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SUMMARY:HPC-AI Society January 2026 Lunch & Learn
DESCRIPTION:« All Events \nThis event has passed. \nHPC-AI Society January 2026 Lunch & Learn\nJanuary 29\n@\n11:30 am\n–\n1:00 pm\nCST \nThe HPC-AI Society Lunch and Learn Event — Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\nWorking in a World of Smart Machines and Even Smarter People\nReishin Toolsi – Databricks\n\n11:30am- Noon CDT – Networking\nNoon – 1:00pm CDT – Presentation (+ online option)\n\nMembers: To select your member ticket\, please log in and revisit this page. \nAbout the Event\nIndustrial intelligence lives where human wisdom meets machine precision\, turning data from static assets into living memory for foundational industries. This talk explores how AI\, IoT\, and connected ecosystems transform raw information into shared inheritance\, aligning technology with purpose and building systems that continually adapt. \nGrounded in five human-centered foundations—trust\, adaptation\, connection\, clarity\, and resilience—we will explore “art of the possible” examples like connected rigs and open\, lineage-rich platforms to show how transparent\, agentic AI enables true human–machine partnership. The aim is a future where industrial intelligence preserves lineage\, amplifies insight\, and lets human discernment and machine fidelity learn and create together. \nDownload presentations and/or watch videos\n  \nDownload the HPC-AI Society Intro \nDownload the Slides \nDownload the Presentation \nWatch the Video \nYou must be a member to view event materials. Consider joining us!\nAbout the Speaker\n \nReishin Toolsi – Databricks\nReishin Toolsi is an energy and data leader known for applying artificial intelligence and analytics to transform the global energy sector\, and is also a best-selling author. He currently serves as a Senior Solution Architect and Lead Energy Subject Matter Expert at Databricks\, where he helps utilities and oil and gas companies modernize operations with cloud\, big data\, and AI solutions. \nAs a contributing co-author of the book “AI: Thriving in a World with Smart Machines and Robots\,” which reached Amazon Best Seller status at launch\, he wrote the chapter “Industrial Intelligence: Thriving in the Age of Smart Machines and Smarter Humans\,” exploring how AI is reshaping energy operations and offering practical strategies for leaders in data-intensive\, asset-heavy industries. With a background spanning software engineering\, game development\, medical diagnostics\, and collaborations with NASA’s Mars mission\, he brings a uniquely cross-disciplinary perspective and frequently speaks at global conferences on the future of data and AI in energy. \n \n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\nTickets are no longer available \n\n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\nTickets are no longer available \n\n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\nTickets are no longer available \n\n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\nTickets are no longer available \n\nTexas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\n10505 Exploration WayAustin\,\nTX\n78758\nUnited States \n\n+ Google Map \n  \n\n\n\n\nAdd to calendar \n  \n\nGoogle Calendar\niCalendar\nOutlook 365\nOutlook Live\n\nMembers: remember to login to see your free ticket option. Note: if you see a message to renew\, we have seen a glitch on some browsers. Click the renew link\, which will take you to your account page\, where you will see if you are current. If you are\, simply navigate again to the event page and you should see your free ticket option.\n\n\n\nHPC-AI Society October 2025 Lunch & Learn
URL:https://hpc-ai-society.org/event/hpc-ai-society-january-2026-lunch-learn/
LOCATION:Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\, 10505 Exploration Way\, Austin\, TX\, 78758\, United States
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SUMMARY:HPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn
DESCRIPTION:« All Events \nHPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn\nApril 16\n@\n11:30 am\n–\n1:00 pm\nCDT \nThe HPC-AI Society Lunch and Learn Event — Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\nLarge Data Filtered Through an Artistic Hand\nFrancesca Samsel – TACC\n\n11:30am- Noon CDT – Networking\nNoon – 1:00pm CDT – Presentation (+ online option)\n\nMembers: To select your member ticket\, please log in and revisit this page. \nAbout the Event\nThe Art-Sci-Vis Lab (ASV) is a joint lab between the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and the University of Texas\, Austin\, and a sub-group of TACC’s larger visualization team. The lab’s ethos are rooted in the philosophy that the arts and the sciences are equally deep\, rich\, and significant disciplines that shape and influence modern society’s endeavors.Their research therefore considers how\, for example\, expertise from the arts improves the analytical practice and communicative capability of multivariate\, volumetric visualizations of environmental systems\, or how insight into biogeochemical processes might improve environmentally-focused public art. \nAs a research scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center\, University of Texas at Austin\, Francesca Samsel\, trained as an artist\, works with multi-disciplinary teams\, creating an artistically-driven visual vocabulary for scientific visualization. She got her start as an artist-in-residence at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she spent ten years using her design training to help scientists extract relevant content from their large scientific data simulations and communicate across audiences. In this presentation\, she will be showing this work as well as more recent content of humanizing the presentation of climate science. \nThis is an event you will want to participate in person! Stay after the presentation for a VIP tour of the Art-Sci-Vis Lab to see the research. \nDownload presentations and/or watch videos\n \nDownload the HPC-AI Society Intro\n\n \nDownload the Slides\n\n \nDownload the Presentation\n\n \nWatch the Video\n \nYou must be a member to view event materials. Consider joining us!\nAbout the Speaker\n \nFrancesca Samsel – TACC\nFrancesca Samsel is an artist and research scientist whose work bridges art\, science\, and visualization. She is a Research Scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin\, where she collaborates with scientists\, engineers\, and visualization researchers to develop an expanded visual languages for exploring complex scientific data. \nTrained as a visual artist\, Samsel brings principles from painting\, printmaking\, and design into the field of scientific visualization. Her research focuses on expanding the visual vocabulary used in data visualization—developing color palettes\, glyphs\, textures\, and compositional strategies inspired by nature and artistic practice to help scientists more clearly perceive patterns within large\, multivariate datasets. Through collaborations with institutions such as Los Alamos National Laboratory and academic visualization labs\, Samsel has contributed to innovations in color design and expressive visual encodings used in scientific tools and large-scale simulations. Her work explores how artistic insight can enhance scientific discovery and communication\, particularly in areas such as climate science and environmental change. \nSamsel holds an M.F.A. from the University of Washington and a B.F.A. from the California College of the Arts. Across research publications\, exhibitions\, and interdisciplinary collaborations\, she continues to advocate for a deeper integration of artistic knowledge into the scientific process\, helping create richer and more effective ways of seeing and understanding complex data. \n \n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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If you are\, simply navigate again to the event page and you should see your free ticket option.\n\n\n\nHPC-AI Society January 2026 Lunch & Learn
URL:https://hpc-ai-society.org/event/hpc-ai-society-march-2026-lunch-learn/
LOCATION:Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\, 10505 Exploration Way\, Austin\, TX\, 78758\, United States
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SUMMARY:HPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn Members Only
DESCRIPTION:« All Events \nHPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn Members Only\nApril 16\n@\n11:30 am\n–\n1:00 pm\nCDT \nThe HPC-AI Society Lunch and Learn Event — Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\nLarge Data Filtered Through an Artistic Hand\nFrancesca Samsel – TACC\n\n11:30am- Noon CDT – Networking\nNoon – 1:00pm CDT – Presentation (+ online option)\n\nMembers: To select your member ticket\, please log in and revisit this page. \nAbout the Event\nThe Art-Sci-Vis Lab (ASV) is a joint lab between the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and the University of Texas\, Austin\, and a sub-group of TACC’s larger visualization team. The lab’s ethos are rooted in the philosophy that the arts and the sciences are equally deep\, rich\, and significant disciplines that shape and influence modern society’s endeavors.Their research therefore considers how\, for example\, expertise from the arts improves the analytical practice and communicative capability of multivariate\, volumetric visualizations of environmental systems\, or how insight into biogeochemical processes might improve environmentally-focused public art. \nAs a research scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center\, University of Texas at Austin\, Francesca Samsel\, trained as an artist\, works with multi-disciplinary teams\, creating an artistically-driven visual vocabulary for scientific visualization. She got her start as an artist-in-residence at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she spent ten years using her design training to help scientists extract relevant content from their large scientific data simulations and communicate across audiences. In this presentation\, she will be showing this work as well as more recent content of humanizing the presentation of climate science. \nThis is an event you will want to participate in person! Stay after the presentation for a VIP tour of the Art-Sci-Vis Lab to see the research. \nDownload presentations and/or watch videos\n \nDownload the HPC-AI Society Intro\n\n \nDownload the Slides\n\n \nDownload the Presentation\n\n \nWatch the Video\n \nYou must be a member to view event materials. Consider joining us!