Franck Cappello

Franck Cappello is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science and an affiliate researcher at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on lossy compression techniques, checkpointing, and scientific data management, with applications in high-performance computing environments.

Key research interests include developing efficient compression frameworks for scientific datasets, error-bounded lossy compression, and in situ data processing. His work addresses challenges in data storage, I/O efficiency, and computational scalability for large-scale simulations and adaptive mesh refinement applications.

Recent publications highlight advancements in feature-driven compression algorithms, compressibility estimation methods, and frameworks like AMRIC for optimizing I/O in high-performance computing contexts. These contributions aim to improve data handling in extreme-scale computing systems and enhance computational workflows.

Cappello collaborates internationally on projects involving scientific data management and has contributed to special issues in journals like Future Generation Computer Systems. His research is supported by affiliations with leading institutions in computing and data science.