The UW–Madison Advisory Committee on Research Computing (ACORC), in collaboration with the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE), provides vision, leadership and advocacy in setting the direction for research computing for the university. Through researcher-focused representation, the group provides guidance, directs investment, formulates technical strategies, and advocates for research-related computational capabilities in the form of services, facilities and training for the university. Details in the charter below.
At a glance
Next meeting
February 27, 2025
10:00 -11:00 am
Room 260 Bascom (Teams remote option)
ACORC members
| Name | Title | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Arnold | IT Director | Social Science Computing Cooperative |
| Suman Banerjee | Professor | Computer Sciences Department, College of Letters and Science |
| Jeri Barak | Professor | Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Steve Barnett | Systems and Operations Manager | IceCube Research Center |
| Brian Bockelman | Associate Scientist | Morgridge Institute for Research |
| Peter Boguszewski | Research IT Director | Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education |
| Lois Brooks | Vice Provost/Chief Information Officer | Division of Information Technology |
| Jan Cheetham | Director, Research Cyberinfrastructure | Division of Information Technology |
| Pat Christian | Network Services Director | Division of informationTechnology |
| Kyle Cranmer | Director | American Family Insurance Data Science Institute |
| Cynthia Czajkowski | Interim Vice Chancellor | Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education |
| Sridhara Dasu | Professor | Physics, College of Letters and Science |
| Steve Devoti | Enterprise Architect | Division of Information Technology |
| Katrina Forest | Professor and Department Chair | Bacteriology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Tomomi Imamura | Cyberdefense Analyst | Division of Information Technology, Office of Cybersecurity |
| Christina Koch | Research Computing Facilitator | Center for High Throughput Computing |
| Rob Kohlhepp | IT Director | College of Engineering |
| Lee Konrad | Libraries Chief Information Officer | General Library |
| Jeff Korab | Sr IT Director | School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Mikko Lipasti | Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Miron Livny | Director | Center for High Throughput Computing |
| Scott Nolin | Research CI Manager | Space Science and Engineering Center |
| Lauren Papp | Associate Dean and Professor | School of Human Ecology |
| James Pustejovsky | Professor | Educational Psychology, School of Education |
| Sushmita Roy | Associate Professor | Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Todd Shechter | Chief Technology Officer | Division of Information Technology |
| Tadd Smejkal | Director, Systems Engineering and Operations | Division of Information Technology |
| Sarah Stevens | Data Scientist Facilitator | UW–Madison Data Science Institute |
| Amy Wendt | Associate Vice Chancellor | Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education |
| Elizabeth Wright | Professor | Biochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Sebastian Plante | Professor | Wisconsin School of Business |
| Wan-chin Kuo | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing |
| Rose Warren | Associate Professor | School of Pharmacy |
Meeting docs
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2024-25 academic year meeting agendas
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2023-24 academic year meeting agendas
For access to meeting documents from prior years, please contact becky.morgan@wisc.edu.
Upcoming meetings
2024
- Tuesday, October 29 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, December 12 from 10 – 11 am
2025
- Thursday, February 27 from 10 -11 am
- Thursday, April 24 from 10 – 11 am
Charter
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ACORC charter
UW–Madison, Advisory Committee on Research Computing (ACORC)
Fall, 2022
Committee mission
Research computing is the collection of personnel, software, computing capacity and facilities that support the UW–Madison research enterprise.
The UW–Madison Advisory Committee on Research Computing (ACORC) in collaboration with the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE), provides vision, leadership, and advocacy in setting the direction for research computing for the university. Through researcher-focused representation, the group provides guidance, directs investment, formulates technical strategies and advocates for research-related computational capabilities in the form of services, facilities, and training for the university.
The ACORC serves in an advisory role to the VCRGE and the Vice Provost for Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (CIO) on research computing matters. The scope of research computing covers in addition to high-throughput/performance computing capacity, the technologies, hardware, software, services, and human resources required to support research endeavors that are not normally addressed by other aspects of university administration.
Specific committee goals
- Identify and communicate the diverse researcher needs for computing from all parts of campus, with emphasis on up and coming research trends leading to unmet computing solutions.
- Develop metrics describing the impact of research computing on the competitiveness of the UW–Madison research enterprise.
- Use these metrics to advocate for new investments and evolving services, evaluate return on investments, review priorities, service offerings, and metrics of centrally funded campus research computing resources.
- Look for opportunities to streamline processes and procedures, providing a better researcher experience interacting with computing resources across the campus.
- Facilitate effective dialogues and partnerships among different groups of researchers, computing providers, research cyberinfrastructure groups, librarians, campus leaders, national entities, vendors, and others.