BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//VA Women in HPC - ECPv6.1.0.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:VA Women in HPC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://va-whpc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for VA Women in HPC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20230830T224410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T024418Z UID:6161-1695128400-1695132000@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:Women in IT & HPC – Leadership Journeys DESCRIPTION:Thank you for those that joined us for our community event featuring Neena Imam as she shared her personal view of challenges and successes experienced throughout her leadership journey. This was a fantastic opportunity to learn about career strategies\, and contribute to our discussion of how the playing field may be leveled to offer equitable IT & HPC leadership opportunities for women and minorities. \nAttendees were invited to share their own experiences and engage with the speaker during this interactive Q&A session. \nFeatured Speaker\n Neena Imam – Director of Researcher Engagement at NVIDIA\n \n Watch the recording URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/women-in-it-hpc-leadership-journeys/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230801T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20230620T210235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T004955Z UID:6134-1690894800-1690898400@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Community Event DESCRIPTION:Add to your summer fun! Put your hard earned knowledge to work! Join us on August 1st at 1 pm via Zoom for fun\, laughs\, and prizes in the first VA-WHPC online computing trivia game.  Random teams will be assigned to breakout rooms and asked questions about HPC and computing in general.  Come share your knowledge with your peers and colleagues and if you’re lucky\, walk away with some free stuff! \nModerated by the VA-WHPC committee \nThis virtual event is jointly hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University\, George Mason University\, Virginia Tech\, William & Mary\, University of Richmond\, Virginia Institute of Marine Science\, Old Dominion University\, ACCESS\, and the University of Virginia. \n \n Register Now!\n \nThis event is hosted with generous support from NVIDIA. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/va-whpc-community-event/ CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20230320T224053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T025435Z UID:5810-1680613200-1680616800@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Student Lightning Talks DESCRIPTION:Thank you for those that joined us in welcoming 11 undergraduate and graduate students from across Virginia to talk about their research. The talks were lightning style format allowing 3 minutes for students to present and taking 1-2 questions. This was a fantastic opportunity to hear about a variety of research topics within HPC! \n \n Watch the recording\n \nFeatured Speakers:\n\nLakshmi Miller – Graduate Student\n\nAerospace and Ocean Engineering\, Virginia Tech \n“CFD Informed Maneuvering of AUVs.” \n\nLiza Harold – Undergraduate Student\n\nBiomedical Engineering\, University of Virginia \n“Investigating the role of Stereocomplexation in Peptide Assembly via Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” \n\nNhi Huynh – Graduate Student\n\nEngineering and Technology\, Old Dominion University \n“RSM: To Increasing the Capacity of the Deep GCN (Graph Convolution Neural) Image.” \n\nCynthia Sias – Graduate Student\n\nPlant and Environmental Sciences\, Virginia Tech \n“Evaluating the Effect of Cover Crop Termination Management on Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Suppression in Soybean.” \n\nMahshid Ahmadian – Graduate Student\n\nSystems Modeling and Analysis\, Virginia Commonwealth University \n“Modeling Salmon shark’s location in the Pacific ocean using stochastic process approach.” \n\n\n\nAfrina Tabassum – Graduate Student\n\n\n\nComputer Science\, Virginia Tech \n“Multimodal Learning: Representation and Generation.” \n\nClare Cocker – Undergraduate Student\n\nChemical Engineering\, University of Virginia \n“Role of amino acid stereochemistry in the assembly of peptide hydrogels for tissue engineering.” \n\nMarion LoPresti – Undergraduate Student\n\nBiochemistry\, Virginia Tech \n“Utilizing HPC to Explore the Dynamics of the Druggable Dengue Virus Protease.” \n\nNaina Pisharoti – Graduate Student\n\nAerospace Engineering\, Virginia Tech \n“High-fidelity Computational Analysis of UAV Propellers.” \n\nRashmi Chawla – Graduate Student\n\nAerospace Engineering\, Virginia Tech \n“Multiphysics Modeling of UHTCs using Material Point Method.” \n\nSarah Patterson – Undergraduate Student\n\nDevelopmental Biology\, William & Mary \n“Single Cell RNA Sequencing in Xenopus Laevis Embryology.” \nModerators:\n\nMark Gardner – Network Research Manager\, Advanced Research Computing\, Virginia Tech \n\n\nHeather Baier – Ph.D. Student in Computational Geography\, William & Mary\n\nhttps://youtu.be/KF0gxSB96Bs URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/va-whpc-student-lightning-talks/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20230117T160050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T025219Z UID:5700-1675170000-1675173600@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:Women in HPC & IT Leadership Roles\, Part II DESCRIPTION:Thank you for those that joined us in welcoming 2023 with a community event to hear from female leaders in the IT & HPC field sharing challenges and successes experienced throughout their careers. This was a fantastic opportunity to learn about career strategies and contribute to our discussion of how the playing field may be leveled to offer equitable IT & HPC leadership opportunities for women and minorities. Attendees were invited to share their own experiences and engage with panelists during this interactive Q&A session. \nWatch the Recording.