2025 Midwest RCD Annual Meeting

2025 Midwest RCD Annual Meeting

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Prasanna Kumar Peram

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Masters Student

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I used work as conversational Chatbot developer using rasa.ai framework. And i am about to complete Masters at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY in AI and it's applications. I would love to talk about how HPC resources and how it can help AI models to train and store them efficiently.

6:00pm EDT

Registration/Welcome Table Michelson and Morley Restaurant, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAEsen Gokpinar-Shelton • Laura Pettit • Robert Ping Networking Reception Michelson and Morley Restaurant, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

7:30am EDT

Registration/Welcome TableEsen Gokpinar-Shelton • Laura Pettit • Robert Ping Networking Breakfast Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

8:30am EDT

Day 2: Introduction and Welcome Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAWinona Snapp-Childs

8:50am EDT

Keynote Presentation: Quantum Computing at Cleveland Clinic: Advancing Research Through Collaboration and Innovation Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USADaniel Blankenberg

9:40am EDT

Panel: Best Practices in Deploying AI Chatbots Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAKaren Tomko • Vikram Gazula • Erik Gough • Heechang Na

10:40am EDT

Group Photo & Networking Break

11:10am EDT

Breakout 1: Experiences with Globus Compute Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USATodd Raeker • Geoffrey Lentner • Lee Liming Breakout 2: OS Upgrades in an HPC: Moving from CentOS to Ubuntu Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom B, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAJoe Ryan

12:00pm EDT

Networking Luncheon Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

12:50pm EDT

Lightning Talks Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAStephen Deems • Geoffrey Lentner • Preston Smith • Joseph Tang

1:50pm EDT

Data Access vs. Monetization – Finding the Right Balance Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USABenjamin Lynch

2:55pm EDT

Breakout 3: ICICLE Middleware Development for AI & Advanced Computing Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAKaren Tomko • Jane Combs • Debargha Ganguly • Beth Plale • Preston Smith • Swathi Vallabhajosyula • Sachith Withana • Biyao Zhang Breakout 4: Security & Compliance: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certificate (CMMC) for DoD Research Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom B, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USATodd Shechter

3:50pm EDT

Social Network Analysis - Activity Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAEsen Gokpinar-Shelton • Winona Snapp-Childs • Sachith Withana

4:20pm EDT

Closing Remarks Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USAWinona Snapp-Childs