Service and Awards at LANL
(highlights, not intended to be complete)
- 1999-present, Derivative Classifier (formerly Authorized Derivative Classifier).
- 2007-present, CCS-1 representative on CCS division nested safety and security committee.
- 2009, received NNSA 2007 Defense Programs Award of Excellence "For Significant Contributions
to the Stockpile Stewardship Program."
- 2009, LAAP Achievement Award recipient for contributions as a member of
the Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences (CCS) division's
Workers Safety and Security Team (7/07-4/09).
- 2009, Certificate of appreciation for >100 hours volunteer community service (in 2008).
- 2009, Certificate of recognition for "valuable contributions to the Roadrunner Project
at Los Alamos National Laboratory."
- 2009, SPOT award for distinguished service as chair of the Directorate for Theory, Simulation,
and Computing's Workers Safety and Security Team (7/07-4/09).
- 2009, Scientific/Engineering Advisory Panel, LDRD DR Information Science and Technology.
- 2008 (for 2007), Distinguished Performance Award for the Roadrunner
System Integration and Technical Assessment.
- 2008, LAAP Achievement Award recipient, for distinguished service
on the Directorate for Theory, Simulation, and Computing's
Workers Safety and Security Team (7/07-4/09).
- 2000-2007, Team Leader,
Quantum and Classical Information Sciences
(formerly Fundamentals of Computer Science),
Modeling, Algorithms, and Informatics (CCS-3) group.
- 2008, Certificate of Appreciation for for service on LANL Postdoc Committee,
2004-2008, as representative for CCS, HPC, CTN, and STB-RL
(standard appointment extended by request of the Postdoc Programs Office).
- 2004-2007, CCS-3 representative on CCS division nested safety and security committee.
- 2006-2008, CCS division representative on LANL Workers Safety and Security Team.
- 2006, Los Alamos Awards Program (LAAP) recipient,
for work with the Performance and Architecture Lab, CCS-3.
- 2006, work done as PI on LDRD ER 20040480 cited as "success story"
to NNSA by LDRD office.
- 2006, chair of LDRD ER CIS (Computing and Information Sciences) category team.
- 2005, chair of LDRD ER CKS (Computer Science, Knowledge Discovery, and Simulation)
category team.
- 2004, chair of LDRD ER IST CSS (Computing and Simulation Sciences) category team.
- 2004, New Mexico Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge Expo judge.
- 2003, Certificate of Appreciation for distinguished service on the
Science and Engineering Advisory Council (1/02-12/03)
- 2003, chair of LDRD ER IST CSSE (Computer Science and Software Engineering) category team.
- 2003, CCS division LDRD DR pre-proposal selection committee.
- 2000, 2001,2002, LDRD ER CSSE (Computer Science and Software Engineering) category team member.
- In the last several years mentored several students and postdocs:
- One UGS (two summers), now graduated;
- One GRA who became a LANL TSM;
- One postdoc, now a LANL TSM;
- One postdoc, now an assistant professor;
- One postdoc, now with Microsoft;
- One post-baccalaureate.
Other miscellaneous information
- 5/95, joined LANL as postdoc, joint appointment CNLS/CIC-19
- 8/96, granted Q clearance
- 1/97, converted to TSM, CIC-19 (now CCS-3)
- 8/99, became ADC
- 1/00, became team leader (initially acting),
Quantum and Classical Information Sciences
- 1/07, with Performance and Architecture team, moved from CCS-3
(Modeling, Algorithms, Informatics, now Information Sciences)
to CCS-1 (Advanced Computing Lab/Computer Science for High
Performance Computing), leaving the QCIS team in capable hands
- Three generations from Edsger Dijkstra