Senior Principal Engineer, HPE HPC/AI Business Unit
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Research and development in high-performance computing, disaggregated memory architectures, Fabric Attached Memory (FAM), distributed storage systems (DAOS, OpenFAM), resiliency frameworks, and programming models for HPC and AI workloads. Inventor on 32 patents; 15 peer-reviewed publications.
Industry Track Chair, IEEE IC2E 2026
Industry Track Program Chair, IEEE IC2E 2024-2025
SNIA Technical Council Advisor
Program Committee Member, HPE Tech Con 2025-2026
Reviewer, HPE Tech Con 2023-2024
32 patents total — 3 granted US patents, 1 granted India patent, 1 granted in India; 29+ pending across US, Germany, China, and India.
| Patent ID | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| P169404US | Client Allocation of Memory Across Memory Servers | In Force (Apr 2025) |
| P169427US | Client Update of Data Modification Tracking Structure | In Force (Oct 2024) |
| P171698US | Incremental Data Backup Using a Combined Tracking Data Structure | In Force (Oct 2025) |
| 710230247US01 | Efficient Management of Data Structures Stored in Remote Memory | In Force (Oct 2023) |
| 710226946IN01 | Method and Apparatus for Selective Erase of Persistent and Non-volatile Memory Devices | In Force (Jun 2023) |
| P178162US | Symmetric Heap-Based Work-Stealing Framework for Resilient Distributed Systems | Pending |
| P176945US | Multi-Tiered Global Cache | Pending |
| P176905US | Dynamic Modification of Global Cache Capacity | Pending |
| P176397US | Cache Management for Multiple Applications | Pending |
| P173871US | Efficient Burst Sort Based on Network-Attached Memory | Pending |
| P171582US | Auto-Scaling, Resilient, and Load Balancing Framework for Workload Deployment | Pending |
| P178527USPRV | Memory Management for In-Memory Databases and Query Engines for Agentic AI Systems | Pending |
A. Dwaraki, S.R. Sukumar, C.D. Rickett, C.R. Crasta, H. Kuno, M. Neal, et al. (2025). "A Query Engine for Scientific Data Exploration using Theory, Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence Models." Proceedings of the SC'25 Workshops.
C.R. Crasta, J.L. Byrne, A. Dwaraki, D. Emberson, H.A. Kuno, S. Lee, et al. (2025). "Global Distributed Client-side Cache for DAOS." Proceedings of the Cray User Group (CUG 2025), 50–58.
C.R. Crasta, S. Singhal, F.I. Barmawer, R.C. Chaurasiya, S. KV, D. Emberson, et al. (2024). "FAM support in OpenSHMEM." Cray Users Group Australia.
S. Singhal, C.R. Crasta, M. Abdulla K, F. Barmawer, G. Bhat, R.A. Rao, S. PN, et al. (2023). "OpenFAM: Programming Disaggregated Memory." Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 35(28), e7910.
C.R. Crasta. (2023). "Fabric Attached Memory — Hardware and Software Architecture." SNIA Compute Memory Storage Summit (CMSS 2023).
C.R. Crasta, D. Emberson, S. Singhal. (2023). "Fabric Attached Memory — Hardware and Software Architecture." SNIA Software Developer Conference (SDC 2023).
C. Amitha, C.R. Crasta, B.L. Chamberlain, P. Shome, S. Singhal. (2023). "Record Based Pointers to FAM." Chapel User Group (CHIUW 2023).
J. Byrne, H. Kuno, C. Ghosh, P. Shome, C. Amitha, S. Singhal, C. Riana, et al. (2023). "Coupling Chapel-Powered HPC Workflows for Python." Chapel User Group (CHIUW 2023).
S. Singhal, C.R. Crasta, et al. (2023). "OpenFAM: Programming Disaggregated Memory." Cray User Group (CUG 2023).
C. Amitha, B.L. Chamberlain, C.R. Crasta, S. Singhal. (2022). "Extending Chapel to Support Fabric-Attached Memory." Chapel User Group (CHIUW 2022).
K. Keeton, S. Singhal, H. Volos, Y. Zhang, R.C. Chaurasiya, C.R. Crasta, et al. (2021). "MODC: Resilience for Disaggregated Memory Architectures Using Task-Based Programming." Workshop on Resource Disaggregation and Serverless (WORDS 2021). arXiv:2109.05329.
S. Singhal, C.R. Crasta, M. Abdulla, F. Barmawer, D. Emberson, R. Ahobala, et al. (2021). "OpenFAM: A Library for Programming Disaggregated Memory." Workshop on OpenSHMEM and Related Technologies.
C.R. Crasta, S.S. Yelandur, S. Shivanna. (2016). "A Method and Apparatus for Faster, Reliable and Consolidated Logging of Information During System Failure." TD Commons.
C.R. Crasta, B. Fisher. (2010). "New Time Features on OpenVMS and Read-Write Consistency Data Check Algorithm." OpenVMS Technical Journal, Vol. 15.