\nAbout the Speaker\n \nFrancesca Samsel – TACC\nFrancesca Samsel is an artist and research scientist whose work bridges art\, science\, and visualization. She is a Research Scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin\, where she collaborates with scientists\, engineers\, and visualization researchers to develop an expanded visual languages for exploring complex scientific data. \nTrained as a visual artist\, Samsel brings principles from painting\, printmaking\, and design into the field of scientific visualization. Her research focuses on expanding the visual vocabulary used in data visualization—developing color palettes\, glyphs\, textures\, and compositional strategies inspired by nature and artistic practice to help scientists more clearly perceive patterns within large\, multivariate datasets. Through collaborations with institutions such as Los Alamos National Laboratory and academic visualization labs\, Samsel has contributed to innovations in color design and expressive visual encodings used in scientific tools and large-scale simulations. Her work explores how artistic insight can enhance scientific discovery and communication\, particularly in areas such as climate science and environmental change. \nSamsel holds an M.F.A. from the University of Washington and a B.F.A. from the California College of the Arts. Across research publications\, exhibitions\, and interdisciplinary collaborations\, she continues to advocate for a deeper integration of artistic knowledge into the scientific process\, helping create richer and more effective ways of seeing and understanding complex data. \n \n\n\n\n \nTickets\nThe numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\nOnline Only\n$0.00\nUnlimited\n\nQuantity \n\n\nMember In-Person\n$0.00\nUnlimited\n\nQuantity \n\n\nQuantity:\n0\nTotal:\n$0.00\nGet Tickets \n\n\nTexas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) \n10505 Exploration Way \nAustin\,\nTX\n78758\nUnited States\n+ Google Map \n  \n\n\n\n\nAdd to calendar \n \n\nGoogle Calendar\niCalendar\nOutlook 365\nOutlook Live\n\nMembers: remember to login to see your free ticket option. Note: if you see a message to renew\, we have seen a glitch on some browsers. Click the renew link\, which will take you to your account page\, where you will see if you are current. If you are\, simply navigate again to the event page and you should see your free ticket option.\n\n\n\nHPC-AI Society January 2026 Lunch & Learn
URL:https://hpc-ai-society.org/event/hpc-ai-society-april-2026-lunch-learn-members-only/
LOCATION:Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)\, 10505 Exploration Way\, Austin\, TX\, 78758\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,SHPCP
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SUMMARY:HPC-AI Society 2026 Annual Technology Event
DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n	HPC-AI Society 2026 Annual Technology Event\n			April 30\n	 @\n8:00 am\n	 –\n6:00 pm \n\nFree – $50.00 \n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n			\n		Shell Woodcreek Campus			\n	\n\n150 N. Dairy Ashford Road\n		\n		Houston\,\n	TX\n	77079\n	United States\n\n\n	+ Google Map \n\n					\n						\n	 \n\n\n\n																														 \n\n		\n		\n		\n		 \n\n	Tickets\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\n				In Person Guest Ticket\n		$50.00\n	Unlimited\n	\n		Quantity	\n	\n		\n				Online Only Ticket\n		$0.00\n	Unlimited\n	\n		Quantity	\n	\n		\n		Quantity:\n	0\n		Total:\n		$0.00\n	Get Tickets\n	\n	\n\n	\n	\n\n	\n	\n\n			\nRegister Now!\nThis year’s Annual Society of HPC Professionals Technology Event is a don’t miss event!  We have a great lineup of speakers from the HPC & AI community. \nIt will once again be held at the beautiful Shell Woodcreek campus. There will also be a virtual option for those who cannot attend in person. \n					\n									AGENDA\n					\n					\n									EVENT SPEAKERS\n					\n					\n									JOIN NOW\n					 \nJoin now for $60 – just $10 more for full year membership plus many other benefits. Students can join for free.\nWe Thank Our Sponsors\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n																														 \nMedia & Analyst\n\n															\n																														 \nEcosystem Partners\n\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n																														 \nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n	8:00amVenue opensRegistration\, breakfast\, networking\, sponsor exhibits (in-person only)\n\n\n	9:00amWelcome and opening remarks\nDoug Norton\, President HPC Society Welcome and overview of the day\, including important facility information.  \n\n\n	9:15amMorning keynote address –Answers to Last Year’s Five Questions: Defining the New HPC\nAddison Snell\, Co-Founder & CEO Intersect360 ResearchIn last year’s keynote\, Addison Snell laid out “Five Big Questions for HPC-AI in 2025\,” including a redefined methodology\, scope of research\, and objectives for the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). Now Addison’s back with a set of answers\, and he’ll tell us how it affects the outlook for the HPC market through the rest of the decade and into the 2030s.