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Other faculty and executive staff members at the CCT included [[Gabrielle Allen]], computer scientist and co-creator of the [[Cactus Framework]]; [[Thomas Sterling (computing)|Thomas Sterling]], former [[NASA]] scientist and co-creator of the [[Beowulf (computing)|Beowulf class cluster]] that is a building block of the world’s [[supercomputer]]s; and [[Susanne Brenner]], recipient of the 2005 [[Humboldt Research Award]].

CCT employs 30 full-time faculty members, all of whom hold joint appointments with other LSU departments, such as the Department of Computer Science, the College of Basic Sciences, and the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, in five Focus Areas: Core Computing Sciences, Coast to Cosmos, Material World, Cultural Computing, and System Science & Engineering. The center has a Cyberinfrastructure Development (CyD) division, originally led by [[Daniel S. Katz]], then [[Shantenu Jha]], and now [[Steven Brandt]]; and, in partnership with the LSU ITS department, a group called HPC@LSU that provides support for the campus and statewide cyberinfrastructure, led by [[Honggao LuiLiu]]. CCT employees about 100 students and staff, including research and post-doctoral staff, and undergraduate and graduate students.

The CCT is primarily located in Johnston Hall on the LSU campus, but offices and cyberinfrastructure also are housed in the Frey Computing Services Center. LSU’s Supercomputer, SuperMike, was located in Frey and used for nearly five years for advanced research. In June 2007, SuperMike was dismantled to make way for construction of the University’s new supercomputer, Tezpur.