Franz Franchetti
Kavčić-Moura Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and CIT Associate Dean for Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kavčić-Moura Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and CIT Associate Dean for ResearchElectrical and Computer Engineering
- 412-268-8297
- Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
BIO
Franz Franchetti is the Kavčić-Moura Professor (with indefinite tenure) of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) degree in Technical Mathematics and his Dr. techn. (Ph.D.) degree in Computational Mathematics from the Vienna University of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. In 2006, he was member of the team which won the Gordon Bell Prize (Peak Performance Award) and in 2010 he was member of the team which won the HPC Challenge Class II Award (most productive system). In 2013 he was awarded the College of Engineering Dean’s Early Career Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon.
Franchetti is the Associate Dean for Research for the College of Engineering, as well as the Director of the Engineering Research Accelerator at Carnegie Mellon. He is also CTO and Co-Founder of Spiral Gen, Inc., a Pittsburgh area startup that commercializes the Spiral technology. Previously, he has been Thrust Leader of the Security Thrust in Carnegie Mellon’s SRC Smart Grid Research Center and faculty senator for the ECE Department at Carnegie Mellon.
Franchetti is immediate past president of the Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASciNA), and currently leads the ASciNA Western Pennsylvania chapter. Please contact him if you are an Austrian academic in the Greater Pittsburgh area. He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria for Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania, USA.
Franchetti has been playing the electric guitar on-stage in various rock bands since 1993. Watch him perform live or visit Wr. Neustadt’s newcomer festival SCHMU, where he performed and served as stage engineer.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Dean for ResearchCarnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2021 - present
- Kavčić-Moura ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2021 - present
- Adjunct Professor of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States2019 - 2024
- ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - 2021
- Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2016 - 2017
- Faculty Director of IT ServicesCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2015 - 2021
- Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2012 - 2016
- Assistant Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2008 - 2012
- Systems ScientistCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2005 - 2008
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, SPIRALCarnegie Mellon University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2004 - 2005
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advanced Scientific Computing TeamVienna University of Technology, Institute for Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, Austria2003 - 2003
- Research AssistantVienna University of Technology, Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna, Austria2000 - 2003
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Director, Engineering Research AcceleratorCarnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States2021 - present
- Chief Technology Officer/Co-FounderSpiralgen Inc, Bridgeville, United States2009 - present
DEGREES
- Ph.D.Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria2003
- M.S.Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria2000
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-Doctoral Research AssociateCarnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2004 - 1 Jan 2005
- Post-Doctoral Research AssociateVienna University of Technology, Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing,, Vienna, Austria1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2004
LANGUAGES
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 13 Climate Action