Community News

On August 10, the VA-WHPC members came together for their 4th community meeting. Panelists Jackie Milhans (North Western University), Lara Timm (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and Rachel Spraker (University of Virginia) shared their personal experience as HPC professionals and advocates for diversity, equity and inclusion. They provided insights into challenges to being a…

During this Spring's VA WHPC event, Jayshree Sarma (GMU), Matthew Brown (VT), Jacalyn Huband (UVA), Eric Walter (W&M), Carol Parish (U. Richmond), and Mike Davis (VCU) led a lively panel discussion of the high-performance computing infrastructure and support resources available to researchers in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The panelists provided an overview of the user base at their…

For our second VA WHPC event, Anne Brown (VT), Jenna Cann (GMU), and Alexis Edwards (VCU) provided exciting insights into their research and how they utilize HPC for scientific discovery. Anne Brown's interests include utilizing computational modeling to answer biological questions and aid in drug discovery and the application of computational molecular modeling to…

More than 100 scientists, HPC professionals and students joined us for our inaugural community meeting on Oct 6, 2021. This event marked the official launch of the Virgina Women in HPC Program. How does HPC help with your research -- Faculty perspectives Our speakers: Julie Quinn (UVA) Julie is an Assistant Professor in…