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Monday, June 2
 

2:00pm CDT

Cyber Threat Landscape and Mitigation Resources
Monday June 2, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
This will be an introduction to CISA, who we are and what we do. This will be followed by an overview of the current cybersecurity landscape and current threats. I will then present the no-cost, voluntary resources available to help you mitigate those threats and enhance your cyber resiliency. 
Speakers
avatar for James Hoflen

James Hoflen

Cybersecurity State Coordinator - Iowa, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Monday June 2, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout
 
Tuesday, June 3
 

8:45am CDT

Keynote Session: Translational AI at Iowa State: AI+X research, training, and workforce development
Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping every sector of society — from agriculture and manufacturing to transportation, energy, and healthcare. At Iowa State University, we are embracing this transformation through a Translational AI approach that integrates cutting-edge research with real-world applications across diverse domains, or what we call AI+X. In this talk, I will highlight how Iowa State researchers are working at the intersection of AI and critical application areas, translating their innovations into practice. I will also discuss our comprehensive AI training initiatives designed to reach learners across the spectrum — from AI-novices to AI-aware practitioners to AI-experts — ensuring broad and inclusive access to AI education. Finally, I will share our efforts in developing a strong AI+X student pipeline and fostering an academia-industry nexus to build the next-generation AI workforce for the Midwest and beyond.
Speakers
avatar for Soumik Sarkar

Soumik Sarkar

Director of Translational AI Center, Iowa State University
6/5/25 MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Soumik Sarkar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at Iowa State University. He is the Director of the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University and the Associate Director of the NSF/USDA-NIFA AI Institute for Resilient... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Keynote

10:15am CDT

Breakout 1: From First Byte to Publication: Instrument Data Automation Using the Globus Platform
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
240 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
The Globus platform is used in diverse scenarios to build solutions that increase shared instrument throughput and researcher productivity, and ensure these expensive devices remain highly utilized. We will demonstrate—live, using a real instrument!—how you can use Globus to build a scalable solution for automating instrument data management and computation, from the time the first byte of data is captured, to distribution and publication of final data and findings. We will then present a very high level overview of the enabling services and provide pointers for starting to build similar solutions at your institution. This presentation is geared towards research computing and data administrators and facilitators, as well as technical staff and research software engineers.

Speakers
avatar for Greg Nawrocki

Greg Nawrocki

Director of Subscriber Engagement, University of Chicago - Globus
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
240 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

10:15am CDT

Breakout 1: Leveling Up Vulnerability Disclosure: A Gamified Approach at the University of Nebraska
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Discover how the University of Nebraska has leveled up its Vulnerability Disclosure Program through gamification. This presentation will showcase the collaborative efforts between the university and independent security researchers to enhance security posture and acknowledge the contributions of experienced researchers. Attendees will gain insights into NU’s innovative program model, built on the DHS CISA template, and learn effective strategies for engaging in remediation.



Speakers
avatar for Raul Barreras

Raul Barreras

Application Security Service Manager, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
avatar for Phil Redfern

Phil Redfern

Director, Security Engineering, University of Nebraska
Phil Redfern is the Director of Security Engineering at the University of Nebraska. Throughout his career, Phil has led various enterprise IT initiatives and projects, successfully integrating risk-based cybersecurity throughout the university system. Highlights include a unified... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

11:30am CDT

Breakout 2: Free Resources for AI Research and Education
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
In this session, we will discuss computational resources available for AI Research and Education, including the NAIRR Pilot and NSF ACCESS. These programs serve researchers and educators across the US, at no cost to them or their research grants. In the second part of the presentation we will share experience requesting and using allocations from each program.
Speakers
avatar for Marina Kraeva

Marina Kraeva

Manager High Performance Computing, Iowa State University - Research IT
Marina Kraeva has over 30 years of experience in High Performance Computing (HPC)  being involved in multiple projects on functional and performance testing of various OpenMP compilers, MPI libraries, SHMEM libraries, parallel debuggers and performance tools, and in the development... Read More →
avatar for Aditya Balu

