James Amundson
Associate Laboratory Director, Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence Directorate @Fermilab
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WORK HISTORY
Associate Laboratory Director, Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence Directorate @Fermilab
Batavia, IL, US
Develop laboratory strategy as part of senior leadership team Lead the laboratory-wide working group to define scientific priorities for input to the DOEP5 panel Develop campus strategy for data centers Play key roles in Genesis Mission - PI for American Science Cloud Fermi Data Platform Infrastructure Partnership - Member of Model Consortium Industry Partnerships team Serve as member, CERN Computing Resource Scrutiny Group (C-RSG) Lead all scientific computing at Fermilab, including - CSAID strategy - Computing facility of over CPU cores and over 750 PB of storage capacity - Access to external cloud computing and supercomputing resources - Scientific software development, workflows, and data science- Data acquisition engineering Manage up to 160 employees, including over 80 Ph.D.s Lead budget-driven 20% downsizing while maintaining core output Manage a computing budget of over $60 million Acted as lab principal to DOE for $60 million Detector and Computing Operations funding (2023–2024) Executive Sponsor, Fermilab Hispanic/Latino Forum
EDUCATION
University of Chicago
Ph.D., Theoretical Particle Physics
University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Science (BS), summa cum laude, Physics
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES AMUNDSON
Physicist and laboratory executive with 27 years at Fermilab, with technical background in high-energyand accelerator physics in addition to scientific computing. At Fermilab, built and led the scientificcomputing enterprise through expansion and contraction in scope, scale, and strategic importance,including early leadership of the laboratory’s quantum computing and AI programs.
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