Dr Philip Blakely provides support for all aspects of high performance computing (HPC) teaching and research related to GAPSTI operations, including research software, hardware and system management.
Philip holds a Master of Mathematics and a PhD in Numerical Relativity from the University of Cambridge. He has more than ten years experience as a Research Software Engineer developing largescale computational multiphysics software for challenging industrial applications.
His interests include the efficient implementation of numerical methods on modern computational hardware (such as GPUs, using the CUDA language). In particular, he has experience in Adaptive Mesh Refinement, implicit-explicit (IMEX) schemes, interface tracking, and in developing robust and maintainable research software.
Philip is the Director of the National HPC Academy, which is a two-week intensive course for early-career scientists and engineers. He coordinates the HPC modules for the Master’s Degree in Scientific Computing, and lectures.