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Piotr Bialecki

Manages the PyTorch team at NVIDIA (joined the team in 2019), NVIDIA

  • Manages the PyTorch team at NVIDIA (joined the team in 2019), NVIDIA14
  • Core Maintainer, PyTorch (open-source project)21

Piotr Bialecki joined the PyTorch team at NVIDIA in 2019 and, according to PyTorch's April 2025 release Q&A page, manages that team and drives NVIDIA's work maintaining and advancing PyTorch's CUDA backend. PyTorch's maintainers page lists Bialecki as a core maintainer and as a maintainer of PyTorch's CUDA support. The same Q&A page notes that Bialecki received the PyTorch SUPERHERO award in 2023 for community contributions, especially on the PyTorch discussion board. Bialecki was also a panelist for the PyTorch 2.13 release Q&A in July 2026.123

At a glance

Current roles
Manages the PyTorch team at NVIDIA (joined the team in 2019) +1 more
Companies
NVIDIA, PyTorch
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Company
Work listed
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Honors
1
Sources cited
5
Profile reviewed

Open-source work

Piotr Bialecki joined the PyTorch team at NVIDIA in 2019 and, according to PyTorch's April 2025 event page, manages that team and drives NVIDIA's work on maintaining and advancing PyTorch's CUDA backend. PyTorch's governance documentation lists Bialecki, who publishes on GitHub as ptrblck, among the project's core maintainers and among the maintainers of its CUDA support.124

PyTorch's event pages note Bialecki's contributions to the PyTorch community, especially answers on the PyTorch discussion board, which earned a PyTorch SUPERHERO award in 2023. Bialecki has also taken part in release question-and-answer sessions, including those for PyTorch 2.7 in April 2025 and PyTorch 2.13 in July 2026.13

Work and contributions

  • PyTorch (CUDA backend) Open-source code

    Listed as a PyTorch core maintainer and a CUDA maintainer; PyTorch's event page describes Bialecki as driving NVIDIA's effort in maintaining and advancing PyTorch's CUDA backend. The repository is under a BSD-style license.215

Timeline

  1. Joined the PyTorch team at NVIDIA.1
  2. Received the PyTorch SUPERHERO award for community contributions.1
  3. Answered questions as a PyTorch core maintainer at the PyTorch 2.7 release live Q&A.1
  4. Served as a panelist at the PyTorch 2.13 release live Q&A.3

Honors and recognition

  • PyTorch SUPERHERO award · PyTorch, 20231

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References

5 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. PyTorch 2.7 Release Live Q&A (April 28, 2025) — event pagePyTorch · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. PyTorch Governance | Maintainers (PyTorch 2.14 documentation)PyTorch · Documentation · published Jun 5, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. PyTorch 2.13 Release Live Q&A (July 22, 2026) — event pagePyTorch · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  4. ptrblck on GitHub (bio "Deep Learning Frameworks @NVIDIA")GitHub · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  5. pytorch/pytorch LICENSE (BSD-style license)PyTorch (GitHub repository) · License · accessed Oct 21, 2026