Brian Ropers-Huilman Bio
Brian Ropers-Huilman is the manager of High Performance
Computing operations with the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT)
at Louisiana State University (LSU). CCT is a new interdisciplinary research
center with research groups in advanced technologies and computational sciences,
spanning disciplines from engineering, basic and computer sciences, the arts,
and business. The center is actively pursuing advanced campus, state, and
international networks, and it is currently upgrading its recently acquired
1024-processor Linux cluster.
Ropers-Huilman is responsible for systems software and hardware integration
for the high-performance and research clustering systems at CCT. He has 15
years experience in information technology, ranging from systems administration,
IT project development and management, and work in HPC for the past
6 years. His current focus is on implementing multiple
clusters across a disperse geographic area networked with extremely high-speed
interconnects.
Ropers-Huilman has a BS in electrical computer engineering from the University
of Wisconsin - Madison, and is pursuing an MBA in technology management from
the University of Phoenix. |