DSRI AI/HPC Symposium 4/17/2025
The Data Science Research Institute AI/HPC Symposium April 17, from 9:00 – 4:00 in Lory Student Center Never No Summer Ballroom was held to bring together CSU researchers, staff, and students to hear from experts in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing about their research, expertise, and vision of current and future breakthroughs. Along with presentations multiple networking sessions were held to create new collaborations and connections in data science research.
The event featured two separate sessions, the morning session; AI experts presenting cutting-edge applications and research. The afternoon session hosted guest speakers on HPC topics such as research, industry, and new technology.
Please see the event agenda below for session details and speaker information.
Morning Session 1: AI Topics on Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Engineering
Session Chair: V. Chandrasekar (Chandra)
9:00 – 9:10: Introduction and opening remarks: Cass Moseley, Vice President for Research
9:10 – 9:40: Presentation 1: Tegan Emerson, Senior Data Scientist and Leader of the Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science Group in the National Security Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
9:50 – 10:20: Presentation 2: Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Director of AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture, Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professor in Engineering and Professor Mechanical Engineering Iowa State University
10:30 – 11:00: Presentation 3: Jeri Culp, Director of Data Science and Edge Solutions at HP
11:00 – 11:15: End of Session 1: Coffee break
Morning Session 2: AI Topics of Data Science and Forest Ecology
Session Chair: Nikhil Krishnaswamy
11:25 – 11:55: Remote Presentation 1: Yolanda Gil, Director of Al and Data Science Initiatives and Research Professor, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
12:05 – 12:35: Remote Presentation 2: Jingjing Liang, Associate Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
12:35 – 12:45: Concluding Remarks
12:45 – 1:30: Networking with refreshments
Afternoon Session 1: HPC Topics of Health and Computational Information Systems
Session Chair: Bryan Willson
1:30 – 1:40: Opening remarks: Bryan Willson, Director of CSU Energy Institute
1:40 – 2:10: Presentation 1: Penny Atkins, Associate Director of the One Utah Data Science Hub
2:20 – 2:50: Presentation 2: Thomas Hauser, NCAR Associate Director & Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) Lab Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research
3:00 – 3:10: End of Afternoon Session 1: Coffee break
Afternoon Session 2: HPC Topics on Research Computing
Session Chair: Penny Atkins
3:10 – 3:40: Remote Presentation 1: James (Jim) Wilgenbusch, Director of Research Computing, University of Minnesota
4:00: Closing remarks