Amit's personal journey to his present position as an associate programmer analyst began in Calcutta, India where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Javadpur University . From India, Amit traveled, first to Idaho State University to earn a Master's degree, and second to the University of Michigan to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Computing and Scientific Computing. Amit works with the new Tera supercomputer . The Tera is an experimental supercomputer and is the only one of its kind in the country. Amit's job is to establish benchmarks for the Tera.
Benchmarks are points of reference from which other measurements can be made.
Amit compares the performance of the Tera with the performance of the older computers. He does this by rating the speed and efficiency of running the same codes on both computers and compares the results. In essence, he acts as a critic on the effectiveness of the computer and helps to make it easier for researchers to use. He also is responsible for upgrading the interface that scientists must utilize when they run programs on this particular parallel computer. Since Amit understands parallel computers so well, it is natural that he shares this knowledge by training users.