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Philipp Neumann
High-performance computing and data science
Philipp Neumann is the first Lead Scientist at DESY in the field of computer science. His research focuses on high-performance computing for molecular dynamics simulations, multiscale simulations in fluid dynamics and machine learning. As head of DESY IT, he is also responsible for the coordination of the Helmholtz Federated IT Services (HIFIS), the federated IT infrastructure and platform to support research work within the Helmholtz Association. Moreover, he has experience in acquiring third-party funding, establishing research groups and developing high-performance computing capacities and associated competence structures.
Academic career
| since 2024 |
Lead Scientist and Head of the IT Department at DESY Professor of Informatics, in particular High-Performance Computing and Data Science, University of Hamburg (Joint appointment by DESY and University of Hamburg) |
| 2019-2024 | Professor of High-Performance Computing, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg |
| 2019 | Habilitation, Chair of Scientific Computing, Technical University of Munich |
| 2017-2019 | Postdoc, Scientific Computing, University of Hamburg |
| 2016-2019 | Senior Researcher, Department Application Support, German Climate Computing Center |
| 2013-2016 | Postdoc, Chair of Scientific Computing, Technical University of Munich |
| 2008-2013 | Doctorate, Chair of Scientific Computing, Technical University of Munich |
| 2003-2008 | Diploma in Engineering Mathematics (Technomathematik), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Selection of activities
- since 2021: Member of the Steering Committee, International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC)
- IPDPS 2021: Member of the Programme Committee, International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC)
- ICCS 2021: Member of the Programme Committee, Multiscale Modelling and Simulation Workshop
- ISC HPC 2021: Member of the Project Poster Committee
- ISC HPC 2020: Chair of the Project Poster Track
- PASC 2019: Member of the Minisymposia and Poster Programme Committee
- ISC HPC 2019: Vice Chair of the Project Poster Track, Member of the HPC Algorithms Track
- IEEE Cluster 2018: Member of the Programme Committee
