Tim Cockerill is a Program Director at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at the University of Texas. Tim currently serves as the DesignSafe Deputy Project Director, providing a web-based platform supporting natural hazards research and is also the Systems Engineer for the Leadership Class Computing Facility (LCCF) project. Tim joined TACC in January, 2014 and prior to that he spent 10 years at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Tim earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois and was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, after which he worked for 10 years with 3 startup companies before entering the academic supercomputing world.
Wildland Fire Solution Interest: Pre Fire, Active Fire, Post Fire