Würthwein SDSC leadership
Citation
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), UC San Diego. “Leadership.” Website page, publication date unknown (copyright 2026). https://www.sdsc.edu/about/leadership.html. Read 2026-10-26.
Bottom line
- SDSC’s leadership page names Frank K. Würthwein as “Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center”. He is a professor in UC San Diego Physics and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI).
- His research is on “globally distributed compute and data systems”, with OSG, the National Research Platform (NRP) and the Open Science Data Federation (OSDF) as examples.
- The page lists an eight-person executive team.
Background
SDSC’s own leadership page. It also summarizes what SDSC does for the nation, the state and the UC system.
Key claims
- “Frank Würthwein is the Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. He holds faculty appointments at UC San Diego in the Physics Department and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute.” (SDSC Director)
- “His research focuses on globally distributed compute and data systems (e.g., OSG, NRP, OSDF), experimental particle physics and distributed high-throughput computing.” (SDSC Director)
- “SDSC translates research into impacts across three scopes – the nation, the state and the UC system”. (top)
- SDSC provides “infrastructure services including cloud, network, storage and data center colocation facilities.” (top)
Evidence and method
The center’s own page.
SDSC’s page says “Director”.
Limits
- No budget, staff count or system list on this page.