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Amarnath Gupta named SDSC’s Pi Person of the Year
The award recognizes his contributions to the intersection of science and cyberinfrastructure (CI).
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Bhavana P - Sat, 07, Jun 2025
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Amarnath Gupta. / Credit: SDSC Communications
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), based at the University of California, San Diego has named Indian-origin research scientist Amarnath Gupta its 2025 Pi Person of the Year,
The annual award, symbolized by the Greek letter Pi (∏), honors individuals whose work integrates domain science and computing innovation.
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Gupta, based in SDSC’s Cyberinfrastructure and Convergent Research (CICORE) division, is a veteran computer scientist with more than 100 publications and four U.S. patents. Over his 27-year tenure, he has pioneered research in heterogeneous information integration, query processing, knowledge engineering, and more recently, the use of large language models (LLMs) to construct and interrogate knowledge graphs.
“During his career, Amarnath has been a prominent multi-disciplinary researcher with significant publications in computer and domain sciences, as well as software leadership experience in the domains of neuroscience, oceanography, public health, social sciences, biomedical sciences and most recently food security,” SDSC’s CICORE director and chief data science officer Ilkay Altintas said.
Among his major achievements is the development of the Neuroscience Information Framework, recognized as a “big data” platform by the White House, and the AWESOME system used in quantum materials science and national data platforms. His recent work focuses on integrating LLMs with deep learning to automate knowledge graph creation and semantic querying.
His cyberinfrastructure-driven projects, including Tempredict—a COVID-19 risk analysis initiative using wearable device data—showcase the practical impact of his research. These projects utilize secure and scalable systems like Sherlock and the National Research Platform (NRP).
SDSC director Frank Würthwein praised Gupta for his dedication and vision, stating “Amarnath’s talent for translating research across domains into problem-solving systems typifies our mission at SDSC to advance the frontiers of science, technology, education and society through innovations in data and computing. His many years of dedicated service to SDSC and the research community is noted and very much appreciated.”
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is a national leader in high-performance computing, data management, and cyberinfrastructure. Established in 1985, SDSC supports research across disciplines by providing advanced computing resources, data analytics tools, and storage systems. It enables breakthroughs in fields such as genomics, climate science, physics, and artificial intelligence.
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