Biographical Information

Robert B. Graybill

Mr. Graybill, representing University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the Council of Competitiveness, is leading the formation of an advanced national high performance computing (HPC) collaborative system that will link companies, universities and national laboratories together to share high performance computing systems and computational science expertise. This advanced collaborative system is intended to improve the competitive position of U.S. companies in world markets.

Mr. Graybill has an extensive background in embedded and high performance computing with over 30 years of experience in the defense, government and commercial industry.  Prior to joining ISI, he spent six years at DARPA, where he designed, developed and implemented six new transformational programs in high-end computing architectures and responsive embedded computing hardware, software and network systems. These programs were coordinated with other government agencies, laboratories, federally-funded research and development centers and non-profit organizations. He was a member of the Senior Science Team leading a number of government sponsored studies in high-end computing, including the Defense Science Board task force on DoD Supercomputing Needs and the High-End Computing Revitalization Task Force.