ORNL's Giri Prakash elevated to IEEE senior member

Giri Prakash has been elevated to senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

• Elevation details: Giri Prakash, lead for the Earth System Informatics and Data Discovery Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been elevated to IEEE Senior Member (the highest professional IEEE grade). Only 10 percent of IEEE’s nearly half a million members hold this grade. Prakash also serves as chief data and computing officer for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Facility (a DOE Office of Science user facility).
• Background and role specifics: Prakash has 24 years of experience in scientific data management and leads design and operation of large-scale scientific data systems and large data centers, including applying FAIR data principles and enabling open science by adapting artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in scientific data center operations. Media contact: Kimberly A Askey, Communications Lead, Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate; phone 865.576.2841; email ASKEYKA@ORNL.GOV.