Presenter

Rob Ross is a senior computer scientist and deputy division director for computer science in the Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He is internationally recognized for his research in high-performance computing (HPC), including innovative work on HPC storage, data analysis, and communication software. He serves as director of the DOE SciDAC RAPIDS Institute for Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science, and Data, a $5.7M/yr activity spanning 12 institutions helping scientists achieve breakthroughs using DOE HPC systems such as Aurora and Frontier.

Additionally, he plays an active role in shaping the direction of HPC, serving on technical computing advisory boards, presenting seminars at several ASCR Advisory Committee Meetings, co-chairing multiple ASCR workshops, and contributing to DOE ASCR reports on requirements for software, data management, and energy efficiency. He has received numerous awards, including a DOE Early Career award (2004), the DOE Ernest Orlando Lawrence award (2020), and the Secretary of DOE Honors award (2024), and is an ACM Fellow.