Melanie E. Cornelius

I’m Melanie Cornelius, a PhD candidate in HPC at the University of Illinois at Chicago, working in the SPEAR lab. I expect to graduate in May 2027.

I work full-time as a research aide at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, part of Argonne National Laboratory, and I teach at Loyola University Chicago.

In Fall 2026 I’m teaching COMP 464, High Performance Computing. Course information is on the teaching page.

COMP 464 — High Performance Computing · Loyola University Chicago · Fall 2026
COMP 125 — Visual Information Processing · Loyola University Chicago · Spring 2026
COMP 150 — Introduction to Computing · Loyola University Chicago · Spring 2026
CS 351 — Systems Programming · Illinois Institute of Technology · Fall 2023

I hold a BS in physics (minor in CS, 2016) and an MS in CS (2018) from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

My research is in HPC performance monitoring, efficiency, data curation, and analytics. My work has a heavy emphasis on practicality and empiricism: I want to make HPC systems work better for the people who use them.

Outside of work I like metal, gardening, reading (lots of classics and sci-fi), and spending time with my family.

To get in touch, email me or book a time on Calendly.

news

Oct 10, 2026	Project 2B (monitoring counting queens, due Oct 31) and Project 3 (capstone, check-in Oct 28) are posted for COMP 464.
Oct 6, 2026	MPI and OpenMP practice problems (answers) are posted for the COMP 464 midterm. Questions go on Piazza.
Oct 5, 2026	Project 2A (counting queens) is posted for COMP 464, with stub code. Questions go on Piazza.
Sep 30, 2026	The COMP 464 syllabus has been updated to v2.0.
Sep 30, 2026	Lectures 05 and 06 are posted for COMP 464.

latest posts

Sep 10, 2026	Ethics and Echos
Sep 8, 2023	K and R - The C Answer Book

selected publications

2026

Power-Saving

Fusing System Data to Navigate Power-Saving Opportunities

Melanie Cornelius, Greg Cross, Shilpika, and 2 more authors

JSSPP, IPDPS Workshops, 2026

Bib

@article{fusingsystemdata,
  title = {Fusing System Data to Navigate Power-Saving Opportunities},
  author = {Cornelius, Melanie and Cross, Greg and {Shilpika} and Papka, Michael E. and Lan, Zhiling},
  journal = {JSSPP, IPDPS Workshops},
  year = {2026}
}

2021

RAN Testing

A Study of NPB and CANDLE on Commercial Off-the-Shelf Disaggregated Memory

Melanie Cornelius, and Avery Peck

WORDS co-located with ASPLOS’21, 2021

Bib

@article{rantesting,
  title = {A Study of NPB and CANDLE on Commercial Off-the-Shelf Disaggregated Memory},
  author = {Cornelius, Melanie and Peck, Avery},
  journal = {WORDS co-located with ASPLOS'21},
  year = {2021},
}