Dr. Piyawut Srichaikul is a principal researcher at National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), a member of National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand.  His experience includes Computational Science, High Performance Computing, Geo-informatics, Data Analytics, Research Program Management, and Organization Management.  Currently, he is the director of NSTDA Supercomputer Center (ThaiSC)*.  He has also served on ASEAN HPC Taskforce** as a co-chair, since 2018. Dr.Srichaikul holds a BSc degree in Physics from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and a PhD (Solid State Physics) from Auburn University, USA.

* NSTDA Supercomputer Center or ThaiSC was founded in 2019 as one of NSTDA’s National S&T Infrastructure units. ThaiSC’s primary mission is to provide large scale supercomputing resource to researchers and scientists in Thailand.  

** ASEAN HPC Taskforce consists of HPC key opinion leaders (KOL) from all 10 ASEAN Member States. The taskforce was commissioned to explore initiative of “shared ASEAN HPC infrastructure”.

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