community-outreach

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 more...
Ami Gaspar	Campus Champions, Northeast	archiving backup cloud-computing community-outreach data-access-protocols data-compliance data-lifecycle data-management more...
Aaron Jezghani	Campus Champions, CCMNet	administering-hpc anaconda bash batch-jobs benchmarking c c++ checkpoint more...
Alana Romanella	Campus Champions	affinity-group ai big-data community-outreach data-analysis data-science deep-learning documentation more...
Devin Bayly	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CCMNet	ACCESS-account adding-users affinity-group allocations-extension allocations-proposal batch-jobs community-outreach computer-graphics more...	ACCESS ACCESS-credits affinity-group allocations-extension computer-graphics computer-vision containers cuda more...
Brian Haymore	Campus Champions, CCMNet	acls administering-hpc backup bash batch-jobs c centos ceph more...	acls administering-hpc ansible archiving aws azure backup bash more...
Carrie Brown	CAREERS, ACCESS CSSN, CCMNet	bioinformatics cleanup community-outreach data-wrangling distributed-computing genomics github github-pages more...
Charles Forsyth	Campus Champions	acls administering-hpc anaconda aws backup bash batch-jobs cgroups more...	administering-hpc management
Cindy Cheng	Campus Champions	abstract affiliations ai archiving artificial-intelligence azure backup benchmarking 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 more...
diana Trotman	CAREERS	benchmarking biology cloud-open-source cloudlab community-outreach computational-chemistry cybersecurity data-analysis more...	benchmarking bioinformatics biology cleanup cloud-commercial computational-chemistry containers cybersecurity more...
Deborah Penchoff	Campus Champions	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account adding-users affiliations ai allocation-management allocation-time 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 more...
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 more...
Elie Alhajjar	ACCESS CSSN, CCMNet	biology c++ community-outreach data-science julia mathematica matlab professional-development more...	ai big-data biology c++ community-outreach data-analysis data-science deep-learning more...
Elizabeth Leake	CCMNet	abstract ACCESS ACES affiliations artificial-intelligence bridges-2 campus-champions change-organization more...	artificial-intelligence arts atmospheric-physics bioinformatics biology chemistry computational-chemistry computer-science more...
Forough Ghahramani	Campus Champions, CCMNet	community-outreach management professional-development proposal-development research-facilitation
Feseha Abebe-Akele	CCMNet	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website adding-users affiliations more...	ACES administering-hpc ai artificial-intelligence aws azure bash batch-jobs more...
Ibrahim Sheikh	CAREERS	benchmarking community-outreach debugging deep-learning dependencies encryption gis git more...	backup benchmarking community-outreach computational-chemistry deep-learning file-formats gamess gis more...
James Deaton	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, Great Plains	archiving bash cgroups community-outreach conda containers data-wrangling hpc-storage more...
Jeho Park	CCMNet, Campus Champions	ACCESS bash batch-jobs benchmarking big-data bridges-2 c c++ more...	ai api arcgis aws azure benchmarking cloud-computing generative-ai more...
Jacob Fosso Tande	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CCMNet	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-allocations administering-hpc aws azure bash benchmarking more...	administering-hpc cgroups cluster cluster-management composable-systems cyverse data-compliance data-security more...
Jennifer Armstrong	Campus Champions	ACCESS community-outreach jetstream project-management training
Jeffrey Weekley	Campus Champions	administering-hpc archiving biology community-outreach condo containers cybersecurity data-compliance more...
Kimberly Thomas		community-outreach research-facilitation software-carpentry training	ACCESS-account ACCESS-credits adding-users administering-hpc allocation-management allocation-time allocation-users allocation-value more...
Laura Christopherson	Campus Champions, CCMNet	anaconda community-outreach data-analysis data-lifecycle data-wrangling natural-language-processing project-management research-facilitation more...
Marisa Brazil	Campus Champions, CCMNet	anvil community-outreach jetstream management mentorship professional-development proposal-development research-facilitation more...	community-outreach management mentorship professional-development proposal-development research-facilitation research-grants training more...
Mary Ellen Sloane	Campus Champions	campus-champions community-outreach data data-lifecycle data-management data-provenance data-science management more...	archiving campus-champions change-organization community-outreach data data-access-protocols data-lifecycle data-management more...
Maryam Taeb		abstract ai anaconda bash big-data community-outreach conda cybersecurity more...	abstract ai anaconda api bash big-data c citation more...
Jeffrey J. Nuc…	CAREERS, CCMNet	archiving bash big-data cluster-support community-outreach cybersecurity deep-learning file-systems more...
Justin Oelgoetz	Campus Champions, CCMNet	abstract affiliations astrophysics bash benchmarking c c++ citation more...	administering-hpc ai amber astrophysics benchmarking c c++ charmm more...
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
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 more...
Thomas Cheatham	Campus Champions	community-outreach computational-chemistry gpu management molecular-dynamics proposal-development workforce-development	management
Thomas Marcais	Campus Champions, CCMNet	ACCESS ACCESS-account ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits ACCESS-website administering-hpc affiliations allocation-management more...
Timothy Middelkoop	ACCESS CSSN, Campus Champions, CCMNet, Great Plains	abstract ACCESS-allocations administering-hpc affinity-group ansible api aws azure more...	abstract ACCESS ACCESS-allocations ACCESS-credits administering-hpc ansible anvil api more...
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 more...
Vedang Chauhan	Northeast	community-outreach data-management image-processing machine-learning management professional-development project-management research-facilitation more...	anaconda big-data cleanup community-outreach data-analysis data-management data-transfer deep-learning more...

