We are pleased to invite you the upcoming NSF CI Compass virtual workshop: AI Meets CI: Intelligent Infrastructure for Major & Midscale Facilities January 12, 13, and 14, 2026.
These virtual workshop days will be half days, and feature themes to host speakers, presentations, and discussions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and cyberinfrastructure (CI) within the data lifecycle in facilities, cloud computing, and about societal and human intersections with AI.
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Pre-Workshop Materials
A webinar series, serving as a practical AI primer, has been created in preparation for this workshop by Charles Vardeman, Knowledge Engineering and AI Expert, NSF CI Compass. Find the full series and information in the NSF CI Compass Resource Library.
View the Workshop Agenda below:
| Day 1: Monday, January 12 | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
| 9 a.m. PT Noon ET |
Workshop Introduction |
Ewa Deelman, Director, NSF CI Compass |
| 9:10 a.m. PT 12:10 p.m. ET |
Keynote Speaker | |
| 9:30 a.m. PT 12:30 p.m. ET |
Panel I: Adoption of AI in Major and Mid-scale Facilities (MFs) | Benedikt Riedel (NSF IceCube), Leanne Guy (Rubin/LSST), Javer Duarte (CMS) Moderated by Anirban Mandal, Associate Director, NSF CI Compass |
| 10:40 a.m. PT 1:40 p.m. ET |
Panel II: Making MF data AI-ready |
David Butcher (NSF MagLab), Ted Habermann (Metadata Game Changers), Jeffrey Glatstein (NSF OOI), Eric Sokol (NSF NEON) Moderated by Don Brower, FAIR Data Expert, NSF CI Compass |
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11:50 a.m. PT |
Day 1 Workshop Closing Remarks | |
| Day 2: Tuesday, January 13 | ||
| 9 a.m. PT Noon ET |
AI for the Data Lifecycle (DLC) | Chuck Vardeman (NSF CI Compass) |
| 9:20 a.m. PT 12:20 p.m. ET |
AI at the Edge | Pete Beckman (Northwestern) |
| 9:40 a.m. PT 12:40 p.m. ET |
Panel III: AI in Practice |
Dean Wanpler (IBM), Kyle Chard (Globus) Moderated by Jarek Nabrzyski, Co-PI NSF CI Compass |
| 10:45 a.m. PT 1:45 p.m. ET |
Security considerations in the age of AI | Drew Paine (TrustedCI) |
| 11:15 a.m. PT 2:15 p.m. ET |
Lightning Talks | |
| 11:55 a.m. PT 2:55 p.m. ET |
Day 2 Workshop Closing Remarks | |
| Day 3: Wednesday, January 14 | ||
| 9 a.m. PT Noon ET |
Welcome and Overview of Adopter Categories & Innovation Attributes | Kerk Kee, Senior Personnel, NSF CI Compass |
| 9:15 a.m. PT 12:15 p.m. ET |
Breakout Room Discussions | Moderated by Angela Murillo, Co-PI and CI Compass Student Fellowship Director, NSF CI Compass |
| 9:45 a.m. PT 12:45 p.m. ET |
Break I | |
| 9:50 a.m. PT 12:50 p.m. ET |
Talk I | Emily Casleton (Los Alamos National Labs) |
| 10:10 a.m. PT 1:10 p.m. ET |
Talk II | Svitlana Volkova (Aptima) |
| 10:30 a.m. PT 1:30 p.m. ET |
Talk III | Rob Redmon (NOAA Center for AI Director) |
| 10:50 a.m. PT 1:50 p.m. ET |
Break II | |
| 10:55 a.m. PT 1:55 p.m. ET |
Talk IV | TBA (NASA) |
| 11:15 a.m. PT 2:15 ET |
Talk V | Dustin Wasyliw (Director of Information Technology, Canadian Light Source) |
| 11:35 a.m. PT 2:35 p.m. ET |
Talk VI | Prasanna Balaprakash (Prime Labs) |
| 11:55 a.m. PT 2:55 p.m. ET |
Concluding Remarks | Ewa Deelman, Director, NSF CI Compass |
| 12 p.m. PT 3 p.m. ET |
Close of Workshop |
