Hugo Tárrega

Experience

Facephi
Alicante, Spain
Software Engineer

Improved inference throughput by 40% and reduced latency by 25% across 15+ biometric pipelines through algorithmic optimizations and parallelization techniques.

Topcon Mirage
València, Spain
Software Engineer

Led migration of a point cloud processing platform (Pb/day scale) in C++ to OpenVDB. Reduced build times by 50% for a 50-engineer team via compiler optimizations and automated library installation using Python and Conan.

Inetum
València, Spain
Embedded Software Engineer

Rewrote public transport NFC embedded reader (C++) to handle real user behavior, powering Valencia's bus network (77M trips/year).

Parallel Architectures Group, UPV
Valencia, Spain
Research Assistant

Improved CPU IPC by 15% by designing a novel L1 Cache (FTC). Achieved 21% energy savings and a 6.4x density increase vs. SRAM, freeing space for accelerators.

Education

Universitat Politècnica de València
València, Spain
Master's in Computer and Network Architecture

With honors on thesis: "Fusion of the L1 and L2 Levels of the Cache Memory Hierarchy Using DWM"

Universitat Politècnica de València
València, Spain
Bachelor's in Informatics Engineering

With honors on thesis: "L1 Cache Design using Domain Wall Memory technology"

Technical Skills

Programming Languages C++, C, Python, Assembly (x86, MIPS), Shell scripting
Tools & Technologies Git, Linux, CPU architectures, CMake, LaTeX, Inkscape

Publications & Awards

AI Writing Course Instructor (Oct 2025) — Taught 4-week course on AI for creative writing.
Fast-track cache: A huge racetrack memory L1 data cache — H. Tárrega et al. 2022. ICS '22, ACM, Article 23.
L1 Cache Design using Domain Wall Memory — H. Tárrega et al. 2021.
Map Hacks València 2019 Hackathon Winner — Led team developing pollution reduction app for Valencia buses.
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