The EECS Lunch & Learn Series, exclusively tailored for faculty and graduate students within the EECS department, takes place on the last Friday of every month during the fall and spring semesters. The series will be returning in August, with the department providing a light lunch, water, and coffee. Please RSVP to Angie Chance no later than Wednesday, August 28.

Join us and engage with our guest speaker, who will shed light on campus resources, new initiatives, and valuable information, fostering research collaborations, networking, and other opportunities among our faculty and students.

Cross-Institutional Research Engagement Network (CIREN)

Abstract:

The Cross-Institutional Research Engagement Network (CIREN) is a collaborative effort between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Arizona State University to train cyberinfrastructure (CI) facilitators in the areas of high-performance computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. CIREN aims to fill critical gaps in the development and retention of CI facilitators by providing training, mentorship, and research engagement opportunities. The program offers a lowered barrier to entry for novice facilitators and opportunities for experienced facilitators to mentor their peers and increase their engagement in research. Building upon the success of prior programs at UT, CIREN provides an opportunity to advance research programs by the incorporation of new capabilities.
 

Biography:

Lonnie D. Crosby, Scientific Computing Group Leader at the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS), has worked on various high-performance computing projects including the first academic petaflop supercomputer “Kraken” since 2008. He has over 16 years of experience working with researchers across campus and through national projects to utilize computational resources including researchers from academia, industry, and across various academic disciplines. From 2015–2022, Crosby led the NSF-funded XSEDE Extended Collaborative Support Service’s engagement with research teams overseeing thirty projects annually. Crosby earned his PhD in theoretical physical chemistry from the University of Memphis.