Bryon has worked at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center for twenty years and been involved in Big Data training and administration for over 15 years starting with early releases of Hadoop and continuing through to today. Bryon was a competitive college debater but has since retired from arguing and now enjoys crosswords and karaoke.
Meet the IHPCSS 2024 Staff Members!
Meet the mentors, returning mentors and other staff members of IHPCSS'24!
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| Elsa Gonsiorowski (mentoring committee, group mentor, presenter) Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA |
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Hi, I’m Elsa Gonsiorowski. I work for Lawrence Livermore National Lab in CA. I’m currently working remotely from RI with a mostly in-person team. I support LLNL’s HPC users with a special focus on I/O, including file systems, application-level libraries, and middleware. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 2016. I attended the IHPCSS in 2015 as a student and in 2016 as a returning mentor. Since the pandemic started I’ve gotten pregnant and had my first child in late 2020. I’m happy to chat with students about software engineering practices, work-life balance, and burnout. I am also happy to chat about imposter syndrome and be your personal cheerleader. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Dealing with bias in the workplace |
| Weronika Filinger (mentoring committee, group mentor, presenter) EPCC, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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Hi, I'm Weronika. I work at EPCC - a supercomputing centre running the UK national HPC service - which is part of the University of Edinburgh. I'm a project manager and the programme director for the online MSc in HPC and HPC with Data Science, so my job is a weird mixture of technical tasks, teaching and community building, and academic programme management. I definitely work to live, not live to work! I have way too many hobbies and not enough time... I'm happy to talk about work-life balance, networking (inside and outside of your organisation), getting involved in the HPC community, mental resilience, working at a university as a nonacademic and lots of other random topics. | work-life balance, networking, getting involved in the HPC community, mental resilience, working at a university as a non-academic |
| Scott Callaghan (mentoring committee, presenter, group mentor) California Earthquake Centre, USA |
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Hello, I'm Scott. I'm a Computer Scientist at the Statewide California Earthquake Center, which is based in Los Angeles, but I actually work remotely from Reno, Nevada. I use scientific workflows to simulate hundreds of thousands of earthquakes, with the goal of quantifying seismic hazard around California. This involves running both large parallel jobs and lots of small serial jobs. I have a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old (who are at the Summer School with me), and I'm happy to talk about balancing family and work responsibilities, moving to support a partner's job, permanent remote work, and figuring out your next career steps. | Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc, Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Helping students manage imposter syndrome |
| Ilya Zhukov (mentoring committee, presenter, group mentor) Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany |
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Hello, I'm Ilya Zhukov. I work as an HPC application analyst at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The main part of my work is focused on general technical support, performance analysis and tuning of HPC applications. I also teach on the topics of HPC system handling, performance analysis, and the use of performance analysis tools. I would be happy to talk with IHPCSS attendees about working at the HPC centre, current and future trends in HPC, dealing with difficult people, and living and working abroad. | Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues, Moving to a new country, Balancing loss and grief with responsibilities |
Michelle Kuchera (returning mentor, group mentor, panelist) Davidson Collage, USA |
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Hello! I'm an associate professor in physics and computer science at Davidson College in North Carolina, USA. My research focuses on machine learning (ML) methods for (mainly) accelerator-based physics experiments. Specifically, I am interested in unique data structures(such as point clouds), uncertainty quantification, and stochastic modeling in ML. I love teaching, and in my free time I'm a hip-hop dancer and Kpop/kdrama fan |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Dealing with bias in the workplace,Balancing loss and grief with responsibilities |
| Aly Badran (returning mentor, group mentor) GE Aerospace Research, USA |
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I am a Research Scientist at GE Aerospace Research. My topics of interests are Materials, experimental methods, AI, computer vision and physics based modelling. I work on advanced experimental and computational methods to develop and maintain new technologies for Jet Engines and Hypersonic vehicles. In my free time I like to socialise, mountaineer, travel and race Triathlons. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Dealing with an interruption of studies,Dealing with bias in the workplace,Moving to a new country,Balancing loss and grief with responsibilities |
| Jolanta Zjupa (returning mentor, group mentor) Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany |
