Amit Chourasia is Chief Research Data Architect at UCLA, where he leads strategy and architecture across research data, advanced research computing, AI enablement, and institutional research technology capabilities. His work focuses on translating complex research and organizational needs into scalable platforms, services, and roadmaps that strengthen research competitiveness and impact.
Over more than 20 years, he has led the development of platforms, infrastructure, and services spanning high-performance computing, research software, data-intensive science, and science gateways. In roles at UCLA and the San Diego Supercomputer Center, he has helped deliver full-stack platforms serving over 25 research communities and 25,000 users, while contributing to major research computing and cyberinfrastructure initiatives.
His work has contributed to major grant-funded research and technology efforts and has been recognized through honors, including being named an ACM Gordon Bell Award finalist, receiving the NVIDIA Global Impact Award, and earning an R&D 100 Award. He has also served the broader community through proposal review, conference leadership, and program committee chair and co-chair roles across research computing, visualization, and science gateways.