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=== 2013-present Scientific & Computing Consultant ===
=== 2013-present Scientific & Computing Consultant ===
Since 2013, Braam has worked as a scientific consultant with [[Cambridge University]] on the [[Square Kilometre Array|Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope]] project<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moyake |first1=Nox |title=Multidisciplinary innovator Peter Braam to guest lecture at CHPC |url=https://www.chpc.ac.za/index.php/news2/188-multidisciplinary-innovator-peter-braam-to-guest-lecture-at-chpc |website=CHPC |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref>, studying programming language frameworks and computer architecture to address performance problems and created industrial relations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braam |first1=Peter J |title=ICPE'18 : proceedings of the 2018 ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering |url=https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3184439|date=April 9, 2018 |location=Berlin, Germany |isbn=978-1-4503-5095-2 |chapter=Performance Engineering for the SKA Telescope}}</ref> He introduced the SEI software processes into the SKA project.<ref>{{cite web |title=The IADS Colloquium - 'Data Processing for the SKA Telescope' with multidisciplinary innovator Dr Peter Braam |url=https://www.applieddatascience.qmul.ac.uk/events/?eid=3630 |publisher=Institute of Applied Data Science |accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref> As a consultant he advised partners in the European Processor Initiative. From 2019, Braam has been a Visiting Professor of Physics at Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brueckner |first1=Rich |title=Video: TensorFlow for HPC? |url=https://insidehpc.com/2019/02/video-tensor-flow-for-hpc/ |website=insideHPC |date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>
Since 2013, Braam has worked as a scientific consultant with [[Cambridge University]] on the [[Square Kilometre Array|Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope]] project<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moyake |first1=Nox |title=Multidisciplinary innovator Peter Braam to guest lecture at CHPC |url=https://www.chpc.ac.za/index.php/news2/188-multidisciplinary-innovator-peter-braam-to-guest-lecture-at-chpc |website=CHPC |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref>, studying programming language frameworks and computer architecture to address performance problems and created industrial relations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braam |first1=Peter J |title=ICPE'18 : proceedings of the 2018 ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering |url=https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3184439|date=April 9, 2018 |location=Berlin, Germany |isbn=978-1-4503-5095-2 |chapter=Performance Engineering for the SKA Telescope}}</ref> He introduced the SEI software processes into the SKA project.<ref>{{cite web |title=The IADS Colloquium - 'Data Processing for the SKA Telescope' with multidisciplinary innovator Dr Peter Braam |url=https://www.applieddatascience.qmul.ac.uk/events/?eid=3630 |publisher=Institute of Applied Data Science |accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref> As a consultant he advised partners in the European Processor Initiative. From 2019, Braam has been a Visiting Professor of Physics at Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brueckner |first1=Rich |title=Video: TensorFlow for HPC? |url=https://insidehpc.com/2019/02/video-tensor-flow-for-hpc/ |website=insideHPC |date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>

== Selected Publications ==
* {{cite journal|last1=Braam|first1=P. J.|last2=Donaldson|first2=S. K.|date=1995|title=Floer's work on instanton homology, knots and surgery|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9217-9_10|journal=The Floer Memorial Volume|language=en|publisher=Birkhäuser Basel|pages=195-256|doi=10.1007/978-3-0348-9217-9_10}}

* {{cite journal|last1=Braam|first1=P.J.|last2=Duistermaat|first2=J.J.|date=December 1993|title=Normal forms of real symmetric systems with multiplicity|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001935779390011M|journal=Indagationes Mathematicae|volume=4|issue=4|pages=407-421|doi=10.1016/0019-3577(93)90011-M}}

* {{cite journal|last1=Braam|first1=Peter J.|last2=Maciocia|first2=Antony|last3=Todorov|first3=Andrey|date=December 1992|title=Instanton moduli as a novel map from tori to K3-surfaces|journal=Inventiones Mathematicae|volume=108|issue=1|pages=419-451|doi=10.1007/BF02100613}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:55, 19 March 2019

Peter Braam
Born
Peter J. Braam
Alma mater
Known forLustre Film System, Intermezzo File System, Coda File System
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Computer science
Institutions
ThesisMagnetic Monopoles and Hyperbolic Three-manifolds (1987)
Doctoral advisorMichael Atiyah
Doctoral students
  • Jacob Kalkman
  • Jorge Devoto
  • Ian McAllister
  • Daniel Elton
  • Carlos Valero
  • Matthew Selby
  • Sharad Agnihorti
Websitewww.braam.io

Peter J. Braam is a Dutch-American computer scientist, mathematician and entrepreneur focused on large-scale computing.[1] As an academic, Braam held senior faculty positions at the University of Utah, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon, and visiting or adjunct positions at the University of British Columbia, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Cambridge.

