SWEETER Winter Computing Festival 2023
Overview
The SWEETER cyberteam is dedicated to promoting regional cyber expertise encompassing partners located across Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. It
unites a collection of institutions of higher learning, that include Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, Prairie View A&M University, New Mexico State University, University of Arizona, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M San Antonio and West Texas A&M University. Our goals include enabling peer-to-peer research support, organizing on-premise workshops, and building research collaborations. We will be organizing a training session in cyberinfrastructure technologies. Attendees from the SWEETER region will be prioritized.
Program:
The Winter Computing Festival covers a wide range of topics ranging from training to structured discussions targeting individuals in managerial and resource providing positions. Attendees are welcome to participate in all of the sessions, but we understand that some of the scheduled activities might be less informative to some registrants. We understand if you choose to attend only portions of the festival applicable to your current position.
Research and Training Topics:
- AI/ML on the new Launch Supercomputer
- Programming in CUDA (previous coding experience in C/C++ or Fortran required)
- Data Science in R - Introductory
- Digital Poster Session
- Overview of the national computing ecosystem and supporting community organizations
- Writing proposals for Computing Technologies
- Discussing new technologies
Dates and Times
Arrival Day: Monday, December 11th, 2023 | Omni Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Workshop Day 2: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 | Omni Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Workshop Day 3: Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 | Omni Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Workshop Day 4: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 | Omni Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Full Schedule (All times are Central Time)
Last updated: December 9, 2023
| Monday, December 11 | Reception (Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor) |
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Omni HotelMapAddress: 900 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401Phone Number: (361) 887-1600 | |
| 4:00PM onward | Check in at the Omni Hotel in Corpus Christi airport shuttle to hotel, self parking at hotel, complimentary parking hotel adjacent, early check in may be accommodated |
| 6:00PM | Dinner Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 7:00PM | Onboarding to Computing Resources - Launch - Dhruv Chakravorty - Lisa Perez |
| Tuesday, December 12 | Tutorials (Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor) |
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| Omni Hotel | |
| 8:00AM - 9:00AM | Breakfast Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 9:00AM - 12:00PM | Introduction to AI/ML - Richard Lawrence - Zhenhua He |
| 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Lunch Corpus Christi Ballroom C |
| 1:30PM - 4:00PM | AI/ML Tutorials - Zhenhua He |
| 6:00PM - 8:00PM | Presentations and Dinner Corpus Christi Ballroom C Career Opportunities at NERSC - Richard Gerber Career Opportunities at West Texas A&M University - Emily Hunt Research Presentations |
| Wednesday, December 13 | Tutorials and Leadership Summit (Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor) |
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| Omni Hotel | |
| 8:00AM - 9:00AM | Breakfast Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 9:00AM - 12:00PM | CUDA Programming Laguna Madre - Lars Koesterke |
| 9:00AM - 12:00PM | Data Science with R Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor - Wesley Brashear |
| 11:30 - 12:00PM | End of Training sessions, Box Lunch Corpus Christi Ballroom C |
| 12:15PM - 1:15PM | Leadership Summit Lunch |
| 1:15PM - 4:00PM | SWEETER Leadership Summit: Conversational Technologies |
| 6:00PM onward | Reception with heavy Hors d'oeuvres Republic of Texas, 20th floor |
| Thursday, December 14 | Leadership Summit (Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor) |
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| Omni Hotel | |
| 8:00AM - 9:00AM | Breakfast Corpus Christi Ballroom C, 3rd floor |
| 9:00AM - 12:00PM | Leadership Summit: Proposals and Opportunities in the Computing Ecosystem |
| 11:30AM - 12:00PM | Advisory Meeting - Tabitha Samuel - Richard Gerber - Winona Snapp-Childs |
| 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Lunch and Departures Corpus Christi Ballroom C |
Acknowledgement
The SWEETER Cyberteam gratefully acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This project is supported by NSF CC* award number 1925764. To learn more about SWEETER, please visit us at https://hprc.tamu.edu/sweeter/. To send feedback or general questions to the SWEETER team, please contact us via email at sweeter@hprc.tamu.edu, or via the SWEETER slack workspace.
Contact Information
Phone: 979-845-0219
Email: sweeter@hprc.tamu.edu