Bio
Dr. Kshitij V. Mehta is a Computer Scientist in the Workflow Systems Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests span scalable workflows, AI-driven data generation, and large-scale data management for extreme-scale computing. He has developed scalable ensemble workflow tools such as Cheetah and designed AI workflows for generating molecular datasets to train large graph neural networks. His work also extends to large-scale data management for scientific applications, including the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code (GTC) for plasma physics, advancing both high-performance computing and scientific discovery.
Professional Experience
Dr. Mehta joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Computer Scientist in January 2017. Previously, he was a visiting scientist at ORNL as part of a CRADA between ORNL and TOTAL Energies. From 2013-2016, he was HPC Research Scientist at TOTAL, where he conducted research on using directive-based programming models such as OpenACC for large-scale seismic modeling. He was a member of the OpenACC programming committee during this time.
Education
Dr. Mehta graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Houston, Texas, in 2013 under the guidance of Dr. Edgar Gabriel. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.
Professional Service
Dr. Mehta has served on the technical and program committees and as a reviewer for several conferences and journals, including SC, ICPP, PASC, SSDBM, CCGrid, CCPE, IEEE Cluster, and OpenSHMEM.
Professional Affiliations
He is a member of IEEE and ACM.