\n \nFeatured Panelists\nVirginia Evans– Former Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Virginia \nVirginia Evans is the former vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at the University of Virginia\, where she was responsible for planning and delivering central IT infrastructure\, applications\, IT support\, and information security and IT policy\, as well as research computing for the University. \nVirginia has over 35 years of IT experience\, ranging from IT consulting with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and independent IT consulting\, to 30 years managing IT at the University of Virginia at both the central and school levels.  She is an active participant in national IT organizations of large research universities—CSG (Common Solutions Group) and RUCC (Research University CIO group)\, as well as Internet2. \nShe holds a B.S. degree with a concentration in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce\, where she has also served as an adjunct professor\, teaching classes at the graduate level. \n  \nShannon Phillips – Director of IT Service Operations for University Libraries at Virginia Tech  \nShannon Phillips is the Director of IT Service Operations for University Libraries at Virginia Tech. In her current position\, she is responsible for leading the IT professionals who provide support desk services\, desktop support\, systems support\, technology training\, and IT policy compliance across all University Libraries locations. \nShannon is an IT professional with more than twenty years experience working for several public universities across the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Past positions held include Director of Technology Support Services\, Director of Instructional Technologies\, and Associate Director for Academic Computing. Shannon holds a BA in Music as well as an MAEd from Virginia Tech. Her graduate studies were focused in instructional design and instructional technology. \nModerator: Karsten Siller – University of Virginia \nI2I Scholarship\nThe I2I scholarship provides support for emerging information technology women professionals to attend Internet2 conferences to support their career growth and opportunities.  \n \n Learn More\n \n \n Download Slides\n \nLogo Design Contest: Participate & Win!\nThe VA Women in High Performance Computing program is holding a logo competition!  VA-WHPC will soon be applying to become an official chapter of the international WHPC organization\, and we would love to have a logo for our chapter that was designed by one of our community members.  \n \n Learn More\n \nThis virtual event is jointly hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University\, George Mason University\, Virginia Tech\, William & Mary\, University of Richmond\, Virginia Institute of Marine Science\, and the University of Virginia. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/women-in-hpc-it-leadership-roles-part-ii/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20221109T191643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T194441Z UID:5597-1668605400-1668607200@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC Presentation @ SC22: Reaching out to the hidden Figures in Computing DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about the Virginia Women in HPC program?  Meet us at SC22\, the International conference for high performance computing\, networking\, storage\, and analysis. \nFeatured Presentation @ SC22\n“Reaching out to the Hidden Figures in Computing”\nPresenter: Eric Walter – Executive Director of Research Computing at William & Mary.. \nWhen:\nNov 16\, 1:30-2:00pm \nWhere:\nKay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas \n650 S. Griffin St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75202 \nExhibitor Hall\, Booth 1235 \n  \nIn case you missed it:\n \n \n Download the Slides URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/va-whpc-presentation-sc22-reaching-out-to-the-hidden-figures-in-computing-2/ LOCATION:Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center\, Dallas\, TX\, United States CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T153000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20221109T191442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T194502Z UID:5595-1668524400-1668526200@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC Presentation @ SC22: Reaching out to the hidden Figures in Computing DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about the Virginia Women in HPC program?  