PA DMZ CyberAccelerate Roadshow 

CyberAccelerate Program Archive

Full day event hosted at Bucks County Community College on Sept. 9, 2025 in Newtown, PA that explored new collaborative opportunities and available advanced cyberinfrastructure resources to help elevate your computational research and STEM education.

Attendees learned more about how the Pennsylvania Regional Science DMZ (PA Science DMZ) will accelerate computational research and enhance STEM education and how to access and utilize the free advanced cyberinfrastructure resources.

When: Tues. September 9, 2025
Where: Bucks County Community College, Gallagher Room, Newtown, PA
Audience: The event is targeted to faculty and IT staff at Bucks County Community College and local colleges and universities across Pennsylvania and the region.

Agenda:

8:30 am       Registration, Networking and Coffee

9:00 am       Welcome to Bucks County Community College, Joe Shannon, Executive Director, IT

9:15 am       Evolution of Campus Architectures and Definition of Problem Statement Specific to Community 
                    Colleges and Higher Ed, Wayne Figurelle, Assistant Director, Institue for Computational and 
                    Data Science, Penn State University, and Dr. Jason Simms, Manager of Research and High
                    Performance Computing, Swarthmore College [slides]

9:45 am       Introduction and Overview of the Science DMZ Architecture, the Science DMZ Toolset and
                    Featured Use Cases, Ken Miller, Chief Technology Officer, KeystoneREN [slides]

10:15 am     Community College Use Cases (Example Use Cases from across the region and the country)
                    Wayne Figurelle, Assistant Director, Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State
                    UniversityPenn State University [slides]

11:00 am     BREAK

11:15 am     Resources and Funding for Research and Educators presented by the NSF Office of Advanced
                    Cyberinfrastructure, Dr. Amy Apon, Program Director in the Office of Advanced 
                    Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation [slides | video]

12:00 pm     LUNCH (Solarium Room)

                    Lunch Breakouts by Domain Areas (Physics, Computer Science, CryoEM/Remote   
                    Instrumentation/Remote Measurements, Biology, CyberSecurity, and Advanced Manufacturing)
                    and Technology Focused Areas (Securing the Science DMZ, Network Performance and
                    Monitoring)

1:15 pm       Globus for Secure Data Transfer and Educational Use Cases, Tony Weaver, Franklin &
                    Marshall College [slides]

2:15 pm       perfSONAR and Data Transfer Nodes (DTNs) for Performant Science and STEM Education,
                    Ken Miller, Chief Technology Officer, KeystoneREN [slides]

3:30 pm       BREAK

3:45 pm       Science Engagement Strategies – Best Practices for Supporting Faculty and Research and
                    Education Use Cases of Science DMZ, Wayne Figurelle, Assistant Director, Institute for
                    Computational and Data Science, Penn State University; Dr. Jason Simms, Manager of
                    Research and High Performance Computing, Swarthmore College, Ken Miller,
                    KeystoneREN [slides]

4:45 pm       Q&A/Wrap-up/Next Steps

5:00 pm       Workshop Concludes and Optional Tour of Bucks County Community College Data Center