High performance computing · Research software · Canada

Tyler Collins

Research Computing Consultant

I help researchers turn computational problems into reliable, scalable software and workflows. My work spans HPC systems, Python tooling, research analytics, EEG/MEG pipelines, performance profiling and optimization, and human-in-the-loop uses of LLMs for scientific teams.

  • HPC
  • Slurm
  • Python
  • Research software
  • Research analytics
  • GPU efficiency
  • Coding agents
  • LLM-assisted workflows

Selected work

Highlighted projects

ViewClust

Python package for measuring and visualizing usage on Slurm-based HPC clusters. Used inside SHARCNET and by collaborators across the Alliance.

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PyLossless

Python tooling for reproducible EEG preprocessing and quality-control workflows that researchers can audit and re-run.

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EEGStudyFlow

Workflow patterns for managing EEG studies from raw recordings through to analysis-ready outputs without re-deriving state.

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Writing

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ViewClust: Early Days

In the early days of working for SHARCNET, my colleague and I decided to standardize how cluster metrics were computed across our internal data …

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Conquering the Scheduler

Coming from a slightly different angle this time, I found that researchers were often isolating themselves to less (strictly fewer!) resources on HPC …

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Pandas Recipes for New Python Users

Eventually I got to the point in data analytics where keeping things in lists, or list of lists was no longer quite cutting it. My processing was …

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Cython: A First Look

Back when I first got hired at SHARCNET, I used a lot of Python. I mean a lot. What this meant is that I quickly became the lightning rod for all …

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Talks & publications

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