KeystoneREN

Members of the KeystoneREN leadership team and board attended?the 2025 NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure CC* PI Workshop and 2025 Quilt Winter Member Meeting in Tempe, AZ. Attendees from across the United States gathered for this much anticipated colocated event featuring a range of cyberinfrastructure and R&E focused presentations, panels, and breakout discussions.?Check out a few select highlights from the week at: https://lnkd.in/eFNuQy_2 #Cyberinfrastrucyture #HigherEd #NSF #PASCIDMZ #RENs #QuiltWMM The Quilt, Inc.

Excited to share the new KeystoneREN ACCESS on-ramps page to make finding the right computational and storage resources even easier for faculty and students to use at no-cost in their research and in the classroom. Check out the ACCESS resource catalogue and get started finding the right resource with features and services you need to accelerate your activities: https://lnkd.in/eQnHpZXK #Cyberinfrastructure #CI #HPC #storage #compute #HigherEd #NSF #EnablingDiscoveryforAll

The?Internet2 Inclusivity Scholarship?program is now accepting applications and nominations. This is an exciting opportunity for emerging women professionals within IT to attend the?2025 Internet2 Community Exchange?taking place April 28 – May 1 in Anaheim, California. Registration, travel, and lodging expenses are paid. The deadline to apply or nominate a woman for the I2I Scholarship is Friday, February 7 at 5:00 p.m. PT. More info and full application/nomination details available at: https://lnkd.in/exSpxWYr #Inclusivity #HigherEducation #RENs #CommEX25 #Education #Research #Networking #Innovation #Community

Join us next Friday morning for "Leveraging Statewide and National Cyberinfrastructure for Innovation in Science, Research and Education"?interactive webinar. Date: Jan. 17 Time: 11am ET Link to Register: https://lnkd.in/edpYCtR3 Hear from presenters?Stephen Deems,?Director of Strategic Initiatives,? Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center,?and?Ken Miller, Chief Technology Officer, KeystoneREN, as they share information about how faculty, researchers, and students can leverage statewide, regional, and national cyberinfrastructure for innovation in Science, Research and Education.?Topic covered will include the PA Science DMZ; ACCESS, which helps researchers and educators to utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services; and NAIRR (National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource) pilot opportunities for?researchers and educators to leverage NAIRR computational, data, and training resources needed to advance AI research and research that employs AI. #CI #cyberinfrastructure #EnablingDiscoveryforAll #AI #supercomputing #HPC #PAScienceDMZ #education #highereducation #NSF

Happy Holidays to our community and partners! Wishing you and your families a peaceful holiday and happy, healthy New Year.

Grant Dull, Executive Director, KeystoneREN (pictured far right) joined Jason Simms (left), Research Computing Manager, Swarthmore College (left); Wayne Figurelle (second from left), Assistant Director for Innovation and Outreach, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences; and Rick Adkins (third from left, on screen), Professor of Mathematical and Computer Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, yesterday in State College for a PI Planning Meeting as our NSF-funded PA Science DMZ project ramps up for an exciting year in 2025. #NSF #CI #Cyberinfrastructure #PASCIDMZ

The KeystoneREN team is at the 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange meeting in Boston this week hearing the latest updates from leaders across the national research and education networking community, networking with R&E peers and Internet2 members from across the country and around the world, and sharing best practices across advanced networking, cloud technologies, identity and access management, and information security. #RENs #networking #HigherEd #IT #TechEx24

Call for Participation: The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 program.?Since 2015, the WINS program has provided an immersive “hands-on” mentorship opportunity for early- to mid-career applicants in the IT field who are selected to participate in the ground-up construction of?SCinet, one of the fastest and most advanced computer networks in the world, built annually for the Supercomputing Conference (SC). More info and application guidelines available at https://lnkd.in/e-CqXRiy Deadline is?January 31, 2025?at?11:59 PM AoE.

Members of the KeystoneREN leadership team attended?SC24 - the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis which was held last week Nov. 17-22, 2024 in Atlanta, GA. Over 17,500 attendees from around the globe gathered at this annual conference featuring an eventful week packed with sessions, speakers, demonstrations, and networking.?Check out select highlights from this exciting week for advancing cyberinfrastructure and High Performance Computing (HPC) worldwide. https://lnkd.in/eCX2rEaj #HPC #CI #SC24

Learn more about the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot and the computational, data, and training resources available for researchers and educators. TODAY Fri. 11/8 at 11am ET join the NAIRR Pilot project researcher showcase featuring panelists specializing in various AI projects who will provide a brief overview of their work and provide information about their motivations, challenges, and engagement with the NAIRR community. Representatives from the NAIRR project effort will also answer questions and provide a brief overview.?This showcase is for anyone of any skill level interested in being involved with NAIRR or AI research and education. #AI #NSF More Info: https://nairrpilot.org/ Register for 11/8 Showcase: https://lnkd.in/e4GwBduA