STARKVILLE, Miss. - Michael E. “Mike” Navicky is overseeing one of the country’s top university-based high performance computing centers.
He is the new director of Mississippi State University’s High Performance Computing Collaboratory. He has served as the organization’s deputy director since 2021.
As director, he is charged with overseeing the computing infrastructure and personnel that drive high-powered research for MSU faculty and staff, as well as state and federal partners.
Before joining MSU, Navicky served 21 years in the Air Force in key flight operations and technology-focused roles. Prior to his retirement, he was the CIO at Holloman (NM) AFB responsible for a technology network valued at $171M.
He also supported AF cybersecurity efforts at the Pentagon.
He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Indiana State University, master’s in public administration from Valdosta (Ga.) State University and a master’s in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.
MSU has been home to supercomputers for nearly 30 years, which are among the most powerful in the world.
The High Performance Computing Collaboratory boasts two systems - Orion (146) and Hercules (369) - that are currently among the top 500 in the world, placing MSU fifth among academic institutions nationally for supercomputing power.
This summer, MSU is slated to break ground on a 30,000-sf data center in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park, further expanding the university’s computing capabilities. High Performance Computing Collaboratory www.hpc.msstate.edu. (MSU 05/15/23)
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