\n\n\n	10:00amFrom Paper Archives to AI Agents: Activating Underutilized Data in the Subsurface\nNefeli Moridis\, Global Head of Subsurface Solutions\, NVIDIA\n\n\n	10:45amBreak and networking\n\n\n	11:00amBuilding AI Data Centers at Scale\nSpeaker TBC\n\n\n	11:45amLunch and networking\n\n\n	1:00pmLessons Learned: From the Battlefield to the Boardroom\nWill Chesney\, Navy SEALTalk and Q&A\nWill and Cairo’s military stories\, including one of the most famous military campaigns in history\, along with his personal struggle with injuries and the transition to civilian life\, are the definition of inspirational. His story serves as a reminder that giving up is the easy way out and through a never quit attitude\, a pure heart and relying on the team we build around us\, we truly can persevere through the seemingly impossible.\n\n\n	2:00pmHigh Resolution Decision Engineering: How AI is Changing the Mining Industry\nJohn Mortimer\, CTO\, GeologicAIGeologicAI innovates the tools\, technologies and solutions that enable High Resolution Decision Engineering: the ability to make critical\, complex decisions without compromising confidence and efficiencies. We have a mission to build the trusted source of geologic truth - to be the most comprehensive\, sophisticated\, and practical data intelligence provider for the mining industry.\n\nThis presentation will provide a technical deep-dive into the full GeologicAI stack — from our proprietary mobile scanning trailer technology\, which enables remote\, high-resolution core logging and detailed ore body characterization\, to our advanced modeling and simulation software\, which empowers mine planners to optimize mine design\, maximize recovery\, and refine processing strategies. Attendees will gain insight into how these integrated capabilities form a cohesive data-to-decision pipeline\, and how HPC\, AI\, and data are the foundational enablers that make it possible.\n\n\n	2:45pmEnterprise HPC Under Pressure: Strategy\, Supply\, and Sustainability at Shell\nMichael Gujral\, HPC Engineering & Operations Manager\, ShellHigh Performance Computing remains mission-critical to Shell’s subsurface\, energy transition\, and digital transformation efforts\, but the way HPC is designed\, delivered\, and operated is rapidly evolving. Supply chain constraints\, accelerating cloud adoption\, sustainability targets\, and emerging cooling technologies are reshaping long-held assumptions about infrastructure and operations.\n \nIn this session\, I will share Shell’s current HPC strategy and practical lessons learned from operating large-scale\, production HPC environments under real-world constraints. The talk will explore how Shell is balancing on‑prem and cloud resources\, navigating hardware and GPU supply challenges\, and embedding sustainability into HPC architecture decisions; without compromising performance\, reliability\, or scientific productivity.\n\n\n	3:30pmBreak and networking\n\n\n	3:45pmHPC and AI: Forging New Frontiers for Digital Twins and Cancer\nEric Stahlberg\, Executive Administrative Director\, Institute for Data Science in Oncology\, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center AndersonWhile HPC has long been a part of cancer research and even clinical care\, the past decade has seen a dramatic change in how HPC is employed to drive advances in cancer applications. The emergence of deep learning AI approaches together with the rise of available research and clinical data have transformed the contributions for HPC to reduce the impact of cancer and power innovations in predictive oncology leading to even digital twins for cancer. The presentation will unite two perspectives of this transformation. The first perspective will highlight how a decade of collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and Department of Energy fostered team data science to drive early frontiers for AI and HPC applications in cancer\, helping pave the way for cancer digital twins. The second perspective will look ahead to the future\, sharing about efforts at MD Anderson to open avenues for data science to impact cancer broadly through the Institute for Data Science in Oncology and activities underway globally enabling digital twins in medicine. \n\n\n	4:15pmHPC and AI: In Search of Ground TruthAddison Snell will lead a fun and dynamic panel including John Mortimer\, Michael Gujral\, and Eric Stahlberg. \nAI promises to revolutionize the enterprise\, from R&D to profits. But can we trust it? How much of that is still HPC’s job? Addison Snell moderates this wrap-up panel as we search\, together\, for the real truth. (After all\, that’s what we do with HPC.)