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🗣️ Our director Thomas Lippert @Tomtherhymer is among the @HPCwire's People to Watch 2026 🎉
💡 This year’s #PeopleToWatch are marked by the transformative impact that #AI is having on the fields of science and engineering.
➡️ Interview with Thomas:
https://t.co/VlhQ4DWm05
🌟@rosabadia , the HPC Software Research Area Director at BSC, is selected for @HPCwire's "#PeopleToWatch".
💻This program recognizes #HPC professionals who play leading roles in driving innovation within their particular fields, making significant contributions to society as a whole. Badia is the chair for the 2026 ISC program:
"My vision for ISC 2026 is to continue fostering connections across the various fields, linking the technical aspects of HPC, AI, quantum, and cloud computing with their diverse research applications placing special emphasis on sustainability".
👏Congratulations, Rosa!
🔘Learn more about Badia, both professionally and personally: https://t.co/9N5yK0gx4T
Mira Murati helped bring ChatGPT to the world. Now she’s building the future at Thinking Machines Lab, a $10B AI startup aiming for more open, general, and safe AI.
Read why she’s a honoree:
https://t.co/j4QiFfiGLf
#AI #AIwire #PeopleToWatch
Rick Stevens is bringing AI to science’s toughest problems—climate modeling, protein biology, and materials—with Argonne’s Aurora supercomputer and the Trillion Parameter Consortium.
Meet this honoree:
https://t.co/Gi64bevLxL
#AI #HPC #AIwire #PeopleToWatch
AI simulation is redefining what’s possible in science and engineering, and @AIwireNews just named Stefan Leichenauer a 2025 #AIwire #PeopleToWatch for their leadership in this space.
As Vice President of Engineering at @SandboxAQ, Stefan is shaping how Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) and quantum simulation converge to solve real-world challenges. From accelerating drug discovery to enabling the design of sustainable materials, this work is changing the way industries operate.
Stefan shares:
“Thank you, I'm honored to have been selected. These disciplines are very exciting because they are the cutting edge, and as with any point in history, it's the cutting-edge technologies that have the best chance to solve the greatest challenges we face. AI in particular is going to be a powerful engine driving future scientific discovery, especially the Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) that we work on at SandboxAQ. Quantum simulation dovetails with that by acting as a novel data source, generating unique, high-fidelity data that we can use to train and refine our AI models for new domains. This is a powerful feedback loop and synergy that will allow us to tackle grand challenges like developing new drugs and creating better and more sustainable materials at a scale never before seen.”
“There’s no tradeoff needed between safety and progress.”
– Alondra Nelson, 2025 #PeopleToWatch honoree, on why ethical AI governance is essential.
Dive into her Q&A: https://t.co/hoXNmK2tzT
#BigDATAwire #AIEthics #ResponsibleAI
Congrats to Krishna Subramanian, Co-founder of @Komprise, named a 2025 #BigDATAwire Person to Watch!
She’s leading the charge on unstructured data + AI.
Read the Q&A: https://t.co/pfKM0b2jr9
#PeopleToWatch #DataOps #WomenInTech
If you're wondering, "Who are the people I should be watching in #bigdata?" then have we got a story for you! https://t.co/X3GmMXI28Y @Bigdatawirenews #PeopletoWatch
As a kid, she was driven by a desire to understand the fundamental “why” behind the world around us. That curiosity led to STEM and ultimately, biomedical engineering at @DukeU. Learn more about 2025 #HPCwire Person to Watch Amanda Randles: https://t.co/olXyTSClcI #PeopletoWatch
🎉 Mateo Valero is selected for @hpcwire 's "#PeopleToWatch". This recognition highlights professionals who are driving innovation in key areas such as AI, Big Data, and quantum computing. BSC is at the forefront of these advances, contributing to solving the biggest challenges in our society
🗣 “It is important that emerging technologies are represented in supercomputing centers to ensure the democratization of science, technology, and their tools”
➡https://t.co/YolIX2vopW
#HPC
It's LIVE! Every year HPCwire recognizes individuals in #HPC professions who propel innovation and bring meaningful contributions to the field and society. Here are this year’s recipients of HPCwire’s #PeopletoWatch 2025: https://t.co/yNdI7mc57A
Calista Redmond is an experienced electronics industry executive and former president of #OpenPOWER. Now she’s the CEO of #RISC-V and one of HPCwire’s 2024 #PeopletoWatch.
https://t.co/tnkJVvSAQr
Meet Celia Merzbacher. She is the Executive Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, which looks to enable and expand the US #quantum industry, and is one of this year’s HPCwire #PeopletoWatch.
https://t.co/FSGQ1HlMUs #QEDC
Calista Redmond is an experienced electronics industry executive and former president of #OpenPOWER. Now she’s the CEO of #RISC-V and one of HPCwire’s #PeopletoWatch. https://t.co/HUt9VtKHfK
One of this year’s #PeopletoWatch is Yann Lecun. He is best known for his work in #deeplearning and the invention of the convolutional network method. Yann is currently a part-time professor at NYU and a VP and Chief #AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research. https://t.co/TjFp0eYT6K
Justin Hotard oversaw the team that delivered the world’s first exascale #supercomputer, #Frontier. Currently, he is both the executive Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center & AI Group at @Intel and is one of HPCwire’s 2024 #PeopletoWatch. https://t.co/JMjhSlDxmP
Todd Gamblin is the creator of the #Spack #HPC package management tool, a distinguished member of the technical staff in the Livermore Computing Division at LLNL, and one of this year’s HPCwire #PeopletoWatch. https://t.co/FkYbii5SWM
One of this year’s #PeopletoWatch is Happy Sitole, Center Manager for the National Integrated Cyber-Infrastructure System (#NICIS), a data-intensive research system that combines #HPC and broadband connectivity in South Africa. https://t.co/ytu5T262Yi
LLNL distinguished member of technical staff & @spackpm lead @tgamblin is one of the @HPCwire #PeopletoWatch 😎
https://t.co/TyqpsbaC8O
#HPC #computing #nationallab #opensource
One of our #PeopletoWatch is Gina Tourassi, the associate lab director at the #CCSD where she was part of the team that deployed #Frontier, the world’s first #exascale system. Find out about her involvement in Frontier and more: https://t.co/ewYLqei6zu
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