Meet the Facilitation Team
Christina is a mathematician who strayed into the world of teaching computing skills to researchers and hasn't looked back. She believes computing is for everyone (not just people who have done it for a long time) and loves to facilitate 'lightbulb' moments where someone learns something new.
Amber is a computational solid state chemist who dabbles in Julia code. She has taught a broad range of students, from high schoolers to academic researchers, and she aims to make computing accessible to researchers of all backgrounds.
While earning his PhD in Chemistry, Andrew became the go-to person for research computing questions, despite being a self-taught programmer with no computer science background. Andrew brings a penchant for writing guides, troubleshooting, and translating technobabble.
Danny is a computational biologist turned research computing facilitator. He works with researchers to design and run scalable, high-throughput computing workflows—and is especially committed to making these tools more accessible to the life sciences.
Mats Rynge is a Senior Computer Scientist in the Scitech group at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute. His work focuses on developing and supporting research cyberinfrastructure, including the PATh Facility, the OSPool, and the Pegasus Workflow Management System. He also helps guide cyberinfrastructure for NSF Major Facilities through the CI Compass project.
Showmic has a background in mechanical engineering. His Ph.D. research was in the intersection of solid mechanics and material informatics. Using his computational expertise, Showmic is devoted to helping researchers solve their computational problems.
What We Do
To help researchers effectively utilize computing resources, our Research Computing Facilitators (RCFs) not only guide the implementation of computational work on PATh-supported compute capacity, but can also point researchers to other national services related to research computing and data needs.
Talk to Us
Learn More about Our Approach
Regular Support
We are available to answer questions via an email “ticket” system. We aim to provide a first response (although not necessarily a solution!) within 1-2 business days.
In addition to email, we host drop-in “office hours” online twice a week. No appointment is needed, just show up during the available times! Contact us for the zoom link.
All of these details are on our Get Help page.
Get Help
Training
The Facilitation Team offers monthly training sessions for the HTC community. Upcoming training events are announced via the OSPool users email list and are listed on our monthly training page. The Team also organizes and hosts an annual in-person summer school, the OSG School.
Monthly Training
Annual OSG School
Other Events
Are you hosting an event where the audience might benefit from our services? We are happy to give guest presentations or trainings for your organization or event. Let us know at [email protected]
