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Publications per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- parallel computing, exascale computing
- lossy data compression for scientific data
- software verification, correctness, and reproducibility
- Earth system models
- numerical software for scientific computing
- performance analysis
- numerical linear algebra
Biography
Allison Baker is a scientist in the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and her PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She spent her postdoctoral and early career years at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing at Livermore National Laboratory. Her research interests include high-performance computing, performance analysis, numerical linear algebra, Krylov methods, algebraic multigrid methods, Earth System Models, model correctness and verification, and lossy data compression for climate simulation data.
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Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, BS, Rice University
Applied Mathematics, MS, University of Colorado Boulder
Applied Mathematics, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
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ClimateBenchPress (v1.0): a benchmark for lossy compression of climate data
Reichelt, T., Tyree, J., Klöwer, M., Dueben, P., Lawrence, B. N., Baker, A. H., Faghih-Naini, S., Hoefler, T. & Stier, P., Jul 7 2026, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 19, 13, p. 5933-5960 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AUGMENTED MGS-CGS BLOCK-ARNOLDI RECYCLING SOLVERS
Thomas, S. J., Baker, A. H. & Gaudreault, S., 2025, In: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 47, 3, p. A1458-A1485Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Specification and Verification for Climate Modeling: Formalization Leading to Impactful Tooling
Altuntas, A., Baker, A. H., Baugh, J., Gopalakrishnan, G. & Siegel, S. F., 2025, In: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS. 432, p. 60-75 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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The ensemble consistency test: from CESM to MPAS and beyond
Price-Broncucia, T., Baker, A., Hammerling, D., Duda, M. & Morrison, R., Apr 22 2025, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 18, 8, p. 2349-2372 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What to Support When You're Compressing The State of Practice Gaps and Opportunities for Scientific Data Compression
Cappello, F., Underwood, R., Alexeev, Y., Baker, A., Bozdağ, E., Burtscher, M., Chard, K., Di, S., Felker, K. G., O'Grady, P. C., Guo, H., Huang, Y., Jiang, P., Jin, S., Johansson, P., Li, S., Liang, X., Lindahl, E., Lindstrom, P. & Lukić, Z. & 12 others, , Nov 15 2025, Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 1966-1979 14 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
Prizes
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On-the-Spot Award, NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory
Baker, A. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Internal Award
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R&D 100 Award
Baker, A. (Recipient), Falgout, R. D. (Recipient), Henson, V. E. (Recipient), Kolev, T. V. (Recipient), Lee, B. (Recipient), Painter, J. F. (Recipient), Tong, C. (Recipient) & Yang, U. M. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: External Award
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Special Recognition Award, Climate & Global Dynamics Division
Baker, A. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Internal Award
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Special Recognition Award, NCAR Computational Information Systems Laboratory
Baker, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Internal Award
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7th NOAA Workshop on Generative AI Applications in Environmental Sciences
Baker, A. (Participant)
Sep 16 2025 → Sep 17 2025Activity: Attend an event › Workshop
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Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference (External organization)
Baker, A. (Member)
Sep 1 2025 → Jul 1 2026Activity: Membership & committees › Membership of committee (external)
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How Can We Use Tools to Work More Effectively Together
Baker, A. (Invited speaker)
Aug 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Invited talk
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International Workshop on Software Correctness (External organization)
Baker, A. (Member)
Jul 1 2025 → Nov 2025Activity: Membership & committees › Membership of committee (external)
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30th Annual Community Earth System Workshop 2025
Baker, A. (Participant)
Jun 9 2025 → Jun 11 2025Activity: Attend an event › Workshop
Press/Media
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An interview with NSF NCAR’s Dr. Allison H. Baker, a member of the winning team for the 2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling
12/1/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Datasets
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CESM Ensemble Consistency Test Atmospheric Data
Baker, A. (Creator), Geoscience Data Exchange , 2023
DOI: 10.5065/H9GG-5A31, https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d583131/
Dataset
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CESM ensemble consistency test atmospheric data
Baker, A. (Creator), NSF NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research, May 22 2023
DOI: 10.5065/h9gg-5a31
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A large ensemble of spatially and annually averaged CESM CAM 100-year data
Baker, A. (Creator) & Hammerling, D. (Contributor), NSF NCAR CISL - Information Sciences Division, Jun 11 2020
DOI: 10.5065/jk8v-pn52
Dataset
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A Statistical Analysis of Lossily Compressed CESM-LENS Data
Baker, A. (Creator) & Hammerling, D. (Contributor), NSF NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mar 13 2020
DOI: 10.5065/5sqy-zf23
Dataset
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A Statistical Analysis of Lossily Compressed CESM-LENS Da
Baker, A. (Creator) & Hammerling, D. M. (Contributor), Geoscience Data Exchange , 2020
DOI: 10.5065/5SQY-ZF23, https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d583147/
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