Aditya Balu

Data Scientist, Translational AI Center
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session

11:30am CDT

Breakout 2: Insights from Iowa Communications Network (ICN)
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
240 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Join us as we talk about ICN's outreach to State Networks.
Speakers
avatar for Ryan Mulhall

Ryan Mulhall

Executive Director, Iowa Communications Network (ICN)
Tuesday June 3, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
240 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Panel

1:30pm CDT

Breakout 3: Leveraging FCC Universal Service Fund for REN Membership Reimbursement
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Leveraging FCC Rural Health Care Fund reimbursement for REN membership savings.  Eligible higher ED, community colleges, medical institutions, can receive up to 65% reimbursement for eligible REN membership costs.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace

Asst. Director, UAMS IDHI e-Link
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

1:30pm CDT

Breakout 3: Regional High Performance Compute Cluster and Other Projects
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
How to start a regional HPC in your state. Starting with a planning grant, a workshop, and a few willing participants, we were able to prepare for the next NSF CC* solicitation and build a successful proposal in the 90 day submission window. The group has gone on to establish a state-wide consortium to guide and encourage the adoption of the HPC in faculty and student research as well as the use of the HPC resource in undergraduate classroom instruction.

As time allows, we will discuss the re-chartering of the ShowMeCI CyberInfrastructure support and advocacy group in Missouri.
Speakers
avatar for Chip Byers

Chip Byers

Chief Technical Strategist, Missouri Research and Education Network
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

1:30pm CDT

Breakout 3: Sharing vs. Publishing: Challenges and collaborations for research data infrastructure
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
240 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Data sharing and data publication are common phrases tossed around in conversations about research data, funder requirements, publishing, and cyberinfrastructure. But what do these terms mean?

While used interchangeably, there are differences. This session will explain how each requires different infrastructure and support and how time and standardization are key factors that separate them. Attendees will have an opportunity to discuss common challenges and possible collaborations around distributing research data and will leave with a common understanding of how these processes differ.
Speakers
avatar for Megan O'Donnell

Megan O'Donnell

Research Data Services Lead, Iowa State University
avatar for Jamene Brooks-Kieffer

Jamene Brooks-Kieffer

Librarian / Data Services Librarian and Coordinator of Digital Scholarship, University of Kansas Libraries
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
240 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

2:45pm CDT

Breakout 4: HPC User Birds of a Feather (BoF)
Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Come join the ISU HPC team in an open discussion of HPC technology, trends, etc.
Speakers
avatar for Marina Kraeva

Marina Kraeva

Manager High Performance Computing, Iowa State University - Research IT
Marina Kraeva has over 30 years of experience in High Performance Computing (HPC)  being involved in multiple projects on functional and performance testing of various OpenMP compilers, MPI libraries, SHMEM libraries, parallel debuggers and performance tools, and in the development... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Albinger

Andrew Albinger

Sr. Manager of Research Technology, Iowa State University - Information Technology Services
I've been working professionally in the IT field since 1995.  I started out as the Project Vincent System Manager here at Iowa State University.  After several years of being "The UNIX guy" here at ISU and at a couple of telecommunications companies in eastern Iowa I had migrated... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, BoF

4:00pm CDT

State of the State Networks Panel
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
This session is a panel made up of representatives from the various state networks that comprise the Great Plains Network.  The panel will consider and comment on questions regarding how current networking technology, broadband expansion efforts, and security services are impacting their individual state networks and members.
Moderators
avatar for Mickey Slimp

Mickey Slimp

Executive Director, Great Plains Network
Recently joined GPN after working on NTIA, HUD, and HRSA grants in Texas. Now constructing a home near UAMS, UALR, and Philander Smith University in Little Rock.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Crook

