Cyberinfrastructure provides a foundation that supports teaching and research on college campuses—but how do we ensure faculty and researchers can fully leverage its potential? This keynote focuses on the critical role of community engagement and development in delivering on cyberinfrastructure’s promises. From workforce development strategies to proof-of-concept examples, Ana Hunsinger will reflect on key lessons learned from intentional community engagement strategies with MS-CC campuses to drive impactful research outcomes. She will share insights into effective strategies for fostering engagement among institutions to participate in and contribute to cyberinfrastructure, supporting researchers and educators in leveraging cyberinfrastructure, and building sustainable engagement strategies that drive long-term success.
Publication of research datasets is now a requirement of most funding agencies and journals. Data curation is the process of ensuring that these datasets are findable, accessible, and usable. In the era of Big Data, the generation of datasets with sizes on the order of 100s of gigabytes and larger is increasingly common. Such large datasets create challenges for both the curation and publishing of data as they often cannot be accessed on standard computer hardware or hosted in traditional online repositories. This presentation provides an overview of a collaborative process between the CU Boulder Libraries and CU Boulder Research Computing in which high-performance computing infrastructure is used to curate and publish gigabyte- and terabyte-scale datasets in a manner that makes them accessible to the research community.
The growing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across diverse research disciplines necessitates a comprehensive understanding of researchers’ current and anticipated AI-related needs. The Research Computing group at the University of Colorado Boulder recently conducted a survey among campus researchers and the broader RMACC) community to evaluate AI usage trends, associated computational demands, and challenges faced by researchers. The survey examined discipline-specific differences in each area. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding the composition of a research community when investing in infrastructure and developing training materials.
This talk shares the story of an NSF-funded experiential learning opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students at RMACC institutions. Students developed practical skills in HPC system administration by learning from and shadowing CU Boulder Research Computing staff. A total of 17 students participated across two in-person experiences and took part in various aspects of system design, deployment, and teardown.
This workshop will act as a continuation of last year's presentation and discussion on quantum-centric high-performance computing (QCHPC). We will again look at realistic instances in the current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) -era, how these (and other use cases) might scale with quantum hardware, and strategies for integration of quantum resources with HPC. We will consider approaches to putting these hybrid paradigms into practice; Symposium members are encouraged to contribute efforts made by their HPC departments, both from emulation/simulation and hardware integration perspectives. The workshop is intended as a space to explore ideas, share experiences and gather knowledge to advance quantum-centric HPC in our region.
As research demands grow and infrastructure ages, some institutions are turning to the public cloud to supplement or replace traditional on-prem systems. This talk shares the journey of launching a public cloud pilot for research computing at a small state university. We’ll explore the drivers behind the shift—including scalability, agility, and cost transparency—and walk through key decisions, from selecting a cloud provider to identifying test users. Drawing from real-world experience six months post-launch, we’ll cover what’s worked, what’s surprised us, and what we’re planning next. Attendees will leave with a practical roadmap and lessons learned to guide their own cloud adoption efforts—whether starting small or scaling up.
