Can Firtina

Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and an affiliate faculty at UMIACS at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), where I lead the STORM Research Group. I received my PhD from ETH Zurich in 2025 and my doctoral thesis was awarded the ETH Medal.

My research spans a broad range of problems that address the computational challenges in biological data analysis. Specifically, I am interested in designing new algorithms, AI/ML methods, and specialized computing systems that use emerging computing paradigms and memory technologies to enable fast, accurate, energy-efficient, and real-time analysis of genomic data. My research has been published in major bioinformatics and computer architecture venues.