level circuits by hybrid systems with parameter variable matrices A Tarraf, L Hedrich 2019 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and … , 2019 2019 Citations: 2
When AI Bends Metal: AI-Assisted Optimization of Design Parameters in Sheet Metal Forming A Tarraf, K Kassem-Manthey, SA Mohammadi, P Martin, L Moj, S Burak, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.22302 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Fantastic Hardware Counters and How to Find Them: Automating the Detection of Noise-Resilient Performance Counters in HPC A Tarraf, A Geiß, L Fuchs, F Wolf Proceedings of the SC'25 Workshops of the International Conference for High … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Denoising Application Performance Models with Noise-Resilient Priors G de Morais, A Geiß, A Calotoiu, G Corbin, A Tarraf, T Hoefler, B Mohr, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10996 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
A deep look into the temporal I/O behavior of HPC applications-extended version F Boito, L Teylo, M Popov, T Jolivel, F Tessier, J Luettgau, J Monniot, ... Inria & Labri, Univ. Bordeaux , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Accelerating Sheet Metal Forming with AI E Park, C Woll, K Kassem-Mathey, K Diethelm, S Burak, C Terboven, ... Proc. of the NAFEMS DACH Conference, 1-12 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
FTIO: Detecting I/O periodicity using frequency techniques A Tarraf, A Bandet, F Boito, G Pallez, F Wolf arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.08601 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
