Paulo Paz
Intern Title
High-Performance Computing Intern
Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Computational Mathematics
Mentors
Hoot Thompson
Terms with NCCS
Summer 2018
Role Description
- Establishing and running a suite of benchmarks to determine the cost-effectiveness of cloud resources for the NASA Center for Climate Simulation
- Configuring a cloud bursting computing test environment in Amazon Web Services
- Developing a benchmark to quantify a cloud provider's ability to sustain bursting
Poster
Leveraging Commercial Clouds as Adjunct to On-Premises HPC Cluster Resources
Experience at NCCS
"Interning at the NCCS has been an rewarding experience both intellectually and professionally. The environment is brimming with scientists, developers, and engineers who are always willing to engage in meaningful discussions about their work, in addition to helping and advising you when the need arises."
Bio
Paulo Paz is a recent graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's degree in Computational Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. His interests and research experience spans across all fields of computational mathematics, including numerical analysis, high-performance computing, modeling and simulations, and scientific computing.
