Per4ML Laboratory

Tanzima leads the Per4ML laboratory, dedicated to building intelligent, scalable systems that learn and adapt to the evolving demands of high-performance computing and cyberinfrastructure. Per4ML drives research across AI, machine learning, and systems to accelerate scientific discovery through faster, smarter, and more resilient computing. We are looking for curious, ambitious students—Postdocs, RAs, and undergraduates—who are excited to push the boundaries of AI-driven systems research. Join us to help shape the future of intelligent computing.

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Research and Other Fundings (PI/Co-PI; $4.6M+)

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• PI, NSF CAREER Award, Title: SPEED: Scalable Performance-aware Engine for Efficient Decision-making on HPC Systems, 650K (2025-2030) 

• PI, Oak Ridge National Labs, $16K (Summer 2024)

• PI, Performance Analysis using Machine Learning: Use Case Chimbuko, DOE SRP-HPC Fellowship, $85K (Summer 2023).

• PI, AMD Research Gift, 225K (2021-Present) 🔹NEW🔹

• PI,  DOE Early Career Research Program (ECRP), Title: INTELYTICS: An Efficient Data-Driven Decision-Making Engine for Performance In the Era of Heterogeneity, 770K (2022-2027)

• Co-PI, Scalable Metadata And Provenance Services for Reproducible Hybrid Workflows, DOE Next Generation Data Management,  2.43M (2022-2026, TXST: 300K)

• Sub-contract, FRACTAL-SI: Resource Allocation for Center-Wide Throughput Acceleration Leveraging Elasticity, Strategic Initiative from Laboratory Directed Research and Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 3.3M/year (2023-2026, TXST PI:  100K/year)

• Sub-contract, ICE4HPC: Towards the Intelligent Center for HPC, Laboratory Directed Research and Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 100K (2022-2023)

• PI, Characterizing Workflow Applications using Machine Learning, DOE SRP-HPC fellowship at Brookhaven National Lab, 68K (2022)

• PI, Research Enhancement Program (REP) at TXST, 8K (2021)

• Co-PI, AMD COVID HPC Grant, 5-petaflops HPC system (Equipment grant), 400K (2021) 

• PI, Proxy Application Validation for Exascale Co-design. SRP fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 43K (2019)

• PI, Parallel Computing course. Time allocation grant from XSEDE, 100K core hours (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)

• Co-PI, course development for "Scientific Data Visualization". Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Western Washington University, 12K (2018)

• PI, Veritas for Understanding Performance Evolution during Code Development. Linking Exploratory Application Research to Next-gen Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 200K (2016)

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Awards & Honors

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• NSF CAREER Award, 2025.

• DOE Early Career Award, 2022 (10% acceptance rate).

• Research Millionaire Award, 2024, 2025, College of Science and Engineering.

• Presidential Seminar Award at TXST, 2023-24, to highlight and recognize superlative research, creative work, or other scholarly efforts undertaken.

• Valero Award by Faculty Senate, 2023-2024.

• The College of Science and Engineering's Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activities at TXST, 2023-2024. 

• The College of Science and Engineering’s College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activities at TXST, 2021-2022.

• R&D 100 award for Scalable Checkpoint-restart library, 2019-2020, by R&D 100 Magazine.

• Director's Science & Technology Awards and Excellence in Publication, LLNL, 2014.

• 2nd place, Computation Directorate Postdoctoral Poster Symposium LLNL, 2014.

• Best Poster Award, Scholars Symposium@LLNL, 2014, 2015, 2016.

• 2nd place, ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), GHC, 2010.​

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