Meet us at SC22\, the International conference for high performance computing\, networking\, storage\, and analysis. \nFeatured Presentation @ SC22\n“Reaching out to the Hidden Figures in Computing”\nPresenter: Gladys Andino – Senior Computational Scientist at the University of Virginia. \nWhen:\nNov 15\, 3:00-3:30pm \nWhere:\nKay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas \n650 S. Griffin St.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75202 \nExhibitor Hall\, Booth 1235 \nIn case you missed it:\n \n \n Download the Slides URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/va-whpc-presentation-sc22-reaching-out-to-the-hidden-figures-in-computing/ LOCATION:Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center\, Dallas\, TX\, United States CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221119 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220418T200655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T204155Z UID:4875-1668297600-1668815999@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:SC22 DESCRIPTION:Annual international conference for high-performance computing\, networking\, storage\, and analysis. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/sc22/ LOCATION:Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center\, Dallas\, TX\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220826T010955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T025509Z UID:5429-1665579600-1665583200@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Women in HPC & IT Leadership Roles DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording.\n \n \n Download the Slides\n \nJoin us for our Fall community meeting to hear from female leaders in the HPC & IT field sharing challenges and successes experienced throughout their careers. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn about career strategies\, share your own experience\, and contribute to our discussion of how the playing field may be leveled to offer equitable HPC & IT leadership opportunities for women and minorities. \nFeatured Speakers\nRobin Bryan – AVP for Information Technology/CIO at James Madison University \nRobin Bryan is the assistant vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at James Madison University\, where she is responsible for the leadership and strategy for technology infrastructure\, applications\, support\, information security\, IT policy and compliance. \nRobin has over 38 years of experience in IT\, serving in numerous roles\, include Executive Director for Information Systems and Deputy CIO before assuming her current role in 2021. Robin holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from Bridgewater College and completed masters level work at JMU. \nCorinne Picataggi – Chief Technology Officer at William & Mary University. \nThe Chief Technology Officer’s organization supports all core technology at the university\, including network and telecommunications infrastructure\, construction\, and maintenance\, server architecture and cloud strategy\, and enterprise systems administration\, integration\, and automation. Additionally\, business analysts\, project managers\, and solutions architects support Information Technology team members and colleagues in functional offices\, plan\, prepare\, and implement process improvement and technology modernization initiatives. \nCorinne started at William & Mary in the Advancement office in 2000. Responsible for technology infrastructure and special projects\, she worked on everything from building and maintaining servers\, to managing the construction of Discovery I\, Advancement’s office space. Corinne moved to central Information Technology in 2011 as the Innovation Projects Team Manager\, became Director of Software Systems in 2016\, and Chief Technology Officer in late 2019. \nAlthough she started her undergraduate work as a biology/pre-med major\, Corinne couldn’t stay away from information technology. She finished her bachelor’s in Information Systems at the University of Massachusetts and her Masters of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. Her first software development project was as a high school senior in New York\, where she and two other students wrote the first electronic version of the New York State driver’s manual.  It was released to every public high school and library in the state. Before her time at William & Mary\, Corinne worked as a technology analyst at Corning\, Inc. and as a storage peripherals Testing and QA Manager at Cybernetics\, in Yorktown\, Virginia. Corinne presently enjoys post-graduate work in process design and emerging technologies. \nModerator\nGladys Andino (University of Virginia) \n  \nSubscribe to our mailing list. \nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet\, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus\, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis\, pulvinar dapibus leo. