Overview
The High-Performance Computing Advisory Committee (HPC-AC) is an advisory body which provides counsel on the use of information technology for research at Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½). Â鶹´«Ã½ provides a shared, centrally managed, high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure and services to support research and teaching activities. HPC-AC provides advice and guidance on the effective and fair use of shared research computing infrastructure by broad science disciplines at Â鶹´«Ã½.
Council Responsibilities
- Provide input on strategic decisions on the investment and deployment of hardware/software infrastructure and the rolling out of services
- Provide input from the community on the outstanding research computing needs, including hardware, software, support, and training
- Provide counsel for technical design and architecture, as well as usability of research computing environments
- Advocate for acquisition and adoption of shared, scalable resources
- Set policy for fair use of the shared HPC infrastructure and services
- Provide oversight of operation
- Help foster partnership with stakeholders on campus (academic departments, colleges, centers, institutes, major research initiatives, and the University administration) in support of HPC initiatives to enhance computing environments and services for research
Membership
Members in HPC-AC represent partnership between major stakeholders of research computing: Faculty Members, University Administrators, and Information Technology Services.
- Daniel Barshis, Biological Sciences
- Craig Bayse, College of Sciences; Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Nikos Chrisochoides, Computer Science
- Jingwei Huang, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
- Khan Iftekharuddin, Batten College of Engineering and Technology; Electrical & Computer Engineering
- John Klinck, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences; Center for Coastal and Physical Oceanography
- Li-Shi Luo, Mathematics & Statistics
- Sachin Shetty, Virginia Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation Center
- Masha Sosonkina, Computational Modeling and Simulation Engineering
- Thomas Vernier, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
- Hongyi Wu, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research
- Yuesheng Xu, Mathematics & Statistics
- Mohammad Zubair, Computer Science
- Doug Streit, Information Technology Services
- John Pratt, Information Technology Services
- Wirawan Purwanto, Information Technology Services