Presenter

Dr. Kirk E. Jordan is an IBM Distinguished Engineer at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, an IBM Technical Executive position in IBM’s Research Division, and is the Chief Science Officer for IBM Research UK responsible for high performance computing (HPC) and AI/cognitive computing at scale direction and strategy. He oversees development of applications for IBM’s advanced computing architectures, investigates and develops concepts for new areas of growth involving high performance computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning for intelligent simulations and provides leadership in high-end computing and simulation in such areas as geoscience, computational fluid dynamics, systems biology and high-end visualization. Dr. Jordan is also a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. A world renown researcher in computational science and engineering, he has Ph.D. in Applied Math, a Fellow of SIAM and AAAS and on several university advisory boards, organizing/program committees for major conferences of IEEE, SIAM and other major professional societies. He has held computational science positions at Exxon R&E, Argonne National Laboratory, Thinking Machines, and Kendall Square Research.