Hi! I’m a Linux HPC cluster engineer, CS educator, and Iceland field research co-leader at Earlham College (Richmond, IN; class of ’16). I engineer computer systems, build software, collaborate with smart people, and provide mentorship.
Current title: Computational Systems Manager at Earlham College Computer Science
What I do
Here’s what I spend most of my time working on:
- Engineer Linux systems including Beowulf-scale HPC clusters and educational services
- Hardware: commodity servers, GPGPU’s
- Operating systems: Debian, CentOS
- Software: Slurm, Docker, Jupyterhub, GitLab, Python
- Mentor computer science students who do a huge amount of the work administering those Linux systems, as well as students beginning the CS major who are learning the basic tools
- Contribute to local software written in C, Python, Java, and Bash
- Icelandic field research co-leader: Faculty co-leader of the June 2021 Iceland program. Using UAV’s and image assembly software to empowering scientists to detect underground features. Funded in part by National Geographic!
- Field Day: Android application to interface with Arduino sensor platforms
- DNA analysis using open-source scientific computing packages
- Strategic planning for Computer Science at Earlham – for example, preparing for a new academic approach for the COVID-19 era
- Formerly, a self-employed IT consultant providing tech services for individuals and small businesses (eastern Montana)
Links
You can see more about me at these links:
- The public portions of my coding projects are mostly here, on the Earlham CS GitLab instance. I have a GitHub profile here with code for personal projects, though it’s not frequently updated.
- See my writing at my blog.
- Here’s my complete resume.
- Contact methods: cearley@craigearley.com | Twitter | LinkedIn
- Just for fun, here’s my Letterboxd profile.
Thanks for visiting my digital home! Please reach out if there’s a chance to connect!