2026-02-17 ACCESS EAB Meeting Agenda & Summary

ACCESS EAB Meeting Date

• Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Meeting Materials

• Google Folder to store presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1myIHP6490DZKmJwgHSNWLLX6Fr2-O_KI?usp=drive_link

  • Materials will be added closer to the meeting date

Meeting Location: Illini Center

Address: 200 S. Wacker Drive, 19th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606

Remote Zoom Coordinates

• Remote Attendees: Zoom invites will be emailed via Outlook and can also be found in the agenda below. In case of any issues, please reach out to Cindy Wong (cmw007@ucsd.edu).

  • https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95066081218?pwd=kCSKzLV3epChyrzGFPbysejwBCySSV.1

  • Meeting ID: 950 6608 1218

  • Password: 641095

• Preparation

  • Please contact @Cindy Wong or @Shannon Bradley to setup a applications setup and testing, prior to the meeting.

  • You may only connect with an external microphone (puck, headset, microphone and speaker combo, earbuds etc.). Internal laptop microphones are discouraged, as they cause echo during calls and at times disable the call entirely. You may be asked to leave the web version if you join via an internal microphone; you may instead join via a telephone or cell phone. Please make arrangements to ensure you have an external microphone.

Participants

• External Advisory Board

  • Al Anderson, Internet2/Minority Serving Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (remote)

  • Yanni Chen, University of Notre Dame (in-person)

  • Kaihua Ding, AstraZeneca PLC (in-person)

  • Richard Gerber, NERSC / Berkeley Lab (in-person)

  • Gwen Jacobs, University of Hawai'i System (remote)

  • Gretta Kellogg, Penn State University (in-person)

  • Rebecca Lindsey, University of Michigan (remote)

  • Nitin Sukhija, Slippery Rock University of PA (in-person)

  • William Lai, Cornell University (ACCESS RAC Rep) (in-person)

• Executive Council (EC)

  • Allocations: Bruno Abreu (PI), Nathan Tolbert (Co-PI)

  • Support: Shelley Knuth (PI)

  • Operations: Tim Boerner (PI) and Leslie Froeschl (Deputy Director)

  • Metrics: Tom Furlani (PI) and Joe White (Co-PI)

  • Resource Provider: Eric Adams (RP Chair)

  • ACO: Amit Majumdar (Co-PI), Chuck Pavloski (Co-PI), John Towns (PI), Lisa Kaczmarczyk (External Evaluator)

• ACCESS Staff (2): Shannon Bradley (Program Manager), and Cindy Wong

• NSF (remote): Sharon Geva (remote) and Ed Walker (remote)

Agenda

Logistics

Hotel Information

• Hotel Information

• Hilton Garden Inn Chicago Central Loop

• Address: 245 S Franklin St, Chicago, IL

  Block Rate Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=CHIWJGI&groupCode=90P&arrivaldate=2026-02-16&departuredate=2026-02-20&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

• Please note the cut off to book is Friday 1/23/26

• When you go in to book your room it will show all the available nights:

  • February 16, 2026 - $139.00

  • February 17, 2026 - $139.00

  • February 18, 2026 - $139.00

  • February 19, 2026 - $139.00

• Make sure you have your correct check in and out dates at the top of the page before finalizing you reservation and it should reserve only the nights you need.

Actions

References

Contact Lavanya Podila lpodila2@illinois.edu or Cindy Wong cwong@sdsc.edu with any questions.