Dr. Keichi Takahashi is a visiting assistant professor of computer science at SDLab. His research mainly focuses on high-performance computing and networking. In particular, he is working on improving the performance of inter-process communication and storage I/O on large-scale supercomputers. He is passionately engaged in international collaborative research with scientists at diverse research institutes, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He is an active creator and contributor of multiple open-source software.