2026-02-12 ACCESS Researcher Advisory Committee - Spring 2026
ACCESS Researcher Advisory Committee Spring Meeting
Date: Thursday, Feb 12, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT / 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CT / 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm pm ET
Location: Zoom
https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/94443973056?pwd=sfqHh6sUjnjYY7gXwCrk0aSn33I5JR.1
Meeting ID: 944 4397 3056
Password: 763342
Meeting recording available upon request. Please contact Cindy Wong (cmw007@ucsd.edu), if interested.
Attendance
Chair: Ulf Schiller
Committee Attendees: Abhishek Srivastava, Aniruddha Maiti, Badri Narayanan, Chang Liu, Changqing Cheng, Dhara Trivedi, Dibakar Datta, Donald Krieger, Gavin Fitzgerald, George Ostrouchov, Jack Skinner, James Chapman, Kristen Fichthorn, Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala, Kyle Godbey, Mahsa Dabaghmeshin, Mohamed Abouelkhair, Pariksheet Nanda, Rajamani Narayanan, Rezvan Joshaghani (on behalf of Steven Cutchin), Shaoming Cheng, Surl-Hee (Shirley) Ahn, Tae Kim, Thai Le, Wayne Smith, Wenbin Zhang, Yunji Zhang
Regrets: A. Murat Maga, Deepak Kumar, Gerasimov Roman, Kresimir Rupnik, Parisa Khodabakhshi, Peter Couvares, Petr Krysl ,Roman Gerasimov, Sameer Sameer, Stefano Iacus, Steven Cutchin, Vasiliy Znamenskiy, Vojtech Vlcek, Wei Yang, William Lai,
ACCESS Attendees: Bruno Abreu (Allocations), Tom Furlani & Joe White (Metrics), Amitava Majumdar (ACO), JP Navarro & Dave Wheeler (Operations), Jason Armbruster (Support), Eric Adams (RP Forum), Shava Smallen (CloudBank, SDSC) and Cindy Wong
NSF Attendees: Sharon Geva and Edward Walker
Presentation Guidance
Each agenda topic will require a champion or representative to present and take feedback or recommendations back for consideration
These meetings are community-run and community-built, so please be prepared to 1) share information ahead of time 2) seek feedback during your topic 3) arrange for someone to take notes on your behalf 4) enter all topics into the ACCESS spreadsheet
Agenda
Time (CT) | Topic |
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2:00 PM - 2:10 PM (10 mins) | Welcome & Introductions
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2:10 PM - 2:15 PM (5 mins) | Logistics and Charter |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM (15 mins) | Announcements and Updates
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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM (30 mins) | AI as-a-service in the ACCESS Ecosystem |
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM (25 mins) | Open Discussion
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3:25 PM - 3:30 PM (5 mins) | Review and Next Steps
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Meeting Logistics
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