Transitioning into the computing industry, Braam created the Lustre parallel file system, which has become a key product for large-scale HPC.[2] He founded or co-founded 6 startups and held executive roles at public companies including Turbolinux, Sun Microsystems, and Xyratex.[3] From 2013, he has contributed to the computing architecture for the SKA telescope and has researched solutions for data-intensive computing.

Early life and education

Braam was born in Utrecht, Netherlands. His undergraduate and postgraduate studies took place at Utrecht University and the University of Oxford. He was a doctoral student of Sir Michael Atiyah at Oxford, and obtained a DPhil (PhD) in 1987 for a thesis entitled Magnetic Monopoles and Hyperbolic Three-manifolds.[4]

Career and research

1980-1997 Education, Mathematics

In 1987 Braam became a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, and a C&C Huygens Fellow of the Netherlands Science Foundation.[5] He became a tenured associate professor at University of Utah, then a university lecturer and tutorial fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1990-1997).[6]

Braam worked under the supervision of Michael Atiyah and many other mathematicians including Hans Duistermaat,Simon Donaldson, and Graeme Segal and published papers on differential topology, gauge theories, conformal field theories, algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.[7][8]

Braam's students included; Jacob Kalkman, Jorge Devoto, Ian McAllister, Daniel Elton, Carlos Valero, Matthew Selby and Sharad Agnihorti.[7]

Working directly with Watts Humphrey, he took extensive formal and accredited training at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in managing software engineering, architecture, and evaluation.

1997-2012 Computing Startups & Acquisitions

Braam started teaching for the Computing Laboratory in Oxford University (1994-1996), followed by taking up a Senior Systems Scientist Faculty position at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science from 1997-2005, where he took over leadership of the Coda project.[9][10] During this time he created the InterMezzo file system[11] and laid the foundation for Lustre.[12]

In 1999, Braam introduced Lustre, an open-source parallel distributed file system mainly used for supercomputing and is offered as a service in Amazon Web Services.[13] Since June 2005, it has consistently been used by at least half of the top ten, and more than 60 of the top 100 fastest supercomputers in the world.[14], including the world's No. 2 and No. 3 ranked TOP500 supercomputers in 2014.[15]

2013-present Scientific & Computing Consultant

Since 2013, Braam has worked as a scientific consultant with Cambridge University on the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope project[16], studying programming language frameworks and computer architecture to address performance problems and created industrial relations.[17] He introduced the SEI software processes into the SKA project.[18] As a consultant he advised partners in the European Processor Initiative. From 2019, Braam has been a Visiting Professor of Physics at Oxford University.[19]

Selected Publications

  • Braam, P. J.; Donaldson, S. K. (1995). "Floer's work on instanton homology, knots and surgery". The Floer Memorial Volume. Birkhäuser Basel: 195–256. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-9217-9_10.
  • Braam, Peter J.; Maciocia, Antony; Todorov, Andrey (December 1992). "Instanton moduli as a novel map from tori to K3-surfaces". Inventiones Mathematicae. 108 (1): 419–451. doi:10.1007/BF02100613.

References

  1. ^ Feldman, Michael (June 14, 2017). "Lustre Architect Peter Braam Talks About His Latest Venture | TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". www.top500.org. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, Dave (July 28, 2010). "Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod". CNET. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Hemsoth, Nicole (February 21, 2013). "Xyratex Captures Oracle's Lustre". Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Braam, Peter J. (1987). "Magnetic Monopoles and Hyperbolic Three-manifolds". University of Oxford. Retrieved March 19, 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference merton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Peter Braam Career".
  7. ^ a b "Peter Braam - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Hitchin, Nigel J. "Mathematics and culture: Geometry in Oxford 1960–1990". Celebratio Mathematica. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Coda Distributed File System". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "Using the InterMezzo Distributed Filesystem - Getting Connected in a Disconnected World". LinuxPlanet. August 12, 2002. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Peter Braam: The Intermezzo FileSystem". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  12. ^ Braam, Peter (2005). "The Lustre Storage Architecture". Retrieved March 19, 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ Feldman, Michael (June 14, 2017). "Lustre Architect Peter Braam Talks About His Latest Venture | TOP500 Supercomputer Sites". www.top500.org. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  14. ^ Rosenberg, Dave (July 28, 2010). "Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod". CNET. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  15. ^ Brian Behlendorf. "ZFS on Linux for Lustre" (PDF). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; October 31, 2014 suggested (help)
  16. ^ Moyake, Nox. "Multidisciplinary innovator Peter Braam to guest lecture at CHPC". CHPC. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  17. ^ Braam, Peter J (April 9, 2018). "Performance Engineering for the SKA Telescope". ICPE'18 : proceedings of the 2018 ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 978-1-4503-5095-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. ^ "The IADS Colloquium - 'Data Processing for the SKA Telescope' with multidisciplinary innovator Dr Peter Braam". Institute of Applied Data Science. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  19. ^ Brueckner, Rich (February 4, 2019). "Video: TensorFlow for HPC?". insideHPC.
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