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Research staff at Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) / Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany since 2022, focusing on application optimisation, parallelisation, HPC support, and training. I have transitioned to HPC from theoretical, computational astrophysics with primary expertise in cosmological galaxy formation simulations. I have studied Physics and obtained my PhD in Astrophysics from Universität Heidelberg, Germany in 2018, afterwards working as a PostDoc in the same field at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) in Nice, France and the Universitätssternwarte Vienna, Austria. This was followed by making the step towards HPC and starting a position at JSC, where I furthermore serve to connect the computational astrophysics and the HPC communities. Those formal aspects are tightly intertwined with a lot of life happening and read as the tip of an iceberg. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Dealing with an interruption of studies,Dealing with bias in the workplace,Moving to a new country |
| Lorenz Canaval (returning mentor, group mentor) Montanwerke Brixlegg AG, Austria |
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Hi, my name is Lorenz. I'm from Austria, working in copper industry since 8 years, currently as Head of Quality. This includes responsibility for approx. 20 staff in a chemical lab and regular contact with various international costumers. My PhD focused on molecular dynamics simulations and I gained experience in programming and HPC system administration. In my spare time I enjoy spending time on the mountains (hiking, biking, skiing), but I also do programming projects as a free-lancer. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome |
| Mariia Ivonina (returning mentor, group mentor) Kyushu University, Japan |
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Hi, my (nick)name is Masha! In 2022, I finished my PhD in Chemistry and Material Sciences from Kyushu U, then was a JSPS postdoctoral fellow for 1.5 years, went to Stockholm U as a visiting researcher, and now moved as a postdoc to a new lab at Kyushu U in Japan. My research is in quantum chemistry, where I am developing method&&code to study atomic interactions in molecules. I use HPC for efficient algebra to solve the Hartree-Fock equation in quantum chemical calculations. My next goal is to create ML model for solving chemical structures like it's done for puzzles. I attended IHPCSS in 2021(online) and 2022 as a student, and in 2024 I am back as a mentor. I'm happy to share my experience of being at the early stage of academic career, surviving away from home in unfamiliar cultural and language environment, fighting for scholarships and scientific fundings, and maintaining mental health under uncontrollable circumstances. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Moving to a new country |
| Sameer Deshmukh (returning mentor, group mentor) Fujitsu, Japan |
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Sameer has a Ph.D. in High Performance Computing and currently works as a researcher at Fujitsu, Japan. His current interests are concerned with accelerating scientific computing and AI on next generation computer architectures. He has worked in Japan, Israel, USA and India, and brings with himself a plethora of experience from varied cultural backgrounds. He has a minor degree in liberal arts, giving him a deeper understanding of the social dimension of science and engineering. He is an avid nature lover. Be sure to get in touch with Sameer to talk about computer science, people skills, immigrating to and thriving in a new culture or the best hiking spots around Kobe. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Moving to a new country |
| Tiago Pestana (returning mentor, group mentor) COMSOL, Sweden |
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I was born in Salvador, Brazil, and moved to Europe in 2012. Since then I have lived in Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden. I hold a PhD from Delft University of Technology and a Postdoc from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. While at the university, I investigated turbulent flows and how they influence the dynamics of solid phases, like particles. Two years ago I decided to leave academia and seek for a job in the industry. I now live in Stockholm and work as a software engineer developing numerical algorithms for multiphysics simulation. I am also a tennis player and enjoy sports in general. Most of my free time, however, is now spent with my 4 year old daughter. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc, Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Moving to a new country |
| Andrew Kirby (presenter, group mentor) University of Wyoming, USA |
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Hi, I'm Andrew! I'm a Research Scientist working on lots of exciting HPC-related fields (with a focus on performance) including Computational Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace and Wind Energy, Nuclear Engineering, and (soon) Quantum Computing. I've worked as a computational scientist in industry (small businesses), in government (FFRDCs), and in academia (including teaching). Much of the work I do research-wise focuses on developing scientific software and workflows for today and tomorrow's heterogeneous supercomputers! In addition to research, I am lucky enough to work in a hybrid environment (my job is 2,000 miles [3,200 km] from my home!). So, if you're wondering how to stay productive when your office is the same place where you sleep, come talk to me! |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty), Finding a non-academic job |
| Estela Suarez (panelist, group mentor) Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany |  | I lead the department of Novel System Architecture Design at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, together with a colleague. I'm also Associate Professor of High Performance Computing at the University of Bonn. My research focuses on HPC system architecture and co-design. I've been leading a number of European R&D projects and have quite some experience in writing funding grants and coordinating large collaborative projects. I have a PhD in Physics from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and a Master degree in Astrophysics from the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). So if you are planning to jump from one field to another, maybe I can share some insight based on my experience. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Moving to a new country |