\n\n\n	5:00pmWrap up and networking\nDoug Norton\, President HPC Society\n\n\n	6:00pmVenue closes\n\n\n\n\nEvent Speakers\n																														 \nAddison Snell\nCo-Founder & CEO of Intersect360 Research \n​Addison Snell is a veteran of the High Performance Computing industry and the co-founder and CEO of Intersect360 Research\, delivering data and insights covering the HPC-AI market and coordinating the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). \nHe launched his company in 2007 as Tabor Research\, a division of Tabor Communications. He brought the company independent in 2009 as Intersect360 Research together with his partner\, Christopher Willard\, Ph.D. Under his leadership\, Intersect360 Research has become a premier source of market information\, analysis\, and consulting for the high-performance computing (HPC) and hyperscale industries worldwide. Addison is a frequent keynote speaker and panel moderator at industry events\, has testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Congressional Subcommittee\, and was named one of 2010’s “People to Watch” by HPCwire. \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nNefeli Moridis\, Ph.D.\nGlobal Head of Subsurface Solutions\, NVIDIA \nNefeli Moridis is the global head of subsurface solutions for NVIDIA’s global energy team. She focuses on accelerating high-performance computing applications and leads the AI initiatives for subsurface problems. These include seismic\, reservoir\, and CCUS solutions for the energy industry. \nPrior to joining NVIDIA\, Nefeli worked in the oil and gas industry as a reservoir engineer and consultant\, focusing on projects in unconventional reservoirs in the U.S. and internationally. She has been invited to present at over 50 energy events since joining NVIDIA and has published eleven SPE papers that she has presented at SPE conferences worldwide. \nNefeli holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University\, a M.Sc. from the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP School) in Reservoir Engineering\, and a B.Sc. from the University of Texas at Austin in Petroleum Engineering \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nWill Chesney\nNavy SEAL \nTexas Native Will Chesney chose to serve his country in 2002 when he joined the United States Navy. After completing BUD/S Class 246\, Chesney was stationed in Virginia Beach and nobly served as a SEAL in multiple deployments around the globe. For most of his career\, Chesney was a member of the elite United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) or SEAL Team Six\, serving as both an operator and a handler of military working dogs. He and his dog\, a Belgian Malinois named Cairo\, took part in hundreds of missions together including the mission to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. Eager to give back\, Chesney has now directed his attention to helping veterans\, like himself\, who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).    \nMany corporations\, sports teams and leaders from a spectrum of industries are seeking Will to bring his inspirational story to their team building events. Will and Cairo’s military stories\, including one of the most famous military campaigns in history\, along with his personal struggle with injuries and the transition to civilian life\, are the definition of inspirational. His story serves as a reminder that giving up is the easy way out and through a never quit attitude\, a pure heart and relying on the team we build around us\, we truly can persevere through the seemingly impossible.\n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nJohn Mortimer\nCTO\, GeologicAI \nJohn Mortimer is Chief Technology Officer at GeologicAI\, where he leads the evolution of the company’s data platform and the integration of science-based AI to deliver technology solutions to the global mining industry. A seasoned technology leader\, John has built and scaled engineering teams that deliver commercial software products across companies at various growth stages. His expertise spans technology strategy\, product roadmap development\, portfolio management\, and M&A. He brings strategic experience working with boards\, executives\, investors\, and clients to drive innovation and measurable business outcomes. John is known for executing industry-leading projects and leading with a mindset focused on innovation and sustainable growth.\n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nMichael Gujral\nHPC Service Development Manager\, Shell \nMichael Gujral is the HPC Service Development Manager at Shell\, where he oversees the demand & delivery of high-performance computing (HPC) resources & solutions for both new and existing workloads. With a career spanning over 16 years at Shell\, Michael has held diverse roles in IT\, Technical Data Management\, and Geophysics. He has worked in various locations\, including Calgary\, Pittsburgh\, and his current base in Houston. \nMichael earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Outside of work\, he enjoys spending time with his family – he’s a proud husband and father to two lovely daughters\, Amelia and Emma\, aged 6 and 4. In his free time\, you’ll often find him in the kitchen\, experimenting with cooking\, or out running to stay active and healthy. \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nEric Stahlberg\nExecutive Administrative Director\, Institute for Data Science in Oncology\, MD Anderson \nDr. Stahlberg is the Executive Administrative Director for the Institute for Data Science in Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center where he leads implementation strategy