Scientific and high-performance computing software.

Mike Heroux founded and led the Trilinos, Kokkos, Mantevo, HPCG, and E4S projects at Sandia National Laboratories while teaching at Saint John's University. Today he works on scientific software ecosystems, HPC-AI software futures, and generative AI in education through ParaTools, HPE, Hyperion Research, and the DOE PESO project.

Michael A. Heroux

Current roles

ParaTools, Inc.

Senior Research Scientist — R&D in scientific software ecosystems.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Visiting Scholar — R&D in scientific software.

Hyperion Research

Consulting Analyst — research and analysis on HPC-AI software systems and futures.

PESO Project

Co-lead, with Lois Curfman McInnes, stewarding scientific software ecosystems for the DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research.

Scientific Software Horizons

Co-host, with Lois Curfman McInnes, of a podcast series on scientific software. Available on Spotify and YouTube.

Saint John's University

Professor Alumnus, Department of Computer Science; continues to sponsor student research through a Sandia National Laboratories contract.

Sandia National Laboratories

Senior Scientist (retired).

Recognition

  • 2026 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Career Prize
  • 2025 HPC Legend (HPCwire, class of 35)
  • 2024 Secretary of Energy Achievement Award (US Exascale Computing Project)
  • Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Senior Member, IEEE