Azure Research Day, May 31, 2023 - UW–⁠Madison Information Technology

Researchers across the US have been leveraging Microsoft Azure to accelerate their time to science and science to scholarship. Microsoft Azure provides an open, flexible, global platform that supports multiple programming languages, tools, and frameworks allowing researchers to achieve faster results using the cloud.

During this Research Day for University of Wisconsin–‍Madison, you will hear from various experts across campus, Microsoft, and peer institutions on the value of cloud research and the benefits of Azure. Register today to see how you can start today to leverage Azure in your research!

Recordings

Agenda

Time and Location	Topic	Presenter(s)
9-9:15am HSLC Atrium and Room 1220	Coffee and refreshments in the Atrium and Room 1220
9:15-10:45am HSLC 1335 or Attend via Zoom	*Value of Cloud Research and Benefits of Azure* “Discover the power of cloud research and learn how Azure can benefit your research.” Welcome and UW Research Initiatives-Learn about UW cloud computing initiatives and resources. Azure for Research -Learn about Microsoft’s technology, resources, and expertise to empower researchers. Research Skilling–Get the skills you need to succeed in research with our research skilling programs.	Stefan Wahe, IT Director, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Mike Collins, Senior Director of Research Computing, Informatics and IT, School of Medicine and Public Health; Jan Cheetham, Director of Research Cyberinfrastructure, Division of Information Technology; UW–‍Madison Melissa Hortman, Senior Education Industry Executive, and Account Technology Strategist for Research, Microsoft Ian Lumb, Senior Product Manager, Terawe Corporation
10:45-11am	Short Break
11am-noon HSLC 1335 or Attend via Zoom	*University of Pittsburgh’s Secure Enclave for Protected Health Information (PHI)* University of Pittsburgh was challenged with quickly facilitating research on sensitive data sets that required compliance with regulation requirements while still allowing access for collaborators in a user-friendly manner. This was their answer. *Platform X: A Secure Computing Platform for PHI at UW–‍Madison* Discover benefits for IT and researchers working with PHI and learn how to request a project.	Brian Pasquini, Enterprise Architect, Strategy and Innovation team, Office of the CIO, University of Pittsburgh Mike Collins, Senior Director of Research Computing, Informatics and IT, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW–‍Madison
Noon-1pm HSLC Atrium and Room 1220	Lunch break (catered for in-person attendees)
1-1:45pm HSLC 1335 or Attend via Zoom	Machine Learning and the Art of the Possible– Join us as we explore the exciting possibilities of machine learning.	Ian Lumb, Senior Product Manager, Terawe Corporation
1:45-2:30pm	Computer Vision and Cloud computing for Animal Monitoring How cloud computing is being used for machine learning approaches to monitor farm animal health	Joao Dorea, Assistant Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–‍Madison
2:30-2:45pm	Short break
2:45-4:30pm HSLC 1220-1222 or Attend via Zoom	Track 1 *Researcher-* Azure Basics Pricing Calculator – Get a hands-on look at how to use the Azure Pricing Calculator to optimize your research budget. Options to host your app – Introduction to Azure Kubernetes Service, Container Instances, App services, and Logic Apps Azure functions demo/Use cases – Learn how Azure functions are created and examples of how they have been used to support a variety of research use cases.	Arindam Hazra, Solution Architect, Microsoft Brent Clark, Interface Engineer, Informatics and IT, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW–‍Madison
2:45-4:30pm HLSC 1335 or Attend via Zoom	Track 2 *IT/ Technical Focus* Peer share: Neighborhoods Project –Developers from the Neighborhoods project at the SMPH will discuss architecture they’ve developed to support Neuroimaging analysis using Azure and AirFlow. DevOps – Developers from the Neighborhoods project and SMPH informatics and IT will present the DevOps concept and their infrastructure and CICD pipelines to deploy the research team’s code. Securing a Data Enclave – How PlatformX leverages Azure security tools to ensure HIPAA compliance.	Aaron Ward, Data Engineer; Kristjan Gudjonsson, DevOps Engineer; Lucas Gallagher, DevOps Cloud Engineer; John Rineck, DevSecOps Engineer; the Neighborhoods project and SMPH Informatics and IT, UW–‍Madison