Carlos García Jurado Suarez
Carlos is a Senior Principal Research Software Engineer with the UW Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC), where he leads Software Engineering and Machine Learning projects in collaboration with researchers to build robust, scalable scientific software.
He brings over 25 years of experience in software development, having held senior engineering and leadership roles at Microsoft, Meta, and various startups. He spent 17 years at Microsoft, most of them in Microsoft Research, working at the intersection of science and engineering.
Carlos is a UW alumnus with Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. He earned his undergraduate degree in Physics Engineering from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico.
Session
AI, particularly generative AI, is rapidly transforming the scientific landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities and novel challenges across all stages of research. This Birds of a Feather session aims to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners to share experiences, discuss best practices, and explore the evolving role of AI in science.