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.

Chair: Ulf Schiller
Committee Attendees: Abhishek Srivastava, Aniruddha Maiti, Badri Narayanan, Changqing Cheng, Deepak Kumar, Dhara Trivedi, DIBAKAR DATTA, Donald Krieger, Gavin Fitzgerald, George Ostrouchov, Jack Skinner, Kresimir Rupnik, Kristen Fichthorn, Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala, Mohamed Abouelkhair, Pariksheet Nanda, Peter Couvares, Petr Krysl, Rajamani Narayanan, Roman Gerasimov, Sameer Sameer, Shaoming Cheng, Surl-Hee (Shirley) Ahn, Tae Kim, Thai Le, Vasiliy Znamenskiy, Vojtech Vlcek, Wayne Smith, Wei Yang, Wenbin Zhang, William Lai, Chang Liu, Gerasimov Roman, James E Chapman, Kyle Godbey, Mahsa Dabaghmeshin, Parisa Khodabakhshi, Stefano Iacus, Steven Cutchin, Yunji Zhang
- Regrets: A. Murat Maga
ACCESS Attendees: Bruno Abreu (Allocations), Tom Furlani & Joe White (Metrics), Amitava Majumdar (ACO), JP Navarro & Dave Wheeler (Operations), Alana Romanella (Support), Jason Armbruster (Support), Eric Adams (RP Forum) and Cindy Wong
NSF Attendees: Sharon Geva and Edward Walker

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

Time (CT)	Topic

Time (CT)	Topic
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM (10 mins)	Welcome & Introductions New ACCESS Allocations leadership team (B. Abreu, N. Tolbert, K. Hackworth, R. Light) Meeting slides: coming soon Meeting notes: coming soon
2:10 PM - 2:15 PM (5 mins)	Logistics and Charter
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM (15 mins)	Announcements and Updates ACCESS Year 5 - Shared Priorities (Tom Furlani, ACCESS Metrics) NSF ACCESS Regional AI Workshops
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM (30 mins)	AI as-a-service in the ACCESS Ecosystem Improving CiDeR resource description in support of AI (JP Navarro, ACCESS Operations) Overview of CloudBank 2.0 (Shava Smallen, SDSC)
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM (25 mins)	Open Discussion What should the ACCESS program focus on over the next 6 months? Research demands and trends Educational and training demands and trends Other topics that members find appropriate
3:25 PM - 3:30 PM (5 mins)	Review and Next Steps Action recap Committee request for future topics Next meeting - Fall 2026 Adjourn

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