Distributed Analysis Initiative

Dr. Ingrid Solvberg

Chief, Distributed Analysis Initiative

FAL-STAFF-240-INGRIDSOLVBERGReviewed 2026-06-16Distributed Analysis Initiative chief, appointed 2020

Authorized public contact for Field Array client operation, contributor privacy, and work-unit policy.

Ingrid Solvberg directs the volunteer distributed-compute network that now performs most of the Laboratories' analysis. Her team maintains the Field Array client and the automated pipeline that flags candidate detections for human review.

Selected accomplishments

Built the Field Array distributed-analysis client from the ground up
Scaled the network past thirty thousand active contributors
Designed the candidate-flagging statistics that triage the volunteer results

Current work

Maintains the signed Field Array stable channel and work-unit queue
Coordinates Stratis-assisted scoring for returned analysis results
Runs quarantine review for malformed or orphaned volunteer work units

Selected work

Institute record
FAL Systems Note 20-08
Idle Compute Work-Unit Boundaries
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Institute record
FAL Privacy Brief 25-01
Contributor Data Handling in the Field Array
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Staff citation
Solvberg
I., Distributed Archive Recovery Without Source Disclosure
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Institute service

Chair, Contributor Systems Review
Security liaison for the public client

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Committee record

Chair, Contributor Systems Review
Security liaison for the public client

Office record

Switchboard extension 240
Distributed systems room, DAI operations desk
Program: Distributed Analysis Initiative