| Toshiyuki Imamura (group mentor) Riken, Japan |
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I hope you have a future vision to work in academia, industry, or other fields. I can offer my advice if you need help finding a job in Asia, especially Japan, more specifically, at a national research institute or computer center. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Moving to a new country |
| Jay Alameda (event coordinator, group mentor) University of Illinois, USA |
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Hi, I'm Jay Alameda, lead for the Astrophysical Survey Project Office at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois. I've done a lot of different things during my career, including this latest change to being a lead for a group focused on astrophysical surveys, but having a formal background in chemical engineering. I think it makes for a really enriching experience, I'd love to talk about where you can go with your advanced degree that may not at all be expected! | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a non-academic job,Branching out: how can I change fields? |
| John Towns (panelist, group mentor) University of Illinois, USA |
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I have taken a non-traditional career path including astrophysics and astrophysical simulation in general relativity, networked/distributed applications, research infrastructure builder, and community builder. My path has trended toward developing the enabling environments for science. | Maintaining a healthy work/life balance, Having a family during graduate school/post-doc, Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.), Helping students manage imposter syndrome |
| James Willis (presenter, group mentor) SciNet, Canada |
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Hi, I'm James. I work as a Scientific Applications Analyst for SciNet at the University of Toronto in Canada. My work mainly focuses on user support, parallelisation techniques, performance analysis, parallel code debugging, system benchmarking, software libraries and teaching. I'm happy to discuss maintaining a healthy work/life balance, moving to a new country, working in industry and planning your future career. | Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Moving to a new country |
| Maciej Cytowski (panelist, group mentor) Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, Australia |
My name is Maciej and I've been supporting a broad range of scientific computing areas on supercomputers for the last 20 years, first in Warsaw, Poland and now in Perth, Western Australia. I am passionate about enabling large-scale science through supercomputing. I enjoy joining and building communities of students, researchers and professionals who share the same passion. I would be keen to talk about performance of your codes and ideas on how to use accelerators to improve energy efficiency of science. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Branching out: how can I change fields?,Dealing with bias in the workplace,Moving to a new country | |
| Samantha Wittke (panelist, group mentor) CSC – IT Center for Science, Finnland |
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Hei, my name is Samantha and I have been working at CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd in Finland for about 2.5 years now. My background is in Geoinformatics/Geoecology and I am working on my PhD in satellite remote sensing. At CSC I support researchers starting their journey into (spatial) data science and HPC. I am also community manager for the CodeRefinery project where we teach FAIR research software development practices to researchers. I am always happy to talk about CodeRefinery, Research Software Engineering in general and how to find "your people". |
Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Succeeding as a member of an under-represented group (female, immigrant, first generation college, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Moving to a new country,Other (please specify): Finding "your people"/community |
| Sebastian Kuckuk (presenter, group mentor) Erlangen National High Performance Computing Centre, Germany |
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Hey, I'm Sebastian and currently working as an HPC researcher and advisor at the national high performance computing centre NHR@FAU. I am involved in code generation and performance portability research projects, teaching GPU programming in lectures and workshops, and advising users of our supercomputing resources. I'm happy to discuss any scientific topics, and, since I recently became a dad, I'd also love to talk about managing a healthy work/life/family balance. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance, Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules) |
| Erik Lindahl (presenter, group mentor) Stockholm University, Sweden |
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Hi, I'm Erik! I'm professor of Biophysics in Stockholm, Sweden, and lead a fairly large research environment comprising some ~30 people working on everything from software development (GROMACS, RELION) to method development, applied simulations as we as a wet-lab team that try to understand how ion channels and other molecules inside our cells regulate the nervous system. I'm also vice dean of chemistry and have lead several large academic & infrastructure initiatives in the EU, and would be happy to chat both about opportunities and challenges either as faculty or infrastructure positions. As dean of chemistry, nowadays I often sit on the other side of the table and evaluate/rank candidates, and I can also share a bit of my thinking what employers and universities are looking for when we hire. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Moving to a new country |
| Ramses van Zon (presenter, group mentor) SciNet, Canada |
