Advisory Committee on Research Computing (ACORC)
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
Monday, October 26
9:00 – 10:30 am
Hybrid via Teams or in person (location TBD)
ACORC members
| Name | Title | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Karthik Anantharaman | Assistant Professor | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bacteriology |
| Andrew Arnold | IT Director | Social Science Computing Cooperative |
| Steve Barnett | Systems and Operations Manager | IceCube Research Center |
| Lonnie Berger | Professor | Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research |
| Brian Bockelman | Associate Scientist | Morgridge Institute for Research |
| Peter Boguszewski | Research IT Director | School of Education, Wisconsin Center for Education Research |
| Dorota Brezezinska | Vice Chancellor for Reseach | Office of the Vice Chancellor or Research |
| Jan Cheetham | Director, Research Cyberinfrastructure | Division of Information Technology |
| Pat Christian | Network Services Director | Division of Information Technology |
| Didier Contis | CIO and Vice Provost for Information Technology | Division of Information Technology |
| Cameron Cook | Data and Digital Scholarship Manager | General Library System |
| 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 |
| Kassem Fawaz | Associate Professor | Electrical Engineering |
| Andy Goldstein | Libraries Chief Information Officer (interim) | General Library System |
| Mike Graham | Professor | College of Engineering |
| Tom Hartman | IT director (interim) | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| TW Huang | Assistant Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Tomomi Imamura | Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect | Division of Information Technology |
| Manda Jonnson | IT director (interim) | College of Engineering |
| Christina Koch | Research Computing Facilitator | Center for High Throughput Computing |
| Rob Kohlhepp | IT director | College of Engineering |
| Jeff Korab | Sr IT Director | School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Wan-chin Kuo | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing |
| Ming Liu | Assistant Professor | College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence |
| Miron Livny | Director | Center for High Throughput Computing |
| Jomol Matthews | Inaugural Chief of Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) and Associate Dean for Informatics and Information Technology | School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Patrick McDaniel | Associate Dean for Research | College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence |
| Dane Morgan | Professor | College of Engineering |
| Scott Nolin | Research CI Manager | Space Science and Engineering Center |
| Dirk Norman | Information Services Director | Wisconsin Energy Institute |
| Nick Petska | IT director | College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence |
| Warren Rose | Associate Professor | School of Pharmacy |
| Jeff Savoy | Chief Information Security Officer | Division of Information Technology |
| 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 |
| Elizabeth Wright | Professor | Biochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Mostafa Zamanian | Assistant Professor | School of Veterinary Medicine |
| Dayin Zhang | Assistant Professor | Wisconsin School of Business |
Meeting docs
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ACORC webpage and resources, there may be some limitations with some of the content that is linked on the ACORC website. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please email becky.morgan@wisc.edu if you encounter an issue.
Known limitations for ACORC’s content:
Meeting minutes, agenda, links, and PDFs: Some of the documents listed within the ACORC website are provided through PDFs and external links. The PDFs and external links have images that may not have text alternatives. The PDFs may not be accessible to all screen readers. The PDFs may not have high color contrasting in some areas. Because we are unable to alter some of the PDFs or content from external links, fully accessible content cannot be guaranteed. However, we are committed to working with any requester that need accommodations.
2026 – 27 academic year meeting agendas
For access to meeting documents from prior years, please contact becky.morgan@wisc.edu.
Upcoming meetings
2026 – 2027
- 9:00 – 10:30 am October 26, 2026 (hybrid meeting)
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm December 9, 2026 (hybrid meeting)
Charter
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.