Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations

University of Southern California

Rajiv K. Kalia is a professor of Physics & Astronomy, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, and Computer Science. His expertise is in the area of multiscale materials simulations involving atomistic, mesoscale and continuum approaches on parallel supercomputers. He received a Ph.D. in physics from Northwestern University in 1976.

Aiichiro Nakano is a professor of Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Chemical Engineering & Materials Science. His research interests include scalable scientific algorithms, high-end parallel and distributed computing, and computational materials science. He received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1989.

Priya Vashishta is a professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Computer Science. His research interests include high performance computing to carry out very large multiscale simulations of novel materials and processes on massively parallel and distributed computers. He received a Ph.D. in physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1967.

CACS focuses on multidisciplinary research and education involving computational materials science and high performance computing and communications. CACS researchers design scalable parallel and distributed algorithms as well as massive data visualization and analytics techniques for enabling atomistic simulations involving multibillion atoms to study nano-mechano-chemical material processes encompassing large spatiotemporal scales on high-end parallel supercomputers.

anakano@usc.edu