KeystoneREN will be in Chicago from November 15-20 at SC26, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. Engage with the KeystoneREN/KINBER teams and connect with members of our community through talks, community office hours, social events, informal networking, and more.
Visit the KeystoneREN Booth #3630
Stop by our Booth #3630 to meet members of our team, engage with the broader KeystoneREN community, get to know our NEW 2026 Broadening Participation in SC Ecosystem Scholarship Recipients, and build connections that last all year.
Members of the KeystoneREN/KINBER leadership teams will be at SC26 including:
Grant Dull, Executive Director, KeystoneREN
Jennifer Oxenford, Chief Relationship Officer, KeystoneREN
Will Perez, Associate Director Programs, KINBER
Meet the 2026 Broadening Participation in SC Ecosystem Scholarship Awardees
Join us at Booth #3630 to meet the three recipients of this year’s NEW Broadening Participation in SC Ecosystem Scholarship Award:
Dr. Jennifer Camille Dempsey, Exec. Director, PennWest Center for AI and Emerging Technologies
Dr. Mel Fenner, Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Lincoln University
Dr. MD Amiruzzaman, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, West Chester University
ATTEND A TALK
Come to Booth #3630 to hear a variety of topics and short talks from KeystoneREN/KINBER and many other memebrs of the community. The talk schedule for the event is:
Tues. Nov. 17
11am – 11:20am Anthony Weaver, Franklin & Marshall College, Beyond Campus Boundaries:: Scaling Undergraduate Research with Globus
2pm – 2:20pm Tom Marcais, Washington & Lee University, Quickstart to Quantum
3pm – 3:20pm Dr. J. Camille Dempsey, PennWest University, Compute Is Only the Beginning: Building AI Capacity at PennWest
Wed. Nov. 18
10am – 10:20am Jason White, Quantum Foundry, AI Meet Quantum
11am – 11:20am Jason Brooks, Franklin & Marshall College, Planning for Uncertainty: Sustainable Small-School Research Storage at Franklin & Marshall College
1pm – 1:20pm Will Perez, KINBER, Making AI Work for Everyone: Community-Based Training in Action
2pm – 2:20pm MD Amiruzzaman, West Chester University, Efficient AI for Accessibility: Real-Time American Sign Language Recognition Using Spatial-Temporal Transformers
Thurs. Nov. 19
10am – 10:20am Jennifer Oxenford, KeystoneREN, Building a Commonwealth Cyberinfrastructure: Lessons and Expansion from the Pennsylvania Science DMZ
2pm – 2:20pm Jim Stewart, Sun Corridor Network, No Room to Be Wrong: Planning the WAN for AI Inference
CONNECT WITH THE CI COMMUNITY DURING “OFFICE HOURS”
Join us for Community “Office Hours” at Booth #3630 to meet with strategic representatives from national partners and the broader cyberinfrastructure ecosystem including:
Tues. Nov. 17
11:30am – 12:30pm The Quilt
Jen Leasure, President and CEO, The Quilt and Jennifer Griffin, Program Director, The Quilt will be at the booth to share information about The Quilt and its programs and opportunities for RENs and their communities.
3:30pm – 4:30pm Internet2 Research Engagement Team
Lauren Michael, Associate Director, Internet2 Research Engagement, and other members of the Internet2 Research Engagement Team will be in the booth to discuss Internet2 and national research engagement efforts and support available to the community.
Wed. Nov. 18
10:30am – 11am Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC)
Kathryn Kelley, Exec. Director, CASC will stop by the booth to meet with booth attendees and discuss CASC and its support for its higher education and CI ecosystem community members.
Thurs. Nov. 19
11:30am – 12:30pm National Research Platform (NRP) and National Architecture for Innovation, Research, and Resource-sharing (NAIRR) Dr. Frank Wuerthwein, Director, San Diego Supercomputing Center will be at the booth to discuss SDSC resources as well as the National Research Platform (NRP) and the new National Architecture for Innovation, Research, and Resource-sharing (NAIRR) operating center.
GET SOCIAL
Join us for a community social hour held each full conference day on Tues. Nov. 17 and Wed. Nov. 18. starting at 4:30pm.
GET SOCIAL
MORE INFO ON SC26 anD SCinet
SC26, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis brings together the top minds in high performance computing, network, storage, and analysis to share ideas, contributions, and advancements in HPC. Started in 1988 in Orlando, FL SC26 in Chicago, IL is expected to have over 20,000 attendees in attendance this November at the McCormick Place Conference Center. Part of SC is the SCinet network, the world’s fastest temporary network built by an entirely volunteer global team that takes one year to plan, one week to run, and one day to tear down.
SCinet not only provides internet connectivity for conference attendees, it pushes the boundaries of networking technologies and innovations through workshops, demos, and collaborative opportunities. For SC26, SCinet’s wide area network is planned to deliver 19.6 Tbps of capacity. More than 50 contributing organizations and more than 100 volunteer organizations across R&E, government, and industry make that capacity possible. Want to learn how you can get involved as a SCinet volunteer or contributing organization for SCinet next year? Learn more about opportunities to get involved with SCinet.
