Orca Research Symposium #

The first Orca Research Symposium was held on Saturday, October 25th on the campus of Reed College in Portland, OR.

For a recap of the event, please see the post from Link Oregon on LinkedIn.

The symposium was a meeting of current and potential users of Orca with the goal of sharing experiences and best practices related to high-performance computing research in general and the Orca cluster in particular.

Schedule and Venue #

The symposium was held on Saturday, October 25th, 2025 on the Reed College campus in Portland, OR in the Gray Lounge inside the Kaul Auditorium building. The symposium was organized by Greg Anderson.

Speakers and Agenda #

The speakers at the symposium were:

• Marko Markoc and Michael Ewan (PSU)
• Christy Long (UO)
• Austen Nelson (PSU)
• Anna Ritz (Reed)
• Mathew Huerta-Enochian (UO)
• Kaj Hansteen Izora (PSU)
• Tabrez Ebrahim (Lewis and Clark)