* main HEAD
Akhil Nair
Crashing black holes into each other on GPUs and calling it science. Computational astrophysicist, binary systems, and HPC enthusiast.
a3f7c2dmain --
about.md
role:
PhD Student, Computational Astrophysics Lab
focus:
Binary Black Hole Systems
methods:
Hydrodynamics, Semi-analytical, Theoretical
stack:
C++, CUDA, JAX/Python, JS
compute:
Multi-GPU, HPC Clusters, Metal
location:
somewhere, Earth
also:
e91b04aresearch -- add publications
Studying binary black hole systems through hydrodynamic simulations, semi-analytical models, and theoretical frameworks. Building GPU-accelerated tools for computational astrophysics.
2022 -- MNRAS, Vol. 511, Issue 4
Fraction of Broad Absorption Line Quasars in Different Radio Morphologies
TBD -- placeholder
[upcoming] — binary black hole accretion dynamics
TBD -- placeholder
[upcoming] — GPU-accelerated hydrodynamics methods
TBD -- placeholder
[upcoming] — circumbinary disk simulations
4d8f1e3feat/compute -- computing tools and infrastructure
Writing solvers that run on GPUs — fused CUDA kernels, JAX/XLA backends, shared-memory tiling, and whatever else makes the fluid move faster.
CUDA / C++
nest
GPU/CUDA project — in the works. Details coming soon.
JAX + CuPy/CUDA
swirl
1D compressible Euler solver. WENO5-JS/Z reconstruction, Lax-Friedrichs splitting,
fused RawKernels with shared-memory tiling.
Rust / GPU
sailfish v0.8
GPU-accelerated astrophysical gasdynamics code from Clemson CAL. Used for binary black
hole accretion simulations on Palmetto cluster.
Python / Streamlit
gw_cbc
Interactive gravitational waveform analysis webapp using PyCBC. Live at
gwpycbc.streamlit.app.
JSX / HTML / CSS
glyphworks
Scientific visualization experiments. Live at glyphworks.vercel.app.
b72c9a0main --
git log --oneline --graph
a3f7c2d HEAD -> future
TBD
feat: postdoc somewhere
Will potentially consider accepting offers from anywhere with good coffee and fast GPUs.
e91b04a HEAD -> main
2023 -- present
feat: PhD Physics @ Clemson University
Computational hydrodynamics + binary black hole systems.
4d8f1e3
University of Mumbai
feat: MSc Physics
Began work on quasars and CNNs for radio morphology classification.
b72c9a0
Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
init: BSc Physics
Began computational physics research.
f0a1d9cmain --
add contact