BJ Lougee is the Director of Advanced Research Computing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in the Center for the Advancement of Data and Research in Economics. He is also the Campus Champion Deputy Director for Region 4. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He conducts research and development on the Bank's high performance computing environment (HPC) and helps researchers to effectively utilize advance research computing to accelerate their research. He has a particular research interest in helping to drive the adoption of HPC techniques for the long-tail sciences in the Federal Reserve System.

Selected Publications

"The Connect. Cyberinfrastructure Portal" BJ Lougee, with Julie Ma, Sarah Akbar, Torey Battelle, et al., PEARC '21: Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2021: Evolution Across All Dimensions, July 2021, Article No.: 51, Pages 1–4. External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1145/3437359.3465606

"What does it mean to be a campus champion?" BJ Lougee, with Shelley Knuth, Jay Alameda, Hussein Al-Azzawi, et al. PEARC '20 Companion: Proceedings of the Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, June 2021, Article No.: 17, Page 1. External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1145/3425306.3444813

"Bear: Cyberinfrastructure for Long-Tail Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City" BJ Lougee, Michael Robinson, Chris Stackpole, Mark Watson, and Greg Woodward. PEARC '20: Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2020: Catch the Wave, February 2021, Issue 2779, Pages 49 - 55. External LinkView article.

"The Road to Cyberinfrastructure at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City" BJ Lougee, Tim Morley and Mark Watson. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Technical Briefings, Issue 18-02, April 2018. External LinkView article.