Director for Research Computing

A photo of Nam Pho
Affiliate

Specializations
Big Data, Biological Sciences, Data Management, Health Sciences, Informatics, Reproducibility & Open Science, Software Engineering

Biography

Nam Pho is the Director for Research Computing at the University of Washington. He manages the university supercomputer, Hyak, and provides training and education to make high-performance computing more accessible to a broader campus audience. He is a data scientist and architect with a research background in computer science, genomics, public health, and biomedical informatics.

Hours

  • Holding joint office hours with David Beck and Rob Fatland on Wednesdays, from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

Expertise

  • R
  • Python
  • High-performance computing (HPC)
  • Reproducibility and open science