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 (22)
supercomputer6
jupyter4
continuous-testing4
lmod4
continuous-integration4
batch4
jupyter-notebook3
jupyterhub3
ipython3
jupyterlab3
continuous-delivery3
hpc2
modification2
big-data1
shiny1
Programming languages (5)
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-notebookclusterjupyterjupyterlab
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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