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Hi, I'm Ramses van Zon. I work at SciNet, the supercomputing centre at the University of Toronto in Canada, where I coordinate and take part in delivering workshops, courses, user group meetings, summer schools, and graduate courses. I also provide advice and support to users on topics such as code optimization, application porting, workflow, improving efficiency, and parallel programming. I once was a mathematical physicist, then moved to theoretical chemical physics, then to computational methods for molecular dynamics, and other things. I am happy to talk about changing countries, changing fields, as well as work-life balance. | Maintaining a healthy work/life balance, Branching out: how can I change fields?, Moving to a new country |
| Matthias Brust (event evaluator) University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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Matthias Brust is currently a Research Associate at the Faculty of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the same university in 2007. Dr. Brust has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technological Institute of Aeronautics in Brazil and the University of Central Florida, USA. In 2011, he led innovative small business research in Brazil as a principal investigator. He further contributed to academia as a Research Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech University from 2012 to 2015 and as a research fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design from 2015 to 2016. His research interests include network science, high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), education, and STEM | |
| Eric Wernert (presenter, group mentor) Indiana University, USA |
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Hi, I'm Eric Wernert. I earned my PhD in Computer Science where I focused on computer graphics, virtual reality, scientific visualization, and user interfaces. I currently wear several hats at Indiana University. In my main role, I oversee teams in the university's research IT support division. My groups focus on advanced visualization (scivis, infovis, xR, advanced displays), research data management (research databases, secure enclaves, scalable archives, Big Data technologies, data management workflows), and spatial digitization techniques (photogrammetry, structured light, LIDAR, NeRFs, drones, etc.) I love that these technologies are applicable across so many different fields of research. I'm also an adjunct faculty member in our school of informatics where I teach a course in scientific visualization, and in our school of business where I teach courses on Big Data and relational databases. These roles have given me a strong appreciation for both the academic and administrative/support sides of a research career. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc |
| Sarah Beecroft (panelist, group mentor) Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, Australia |
Hello! I'm a former medical researcher that now works to support biologists using HPC. I did a PhD and postdoc in genetic diagnosis of rare neurogenetic diseases. I do a lot of containerisation, workflow fixes, managing bio installs, and thinking ahead for how our centre can best support new biomedical work. As a mentor, I don't always have all the answers but I'm keen to help you hash things out. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Helping students manage imposter syndrome |
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| Dennis Willsch (panelist, group mentor) Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany |
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Hello, I'm Dennis Willsch. I work as a senior researcher in the Quantum Information Processing group of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. We host several quantum computer devices and provide access and training for this new technology under the Juelich Unified Infrastructure for Quantum Computing (JUNIQ). Additionally, we simulate quantum computing approaches on supercomputers. I'm happy to chat about quantum computers, large-scale distributed-memory simulations on GPUs, and the general life as a researcher and lecturer in quantum technologies. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation, How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively) |
| Bryon Gill (presenter, group mentor) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Centre, USA |
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| John Cazes (presenter, group mentor) Texas Advanced Computing Centre, USA |
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Hello, I'm John Cazes. I'm the director of the HPC group at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). My group provides highh level support to HPC users. We help users optimize, debug, and manage their applications on TACC's HPC resources. We also spend quite a bit of time providing training and teaching courses to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers for HPC. My background is in astrophysics and climate/weather ocean modeling. My primary research interests are advanced architectures and parallel I/O. |
Having a family during graduate school/post-doc, Finding a non-academic job |
| Tom Cheatham (panelist, group mentor) University of Utah, USA |
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Tom is a Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah. Since July 2014 he has also served as the Director of the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) at the U of U, an organization supporting research and researchers with computing and data infrastructure and services beyond the desktop. His research involves development and application of the GPU-optimized AMBER suite of molecular dynamics simulation and analysis programs with a focus on elucidating the conformational ensembles of nucleic acids using large ensembles of biomolecular simulations on HPC resources. He is involved nationally in the US with a variety of research computing and data interests including XSEDE, RMACC, Campus Champions, Frontera Advisory Committee, Delta Advisory Committee, RCD Nexus, and is currently the Acting Chair of the Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC). |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Having a family during graduate school/post-doc,Effective flexible working arrangements (hybrid, remote, alternate schedules),Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Finding a non-academic job,Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Dealing with an interruption of studies,Dealing with bias in the workplace,Balancing loss and grief with responsibilities |
