Arthur S. (Buddy) Bland is the Computer
Resources Manager for the Center for Computational Sciences at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. In this capacity, he is in charge of the CCS computer systems, ARM/CCS
storage system, and Visualization Laboratory. Prior to this position, Mr. Bland
was the system manager for the Cray X-MP system in the Computer and Telecommunications
Division. Mr. Bland came to Oak Ridge after a tour of duty in the Air Force serving
as an instructor at Keesler AFB Mississippi and the system manager of the Cray
1 at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has a M.S.
and B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi.