Virtual Science Panel

U.S. NSF LCCF Overview and Characteristic Science Applications Panel

June 18, 2026 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CT

Join leaders from the national open science community for a virtual discussion on the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility and the groundbreaking science enabled through Characteristic Science Applications (CSA).

The event will feature an overview of the initiative, remarks from NSF leadership, and a moderated panel discussion with researchers advancing discovery in astronomy, earthquake science, quantum materials, lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and biophysics through leadership-class computing.

We hope you will join us for an engaging conversation on the future of leadership-class computing and how it is accelerating scientific discovery and innovation across the nation.

This event will be recorded and made available for viewing after the event.

Agenda

Remarks
Katie Antypas
Senior Advisor for Cyberinfrastructure, U.S. National Science Foundation

Overview
Dan Stanzione
Executive Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center; Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Characteristic Science Applications (CSA) Panel

Tom Quinn (Moderator)
Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington

Yifeng Cui (Panelist)
Director, High-Performance GeoComputing Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center; Principal Investigator, Southern California Earthquake Center

Feliciano Giustino (Panelist)
Professor of Physics and W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair in Quantum Materials Engineering, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

Steven A. Gottlieb (Panelist)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Provost Professor Emeritus of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington

David Hardy (Panelist)
Senior Research Programmer, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm CT

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Speakers

Katie Antypas

Senior Advisor for Cyberinfrastructure, U.S. National Science Foundation

Dan Stanzione

Executive Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center; Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Tom Quinn

Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington

Yifeng Cui

Director, High-Performance GeoComputing Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center; Principal Investigator, Southern California Earthquake Center

Feliciano Giustino

Professor of Physics and W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair in Quantum Materials Engineering, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

Steven A. Gottlieb

Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Provost Professor Emeritus of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington

David Hardy

Senior Research Programmer, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign