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OSC-Springfield Fills Its Research Positions in Record Time
Since opening its offices in March 2004, Ohio Supercomputer Center-Springfield
(OSC-Springfield) has filled eight of its nine projected positions,
including senior and junior networking researchers and systems
specialists.
According to Project Director Kevin Wohlever, OSC-Springfield will
fill 12 positions by year-end, totaling 30 jobs by the end of 2005.
"I am personally excited to see these new hires start at OSC-Springfield,” Wohlever
said. “As we move from a planning stage to an implementation
stage, I look forward to the collaborations and research opportunities
they will bring to the Springfield area.”
Construction is underway on the three-year $25 million facility
that will greatly enhance OSC- Springfield’s capabilities.
The facility will focus on specific applications including computation-intensive
supercomputing, large-scale data mining, regional and global climate
modeling, materials science, nanotechnology, bioinformatics, and
high-energy physics.
“OSC-Springfield is a critical link in the high technology corridor
that is beginning to span the state of Ohio,” said Dick Pritchard,
OSC’s Director of Federal Programs. “That economic
growth corridor includes jobs in advanced biomedical technology,
defense and space research, data management, and future manufacturing
software.”
New staff members hired for OSC-Springfield include:
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Senior Networking
Researcher Joseph Fernando has prior experience as a computer
science and engineering instructor and also as project manager
and research scientist for Systran Federal Corporation (SFC)
in Dayton. As SFC principal investigator, Fernando collaborated
with various branches of the Department of Defense (DoD).
Fernando earned his bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication
from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. He earned both his master’s
degree in computer engineering and his doctorate in computer science from Wright
State University. Several of Fernando’s specializations are in digital
signal processing, phrase-based voice recognition, and ATM network modeling.
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Ananth Devulapalli earned
his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology and his master’s
degree in computer and information science from OSU in 2004.
Devulapalli enjoys problem-solving applications, especially
when they involve networking, operating systems, and resource
utilization.
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Dennis Dalessandro is a
2004 computer science graduate from The Ohio State University
(OSU). Dalessandro, an Orville, Ohio native, joined OSC-Springfield
as a junior networking researcher.
At OSC-Springfield, Dalessandro will research networking, file
system design and Field Programming Gate Array (FPGA) programming
with Fernando and fellow junior networking researcher Devulapalli.
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Systems Specialist Jordan
Schweller will handle Cray X1 and XD1 administration, MAC
cluster design/administration, network design/ administration,
and staff system support at OSC-Springfield. Schweller gained
three years of system/network support experience in both
high performance computing and office environments at OSC-Columbus.
Schweller is a spring 2004 OSU graduate with a bachelor’s
degree in electrical and computer engineering.
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Systems Specialist Sherry
Sun joined OSC-Springfield in July 2004. Sun gained prior
systems administration experience at Ohio University. Sun
also worked at Hanover University, serving as a network administrator,
part-time business faculty member, and interim director of
academic computing.
In addition to her experience in system and network administration, Sun worked
as an English instructor in Shanghai, China. Sun earned both her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from Frostburg State University.
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OSC-Springfield’s Database
Manager, Jim Gregory, has worked in programming and database
administration for 25 years. Gregory will work specifically
on data management and meta-data issues. Gregory, a Springfield
native and resident,
earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from OSU. He also has an associate’s
degree in computer programming. Prior to joining OSC-Springfield, Gregory worked
for Clark State Community College, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Evenflo.
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Sharron Madero, OSC-Springfield’s
office manager, is originally from Fairborn, Ohio. After
earning her bachelor’s degree from Wright State University,
Madero began her career at Wright Patterson Air Force Base
(WPAFB)
as an Air Force contractor and worked on the base’s PET program. Madero
has been employed with OSC since 2000.
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OSC-Springfield is funded through a
$6 million grant from a 2004 Department of Energy (DOE) Appropriations
headed by Representative
David Hobson (R-Springfield). Hobson collaborated with the Turner
Foundation, Clark County government and The Greentree Group in
support of the OSC-Springfield bill, passed in December 2003.
According to Hobson, the new center will not only benefit the high-tech
research
community, it will also create high paying jobs in the Springfield
area.
About OSC
The OSC-Springfield Center is an extension of the Columbus-based
Ohio Supercomputer Center, founded in 1987 by the Ohio Board
of Regents. OSC’s mission is to foster technology, education
and computer networking among Ohio’s colleges and universities.
Temporary OSC-Springfield offices are now in place adjacent to
Springfield City Hall. OSC-Springfield is anticipated to move
into permanent housing at the Prime Ohio Corporate Park in summer
2005.
For more information, please visit www.osc.edu |
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