for the IDSO. His efforts include providing expert guidance on developing collaborations\, establishing sustainable operations\, and community engagement to fulfill the IDSO’s role in helping to End Cancer. Prior to joining MD Anderson\, Dr. Stahlberg served as Director of Cancer Data Science Initiatives at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR). He has been instrumental in establishing the Frederick National Laboratory’s high-performance computing initiative and in assembling scientific teams across multiple\, complex organizations to advance predictive oncology. Stahlberg has played a leadership role in many key partnerships\, including a major collaboration between the NCI and the Department of Energy (DOE). Under the Joint Design of Advanced Computing Systems for Cancer (JDACS4C)\, NCI and DOE are accelerating progress in precision oncology and computing. Stahlberg has spearheaded the Frederick National Laboratory’s contributions to a number of JDACS4C projects\, including ATOM and CANDLE. Dr. Stahlberg holds a Ph.D. in computational chemistry from The Ohio State University and undergraduate majors in computer science\, chemistry and mathematics from Wartburg College. \n					\n						Linkedin\n											 \n\n\n\n\n				HPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn Members Only
URL:https://hpc-ai-society.org/event/hpc-ai-society-2026-annual-technology-event/
LOCATION:Shell Woodcreek Campus\, 150 N. Dairy Ashford Road\, Houston\, TX\, 77079\, United States
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DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n	Members Only HPC-AI Society 2026 Annual Technology Event\n			April 30\n	 @\n8:00 am\n	 –\n6:00 pm \n\nFree \n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n			\n		Shell Woodcreek Campus			\n	\n\n150 N. Dairy Ashford Road\n		\n		Houston\,\n	TX\n	77079\n	United States\n\n\n	+ Google Map \n\n					\n						\n	 \n\n\n\n																														 \n\n		\n		\n		\n		 \n\n	Tickets\n		The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking “Get Tickets” will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities.\n				Members In Person\n		$0.00\n	Unlimited\n	\n		Quantity	\n	\n		\n		Quantity:\n	0\n		Total:\n		$0.00\n	Get Tickets\n	\n	\n\n	\n	\n\n	\n	\n\n			\nRegister Now!\nThis year’s Annual Society of HPC Professionals Technology Event is a don’t miss event!  We have a great lineup of speakers from the HPC & AI community. \nIt will once again be held at the beautiful Shell Woodcreek campus. There will also be a virtual option for those who cannot attend in person. \n					\n									AGENDA\n					\n					\n									EVENT SPEAKERS\n					\n					\n									JOIN NOW\n					 \nJoin now for $60 – just $10 more for full year membership plus many other benefits. Students can join for free.\nWe Thank Our Sponsors\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n																														 \nMedia & Analyst\n\n															\n																														 \nEcosystem Partners\n\n															\n															\n															\n															\n															\n																														 \nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n	8:00amVenue opensRegistration\, breakfast\, networking\, sponsor exhibits (in-person only)\n\n\n	9:00amWelcome and opening remarks\nDoug Norton\, President HPC Society Welcome and overview of the day\, including important facility information.  \n\n\n	9:15amMorning keynote address –Answers to Last Year’s Five Questions: Defining the New HPC\nAddison Snell\, Co-Founder & CEO Intersect360 ResearchIn last year’s keynote\, Addison Snell laid out “Five Big Questions for HPC-AI in 2025\,” including a redefined methodology\, scope of research\, and objectives for the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). Now Addison’s back with a set of answers\, and he’ll tell us how it affects the outlook for the HPC market through the rest of the decade and into the 2030s.\n\n\n	10:00amFrom Paper Archives to AI Agents: Activating Underutilized Data in the Subsurface\nNefeli Moridis\, Global Head of Subsurface Solutions\, NVIDIA\n\n\n	10:45amBreak and networking\n\n\n	11:00amBuilding AI Data Centers at Scale\nSpeaker TBC\n\n\n	11:45amLunch and networking\n\n\n	1:00pmLessons Learned: From the Battlefield to the Boardroom\nWill Chesney\, Navy SEALTalk and Q&A\nWill and Cairo’s military stories\, including one of the most famous military campaigns in history\, along with his personal struggle with injuries and the transition to civilian life\, are the definition of inspirational. His story serves as a reminder that giving up is the easy way out and through a never quit attitude\, a pure heart and relying on the team we build around us\, we truly can persevere through the seemingly impossible.\n\n\n	2:00pmHigh Resolution Decision Engineering: How AI is Changing the Mining Industry\nJohn Mortimer\, CTO\, GeologicAIGeologicAI innovates the tools\, technologies and solutions that enable High Resolution Decision Engineering: the ability to make critical\, complex decisions without compromising confidence and efficiencies. We have a mission to build the trusted source of geologic truth - to be the most comprehensive\, sophisticated\, and practical data intelligence provider for the mining industry.