Chair of EuroHPC INFRAG one of the advisory groups of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board which : - provides advice to the Governing Board of the EuroHPC JU for the acquisition and operation of the supercomputers, drawing up and regularly updating the draft multiannual strategic agenda in relation to such acquisition but also capability building and widening activities;- issues recommendations on the federation and interconnection of the EuroHPC infrastructure;- advises on the capability building, including the national HPC Competence Centres and widening and training activities for end-users, as well as opportunities for promoting the take-up and use of European technology solutions notably by the national HPC Competence Centres;- organises public consultations open to all public and private stakeholders having an interest in the field of HPC, including quantum computing, to inform them, and collect feedback.Director of Innovation & Technology at GENCI (Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif), former Member of the Board of Directors of PRACE, the European HPC research infrastructure, and member of EuroHPC’ INFRAG (Infrastructure Advisory Group) experts group.A 20-year expertise in high performance computing (HPC) and a strong passion about assessing and demonstrating the impact of HPC for scientific and industrial applications global competitiveness.Curious about novel and disruptive approaches and especially on how the convergence between HPC and smart big data analysis (HPDA) with artificial intelligence (AI) and soon Quantum Computing (QC) could foster science discovery and boost industrial innovation (especially from startups and SMEs) !Strong motivation for cross-thinking on innovative ideas, finding solutions and team-working.Carrer recently completed with a one-year track at IHEST (Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie) toward improving relationship between science and society.Previous background : - Oil & Gas research at IFPEN as HPC application developper and HPC facilities manager- Defense/Energy applications for CEA and EDF as HPC application developper- For scientific applications at IDRIS (one of the 3 national HPC centers) as HPC application developper
Listed skills include High Performance Computing, Parallel Computing, Simulations, Linux, and 46 others.