Schedule
Inaugural Mississippi HPC Conference, March 26-27, 2024Jackson State University College of Science, Engineering, and Technology (CSET) Building
Day 1 - Tuesday, March 26, 2024
| Time (CT) | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Check In | CSET Atrium | |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome to MS HPC Conference | Mike Navicky, MSU & Dr. Deborah Dent, JSU CIO | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:05 AM | Greeting | Dr. Alisa L. Mosley, JSU Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Jim Martin, MSU AVP for Research, Dr. David Horner, Director ERDC Information Technology Lab; Chip Pickering, Great City Board Member and INCOMPAS President | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:30 AM | Keynote | Christine Cuicchi, Director, Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center | CSET Auditorium |
| 10:15 AM | Break | ||
| 10:30 AM | HPC in The Mississippi Research Consortium | Representatives from MSU Dr. Shahram Rahimi, JSU Dr. Jacqueline Jackson, USM Dr. Sarah Lee | CSET Auditorium |
| 11:00 AM | HPC Workforce Development in the DoD | Dr. Leslie Leonard, Associate Director for Workforce Development, DoD HPCMP | CSET Auditorium |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch - Provided by C-Spire | CSET Atrium | |
| 12:45 PM | National Science Foundation, Computer and Information Science and Engineering | Dr. Sheikh Ghafoor, Program Director, NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastucture | CSET Auditorium |
| 1:45 PM | Breakout Tracks - See Below | CSET Classrooms | |
| 5:00 PM | End of Day | ||
Breakout Track Sessions
| Time (CT) | Professional | Student |
|---|---|---|
| Location: CSET Classroom | Location: CSET Classroom | |
| 2:00 PM | Forum/Roundtable: HPC Curriculum Development Dr. Ed Luke, Mississippi State University; Dr Shuang Tu, Jackson State University; Mr Andrew Overton, Jackson State University; Dr. Sarah Lee, University of Southern Mississippi |
Presentation: JSU Student Experiences in HPC Dr. Jacqueline Jackson, JSU and Students |
| 2:30 PM | Forum/Roundtable: HPC at ERDC Dr. Kevin Newmeyer, Director (Acting) DoD HPCMP; Matthew Jones, DoD HPCMP Cybersecurity; LaKenya Walker, Computer Scientist, ERDC ITL; Dr. Ben Parsons, Director ERDC DoD Supercomputing Resource Center |
Presentation: MSU HPC Club John Bradley, MSU Students |
| 3:00 PM | Break | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Presentation: Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC) (1.5 hr) Patrick Schmitz, Semper Cognito Consulting |
NVIDIA Workshop: GPUs (1.5 hr) |
| 5:00 PM | End of Day | End of Day |
Day 2 - Wednesday, March 27, 2024
| Time (CT) | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Check In | CSET Atrium | |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome - Day 2 | Mike Navicky, Director, MSU HPCC | CSET Auditorium |
| 8:45 AM | AI and ML in HPC Panel | Dr. Lacey Duckworth, DoD HPCMP; Dr. Jingdao Chen, Assistant Professor, MSU Computer Science and Engineering; Wynell Jenkins, Dell | |
| 9:30 AM | Graduate Studies/Early Career Panel | Matt Brockhaus, MSU; Daniel Pompa, Quantinuum | |
| 10:15 AM | Break | ||
| 10:45 AM | HPC in Action Understanding Moisture and CO2 Build-Up in Poultry Incubator using High Performance Computing |
Dr. Shanti Bushan, Associate Professor, MSU Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| 11:15 AM | Mississippi Optical Network (MissiON) | Jimmy Webster, VP for Government Contracts, C-Spire | |
| 11:45 AM | Closing Remarks | Mike Navicky and Dr. Deborah Dent | |
| 12:00 PM | End of Conference | ||
