{"id":45,"date":"2025-12-15T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:09:03","slug":"dsri-ai-hpc-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/dsri-ai-hpc-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"DSRI AI\/HPC Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DSRI AI\/HPC Symposium &#8211; 4\/17\/2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"alignfull is-style-default-blue wp-block-stalwart-blocks-slider\">\n\t\n\t\t<section \n\t\t\tclass=\"stalwart-slider splide\" \n\t\t\tid=\"stalwart-slider-block_b9b7af0c2ec8a62a9028ecac0a40185a\" \n\t\t\tdata-splide='{\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\":\"true\",\n\t\t\t\t\"cover\":false,\n\t\t\t\t\"fixedHeight\":null,\n\t\t\t\t\"heightRatio\":0.5,\n\t\t\t\t\"interval\":5000,\n\t\t\t\t\"perPage\":1,\n\t\t\t\t\"type\":\"loop\",\n\t\t\t\t\"width\":\"100%\"\n\t\t\t}' \n\t\t\taria-label=\"Symposium Images\"\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"splide__track\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slide splide__slide\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSCIRI_04172025-10-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><!-- .slide -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slide splide__slide\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSCIRI_04172025-18-1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><!-- .slide -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slide splide__slide\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSCIRI_04172025-19-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><!-- .slide -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"slide splide__slide\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/dsri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/DSCIRI_04172025-21-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><!-- .slide -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- splide__track -->\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"splide__toggle\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"splide__toggle__play\"><span class=\"screen-reader-only\">Play<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"splide__toggle__pause\"><span class=\"screen-reader-only\">Pause<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t<\/section><!-- .stalwart-slider -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- alignClass -->\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-csu-gold-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"#Videos\">View symposium presentations and speaker information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Data Science Research Institute AI\/HPC Symposium,<\/strong> April 17, from 9:00 \u2013 4:00 in Lory Student Center Never No Summer Ballroom,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please see the event agenda below for session details and speaker information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Morning Session 1: AI Topics on Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Session Chair: V. Chandrasekar (Chandra)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:00 \u2013 9:10: Introduction and opening remarks:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/president.colostate.edu\/cassandra-moseley\/\"><strong>Cass Moseley<\/strong><\/a>, Vice President for Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:10 \u2013 9:40:&nbsp;<em>Presentation 1:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/people\/tegan-emerson\"><strong>Tegan Emerson<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Data Scientist&nbsp;and Leader of the Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science Group in&nbsp;the National Security Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:50 \u2013 10:20:&nbsp;<em>Presentation 2:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/people\/profile\/baskarg\/\"><strong>Baskar Ganapathysubramanian<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>Director of AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture, Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professor in Engineering and Professor Mechanical Engineering Iowa State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10:30 \u2013 11:00:&nbsp;<em>Presentation 3:&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Jeri Culp<\/strong><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>Director of Data Science and Edge Solutions at HP&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:00 \u2013 11:15:&nbsp;End of Session 1: Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Morning Session 2: AI Topics of Data Science and Forest Ecology<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Session Chair: Nikhil Krishnaswamy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:25 \u2013 11:55:&nbsp;<em>Remote Presentation 1:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/viterbi.usc.edu\/directory\/faculty\/Gil\/Yolanda\"><strong>Yolanda Gil<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;Director of Al and Data Science Initiatives and Research Professor, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:05 \u2013 12:35:&nbsp;<em>Remote Presentation 2:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/facai\/liang.html\"><strong>Jingjing Liang<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor&nbsp;of Quantitative Forest Ecology, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:35 \u2013 12:45: Concluding Remarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:45 \u2013 1:30:&nbsp;<u>Networking with refreshments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Afternoon Session 1: HPC Topics of Health and Computational Information Systems<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Session Chair: Bryan Willson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1:30 \u2013 1:40: Opening remarks:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.colostate.edu\/people\/willson\/\">Bryan Willson,&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>Director of CSU Energy Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1:40 \u2013 2:10:&nbsp;<em>Presentation 1:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uofuhealth.utah.edu\/staff\/penny-atkins\"><strong>Penny Atkins<\/strong><\/a><strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>Associate Director of the One Utah Data Science Hub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2:20 \u2013 2:50:&nbsp;<em>Presentation 2:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisl.ucar.edu\/directory\/thomas-hauser\"><strong>Thomas Hauser<\/strong><\/a>, NCAR Associate Director &amp; 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