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Gaurav Khanna

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Gaurav Khanna
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Gaurav Khanna is an Indian-American black hole physicist, supercomputing innovator, academic and researcher. He is the creator of the OpenMacGrid, PlayStation 3 Gravity Grid, and developer of open-source software for scientific computing for the Mac.

An astrophysicist and a supercomputer genius, Dr. Khanna used an extraordinary combination of science and software to research black holes. He networked 16 PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles to help model black-hole collisions. Because black holes cannot be observed directly through telescopes, Dr. Khanna uses the supercomputer he built to create simulations of the collisions instead.

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He has also worked on black hole perturbation theory, loop quantum cosmology, singularities and gravitational wave science.

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https://www.destructoid.com/playstation-3-gravity-grid-16-ps3s-simulate-...

https://www.umassd.edu/engineering/news/gaurav-khanna-super-computer-res...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaurav_Khanna_(physicist)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_cluster