\n\nThis presentation will provide a technical deep-dive into the full GeologicAI stack — from our proprietary mobile scanning trailer technology\, which enables remote\, high-resolution core logging and detailed ore body characterization\, to our advanced modeling and simulation software\, which empowers mine planners to optimize mine design\, maximize recovery\, and refine processing strategies. Attendees will gain insight into how these integrated capabilities form a cohesive data-to-decision pipeline\, and how HPC\, AI\, and data are the foundational enablers that make it possible.\n\n\n	2:45pmEnterprise HPC Under Pressure: Strategy\, Supply\, and Sustainability at Shell\nMichael Gujral\, HPC Engineering & Operations Manager\, ShellHigh Performance Computing remains mission-critical to Shell’s subsurface\, energy transition\, and digital transformation efforts\, but the way HPC is designed\, delivered\, and operated is rapidly evolving. Supply chain constraints\, accelerating cloud adoption\, sustainability targets\, and emerging cooling technologies are reshaping long-held assumptions about infrastructure and operations.\n \nIn this session\, I will share Shell’s current HPC strategy and practical lessons learned from operating large-scale\, production HPC environments under real-world constraints. The talk will explore how Shell is balancing on‑prem and cloud resources\, navigating hardware and GPU supply challenges\, and embedding sustainability into HPC architecture decisions; without compromising performance\, reliability\, or scientific productivity.\n\n\n	3:30pmBreak and networking\n\n\n	3:45pmHPC and AI: Forging New Frontiers for Digital Twins and Cancer\nEric Stahlberg\, Executive Administrative Director\, Institute for Data Science in Oncology\, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center AndersonWhile HPC has long been a part of cancer research and even clinical care\, the past decade has seen a dramatic change in how HPC is employed to drive advances in cancer applications. The emergence of deep learning AI approaches together with the rise of available research and clinical data have transformed the contributions for HPC to reduce the impact of cancer and power innovations in predictive oncology leading to even digital twins for cancer. The presentation will unite two perspectives of this transformation. The first perspective will highlight how a decade of collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and Department of Energy fostered team data science to drive early frontiers for AI and HPC applications in cancer\, helping pave the way for cancer digital twins. The second perspective will look ahead to the future\, sharing about efforts at MD Anderson to open avenues for data science to impact cancer broadly through the Institute for Data Science in Oncology and activities underway globally enabling digital twins in medicine. \n\n\n	4:15pmHPC and AI: In Search of Ground TruthAddison Snell will lead a fun and dynamic panel including John Mortimer\, Michael Gujral\, and Eric Stahlberg. \nAI promises to revolutionize the enterprise\, from R&D to profits. But can we trust it? How much of that is still HPC’s job? Addison Snell moderates this wrap-up panel as we search\, together\, for the real truth. (After all\, that’s what we do with HPC.)\n\n\n	5:00pmWrap up and networking\nDoug Norton\, President HPC Society\n\n\n	6:00pmVenue closes\n\n\n\n\nEvent Speakers\n																														 \nAddison Snell\nCo-Founder & CEO of Intersect360 Research \n​Addison Snell is a veteran of the High Performance Computing industry and the co-founder and CEO of Intersect360 Research\, delivering data and insights covering the HPC-AI market and coordinating the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). \nHe launched his company in 2007 as Tabor Research\, a division of Tabor Communications. He brought the company independent in 2009 as Intersect360 Research together with his partner\, Christopher Willard\, Ph.D. Under his leadership\, Intersect360 Research has become a premier source of market information\, analysis\, and consulting for the high-performance computing (HPC) and hyperscale industries worldwide. Addison is a frequent keynote speaker and panel moderator at industry events\, has testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Congressional Subcommittee\, and was named one of 2010’s “People to Watch” by HPCwire. \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nNefeli Moridis\, Ph.D.