Lucas Wanner
I am a professor at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (Unicamp), and a member of the Computer Systems Laboratory (LSC). My research focuses on the analysis and optimization of computer systems at the hardware/software interface, with emphasis on performance and energy efficiency. Current interests include specialized architectures and accelerators, architectural modeling and simulation, and hardware/software co-design. See my Google Scholar profile for publications.
I have taught undergraduate and graduate courses in energy-efficient computing, computer architecture, digital systems, distributed systems, and other areas of computer systems.
Awards and Honors
Fellowships
- CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship (2025)
- Fulbright/CAPES PhD Fellowship (2008)
Research and best paper awards
- SBC SSCAD Best Paper Award (2025)
- WEAC Best Paper Award (2024)
- WCAS Best Paper Award (2023)
- DATE Best IP Award (2021)
- IEEE SBAC-PAD Best Paper Award (2018)
- ACM MobiCom Best Paper Award (2015)
Student advising awards
Teaching awards
Alumni
PhD
- Tiago da Silva Almeida (PhD, 2026) – Professor, UFT
- Juliane de Oliveira (PhD, 2024) – Eldorado Institute
- Isaías Felzmann (PhD, 2023) – Professor, Unicamp
- João Fabrício Filho (PhD, 2022) – Professor, UTFPR
Masters
- Guilherme Paulino (MSc, 2024) – SLAC National Laboratory
- Lucas Castro (MSc, 2023, with Rodolfo Azevedo) – NVIDIA
- Casio Krebs (MSc, 2022, with Guido Araujo) – Unicamp
- Jonathas da Silveira (MSc, 2021) – Cadence
- Lucas dos Reis (MSc, 2021) – Unicamp
- Tiago da Cunha (MSc, 2020) – Tampere University
- Matheus Susin (MSc, 2019) – Venturus
- Isaías Felzmann (MS, 2019) – Unicamp
- Roberto Castro (MSc, 2018) – FedEx
Service
- General Chair, SBESC 2025
- Program Co-Chair, GROW 2025
- Guest Associate Editor, Special Issue on Compiling for Accelerators, IEEE Micro (2022)
- General Co-Chair, ERAD-SP 2019
- Program Co-Chair, ERAD-SP 2018
- Program Committee member for conferences in computer architecture and computer systems, including DATE, SBAC-PAD, SSCAD, SBESC, SBCCI, among others.
Prospective Students
I supervise Master's and Ph.D. students in Computer Science at Unicamp, as well as undergraduate research projects in computer architecture and systems. If you are interested in topics related to my research, please refer to the graduate program information at IC/Unicamp and contact me by email with a brief CV, transcript, and a short description of your interests.
Notes for Students
- How to Write an Abstract — by Lucas featuring the work of another Lucas.
- Everything I Needed to Know to Succeed in Graduate School I Learned from The Simpsons — an informal and somewhat dated take on graduate school, though some of the advice may have aged better than expected.
Contact Info and Links
Lucas Wanner
Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
Av. Albert Einstein, 1251 - Cidade Universitaria
13083-852 - Campinas - SP - Brazil
Email: wanner@unicamp.br
LinkedIn Profile
Lattes CV (in Portuguese)