Chris Crook

KanREN
 A veteran of technology leadership in finance, business, and operations, Chris brings over 20 years of technology management and leadership to his role as the Executive Director – President of KANREN. Immediately prior to his KanREN role , Chris was the IT Chief Operations Officer... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Buker

Andrew Buker

Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure Services, University of Nebraska
Andrew is the Assistant VP for Infrastructure Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a regional and national leader in Internet2's InCommon and eduRoam programs.  During his tenure at UNO, Andrew has lead numerous projects that have significantly changed the face of technology... Read More →
avatar for John Hennessey

John Hennessey

Asociate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology & OneNet | CIO, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
avatar for Elon Turner

Elon Turner

Executive Director, ARE-ON
Elon has spent his entire career in education IT, with seven years in K-12 and thirteen years in higher education as both a technical practitioner and in technology leadership roles. He believes there is no greater way to impact the future of Arkansas and the quality of where he lives... Read More →
avatar for Natasha Angell

Natasha Angell

Executive Director, MOREnet
avatar for Chris Kolsrud

Chris Kolsrud

CISO, SD Board of Regents
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Panel

4:45pm CDT

State of the State HPC
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
This session is a panel of representatives from the various HPC centers that comprise the Great Plains Network.  The panel will answer questions regarding the State of the HPC Centers around the region.  
Moderators
avatar for Mickey Slimp

Mickey Slimp

Executive Director, Great Plains Network
Recently joined GPN after working on NTIA, HUD, and HRSA grants in Texas. Now constructing a home near UAMS, UALR, and Philander Smith University in Little Rock.
Speakers
avatar for Dave Turner

Dave Turner

Application Scientist, Kansas State University
avatar for Matthew Keeler

Matthew Keeler

Associate Director IT Research Support Solutions, University of Missouri
As the University of Missouri's Director of Research Support Solutions, with a 25+ year background in IT and research, Matthew leads the IT RSS team to enable productive research.  Christina Roberts is a research facilitator on the RSS team supporting the HPC and now QIC environments... Read More →
avatar for Marina Kraeva

Marina Kraeva

Manager High Performance Computing, Iowa State University - Research IT
Marina Kraeva has over 30 years of experience in High Performance Computing (HPC)  being involved in multiple projects on functional and performance testing of various OpenMP compilers, MPI libraries, SHMEM libraries, parallel debuggers and performance tools, and in the development... Read More →
avatar for Hongfeng Yu

Hongfeng Yu

Director of Holland Computing Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
DC

David Chaffin

University of Arkansas
HN

Henry Neeman

University of Oklahoma
RJ

Ryan Johnson

University of South Dakota
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Panel
 
Wednesday, June 4
 

8:30am CDT

Platinum Sponsor Lightning Talks
Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
We will hear lightning talk presentations from our platinum sponsors:
1) Red Canary - Wednesday Breakfast Sponsor
2) Cloudflare - Platinum Opening Night Reception Co-Sponsor (Drinks)
3) Juniper Networks - Platinum Opening Night Reception Co-Sponsor (Food).
Speakers
NM

Nick Migliazzo

Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Red Canary
AH

Aaron Hudson

Senior Strategic Solutions Engineer, Cloudflare
AD

Amogh Dendukuri

Product Manager, Juniper Networks
Sponsors
avatar for Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Cloudflare is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers government organizations to make their staff, employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity... Read More →
avatar for Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks

At Juniper, we strive to deliver network experiences that transform how people connect, work and live.By challenging the inherent complexity in the 5G and cloud era, our solutions power the connections that matter most - from education to healthcare to secure banking. Our commitment... Read More →
avatar for Red Canary

Red Canary

Red Canary is a leader in managed detection and response (MDR). We serve companies of every size and industry, focusing on finding and stopping threats before they can have a negative impact. As the security ally for nearly 1,000 organizations, we provide MDR across our customers... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Keynote