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/virginia-women-in-hpc-women-in-hpc-it-leadership-roles/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T170000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220723T032316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220723T034944Z UID:5346-1665563400-1665594000@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:Women Impact Virginia - Summit 2022 DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n \nThe Women Impact Virginia Series will aim to advance women leaders in Virginia. Each event will promote connections\, engagement and empowerment of women who feel a desire to impact their community. \nThe Women Impact Virginia Summit will feature a range of women speakers sharing stories of personal success and struggle along with tips and tools for building confidence and influence at work. Attendees should expect to learn about ways leadership impacts the larger collective\, effective communication strategies\, how to better address work/life balance\, the changing landscape\, and transferable skills that can help in any challenge. \nKeynote Speakers\nOpening Keynote: Nancy Howell Agee – Carilion ClinicNancy Howell Agee is President and Chief Executive Officer of Carilion Clinic\, a $2.4B not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Roanoke\, Virginia. Before becoming CEO in 2011\, Ms. Agee served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and co-led Carilion’s reorganization from a collection of hospitals to a fully integrated\, physician-led clinic. The reorganization resulted in a partnership with Virginia Tech to create an allopathic medical school and research institute. Ms. Agee is a nationally recognized health care leader and past Chair of the American Hospital Association. Modern Healthcare named her one of 2021’s Women Leaders Luminaries that recognizes executives whose careers have been defined by reshaping the industry. She was first named to Modern Healthcare’s biennial list of Top 25 Women Leaders in 2017 and is perennially among its 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. She is a former member of The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners and past Chair of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and the Virginia Center for Health Innovation. Ms. Agee was named Virginia Business Person of the year in 2017 and placed on the 2020 Power List by Virginia Business\, and has been on the list of most influential persons in Virginia for the past ten years. Ms. Agee has received many awards over her career including the Total Action for Progress (TAP) 2021 Cabell Brand Hope Award\, 2020 University of Virginia Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center Distinguished Alumna Award\, Emory School of Nursing’s Nurses Alumni Association Distinguished Nursing Achievement Award\, Multiple Sclerosis Silver Hope Award\, the Carilion Paladin Award for Quality\, and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership’s Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award. Ms. Agee holds degrees with Honors from the University of Virginia and Emory University and attended the Kellogg School of Business\, Northwestern University. In 2015\, she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Roanoke College and the Jefferson College of Health Sciences. \nClosing Keynote: Nneka Chiazor – Cox Communications\nNneka Chiazor is a bridge builder. Born in Newfoundland\, growing up between Montreal and Lagos\, Nneka’s international upbringing revealed the criticality of bridging divides. It inspired her migration to the United States to pursue the American Dream. She joined Cox Communications in 2017 as Vice President of Public and Government Affairs for Virginia and North Carolina region and leads a team entrusted with enhancing company revenues through public-private partnerships\, robust employee engagement\, digital equity programs\, and community goodwill. Before joining Cox\, she worked in several technical and corporate roles in the telecommunications industry\, including at Verizon\, where she worked on several innovations such as FiOS and smart cities. As a community builder\, Nneka engages many nonprofits and professional organizations across the globe. She serves on several boards and as an appointed commissioner on the Virginia Beach Development Authority. She received the 2022 Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities for her commitment to building bridges of understanding across the commonwealth. An alum of Harvard Business School\, Nneka is passionate about empowering people—she lives to see people win. She enjoys volunteering to support female entrepreneurs achieve their dreams\, and spending time with her family\, especially on the beach. Ask her about surviving a wild goose attack! \n\nEvent Details URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/women-impact-virginia/ LOCATION:Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond\, Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://va-whpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-3.32.21-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T171000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220802T120006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T042622Z UID:5391-1664265600-1664298600@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:Uniting Women In Cyber 2022 DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nUniting Women in Cyber\, the premier annual conference hosted by The Cyber Guild\, is a flagship event that welcomes and unites individuals from all walks of life\, stages in their careers\, and career interests\, in Cybersecurity. Cyber is everywhere and our security\, from a national to a personal perspective\, whether privatizing data or shifting a collective “ripe for the taking” mindset through dis/information\,- should be of paramount importance and is central to how we should educate this