Kevin Tubbs, PhD, is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Solutions Group at Penguin Computing. My mom and dad bought me a computer when I was very young, and I've always had an interest and knack for computers and tinkering. Through my education I consistently gravitated towards STEM fields and that led me to want to be involved in a more applied field. My background is physics and High Performance Computing (HPC). Having a love for computers early on allowed me to keep computer science at the forefront of any other science, math or engineering interest that I've had, which has led me to where I am today.

Kevin Tubbs, PhD, is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Solutions Group at Penguin Computing. What initially attracted you to the field of computer science? My mom and dad bought me a computer when I was very young, and I've always had an interest and knack for computers and tinkering. Through my education I consistently gravitated towards STEM fields and that led me to want to be involved in a more applied field. My background is physics and High Performance Computing (HPC).

Penguin Computing, a subsidiary of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and leading provider of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), enterprise data center, and cloud solutions, today announced the formation of the Penguin Computing Artificial Intelligence Practice, a full service consultancy dedicated to working with organizations to achieve their AI goals. Penguin Computing is launching this practice in response to increased customer demand for guidance and support on building and deploying AI and machine learning (ML) projects. With technology advancements making AI a more practical option to extract value from massive data sets, research from Goldman Sachs indicates that AI will become a $109 billion market by 2025 as an increasing number of senior technology officers move their organizations to this new computing paradigm. The new AI Practice will be led by Penguin Computing Chief Technology Officer Philip Pokorny and will operate as a full-service consultancy, delivering system design expertise, building custom technology solutions, and providing professional services (including management and hosting of AI clusters) and advanced level support. Penguin Computing has already designed, built, managed, and supported many large AI systems, resulting in Penguin Computing being named Americas HPC Partner of the Year for 2017 by NVIDIA, an AI leader.

The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) is preparing for the installation of a new national supercomputer which will also be accessible via the cloud to researchers across Ireland. Linux-based cloud and high-performance computing company Penguin Computing is one of the companies involved with the project along with Intel. ZDNet talked to Penguin CEO Tom Coull to find out more. ZDNet: Tell me a little about your company. Coull: We are a platform and performance scale-out company and we have been around for almost 20 years.

You're not the only one nervous about AI -in light of rapid AI growth and adoption, the U.S. Government recently held three Subcommittee Meetings designed to understand the implications posed by the widespread adoption of AI technology in the public and private sectors. So why is the US Government concerned about AI in society, and what role should it be considering in the private sector? Sid Mair, senior vice president of Federal Systems at Penguin Computing, weighs in. Beginning his technology career at NASA, Sid brings more than 30 years of expertise across all aspects of the federal market, including the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, civilian agencies in both classified and unclassified areas, as well the Executive and Congressional branches of government. Penguin Computing most recently built the world's largest AI cluster in the private sector.