The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of only two major universities to house its computing program within a college of its own, today announced that David A. Bader, professor and executive director of High Performance Computing, has been selected as one of HPCWire’s “People to Watch” in 2014.
The 2014 list is a compilation of the 16 best and brightest minds from academia, science, and technology whose contributions in high performance computing (HPC) have the potential to profoundly impact the world this year and beyond. Finalists are selected following an extensive review process by the HPCwire editorial and executive staff along with guidance from industry analysts and luminaries across the HPC community.
Although HPCwire has recognized Bader as a “person to watch” before, he continues to garner attention and recognition for his work in big data at the intersection where high performance computing meets real-world applications.
Among his many achievements, Bader led an effort that resulted in a nearly $2 million dollar grant for researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Southern California to bring supercomputing capabilities into the grasp of tablets, smart phones, and other devices.
Read more about Bader and his thoughts on the trends in HPC for 2014.
David Bader is a professor of computational science and engineering in the College of Computing.
The Center for High Performance Computing: From Big Data to Exascale Computing, led by Executive Director for HPC David A. Bader, is designed to bring together Georgia Tech’s interdisciplinary research and education activities in high performance computing in order to better leverage Georgia Tech’s capabilities in this area and enable solving grand challenges in computational science and engineering. (Credit: Rafterman Photography)
David Bader (left), a professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering, and GTRI principal research engineer Dan Campbell, work on addressing the computational demands of big data problems. Both have been involved in the Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) effort, a DARPA challenge program. (Credit: Gary Meek)
Mark Richards, David Bader, and Dan Campbell (left-to-right) collaborate together. (Credit: Gary Meek)