Tag: Chuck Thompson

What is Illinois Computes?

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In his first year as Director of Illinois Computes, Chuck Thompson has encountered a wide range of descriptions of the initiative —many at least partially accurate, but none capturing the full picture. This session will explore the more than a dozen (and counting) ways to describe Illinois Computes, discuss its continued evolution, and foster a […]

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June 11, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm

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    Growing a Research Support Ecosystem

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    Nine years ago, the Year of Cyberinfrastructure Final Report presented a researcher-driven vision about what they needed to support their work. Various efforts since then have worked towards implementing that vision, including Research IT, the Research Support Community, the Research Data Service, college IT groups, and others. Campus recently made a major investment towards this […]

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    November 12, 2024 from 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm

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      Director of Illinois Computes, NCSA

      Building Your Presence: The Nuts and Bolts of Proposing and Presenting (Double-length Workshop, 2:00-4:00)

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      You are an expert in your field, growing in your leadership capacity and now you want to share your knowledge. Presenting at conferences, either locally, regionally, or nationally can develop yourself individually and give back to our profession. Come to our session and get some basic skills and ideas for taking the next step in […]

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      Observations from ‘A Year of Cyberinfrastructure at Illinois’

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      Since the Fall 2014 IT Pro Forum, the Year of Cyberinfrastructure initiative (‘Year of CI’, http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/) conducted over 30 focus group sessions with faculty from around campus and also broadly surveyed faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. This session will provide an overview of what has been learned plus give an update on the development of […]

      A Year of Cyberinfrastructure at Illinois

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      A Year of Cyberinfrastructure (“Year of CI”, http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/) has been funded by the OVCR and the OCIO to build awareness and understanding of what CI resources can do for faculty in all disciplines and to develop a plan for implementing additional campus CI resources. This session will provide details on planned activities and how IT […]

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      Campus Cluster Program: The Second Instance

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      The Campus Cluster Program (http://campuscluster.illinois.edu/) was initiated to improve our research capacity and competitiveness while decreasing the total cost of research computing. The second instance of the program (name TBD) will go into production shortly after the IT Pro Forum. This poster session will provide details on the benefits to researchers of investing in this […]

      Transparency: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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      Change events alter more than just items such as organizations and services: they change expectations. Previous service levels may no longer be acceptable; cost of services may suddenly be challenged. Transparency can be a key strategy for managing both change events and expectations. This session will discuss the advantages and challenges of being transparent as […]

      The Campus Cluster Program: A Consolidated HPC Service

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      The Campus Cluster Program (http://campuscluster.illinois.edu) was initiated to improve our research capacity and competitiveness while decreasing the total cost of research computing. Staffing and infrastructure is centrally provided with researchers responsible only for investing in compute nodes, storage, and specialized software licenses. This session will provide details about the program and its benefits and solicit […]