About the author

Igor Ljubuncic

Igor Ljubuncic is a physicist by vocation and a Linux nerd by profession. Igor comes with 20+ years of experience in the tech industry, including medical, high-performance computing, data center, cloud, and hosting fields, with an emphasis on problem-solving and the scientific method.<br>​​​​​​​<br>To date, Igor's portfolio includes 15 patents, 21 books, several open-source projects, numerous publications in leading journals, presentations at prestigious international conferences, and awards for advocacy and literature.<br>​​​​​​​<br>When it comes to writing, Igor's shelf covers technical books, novels across multiple genres, plus several anthologies, including the short story&nbsp;<em>The Girl with the Flaxen Hair</em>, nominated for the 2014 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History. Over the years, Igor's other fiction works have received favorable reviews from&nbsp;<em>Publishers Weekly</em>, Underground Book Reviews, Midwest Book Review, and SFFWorld.<br>​​​​​​​<br>His technical book on problem-solving in high-performance computing is part of the computer science undergraduate studies curricula at several universities worldwide. It has also been translated into Mandarin.<br>​​​​​​​<br>In his free time, Igor runs a popular science and technology blog, www.dedoimedo.com, drives fast cars on racetracks, does mean impressions of celebrities, and sings in a wide range of languages, from Finnish to Old Norse to Albanian, Polish, Spanish, and many others.