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Justin M. Wozniak

Office Address:
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60609 USA
mylastname@mcs.anl.gov


Career Goals

To pursue a career in scientific computing utilizing my experience with distributed systems and scientific simulation. 


Education


Philosophiae Doctor in Computer Science & Engineering

University of Notre Dame
July 2004 – May 2008

Honors: Arthur J. Schmitt Presidential Fellowship

Thesis Topic: Scientific storage systems and grid scheduling

Instructor: Numerical Methods

Graduate Coursework: Distributed Systems, Randomized Algorithms, Biocomplexity, Bioinformatics.


Master of Mathematics in Computer Science

University of Waterloo, ON
August 2001 – August 2003
Symbolic Computation Group

Teaching Assistant: Numerics courses.

Graduate Coursework: Symbolic Computation (2), Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (2), Control Theory (2), Parallel Algorithms (1).


Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Sciences in Mathematics & Computer Science

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

August 1996 - May 2000
Minors: Latin, Chemistry

Honors: Dean's List (2), high distinction recognition at graduation.


Publications
(by date)

Investigating deadline-driven metascheduling policy via simulation with East
Justin M. Wozniak and Aaron Striegel.
Book chapter in Quantitative Quality of Service for Grid Computing: Applications for Heterogeneity, Large-Scale Distribution and Dynamic Environments.
Lizhe Wang and Jinjun Chen, editors, 2008. In publication.
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Pathways into large parameter search spaces: Experiences with molecular hyperdynamics
Justin M. Wozniak, Santanu Chatterjee, Paul Brenner, Douglas Thain, Aaron Striegel, Jeff Peng, and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Proc. UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, Workshop 6, 2008.
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Biomolecular committor probability calculation enabled by processing in network storage
Paul Brenner, Justin M. Wozniak, Douglas Thain, Aaron Striegel, Jeff Peng, and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Parallel Computing, accepted, 2008.
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Overdrive Controllers for Distributed Scientific Computation
Justin M. Wozniak.
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 2008.
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Making the best of a bad situation: Prioritized storage management in GEMS
Justin M. Wozniak, Paul Brenner, Douglas Thain, Aaron Striegel and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Future Generation Computer Systems, 24(1), 2008.
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Overdrive controllers for distributed scientific computation
Justin M. Wozniak
Proc. TCSC Doctoral Symposium, IEEE Computer Society, 2007.
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Biomolecular path sampling enabled by processing in network storage
Paul Brenner, Justin M. Wozniak, Douglas Thain,
Aaron Striegel, Jeffrey W. Peng, and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Proc. Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology, IEEE Computer Society, 2007.
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Effects of low-quality computation time estimates in policed schedulers
Justin M. Wozniak, Yingxin Jiang and Aaron Striegel.
Proc. Annual Simulation Symposium, IEEE Computer Society, 2007.
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Access control for a replica management database
Justin M. Wozniak, Paul Brenner, Doug Thain, Aaron Striegel, Jesús Izaguirre.
Proc. Workshop on Storage Security and Survivability, ACM, 2006.
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Applying feedback control to a replica management system
Justin M. Wozniak, Paul Brenner, Doug Thain, Aaron Striegel, Jesús Izaguirre.
Proc. Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006.
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Separating abstractions from resources in a tactical storage system
Douglas Thain, Sander Klous, Justin M. Wozniak,
Paul Brenner, Aaron Striegel, Jesús Izaguirre.
Proc. Supercomputing, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
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Generosity and gluttony in GEMS: Grid Enabled Molecular Simulation
Justin M. Wozniak, Paul Brenner, Douglas Thain, Aaron Striegel, and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Proc. High Performance Distributed Computing, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
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GIPSE: Streamlining the management of simulation on the grid
Justin M. Wozniak, Aaron Striegel, David Salyers and Jesús A. Izaguirre.
Proc. Annual Simulation Symposium, IEEE Computer Society, 2005.
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Control System Theory in Maple  
Justin M. Wozniak.
Master’s Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2003.
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Message passing in Maple  
Justin M. Wozniak.
Technical report CS-2004-02, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 2003.
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Langevin stabilization of molecular dynamics
Jesús A. Izaguirre, Daniel P. Catarello, Justin M. Wozniak, and Robert D. Skeel.
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2001.
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Experience

Postdoctoral Appointee

May 2008 - Present

Radix I/O Group, MCS Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Ross


Research Assistant

March 1998 - August 2000

Theoretical Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Supervisor: Prof. Robert Skeel

Implemented new algorithms for SAMD, a molecular dynamics simulator. 


Research Assistant

May - August 1999

Mathematics & Computer Science, Argonne National Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Mike Minkoff

Parallelized an existing sequential program for cumulative reaction probability used by chemists at Argonne. Successfully tested the program on a 128-node SGI Origin 2000.


Interests

  • Six years of non-profit Board of Directors experience in three different organizations.
  • Served as Notre Dame Graduate Student Union chair of External Affairs (2nd term).
  • Served as Executive Board member, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS) (2nd term).
  • Chaired and coordinated NAGPS Midwest Regional Conference 2006.
  • Provisional Member, National Association of Parliamentarians.
  • Served as graduate student representative on the Faculty Senate at ND and UW.
  • Elected twice to the office of Vice President of Operations for the Graduate Student Association at UW. Managed a student-run restaurant, and wrote and maintained two $400,000 budgets.
  • Served as Director of Project Vote at UIUC, a non-partisan voter registration organization. 
  • Participated in intramural sports as player and captain. 
  • Participated in the ACM.