Schedule
Mississippi HPC Conference, March 24-25, 2026Jackson State University College of Science, Engineering, and Technology (CSET) Building
Day 1 - Tuesday, March 24, 2026
| Time (CT) | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Check In Breakfast sponsored by HPE |
CSET Atrium | |
| 9:00 AM | Day 1 Welcome | Conference Committee | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:05 AM | Greeting | Dr. Almeisha Campbell, JSU Vice President for Research and Economic Development | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote Speaker | Dr. Nashlie Sephus, Amazon Web Services | CSET Auditorium |
| 10:15 AM | Break | ||
| 10:30 AM | Mississippi State University | Vincent Sanders, Co-Director, HPC Building an HPC Data Center at MSU |
CSET Auditorium |
| 11:00 AM | Jackson State University | Dr. Rocky Talchabhadel, JSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | CSET Auditorium |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch Sponsored by: C-SPIRE |
CSET Atrium | |
| 1:00 PM | Amazon Web Services | Andrew Henderson | CSET Auditorium |
| 1:30 PM | HPC at UMMC | Taylor Fleming and Lavanya Challagundla, University of Mississippi Medical Center | CSET Auditorium |
| 2:00 PM | Breakout Tracks - See Below | ||
| 4:00 PM | End of Day | ||
| 4:30 PM | Reception | Iron Horse Grill | |
Breakout Track Sessions
| Time (CT) | Session 1 Professional |
Session 2 Students and Training |
|---|---|---|
| Location: CSET Auditorium | Location: TBD | |
| 2:00 PM | AI Defense, Cisco's Answer to AI Cybersecurity Sunny Zhang, Cisco AI Solutions Engineer |
Workshop: Cluster Basics & Containerization and ML/AI Model Demonstration & Comparison Treven Knight, Mississippi State University |
| 2:30 PM | SHI International | |
| 3:00 PM | Break | Break |
| 3:15 PM | The IBM HPC and AI Data Platform Dr. Joanna Wong |
Student Workshop (Continued) |
| 4:00 PM | End of Day | End of Day |
Day 2 - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
| Time (CT) | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Check In | CSET Atrium | |
| 9:00 AM | Day 2 Welcome | Conference Committee | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:05 AM | Navy DSRC | Christine Cuicchi, Director | CSET Auditorium |
| 9:35 AM | HPE | Mike Newcomb, Field CTO for HIgher Education | CSET Auditorium |
| 10:05 AM | Break | ||
| 10:40 AM | Data Center Career Talk | Vic Gauthreaux, Instructor, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | CSET Auditorium |
| 11:10 AM | Mississippi State University | Dr. Jacob Moore, Institute for Systems Engineering Research | CSET Auditorium |
| 11:40 AM | Lunch | CSET Atrium | |
| 1:00 PM | Breakout Tracks - See Below | ||
| 3:30 PM | End of Day | ||
Breakout Track Sessions
| Time (CT) | Session 1 Professional |
Session 2 Students and Training |
|---|---|---|
| Location: CSET Auditorium | Location: TBD | |
| 1:00 PM | One Platform, End-to-End AI: Accelerating Time-to-Insights with VAST Data w/Live Demo Adrian Flores-Serafin, VAST Solutions Engineer |
Student Workshop Internet2 - Jessica Johnson, Jennifer Kim |
| 1:30 PM | ERDC DSRC Dr. Ben Parsons, Director |
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| 2:00 PM | Preparing for Autonomous Agents in Teaching and Research Boyd Wilson, Omnibond |
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| 3:00 PM | HPC Internship Program at HPCMP Cassandra Pittman, Project Manager, DoW |
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| 3:30 PM | End of Day | End of Day |
