Derek Steinkamp Email Address

Manager of Network Communications Operations and Support

About ANL: The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory conducts basic and applied scientific research across a wide spectrum of disciplines, ranging from high-energy physics to climatology and biotechnology. Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies and other organizations to help advance America's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for the future. Argonne is operated by the University of Chicago as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system.

Experience in the design, provisioning, monitoring and management of secure network environments. Experience on enterprise L1-3 gear from:Alcatel-LucentBrocadeCienaCiscoExtremeForce10Juniperand others in the L2 and L3 market. Projects Spent 6 years working on HPC interconnects for L2 and L3 national and international R&E providers for both StarLight and MREN (Metropolitan Research and Education Network).SCinet supporting Supercomputing 2014 (SC14)Routing team member 2006-present, co-chair 2011, co-chair 2012, chair 2013, chair 2014Power team chair 2010, co-chair 2011, co-chair 2012, co-chair 2013, co-chair 2014The teams build the largest and fastest network in the world each year in support of demos for the conference.Deputy SCinet Chair 2015SCinet Chair 2016TeachingHave been teaching CS related topics for over 10 years at various institutions in the Chicago-land area. Topics range from programming languages (including OOP), Network Security, Wireless Networking, Operating Systems, Open-source software development and Ethics.Specialties: Experience with all routing protocols, policy shaping, and vender interop.Focused expertise in mBGP, OSPF and ISIS. Troubleshooting L2-3 issues.Network design and architecture.DC power wiring and distribution.