\nGlobal Head of Subsurface Solutions\, NVIDIA \nNefeli Moridis is the global head of subsurface solutions for NVIDIA’s global energy team. She focuses on accelerating high-performance computing applications and leads the AI initiatives for subsurface problems. These include seismic\, reservoir\, and CCUS solutions for the energy industry. \nPrior to joining NVIDIA\, Nefeli worked in the oil and gas industry as a reservoir engineer and consultant\, focusing on projects in unconventional reservoirs in the U.S. and internationally. She has been invited to present at over 50 energy events since joining NVIDIA and has published eleven SPE papers that she has presented at SPE conferences worldwide. \nNefeli holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University\, a M.Sc. from the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP School) in Reservoir Engineering\, and a B.Sc. from the University of Texas at Austin in Petroleum Engineering \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nWill Chesney\nNavy SEAL \nTexas Native Will Chesney chose to serve his country in 2002 when he joined the United States Navy. After completing BUD/S Class 246\, Chesney was stationed in Virginia Beach and nobly served as a SEAL in multiple deployments around the globe. For most of his career\, Chesney was a member of the elite United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) or SEAL Team Six\, serving as both an operator and a handler of military working dogs. He and his dog\, a Belgian Malinois named Cairo\, took part in hundreds of missions together including the mission to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. Eager to give back\, Chesney has now directed his attention to helping veterans\, like himself\, who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).    \nMany corporations\, sports teams and leaders from a spectrum of industries are seeking Will to bring his inspirational story to their team building events. Will and Cairo’s military stories\, including one of the most famous military campaigns in history\, along with his personal struggle with injuries and the transition to civilian life\, are the definition of inspirational. His story serves as a reminder that giving up is the easy way out and through a never quit attitude\, a pure heart and relying on the team we build around us\, we truly can persevere through the seemingly impossible.\n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nJohn Mortimer\nCTO\, GeologicAI \nJohn Mortimer is Chief Technology Officer at GeologicAI\, where he leads the evolution of the company’s data platform and the integration of science-based AI to deliver technology solutions to the global mining industry. A seasoned technology leader\, John has built and scaled engineering teams that deliver commercial software products across companies at various growth stages. His expertise spans technology strategy\, product roadmap development\, portfolio management\, and M&A. He brings strategic experience working with boards\, executives\, investors\, and clients to drive innovation and measurable business outcomes. John is known for executing industry-leading projects and leading with a mindset focused on innovation and sustainable growth.\n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nMichael Gujral\nHPC Engineering & Operations Manager\, Shell \nMichael Gujral is the HPC Engineering & Operations Manager at Shell\, where he oversees the demand & delivery of high-performance computing (HPC) resources & solutions. With a career spanning over 18 years at Shell\, Michael has held diverse roles in IT\, Technical Data Management\, and Geophysics. He has worked in various locations\, including Calgary\, Pittsburgh\, and his current base in Houston. \nMichael earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Outside of work\, he enjoys spending time with his family – he’s a proud husband and father to two lovely daughters\, Amelia and Emma\, aged 8 and 6. In his free time\, you’ll often find him in the kitchen\, experimenting with cooking\, or out running to stay active and healthy. \n					\n						Linkedin\n											\n																														 \nEric Stahlberg\nExecutive Administrative Director\, Institute for Data Science in Oncology\, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center \nA career computational scientist\, Eric has been at the forefront of advancing innovative applications of HPC over several decades. Since joining the MD Anderson Cancer Center Institute for Data Science in Oncology as its inaugural executive administrative director in late 2024\, Eric has been enabling the institute to scale and broader the impact of data science on cancer challenges.  \nPrior to joining MD Anderson\, Eric helped establish multiple innovative partnerships including the 2016 Joint Design of Advanced Computing Solutions for Cancer collaboration National Cancer Institute and the Department of Energy\, the ATOM (Accelerating Treatments for Opportunities in Medicine) project\, the Virtual Human Global Summit\, the Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop\, and the Frontiers of Predictive Oncology and Computing meeting series. From his early career advancing chemistry applications at Cray Research\, his career has spanned working in industry\, academia\, non-profit\, and federal government sectors to advance opportunities for HPC applications in life sciences with a converging focus on employing HPC to improve outcomes for cancer \n					\n						Linkedin\n											 \n\n\n\n\n				HPC-AI Society April 2026 Lunch & Learn Members Only
URL:https://hpc-ai-society.org/event/members-only-hpc-ai-society-2026-annual-technology-event/
LOCATION:Shell Woodcreek Campus\, 150 N. Dairy Ashford Road\, Houston\, TX\, 77079\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Technology Event
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