Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


Semiconductors have become more than just an economic engine; they are now critical to any country’s national security and global aspirations.

Our fascination with large instruments and massive computing often blinds us to discovery via many instruments at smaller scales.

The price of innovation keeps rising, the talent is following the money, and many of the traditional players – companies and countries – are struggling to keep up.

HPC and machine learning are not goals, they are enablers.

It is past time to reunite the big data, cloud and high-performance computing communities. Each can each learn much from the other.

I am seeking a post-doctoral research associate to join a National Science Foundation (NSF) project on high-performance computing system reliability and energy efficiency modeling. If you are interested, or you know someone who might be interested, please share information on the position.