Presenter

Chris Fuson is the group leader for the User Assistance team at the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The NCCS User Assistance provides technical support and promotes effective use of NCCS HPC resources through direct support, training, documentation, advocacy, communication, and usability tools/policies.

Chris is also the Program Manager for the National Climate-Computing Research Center (NCRC). The NCRC is a partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide high performance computing (HPC) services and climate modeling support. The NCRC team has delivered and supports several HPC systems and infrastructure that have allowed the advancement of models and improved understanding of climate variability.