and future generations. \nUWIC ’22 “Stronger Together” will focus on workforce advancement and security (national and personal) from both industry and government perspectives. We will discuss the benefits of including non-traditional talent and the importance of psychological safety\, as well as discuss government agencies and leading industry cybersecurity agendas. \nThis conference will unpack the human considerations around our culture and societal norms\, transitioning paths for professionals\, developing non-traditional talent\, and unearthing mindsets that will enable change and growth. \n\nRegister Now\n \nThe Attendees\nThe UWIC attendees are made up of career professionals\, executives\, and students from both public and private sectors\, currently engaged in the cybersecurity agenda or profession\, or those interested in exploring cyber security as a meaningful career. \nEarly Bird Tickets are available until July 31st\, purchase before July 31 to take advantage of our Early Bird pricing. \nNeed Assistance?\nShould you have any questions please reach out to the UWIC event team The Prism at Romina@bytheprism.com. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/uniting-women-in-cyber-2022jhsdksj/ LOCATION:The Ritz-Carlton\, Tysons Corner\, McLean VA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://va-whpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UnitingWomenInCyber.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220718T172141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T154706Z UID:5320-1660136400-1660140000@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Inspiring Diversity and Inclusion DESCRIPTION:Empowering and Expanding the Role of Women and Minorities in HPC\nWatch the recording.\n \nThis quarter’s panel discussion will touch upon challenges of being a woman or minority in the field of HPC\, how those challenges can be addressed\, lessons learned\, HPC early career perspectives\, as well as means to improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  Attendees are invited to share their own experiences and engage with panelists during this interactive Q&A session. \nFeatured Panelists\n\nJackie Milhans – Associate Director\, Research Computing Services\, Northwestern University\n\nJackie is the Associate Director of Northwestern Research Computing Services. In this role\, she is responsible for building relationships with and gathering research support requirements from deans\, faculty\, and University leadership. She leads the development of new services to address emerging technology and compliance requirements in the diverse breadth of research domains at Northwestern. She is responsible for the long-term strategic planning for research support and delivering a portfolio of computational\, data science\, data management\, cloud\, and visualization support services for faculty\, student\, and staff researchers. \nJackie serves on a number of committees and working groups\, including recently serving as Co-Lead for the EDUCAUSE Research Computing and Data Community Group\, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Northwestern IT Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Steering committee\, and Co-Chair for the PEARC21 Program Committee. \nShe has a passion for learning and sharing methods to build and lead effective\, engaged\, and diverse teams through improved hiring and management practices\, as well as ensuring an equitable and inclusive workplace. She has presented at various conferences over the past several years on topics including diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; management; and research computing and data. She completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and her BS in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She completed her Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory. \n  \n\nLara Timm – HPC Engineer\, Center for High Performance Computing\, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)\n\nWith a background in biomedical and electrical engineering\, Lara is new to the field of HPC. She started her HPC journey in a graduate role at the Centre for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) in Cape Town\, South Africa. She now holds the title HPC Engineer in the Advanced Computed Engineering Lab at the CHPC. Here\, efforts are focused on pursuing research avenues in HPC as well as HCD activities\, collaboration\, and outreach. Lara is passionate about sharing her experiences\, in HPC and otherwise\, with a special interest in cloud technologies\, infrastructure as code\, HCD and outreach. Lara has a keen interest in the WHPC community – she was an early career presenter at the WHPC workshop at ISC22. \n\nRachel Spraker – Senior Director for Equity and Inclusive Excellence\, Division for Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion\, University of Virginia\n\nRachel (she/they) is the Senior Director for Equity and Inclusive Excellence with the Division for Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion. Rachel serves UVA in the Office for Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion as well as the Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights. Rachel develops\, implements\, and evaluates policies\, practices\, and programs which seek to advance the representational diversity\, inclusive capacity\, and sense of belonging of the University’s workforce and learning community. Rachel has previously served on the executive board of the American Association for Access\, Equity\, and Diversity and as an equity consultant for institutions of higher education.  