Neil Pundit, Department Manager, Scalable
Computing Systems, Sandia National Labs http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~pundit/.
Dr. Neil Pundit is a Department Manager at Sandia National Laboratories responsible
for Scalable Computing Systems. His department is focused on system software R&D
for Cplant and upcoming supercomputing systems. Neil joined Sandia Labs
in 1999. Prior to that his major professional associations include: 16 years with
Digital Equipment Corp (Compaq, now HP) as a Group Engineering Manager, and 6
years with Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech. Neil is a recipient of NASA/TRW
Lunar Landing Award for the first moon landing in 1969, and NASA/JPL/Caltech Mars
Landing Award for the first Mars landing in 1976, and also US Air Force Association's
Theodore von Karman award (highest honor in science and engineering) as a member
of the Viking Flight Team. His technical direction has resulted in 30 software
patents, and 2 international awards for innovative applications. Among his recent
affiliations with the supercomputing activities, Neil has been the Technical Chair
for the 4th Workshop on Distributed Supercomputing in 2000 (SOS4), a Panel Chair
for Petaflops Computing at SC2000, host for many workshops, member of program
committees of conferences, and the Technical Chair for SOS7 Workshop.