Users

Name	Roles	Skills	Interests
Ami Gaspar	rcf	archiving backup cloud-computing community-outreach data-access-protocols data-compliance data-lifecycle data-management more...
Christopher Gilbert	student facilitator	anaconda arcgis astrophysics community-outreach conda jupyterhub python quantum-mechanics more...
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 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 more...
Ralph Zottola	steering committee	community-outreach management professional-development proposal-development workforce-development
Vedang Chauhan	mentor researcher/educator	community-outreach data-management image-processing machine-learning management professional-development project-management research-facilitation more...	anaconda big-data cleanup community-outreach data-analysis data-management data-transfer deep-learning more...

Projects

Project Title	Project Institution	Project Owner	Tags	Status
Portal Development	WPI	Northeast Cyberteam	community-outreach, professional-development, workforce-development	Recruiting

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Organizations

CCMNet

Website

ccmnet.org

community-outreach mentorship professional-development

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ERN

Website

https://www.ernrp.org

big-data data-access-protocols data-compliance data-management data-analysis

Affinity Groups

Name	Description	Tags	Join
Connect CI Alliance	People who have or are thinking about adding a Portal View on Connect.Cyberinfrastructure.org	community-outreach	Login to join
Campus Champions	Campus Champions are a thriving community for research computing and data professionals, supporting one another by sharing resources, experience, and wisdom.Champions help their community with…	community-outreach management professional-development workforce-development	Login to join
RMACC	This affinity group introduces the broader community to the activities of the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium.	community-outreach professional-development workforce-development	Login to join

Announcements

Title	Date
Join the Conversation: Open OnDemand Affinity Groups	04/21/26
Announcing the Campus Champions (CC) AI Mentorship Program!	08/18/25
On-Ramps Introduces ACCESS Resources to New Audiences	02/06/25

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Knowledge Base Resources

Title	Category	Tags	Skill Level
Better Scientific Software (BSSw)	Website	community-outreach, project-management, research-facilitation, workforce-development	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Campus Champions Home Page	Website	community-outreach, professional-development	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC)	Website	community-outreach, professional-development, research-facilitation, workforce-development	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

People with Expertise

Manas Vishal

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Programs

CAREERS, Northeast, CCMNet

Roles

student-facilitator, CCMNet

Expertise

abstract

administering-hpc

affiliations

anaconda

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Ami Gaspar

University of Maine System

Programs

Campus Champions, Northeast

Roles

research computing facilitator

Expertise

archiving

backup

cloud-computing

community-outreach

data-access-protocols

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Ralph Zottola

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Programs

Northeast

Roles

steering committee, regional admin

Expertise

community-outreach

management

professional-development

proposal-development

workforce-development

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

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Julie Ma

Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center

Programs

ACCESS CSSN, At-Large, Campus Champions, CAREERS, CCMNet, Northeast, Open OnDemand

Roles

administrator, ExportPeople, research computing facilitator, Affinity Group Leader, steering committee, Coco PM, ConnectCi PM, Careers SC, CCMNet PM, CIP, CCMNet, CCMNet Admin, Appverse PM