Inaugural High Performance Computing Symposium

Morning Sessions: 

9:00 AM – Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast

9:45 AM – Welcome and Introduction: Paulette Clancy, Research Director, Data Science and AI Institute

9:55 AM –  Keynote Speaker: Professor Pratyush Tiwary, ”Will statistical mechanics theory and simulations stay relevant in the age of Generative AI?” Dept. of Chemistry, University of Maryland 

10:35 AM –  Robbins Prize Future Faculty Winner:  Benjamin Fernando, “Modeling seismic waves on Earth, the Moon, Mars” Earth& Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. Advisor: Professor Kevin Lewis 

10:50 AM –  BREAK       

11:00 AM – Keynote Speaker: Professor Giulia Guidi, “Overcoming Parallelism Challenges in Data Analytics Using Sparse Linear Algebra”  Dept. of Computer Science, Cornell University. 

11:40 AM – Robbins Prize PhD Winner: Noga Mudrik, “Learning co-active neural circuits from high-dimensional multi-way neural data”. School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering. Advisor: Professor Adam Charles

11:55 AM – Robbins Prize Future Faculty Winner:  Professor Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini, “Physics-driven materials modeling and design for extreme conditions” Dept. of Aerospace Engr., VA. Tech.. Advisor: Prof. P. Clancy 

12:10 PM – Keynote Speaker: Professor Connor Coley,  “Tailoring (and scaling) generative AI for molecular design” Chemical Engineering, electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

12:50 PM – Lunch and Poster Gallery

Afternoon Sessions: 

2:00 PM – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Wen-Wen Tung,  “Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Scientific Discovery and Innovation” NSF Program Director

2:40 PM – Robbins Prize PhD Winner: Yifan Du, “Harnessing AI and HPC for Turbulence: A Forward and Dual Perspective” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Advisor: Professor Tamer Zaki

2:55 PM – Robbins Prize PhD Winner: Kuan-Hao Chao,  “Computational methods to improve genome annotation, splice site prediction, and gene expression prediction”.  Computer Science, John Hopkins University: Advisors: Profs. Steven Salzberg and Mihaela Pertea

3:10 PM – BREAK                                                  

3:30 PM – Keynote Speaker: Professor Somnath Ghosh, “High Performance Computing Enabled Damage Prediction and Virtual Sensing in Metals and Composites using ML- Enhanced Multiscale Modeling” Dept. of Civil & Systems Engr., Johns Hopkins University 

4:10 PM – Poster Awards + Robbins Prize Awards Ceremony

4:30 PM – Closing Remarks by Prof. Paulette Clancy

4:45 PM – Networking and Farewell