Presenter

Dr. Patterson is a Senior Principal Engineer in the Technical Computing Group - Systems Architecture and Pathfinding at Intel, in Dupont, Washington, where he works in the power, thermal, and energy-efficient-performance areas of HPC. The work covers silicon level activity, from platform and rack-level solutions, to interface with data center power and cooling technologies. He did his undergraduate work at Purdue University, received his MS degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and was awarded his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Vermont. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the ASME, a member of ASHRAE, and served as the Research Chair for ASHRAE TC9.9, Mission Critical Facilities. He represents Intel in various Green Grid activities, most notably as first chair of the Data Center Technology and Strategy Working Group. Dr. Patterson has been certified by the US DOE as a DCEP.