Presenter

Through his position with the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Scott Lathrop splits his time between being the XSEDE Director of Education and Outreach, and being the Blue Waters Technical Program Manager for Education. Lathrop has been involved in high performance computing and communications activities since 1986. Lathrop coordinates education and outreach activities among the XSEDE Service Providers involved in the NSF funded XSEDE project. He coordinates undergraduate and graduate education activities for the Blue Waters project. Lathrop is project manager for a Department of Education Atlantis project in collaboration with the Cyprus Institute focused on engaging students, educators and researchers in computational science and high performance computing. Lathrop has been involved in the SC Conferences since 1989, has served as a member of the SC Steering Committee for more than six years, and was the SC11 General Conference Chair.