Contact Information
| Name | Michael E. Papka |
| Professional Title | Argonne Distinguished Fellow and Professor |
| papka@{uic.edu, anl.gov} |
Professional Summary
Warren S. McCulloch Professor of Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago and Argonne Distinguished Fellow / Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
Experience
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2022 - Present Chicago, IL
Warren S. McCulloch Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois Chicago
- Professor (2022 – Present), Visiting Professor (2022)
- Courtesy appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2024 – Present)
- Courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering (2026 – Present)
- Member, Honors College
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2025 - Present Lemont, IL
Argonne Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
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2024 - Present Lemont, IL
Founding Co-Director, George Crabtree Institute for Discovery
Argonne National Laboratory
- Joint institute between UIC and Argonne National Laboratory
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2010 - Present Lemont, IL
Division Director, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory
- Home to Polaris (HPE Apollo 6500 Gen10+) and Aurora (Intel CPU/GPU, one of the fastest AI systems)
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2006 - Present Lemont, IL
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Computing, Environment and Life Sciences
Argonne National Laboratory
- Strategic planning and management of Biosciences, Computational Science, Data Science and Learning, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science divisions, and ALCF
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1992 - Present Lemont, IL
Research Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory
- Senior Scientist - RD6 (2012 – Present)
- Scientist - RD5 (2004 – 2012)
- Scientist - RD4 (2001 – 2004)
- Scientist - RD3 (2000 – 2001)
- Assistant Scientist - RD2 (1996 – 2000)
- Scientist Associate - RD1 (1992 – 1996)
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2018 - Present Chicago, IL
Senior Scientist, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering
University of Chicago
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1999 - 2018 Chicago, IL
Senior Fellow, Computation Institute
University of Chicago
- Senior Fellow (2004 – 2018), Fellow (1999 – 2004)
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2012 - 2023 DeKalb, IL
Presidential RSA Professor, Department of Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
- Visiting Distinguished Professor (2022 – 2023)
- PRSA Professor (2020 – 2022)
- Professor (2017 – 2020)
- Associate Professor (2012 – 2017, tenured 2015)
- Founded the Data, Devices, and Interaction Laboratory (ddiLab)
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2021 - 2023 Chicago, IL
Research Professor, Department of Computer Science
Illinois Institute of Technology
Education
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2009 Chicago, IL
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Chicago, Computer Science
- Dissertation: Visualization and Collaboration Technologies to Support High-Performance Computing Research
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2002 Chicago, IL
Master of Science
University of Chicago, Computer Science
- Thesis: Development and Analysis of a Movie Playback Tool for Use in Tiled Display Environments
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1994 Chicago, IL
Master of Science
University of Illinois Chicago, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Thesis: Extending Genetic Programming for Discrete Volume Visualization
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1990 DeKalb, IL
Bachelor of Science
Northern Illinois University, Physics
Executive Education
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2013 Cambridge, MA
General Management Program
Harvard University Business School
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2012 Chicago, IL
Essentials of Effective Management
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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2012 Stanford, CA
Design Thinking Boot Camp: From Insights to Innovation
Stanford University, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design
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2008 Chicago, IL
Argonne's Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Awards
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2025 Best Paper — Machine Learning Driven Auto-tuning for Non-uniform All-to-All Collectives
IEEE HiPC 2025
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2025 Best Visualization Award — Real-time Scientific Visualization and Interactive Steering for HPC Simulations
PEARC Conference
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2025 Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
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2024 Distinguished Senior Research and Development Award
IEEE Chicago Chapter
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2024 Best Paper — Bridging Gaps in Simulation Analysis through a General Purpose, Bidirectional Steering Interface with Ascent
IEEE/ACM ISAV
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2024 Gordon Bell Finalist — MProt-DPO: Breaking the ExaFLOPS Barrier for Multimodal Protein Design Workflows
ACM
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2024 Distinguished Alumni Award
Northern Illinois University
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2023 Best Paper — Scaling Computational Fluid Dynamics: In Situ Visualization of NekRS using SENSEI
IEEE/ACM ISAV
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2023 IEEE SciVis Contest Winner: Best Overall and Best Workflow — Neuronal Network Simulations of the Human Brain
IEEE
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2023 Commercialization Excellence Award for Delivering Impact
Argonne National Laboratory
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2023 Board of Governors' Distinguished Performance Award
Argonne National Laboratory
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2023 Honorable Mention, Best Paper — ChemoGraph: Interactive Visual Exploration of the Chemical Space
EuroVis
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2022 ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for HPC-Based COVID-19 Research — GenSLMs
ACM/Supercomputing
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2022 Board of Governors' Pinnacle of Education Award
Argonne National Laboratory
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2021 The Secretary of Energy Achievement Award
U.S. Department of Energy
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2020 Excellence in Teaching Award
Northern Illinois University
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2019 Top Recognition for Exemplary Blend of Networking, Computing, and Storage
SCinet Technology Challenge
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2016 Excellence in Teaching Award
Northern Illinois University
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2014 Best Paper — Exploring Void Search for Fault Detection on Extreme Scale Systems
IEEE Cluster
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2014 University of Illinois Chicago City Partner Award
University of Illinois Alumni Association
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2012 Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter, Extraordinary Contribution
Argonne National Laboratory
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2011 Honorable Mention, ACM Gordon Bell Prize — A New Computational Paradigm in Multiscale Simulations
ACM
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2007 R&D 100 Award — Access Grid 3.0
R&D Magazine
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2005 SC05 HPC Analytics Challenge — Real-Time Change Detection and Alerts from Highway Traffic Data
SC'05
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2001 Best Panel — Commodity Graphics Accelerators for Scientific Visualization
IEEE Visualization Conference