Lavanya Ramakrishnan

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Berkeley, CA


I am a scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Previously I have worked as a research staff member at Renaissance Computing Institute and MCNC in North Carolina. I have Masters and doctoral degrees from Indiana University and a bachelor degree in computer engineering from VJTI, University of Mumbai.

Curriculum Vitae: pdf

Research

My primary area of interests are in software tools for high performance computing, data-intensive computing and distributed systems (grids, clouds, etc) for scientific applications. I am interested in data management, workflow tools, resource management, monitoring and adaptation for performance and fault tolerance.

Projects
Software Tools for Data-Intensive Computing

Past projects
DOE Magellan Cloud Project @ LBL
On-demand Overlay for Scientific Applications
Digital Data Provenance
Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery(LEAD)
Virtual Grid Application Development Software (VGrADS)
Open Resource Control Architecture(ORCA)

The Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction Program(SCOOP)
North Carolina Bioportal
TeraGrid Biology and Biomedicine Science Gateway
North Carolina BioGrid
Ferret Workflow Anamoly Detection
XCAT - Common Component Architecture