Benjamin Schwaller
About Benjamin Schwaller
Benjamin Schwaller is a Computer Systems R&D professional at Sandia National Laboratories with a background in electrical engineering and extensive research experience.
Title
Benjamin Schwaller holds the position of Computer Systems R&D at Sandia National Laboratories. His work primarily focuses on research and development in computer systems.
Company
Benjamin Schwaller currently works at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been with Sandia since 2018, contributing to advanced computing research and development.
Education and Expertise
Benjamin Schwaller obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, studying there from 2012 to 2016. He further pursued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh, focusing on Computer Architecture and Device Optimization and received a degree in Electrical Engineering from 2017 to 2018. He also maintained a perfect 4.00/4.00 GPA at West Shore Jr/Sr High School.
Professional Background
Before his current role, Benjamin Schwaller gained diverse experience in various internships and research positions. He worked as an Electrical Engineering Intern at Harris in 2017 and Rockwell Collins in 2015, and as an Administrative Intern at DRS Technologies in 2014. He was also a Graduate Research Assistant at the NSF Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing, and an Undergraduate Researcher at both the University of Florida and the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, he served in leadership roles such as Director of Youth Leadership Development at the Freshman Leadership Council in Gainesville, Florida.
Achievements
Benjamin Schwaller has made significant contributions in his field, including developing the Lightweight Distributed Metric Service (LDMS) for collecting HPC system metrics at sub-second intervals. He has been a co-principal investigator on several university research contracts within the HPC Development team at Sandia National Laboratories. He also serves on the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Machine Learning review board and chairs a collaborative HPC analytics group within the NNSA community. His efforts extend to cybersecurity considerations and network traffic investigation.