Francesco Pontiggia
Senior Director Of University Research Computing And Data
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolFrancesco Pontiggia is a senior research computing leader with 11 years’ experience designing, deploying and operating large-scale HPC and data platforms for academic and biotech research. Currently Senior Director of University Research Computing and Data at Harvard FAS-Research Computing, he blends hands-on system architecture, storage and authentication design with scientific consultation to accelerate computational workflows across disciplines. He has led HPC strategy in both university and industry settings, including head roles at Psivant and Roivant, and has deep expertise in integrating containerized science, automation for provisioning, and LMS integration for research education. Trained as a physicist (PhD in Statistical and Biological Physics), he brings a quantitative, experimental-computational perspective—rare among infrastructure leaders—that informs platform choices and performance tuning. Based in Salem, MA, he is known for turning complex research requirements into reproducible, scalable computing environments that researchers can adopt quickly.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Statistical and Biological Physics, PhD, Statistical and Biological Physics at Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di TriesteLaurea in Physics, Theoretical Physics -- Theory of Dynamical Systems, Laurea in Physics, Theoretical Physics -- Theory of Dynamical Systems at Universita dell'Insubria Como
Github Skills (14)
lmod7
supercomputer5
jupyter4
jupyterhub4
hpc3
modification3
rstudio2
slurm2
big-data1
python1
shiny1
java1
centos1
data-science1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
fasrc/fas-ondemand-jupyter-app
Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
deploy jupyter app on the FAS academic cluster via OpenOnDemand
Contributions:6 reviews, 23 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year 2 months
jupyter
fasrc/fas-ondemand-academic-config
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
configuration files for academic cluster
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 1 month
clusterconfiguration-fileskubernetes
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