9:15am CDT

Breakout 5: GlobalNOC AlertMon Agent SDK
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
In 2023, the GlobalNOC at Indiana University became the Virtual Network Operations Center ( VNOC ) for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory project. Part of the GlobalNOC's role in the project was to provide a mechanism allowing for the submission and aggregation of alerts from the network providers involved in the project. To meet this end, an SDK was created allowing the network providers to easily develop agent software capable of submitting alerts on their respective networks to the GlobalNOC's alert aggregation software, AlertMon. This talk will touch on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory project, the GlobalNOC's role in the project as the VNOC, the components of the AlertMon Agent SDK, and how GlobalNOC partners can leverage this SDK for their own use cases.
Speakers
avatar for Ben Geels

Ben Geels

Manager: Monitoring and Information Systems Team, GlobalNOC
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

9:15am CDT

Breakout 5: Partnering with Mizzou's Quantum Initiative
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
240 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
A conversation with the operational support team for the Mizzou Quantum Innovation Center (QIC). The QIC offers opportunities for access to advanced IBM quantum computing through partnerships with the University of Missouri. Opportunities vary for academic and non-academic collaborators. Join us if you are affiliated with a university or research organization and would like to know more about partnering for quantum computing resources.
Speakers
avatar for Matthew Keeler

Matthew Keeler

Associate Director IT Research Support Solutions, University of Missouri
As the University of Missouri's Director of Research Support Solutions, with a 25+ year background in IT and research, Matthew leads the IT RSS team to enable productive research.  Christina Roberts is a research facilitator on the RSS team supporting the HPC and now QIC environments... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:00am CDT
240 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

10:00am CDT

Breakout 6: A Carpentries Collaboration: Teaching Foundational Coding and Data Science Skills to Researchers
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
250 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Many researchers, particularly graduate students, lack the skills needed to do computational, data-intensive research. These skills are often not included as a part of basic research training in many disciplines. Carpentries workshops can help fill this need by teaching foundational coding and data science skills to researchers, employing openly available lessons and ‘code with me’ pedagogy. This session will present a case study in how, with the support of the Great Plains Network’s Carpentries Instructors Mentoring, Kansas State University has established a cross-disciplinary community of interest to offer Carpentries Workshops to researchers on campus and with USDA partners.
Speakers
avatar for Carolyn Jackson

Carolyn Jackson

Associate Professor, Scholarly Communication & OER Librarian, Kansas State University Libraries
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
250 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

10:00am CDT

Breakout 6: Ames Laboratory - CMS Center Work Update
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Come and hear from Ames National Laboratory. They will present their CMS center work on "Accelerating the discovery and design of advanced functional materials using AI/ML and exascale computing."
There will be poster talks and handouts from this session highlighting their research in Thrusts 1 & 2 in this center.  
Speakers
FZ

Feng Zhang

Department of Physics and Astronomy-Adjunct Assistant Professor Condensed Matter, Iowa State University
WX

Weiyi Xia

Department of Physics and Astronomy-Postdoc Research Associate Condensed Matter, Iowa State University
avatar for Cai-Zhuang Wang

Cai-Zhuang Wang

Ames Laboratory, Senior Scientist, and Scientist II Adjunct Professor ISU, Iowa State University
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, Breakout

10:00am CDT

Breakout 6: Security Birds of a Feather (BoF)
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
240 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
This will be a Birds of a Feather (BoF) Security Panel for CIOs, CSO's and CTO's 
Moderators
avatar for Matthew Long

Matthew Long

Deputy CISO, University of Nebraska
Matthew is an experienced professional with over 20 years of experience in information technology. In his current role as the Deputy CISO at the University of Nebraska, he has been focusing in the areas of Program Management, GRC, and Research.
Speakers
avatar for Ciarán Bowe

Ciarán Bowe

Security Compliance Manager, ISU-Information Technology Services
avatar for Rich Tener

Rich Tener

Chief Information Security Officer, ISU-Information Technology Services
I lead the IT Security team at Iowa State University
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
240 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
  Session, BoF
 
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