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CENVAL-ARC Symposium 2025

Agenda | *No Registration Fee*

Symposium Schedule

February 28, 2025 | Location: Zoom  

Time Event
8:30 - 10:30 am Introduction to UNIX (Details will be sent to those who opted "Yes" for the session. If you want to join, email cenval-arc@ucmerced.edu)

March 6, 2025 | Location: UC Merced Admin building 306

Time Event
Hotel Check-in
5:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner and Registration

March 7, 2025 | Location: UC Merced Conference Center

Time Event Speaker
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10 am Welcome Remarks Nick Dugan, UC Merced
8:10 - 9:00 am Overview on NSF CISE Amy Apon, NSF
9:00 - 9:35 am CENVAL-ARC: A Regional Approach to Research Computing and Collaboration Sarvani Chadalapaka, UC Merced
9:35 - 10:00 am CENIC AI Resource (CENIC AIR), National Research Platform (NRP), and Open Science Grid (OSG) Frank Wuerthwein, SDSC
10:00 - 10:25 am Oklahoma Virtual Residency Program (OU VR) Henry Neeman, Oklahoma University
10:25 - 10:50 am Morning Break
10:50 am - 12:00 pm Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) and introduction to CI planning tools Patrick Schmitz 
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break | Office Hours with NSF Program Officer
1:00 - 2:00 pm Faculty Plenary: Navigating between laptops and HPC systems Faculty Panel; Moderator: Jeffrey Weekley
2:00 - 2:15 pm Afternoon Break
2:15 - 4:00 pm Using Open Science Grid (OSG) resources: Hands-on training Christina Koch, UW Madison
4:00 - 4:15 pm What’s next for CENVAL-ARC Sarvani Chadalapaka, UC Merced

March 10, 2025 | Location: Zoom

Time Event Speakers
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Best practices in research software development Derek Devnich, UC Merced
12:00 - 1:00 pm Drop-in Open Science Grid (OSG) Office Hours Christina Koch, UW Madison
12:00 - 1:00 pm Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Planning Office Hours Patrick Schmitz and CaRCC Colleagues
1:00 - 3:00 pm Track 1: AI/ML Training Xiaoyi Lu, UC Merced
1:00 - 2:30 pm Track 2: Computational Chemistry Liang Shi, UC Merced
1:00 - 2:30 pm Track 3: Computational Physics -- Instructions Kinjal Dasbiswas, UC Merced