optimization

Mentors and Regional Facilitators

Name	Region	Skills	Interests
Anas Alsobeh	CCMNet, Campus Champions	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account account affiliations ai application-status artificial-intelligence more...	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-website account affiliations ai
Aaron Jezghani	Campus Champions, CCMNet	administering-hpc anaconda bash batch-jobs benchmarking c c++ checkpoint more...
Andrew Monaghan	ACCESS CSSN	bash batch-jobs centos conda containers data-transfer docker git more...	anaconda bash conda containers docker git openstack scripting
Cindy Cheng	Campus Champions	abstract affiliations ai archiving artificial-intelligence azure backup benchmarking more...
Christopher Bl…		anaconda aws azure bash benchmarking c c++ cloud-commercial more...
Bala Desinghu	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CAREERS, Northeast	ai anaconda api bash batch-jobs benchmarking big-data bioinformatics more...	affinity-group ai allocations-proposal amber anaconda archiving backup bash
Daniel Benedict	CCMNet	ACCESS ansible anvil api bash batch-jobs benchmarking bridges-2 more...	ACCESS administering-hpc ansible anvil api archiving artificial-intelligence backup
Daniel Howard	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CCMNet	bash c c++ conda cuda deep-learning environment-modules finite-element-analysis more...	ACCESS-allocations affinity-group allocations-proposal benchmarking c c++ community-outreach conda more...
David Liu	CCMNet, ACCESS CSSN	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations account administering-hpc affiliations ai more...	ai cognitive-bias computer-vision deep-learning generative-ai llm machine-learning NAIRR-pilot
Darshan Sarojini	ACCESS CSSN	community-outreach comsol fluid-dynamics mathematica matlab optimization paraview python more...	anaconda comsol finite-element-analysis fluid-dynamics linear-programming monte-carlo optimization parameter-sweeps
Edwin Posada	Campus Champions	administering-hpc bash batch-jobs benchmarking c c++ cluster-management cluster-support more...
Gil Speyer	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions	bash bioinformatics c computational-chemistry conda cuda debugging fortran more...	bash c computational-chemistry cuda gpu matlab mpi nvidia
Jared Brzenski	CCMNet, ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions	bash benchmarking big-data c++ compiling computer-graphics cuda data-analysis more...
Jeff Falgout	Campus Champions	administering-hpc backup bash batch-jobs benchmarking cgroups cluster-management cluster-support more...	administering-hpc benchmarking big-data ceph cloud-storage cluster-management data-access-protocols data-transfer
Jonathan Komperda	Campus Champions	ACCESS ACCESS-allocations administering-hpc artificial-intelligence benchmarking c c++ centos more...
Jason Yalim	Campus Champions	administering-hpc bash benchmarking c c++ cpu-bound data-analysis data-management more...
Katia Bulekova	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CAREERS, CCMNet, Northeast	batch-jobs benchmarking big-data c c++ cuda data-analysis data-wrangling more...	batch-jobs benchmarking big-data c cloud-computing cuda data-analysis gcc more...
Kanin Bender	Open OnDemand, Campus Champions	ai benchmarking big-data checkpoint conda data data-analysis data-science more...	ai artificial-intelligence big-data cognitive-science computer-science data-analysis data-reproducibility data-retention more...
Lindsay Wells	CCMNet	ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-credits acls administering-hpc anaconda ansible api more...	aws azure campus-champions kubernetes lustre materials-science mentorship networking
Linh Ngo	Campus Champions	administering-hpc anaconda bash batch-jobs big-data c campus-champions cloud-computing more...
Mohsen Ahmadkhani	CCMNet, ACCESS CSSN	ai bash batch-jobs big-data centos computer-vision conda containers more...	ACCESS administering-hpc ai allocation-management api arcgis aws azure
Mohammadreza H…	Campus Champions	fortran mpi openmp optimization programming project-management proposal-development research-grants more...
Michael Puerrer	Campus Champions, Northeast	astrophysics bash benchmarking c c++ conda containers cuda more...
Maryam Taeb		abstract ai anaconda bash big-data community-outreach conda cybersecurity more...	abstract ai anaconda api bash big-data c citation more...
Nil Mu	CCMNet	artificial-intelligence bioinformatics computer-science data-science genomics hpc-arch-and-perf hpc-cluster-architecture hpc-operations more...	artificial-intelligence bioinformatics genomics hpc-cluster-architecture performance-tuning workflow
Justin Oelgoetz	Campus Champions, CCMNet	abstract affiliations astrophysics bash benchmarking c c++ citation more...	administering-hpc ai amber astrophysics benchmarking c c++ charmm more...
Roy Prouty	At-Large, ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions	ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website adding-users administering-hpc ai more...	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website account administering-hpc more...
Paul Rulis	Campus Champions	abstract affiliations ai bash batch-jobs c c++ checkpoint more...	abstract affiliations ai amber atlas bash batch-jobs benchmarking
Rebecca Belshe	Campus Champions, CCMNet	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website affiliations affinity-group more...	astrophysics biology data-science genomics materials-science oceanography psychology
Ronald Rahaman	Campus Champions	anaconda anaconda bash bash batch-jobs batch-jobs benchmarking benchmarking more...	containers cpu-architecture cpu-architecture dependencies documentation documentation gpu gpu
Xiaoqin Huang	ACCESS CSSN	ACCESS-account ACCESS-credits adding-users affinity-group allocations-extension allocations-proposal amber anaconda more...	ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website adding-users affinity-group allocations-extension allocations-proposal amber anaconda
Liwen Shih	Campus Champions, ACCESS CSSN, CCMNet	ACCESS ACCESS-website ACES ai artificial-intelligence benchmarking bridges-2 computer-science more...	ai artificial-intelligence campus-champions composable-systems computer-science computer-vision cpu-architecture data-analysis
Mohammad Al-Tahat	CAREERS, Campus Champions, CCMNet	ACCESS anvil aws azure bash c c++ cloud more...	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-website account ACES affiliations ai
Uthpala Herath	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions	ACCESS administering-hpc affiliations ai anaconda api artificial-intelligence automation more...	ACCESS administering-hpc affiliations ai anaconda api artificial-intelligence arts
Xiaoge Wang	Campus Champions	bash batch-jobs benchmarking c c++ centos checkpoint compiling more...
Yong Chen		ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website ai artificial-intelligence azure more...

