Dr. Daniel Duffy

CISTO Chief

Dr. Daniel Duffy is the chief of the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO, Code 606) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). CISTO provides a combination of high-performance computing, storage, networking, data services, visualization, and cloud computing services designed to meet the specialized needs for the NASA science community. He has worked on a number of applied research and development projects to explore technologies for the next generation of high-performance computing solutions for NASA scientists, including big-data, machine learning, and cloud services. In addition to being the CISTO chief, Dan also serves as the lead system engineer for the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) where he is responsible for architecting HPC services for Earth science applications. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD).

Dr. Duffy received undergraduate degrees in Physics and Computer Science from Western Kentucky University in 1990, M.S. in Physics and M.S. in Science Education from Florida State University in 1993, and his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Florida State University in 1997. Dr. Duffy's research in physics focused on the properties of highly correlated electron systems with a specific focus toward a better understanding of high temperature superconductivity. Dr. Duffy has also taught high school physics, undergraduate physics (during his post-doctoral work at the University of Santa Barbara), and has given tutorials on parallel methods for high performance applications.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Florida State University, 1997
M.S., Physics, Florida State University, 1993
M.S., Science Education, Florida State University, 1993
B.S., Physics, Western Kentucky University, 1990
B.S., Computer Science, Western Kentucky University, 1990

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