Peter Beckman
Biography
Pete Beckman is a recognized global expert in high-end computing systems. During the past 25 years, his research has been focused on software and architectures for large-scale parallel and distributed computing systems. Pete enjoys the challenging step of moving novel research software into production on extreme-scale systems. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Indiana University, he helped found the university's Extreme Computing Laboratory, which focused on parallel languages, portable run-time systems, and collaboration technology. Pete joined Argonne National Laboratory in 2002, and worked as Director of Engineering, and later as Chief Architect for the TeraGrid. As Director, he lead the Argonne team working with IBM on the design of Mira, a 10 Petaflop BG/Q installed in 2012. He is currently the Director of the Exascale Technology and Computing Institute (ETCi) and a Senior Fellow, University of Chicago Computation Institute.
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