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Michael Papka

Michael E. Papka

Division Director

ALCF Director Michael E. Papka is an Argonne Senior Scientist and Argonne's Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences (CELS). At the ALCF, Mike oversees a U.S. Department of Energy User Facility that operates world-class computing resources that enable the research community to pursue major discoveries and innovations through open science.

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Leadership

Jini Ramprakash

Jini Ramprakash

Deputy Division Director & Project Director, ALCF-4
Leadership
ALCF-X Projects
630-252-1781
jini@alcf.anl.gov
Bill Allcock

Bill Allcock

Director of Operations
Operations
Leadership
630-252-7573
allcock@anl.gov
Kalyan Kumaran

Kalyan Kumaran

Director of Technology
Technology
Leadership
630-252 5941
kumaran@anl.gov
Katherine Riley

Katherine Riley

Director of Science
Science
Leadership
630-252-5786
riley@alcf.anl.gov

ALCF-3

Susan Coghlan

Susan Coghlan

Project Director, ALCF-3
Leadership
ALCF-X Projects
630-252-1637
smc@anl.gov

ALCF-4

Jini Ramprakash

Jini Ramprakash

Deputy Division Director & Project Director, ALCF-4
Leadership
ALCF-X Projects
630-252-1781
jini@alcf.anl.gov
Kevin Harms

Kevin Harms

Technical Director, ALCF-4
Leadership
ALCF-X Projects
630-252-3398
harms@alcf.anl.gov
Taylor Childers

J. Taylor Childers

Deputy Technical Director, ALCF-4 & Computer Scientist
Data Science
Leadership
ALCF-X Projects
630-252-7163
jchilders@anl.gov

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