Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science
About the Research Center
We aim to explore the design, analysis and application of massive-scale computing systems for processing data, in the most general sense.
The goal is to address the underlying systems aspects of big data—including data processing, storage and retrieval—which are central to some of the key research and societal challenges of the 21st Century.
The group is a nexus to connect (i) those who design and analyze high-performance computing systems for big data, and (ii) system users, from a variety of application areas. The former area includes researchers developing massively-parallel processors, energy-efficient hardware systems, distributed computing, software and databases, but also, in a broader view, those studying the brain. Several members are exploring and developing new parallel computing paradigms and architectures. The latter area includes those who need to process, store, retrieve, analyze and understand massive data sets, where computation and storage breakthroughs are essential. The goal is to have synergy and interaction between these two classes of researchers.
The group has a diverse set of members, working on systems research (computer science, electrical engineering, neuroscience) and application areas (oceanography, climate science, astronomy, physics, materials science, civil engineering, neuroscience, biomedical informatics and computational genomics). Many are working at the cutting edge of high-performance computing (HPC, i.e. scientific computing) and high-performance data analytics (HPDA, i.e. machine learning, pattern matching, and massive-scale search) applications. These two areas are melding with key national initiatives to support both, and with data analytic techniques migrating into biological and physical computation problems.
In a simple view, most of science has become computational—many researchers need number crunching. But, in terms of application areas, this group is instead interested in problems where extreme-scale data processing is a central core of the research, and a critical bottleneck.
The Center for Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science aims to serve as the thought leader and intellectual locus at the University for massive-scale systems research and applications.
Chair
Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science
Committee
Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science
Ryan Abernathey
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Daniel J. Hsu
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Kerstin A. Lehnert
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The Earth Institute
Doherty Senior Research Scientist in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kyle T. Mandli
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Robert D. Mawhinney
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dean of Science - Professor of Physics
Paul Sajda
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology (Physics) and Electrical Engineering
Nicholas P. Tatonetti
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics (in System Biology and Medicine)
Affiliated Member
Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science
Milad Alshomary
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Data Science Institute
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
James Anderson
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Katayun Barmak
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Philips Electronics Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
David Blei
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Statistics -
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Computer Science
Maura Boldrini
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor in Psychiatry
Greg L. Bryan
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Astronomy
Michael P. Burke
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Kosrow Dehnad
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Sharon Di
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Bianca Dumitrascu
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research (in the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute of Cancer Dynamics and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center) and Assistant Professor of Statistics
Deren Eaton
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Jellert Gaublomme
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Andrew E. Gelman
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Higgins Professor of Statistics and Professor of Political Science
Donald Goldfarb
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Alexander and Hermine Avanessians Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Gamze Gürsoy
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics (in Computer Science)
Jorge Guzman
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Columbia Business School
Assistant Professor of Business
Christine Hendon
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ben Holtzman
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The Earth Institute
Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jianhua Hu
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Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Biostatistics (in Medicine and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Florence Hudson
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Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Kiyohito Iigaya
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry
Ann Iturra-Mena
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry
David Kessler
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (in Emergency Medicine)
David Keyes
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Adjunct Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Bruce M. Kogut
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Columbia Business School
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics -
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Sociology
Despina Kontos
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor of Radiology
Kriste Krstovski
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Data Science Institute
Associate Research Scientist -
Columbia Business School
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business
Ioannis (John) Kymissis
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering and Department Chair
Andrew Laine
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology (Physics)
Kara Lamb
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Aurel A. Lazar
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Galen McKinley
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Christoph Meinrenken
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School of Professional Studies
Professor of Professional Practice
Ciamac Cyrus Moallemi
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Columbia Business School
William von Mueffling Professor of Business
Karthik Natarajan
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Jonathan Owen
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Frank Provenzano
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)
Molly Przeworski
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology
Daniel Rabinowitz
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Statistics
Kui Ren
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Emily Rothenberg
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Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
National Student Data Corps Program Manager
Dustin Rubenstein
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Gavin A. Schmidt
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The Earth Institute
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Climate Systems Research in the Earth Institute
Clifford Stein
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Professor of Computer Science
Brent Stockwell
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Steve WaiChing Sun
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Marco Tedesco
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The Earth Institute
Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Lecturer in Business
Kaveri Thakoor
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Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology)
Michael K. Tippett
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Duy Linh Tu
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Columbia Journalism School
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Barbara Tversky
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Teachers College
Professor of Psychology and Education
Alexander Urban
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
María Uriarte
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Katja Maria Vogt
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Philosophy Department
Daniel Westervelt
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The Earth Institute
Lamont Associate Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Eugene Wu
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Yushu Xia
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Columbia Climate School
Lamont Assistant Research Professor
Bolun Xu
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Asaaf Zeevi
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Columbia Business School
Kravis Professor of Business
Tian Zheng
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Statistics and Department Chair
Changxi Zheng
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Computer Science