The University IT Research Computing Services includes staff members from two areas: Data Science and Analytics and High-Performance Computing. Both areas are under the direction of Ravi Vadapalli, Ph.D., director, Research IT Services.
Director, Research IT Services
Ravi Vadapalli, Ph.D.
Director, Research IT Services, Research IT Services | 940-369-6046 | GAB, Room 109 • Feature Article
Responsibilities: Leadership of Research IT Services, NSF CAC Center affiliate site director.
Interests: Enabling computational research and development, industry-research partnerships, workforce development, cloud and autonomic computing, fundraising for students
Education
Ph.D., 1994, Nuclear Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
M.S., 2002, Computational Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Miss.
B.S., 1985, Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Research Computing Services Full-time Staff
Richard Herrington, Ph.D.
Statistical Analyst Research Specialist, Data Science and Analytics | 940-565-2140 | GAB, Room 535DA
Responsibilities: DSA team lead, research consulting, modeling analyst
Interests: Computational statistics, evolutionary computation, robust statistics, resampling-based inference, Bayesian inference, machine learning methods, latent variable modeling, mixed-effects modeling
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Quantitative Methods, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
M.S., 1996, Experimental Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.S., 1989, Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
Yuguang Ma, Ph.D.
Cross-functional IT Support Analyst, High-Performance Computing | 940-369-6115 | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: Network management, system administration, user support
Interests: GPU-enhanced parallel computations, network storage technologies, cloud big data, fast-interconnection networks, scientific algorighm optimization
Education
Ph.D., 2004, Computational Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, La.
M.S., 1999, Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
B.S., 1996, Applied Chemistry and Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Charles Peterson, Ph.D.
Cross-functional IT Support Analyst, High-Performance Computing | 940-565-3882 | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: system administration, research development, training and user outreach
Interests: Machine learning and Big Data methodologies, nuclear forensic and computational chemistry
Education
Ph.D., 2015, Physical Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.S., 2009, Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Jonathan Starkweather, Ph.D.
Statistical Analyst Research Specialist, Data Science and Analytics | 940-565-4066 | GAB, Room 535DB
Responsibilities: Research consulting, modeling analyst
Interests: Statistical programming language environment R, multiple missing value imputation, latent variable measurement and modeling, simulation, data visualization, Bayesian data analysis
Education
Ph.D., 2009, Experimental Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
M.S., 2004, Clinical Psychology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Miss.
B.A., 2002, magna cum laude, Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
DaMiri Young
Cross-functional IT Support Manager, High-Performance Computing | 940-369-7066 | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: HPC team lead, hardware and software acquisition, integration and testing; IT strategy development and implementation; project management and monitoring staff; user-training coordination; outreach
Interests: Scheduling optimization, cryptography, network security, agent modeling
Education
B.S., 2008, Computer Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
RCS Part-time Staff
Sharanya Gottimukkula
Graduate Student Research Assistant, High-Performance Computing | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: User support
Interests: Python, Amazon web services and machine learning
Education
M.S., 2019, Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.S., 2015, Computer Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Ramya Koya
Graduate Student Research Assistant, High-Performance Computing | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: User support, workshop assistant
Interests: Machine learning, R, Python, C#
Education
M.S., 2019, Data Science, College of Information Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.Tech., 2017, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharial Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
George Mihaila
Graduate Student Research Assistant, High-Performance Computing | GAB, Room 535
Responsibilities: User support
Interests: Machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data mining
Education
Ph.D., 2020, Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
B.S., 2014, Electrical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania