Ravi Vadapalli
Senior Research Scientist
Texas Tech University
Texas
Biography
Dr. Ravi Vadapalli is a Sr. Research Scientist in High Performance Computing and Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering. He is also an Associate Site Director the new NSF Cloud and Autonomic Computing Center at Texas Tech University (CAC@TTU). He has extensive experience in advanced distributed computing, research development in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas through data intensive computing. Dr. Vadapalli was one of the principal members of the developer team for the Texas Internet Grid for Research and Education (TIGRE), and led the demonstration of grid and cloud computing methods for the Petroleum Engineering Grid (PEGrid). His research interests are in cluster, grid, and cloud computing technologies enabled federated Big Data processes for smart oil fields. Dr. Vadapalli is a frequent speaker on these topics to a variety of professional industry-based and academic organizations.
Research Interest
Cluster, grid, and cloud computing technologies enabled federated Big Data processes for smart oil fields