TeraGrid Campus Champions Converge on Pittsburgh

Fifty-one Campus Champions attended the National Science Foundation (NSF) TeraGrid's fifth annual conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., recently. Accounting for about 15 percent of attendees, the champions bring a wealth of experience to the program, including knowledge of TeraGrid systems and services, their local campus resources, and other cyberinfrastructures such as the Open Science Grid.

Pittsburgh provided the perfect backdrop for high performance computing enthusiasts to connect professionally and socially. The presence of regional champions allowed the 100 student attendees to become acquainted with experts from their regional institutions, in addition to the 150 TeraGrid personnel and users who were also there.

CI-TRAIN Campus Champions Jeff Pummill, Dana Brunson, and Albert Everett are mentioned by name.

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