| Erwin Laure (group mentor) Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, Germany |
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Prof. Erwin Laure is the Director of the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF) of the MPG in Garching, Germany and Honorary Professor at the Technical University Munich. Before joining MPG he was Professor for High Performance Computing at KTH Stockholm and Director of the PDC Center for High Performance Computing there. He holds a PhD from the University of Vienna and has more than 25 years experiences in High Performance Computing, is a member of EuroHPC Infrastructure Advisory group and involved in major European Exascale projects (e.g. the BioExcel Centre of Excellence for Biomolecular Simulations). His research interests include programming environments, languages, compilers and runtime systems for parallel and distributed computing, with a focus on exascale computing. | Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure |
| Satoshi Matsuoka (keynote speaker) Riken, Japan |
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| Ludovic Capelli (presenter, programming challenge coordinator) EPCC, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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I am Ludovic Capelli, teaching fellow at EPCC, the HPC institute of the University of Edinburgh, UK. I focus primarily on the education of HPC, if you are interested in taking part in teaching activities, I am more than happy to discuss this further with you. When it comes to my technical areas, they mainly revolve around shared memory and distributed memory programming, typically with OpenMP and MPI respectively. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Helping students manage imposter syndrome,Other (please specify): Education / How to teach |
| Kevin Colville (CHPC representative, group mentor) CHPC, South Africa |
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Hello, I am Kevin Colville. I work at the Centre for High Performance Computing, which is South Africa's national super computer facility. My job is mainly as a support scientist, which means I provide expertise on HPC to scientists and engineers who use our computing resources. This is a broad mix of software support, training, technical trouble shooting, along with practical research and development. My interests in HPC cover the algorithmic and numerical aspects of parallel programming, and my background is in applied and computational mathematics, mainly modelling for structural mechanics, physics and cosmology. I am also happy to chat about working in teams, non-linear career paths, and associated difficulties, along with fun and interesting topics (especially boardgames or photography |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation, Determining what my next career step should be - I’m not sure,Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.), Branching out: how can I change fields?, Dealing with an interruption of studies
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| Takemasa Miyoshi (group mentor) Riken, Japan |
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I started my career as a civil servant at Japan Meteorological Agency, became an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, USA, and am now a team leader/chief scientist of RIKEN. My background may be interesting for discussing about career changes. |
Making progress on your thesis or dissertation,How to get published (where to submit and how to write effectively),Improving relationships with your advisor, coworkers, and/or colleagues,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Finding a job for the next stage of my academic career (post-doc, non-tenured faculty, tenured faculty),Determining what my next career step should be - I'm not sure,Dealing with circumstances outside of your control (pandemic, war, etc.),Branching out: how can I change fields?,Dealing with an interruption of studies,Moving to a new country |
| Simon Wong (group mentor) ICHEC, Ireland |
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Simon is the education and training programme manager at the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC), the national HPC centre in Ireland. He is also the coordinator for the HPC SPECTRA project, funded by the EuroHPC JU, that provides support for the 2024 and 2025 summer schools. He has a background in bioinformatics and genomics and collaborates with researchers in various life science projects apart from managing HPC educational and training activities as well as the Irish National Competence Centre (in HPC), part of the EuroCC 2 project. | |
| Julie Wernert (program evaluator) Indiana University, USA |
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Julie Wernert leads Cyberinfrastructure Assessment and Evaluation (CAE) within Indiana University’s Pervasive Technology Institute, bringing decades of practice and experience to the role. A longtime member of the NSF XSEDE project’s Strategy, Planning, and Evaluation team, she concentrates her efforts on ROI analysis, longitudinal studies, and other program assessment activities. She also leads IU’s biennial, university-wide IT assessment, as well as evaluation activities for the NSF Jetstream2 project and the ICICLE project’s. Prior to launching CAE, she led studies investigating the development and sustainability of major NSF software initiatives and science gateways. Wernert was the general co-chair for PEARC22 and is a member the PEARC Conference Series Steering Committee. | |
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