Allison Baker
Computational Scientist
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAllison Baker is a computational scientist with 11+ years advancing high-performance numerical software for exascale and multicore architectures, currently improving scalability and verification for the Community Earth System Model at NCAR. She brings deep expertise in iterative linear solvers, algebraic multigrid, Krylov methods, and large-scale eigenvalue problems from prior work on hypre at Lawrence Livermore. Her contributions span algorithm design, performance analysis, and practical tooling—converting CESM orchestration scripts into Python to automate ensemble testing and builds for a widely used Earth system modeling infrastructure. Based in Boulder, she pairs a Ph.D. in applied mathematics with hands-on production experience optimizing solvers on massive core counts and compressing climate data, making her adept at turning theoretical methods into scalable, verifiable software.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at Rice UniversityPh. D., Applied Mathematics, Ph. D., Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
English
Github Skills (7)
automation10
build-system10
automations10
python10
scripting10
bash9
cicd8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ESMCI/cime
Apr 2015 - Jun 2022
Common Infrastructure for Modeling the Earth
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:25 commits, 6 PRs, 11 comments in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Allison primarily contributed to the automation and build processes within the repository. Their work focused on adapting and converting existing bash scripts into Python versions, enhancing the tooling for statistical ensemble testing. The commits show a focus on creating and cloning CESM cases, modifying configurations, and handling build and submit operations. This includes modifying the workflow to support CAM-ECT and POP-ECT ensemble runs.
modelingearthinfrastructure
NCAR/ASAP
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
ASAP webpage
Contributions:40 PRs, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
asapwebpage
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