Rachel holds a Master of Science in Sociology from Virginia Commonwealth University with work focused on landscapes of racial violence and is currently a part-time doctoral student at UVA in the School of Education and Human Development.  \n  \n  \nModerator: Eric Walter\, William & Mary \nSubscribe to our mailing list. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/inspiring-diversity-and-inclusion/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220715 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220418T200102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T204145Z UID:4871-1657411200-1657843199@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:PEARC22 DESCRIPTION:Annual Practice & Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) conference. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/pearc22/ LOCATION:Boston\, MA\, Boston\, MA\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220411T165843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T170859Z UID:4778-1651064400-1651064400@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Supercomputing For Everyone DESCRIPTION:The High-Performance Computing Landscape at VA-WHPC Member Institutions.\nWatch the recording.\n \nOur panel of research computing professionals described available infrastructure and support resources with an overview of their home institutions’ HPC user base.  Challenges and learning curves involved in using HPC effectively were also discussed.  Attendees are invited to share their own experiences and engage with panelists during this interactive Q&A session.\nFeatured Panelists:\n\nMatthew Brown – Virginia Tech. Matthew joined Virginia Tech as a computational scientist in 2018. His path toward research computing began with a 12-year career in higher-ed information technology with particular focus on design and implementation of IT infrastructure and interests in networking\, systems engineering\, virtualization\, and data center design. In his role at ARC\, Matt works to enable research by connecting people with ARC’s computational resources\, optimizing those systems’ utility\, and working with others in our group to plan and engineer future systems.\n\n\nJacalyn Huband – University of Virginia. Jackie is a Computational Research Support Specialist at the University of Virginia (UVA). Her primary role is as a facilitator to researchers who are transitioning their codes onto a high-performance computing (HPC) platform. She also is active in developing workshops for programmers at all levels. In addition to her work at UVA\, Jackie has been an Associate Professor in Computer Science and a programmer in industry. She has experience programming in R\, Python\, Matlab\, C/C++\, and Fortran.\n\n\nJayshree Sarma – George Mason University. Jayshree is the Director for the Office of Research Computing at George Mason University.\n\n\nCarol Parish – University of Richmond. Carol is the Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry and Associate Provost for Academic Integration at the University of Richmond. She received the Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Purdue University where she studied electronic structure theory with Cliff Dykstra.  She was also a Fujitsu post-doctoral fellow in Clark Still’s laboratory at Columbia University and completed a sabbatical year in Roald Hoffmann’s group at Cornell University. She was a 2012 Fulbright Fellow studying with Sason Shaik at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has received numerous awards for her work with undergraduates including the 2019 American Chemical Society award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. Her research investigates the fundamental molecular nature of a wide range of physical phenomenon ranging from the accurate characterization of diradical excited states to the dynamics of motor proteins.  She has mentored more than 100 undergraduate students\, authored 58 research publications\, and raised over $4 million to support her research group from NSF\, DOE\, ACS-PRF\, and the Dreyfus Foundation.\n\n\nEric Walter – William & MaryEric got his Ph. D. in chemistry from UPenn in 2001 and started at W&M the same year.  He is now the Executive Director of Research Computing at W&M.\n\n\nMike Davis – Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMike has served the research community at VCU since 1997.  Working as a systems engineer\, Unix Manager for Academic Technology\, and since 2007 serving as the Founding Technical Director of VCU’s High Performance Research Computing. He is involved with a number of external initiatives including the NSF funded ACCORD project and the Technical Group of MARIA and is a fellow of the NSF Funded Cyber Facilitators program. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/virginia-women-in-hpc-supercomputing-for-everyone/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220418T194828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T170505Z UID:4863-1643115600-1643119200@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:VA-WHPC: Research Highlights DESCRIPTION:How does HPC help with your scientific research – Faculty perspectives\, Part II\nWatch the recording.