Users

Name	Roles	Skills	Interests
Bala Desinghu	mentor researcher/educator rcf	ai anaconda api bash batch-jobs benchmarking big-data bioinformatics more...	affinity-group ai allocations-proposal amber anaconda archiving backup bash
Katia Bulekova	mentor rcf	batch-jobs benchmarking big-data c c++ cuda data-analysis data-wrangling more...	batch-jobs benchmarking big-data c cloud-computing cuda data-analysis gcc
Michael Puerrer	rcf	astrophysics bash benchmarking c c++ conda containers cuda more...
Manas Vishal	student facilitator	abstract administering-hpc affiliations ai anaconda artificial-intelligence astronomy astrophysics more...	abaqus abstract account administering-hpc affiliations ai anaconda and
Roy Prouty	rcf	ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website adding-users administering-hpc ai more...	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website account administering-hpc more...
Tyler Bloom	student facilitator	bash batch-jobs benchmarking c++ github monte-carlo optimization programming-best-practices more...

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Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course	Learning	optimization, parallelization, training, compiling	Advanced
Advanced Mathematical Optimization Techniques	Learning	optimization, python	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Fine-tuning LLMs with PEFT and LoRA	Video	faster, optimization, performance-tuning, tuning	Intermediate, Advanced

People with Expertise

Michael Puerrer

University of Rhode Island

Programs

Campus Champions, Northeast

Roles

research computing facilitator

Expertise

astrophysics

bash

benchmarking

c++

+40 more tags

Tyler Bloom

University of Vermont

Programs

Northeast

Roles

student-facilitator

Expertise

bash

batch-jobs

benchmarking

c++

github

+8 more tags

Katia Bulekova

Boston University

Programs

ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CAREERS, CCMNet, Northeast

Roles

mentor, research computing facilitator, CCMNet

Expertise

batch-jobs

benchmarking

big-data

c++

+25 more tags

People with Interest

Wirawan Purwanto

Old Dominion University

Programs

Campus Champions, Northeast, ACCESS CSSN, CCMNet

Roles

mentor, research computing facilitator, cssn, CCMNet

Interests

bash

batch-jobs

benchmarking

big-data

+100 more tags

Bala Desinghu

Harvard University

Programs

ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CAREERS, Northeast

Roles

mentor, researcher/educator, research computing facilitator, cssn, Consultant

Interests

affinity-group

allocations-proposal

amber

anaconda

+115 more tags

Katia Bulekova

Boston University

Programs

ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CAREERS, CCMNet, Northeast

Roles

mentor, research computing facilitator, CCMNet

Interests

batch-jobs

benchmarking

big-data

cloud-computing

+17 more tags