\n \nWe are proud to announce the founding of Virginia’s first Women in High-Performance Computing (VA-WHPC) program. Thank you for those that joined us for our first event of 2022: Female research leaders of the Commonwealth sharing and discussing how HPC has facilitated their scientific research and professional careers. \nOur speakers:\n\nAnne Brown (VT)\n\nAnne is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry\, Science Informatics Consultant and Health Analytics Coordinator at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include utilizing computational modeling to answer biological questions and aid in drug discovery and the application of computational molecular modeling to elucidate the relationship between structure\, function\, and dynamics of biomolecules. \n\nJenna Cann (GMU)\n\nJenna is a postdoctoral fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Jenna received a PhD in Physics from George Mason University. Her research focuses on studying black holes in dwarf and low metallicity galaxies\, in an effort to constrain the origins of supermassive black holes that can be up to billions of times the mass of our Sun. To do this\, they use both theoretical modeling with the Cloudy spectral simulation code and infrared and X-ray observations to determine the most effective ways to find these elusive objects. Jenna currently serves as a co-officer in the NASA Goddard Association for Postdoctoral and Early Career Scholars (NGAPS+) and was a co-founder of the GMU Physics and Astronomy department’s diversity\, equity\, inclusion\, and accessibility (DEIA) organization\, SPECTRUM. \n\nAlexis Edwards (VCU)\n\nAlexis is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on understanding the etiology of substance use disorders\, suicidal behavior\, and internalizing problems\, including how these outcomes are related to one another. \nVirginia WHPC is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion by promoting and encouraging the participation of women in high-performance computing and related fields. \nSubscribe to our mailing list. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/virginia-women-in-hpc-research-highlights/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211006T140000 DTSTAMP:20260908T194241 CREATED:20220418T195440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T170043Z UID:4869-1633525200-1633528800@va-whpc.org SUMMARY:Inaugural Event: Virginia Women in HPC DESCRIPTION:Founding of the Virginia Women in HPC Program\n\nWatch the recording.\n \nWe are proud to announce the founding of Virginia’s first Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) program. Join Virginia WHPC for its inaugural event featuring inspiring lightning talks by female faculty of the Commonwealth sharing and discussing how HPC has facilitated their scientific research and professional careers. \nHow does HPC help with your research — Faculty perspectives\nOur speakers:\n\n\nJulie Quinn (UVA) – HPC for Water Resources Systems Analysis  \n\n\nJulie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on advancing simulation and optimization methods used to inform the design and management of water resources systems with the goals of protecting people from nature (floods and droughts)\, and nature from people (pollution and consumption). She is particularly interested in how advanced sensing and forecasting techniques can be used to inform this optimization. \n\n\nGrace Chiu (VIMS-W&M) – Coming Full Circle: My journey as a computational Bayesian \n\n\nGrace is a Professor of Environmental Statistics at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Her career has spanned three countries (US\, Canada\, Australia) as an academic and a federal government scientist. In her research\, she develops computationally intensive Bayesian models to understand complex natural phenomena from human societies and the environment. At W&M\, she teaches statistics to graduate students at the School of Marine Science. For nearly 25 years\, she has been a devoted educator of statistics to undergraduate and graduate students from a wide range of disciplines. \n\n\nMelinda Yang (UR) – Applications of large-scale genomic analyses using ancient DNA in understanding human genetic history \n\n\nMelinda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Richmond. Her research focuses on the study of human evolutionary genetic history\, through the development and application of bioinformatic and population genetic tools on large-scale genomic sequencing data from present-day and ancient human populations. Her expertise is in the genetic history of humans of Asia\, from 40\,000 years ago to the present. Title: Applications of large-scale genomic analyses using ancient DNA in understanding human genetic history (in East Asia). \nVirginia WHPC is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion by promoting and encouraging the participation of women in high-performance computing and related fields. Interested in upcoming WHPC events or getting involved in promoting diversity in high-performance computing? \nSubscribe to our mailing list. URL:https://va-whpc.org/event/inaugural-event-virginia-women-in-hpc/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:VA-WHPC Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR