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University of Hawaiʻi CyberTraining Workshop

Date: October 19, 2026
Location: Physical Science Building, Room 311, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

This workshop equips participants with cyberinfrastructure (CI) and geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) skills for disaster management research. Hands-on training covers national AI computing resources, including NSF ACES and I-GUIDE; high-performance computing and NSF ACCESS; disaster data processing and visualization; and scientific programming with Python and JupyterLab. Designed for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, faculty, and educators, the workshop focuses on hazards such as flooding, winter storms, and hurricanes and provides opportunities for collaborative research discussions. Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded programs under Award Nos. 2321069, 2519476, and 2519477.

Program

Activity schedule

Time	Program activities
8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast and Networking Dr. Qi Chen, Professor and Department Chair; Dr. Yuqin Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
9:00 - 10:30 am	Texas A&M and National AI Supercomputing Dr. Honggao Liu, Executive Director; Zhenhua He, Interim Director for Emerging Technologies and Research, Texas A&M High-Performance Research Computing
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	CyberGeoAI for Disaster Management 10:30 - 11:30 am: Introduction to the CyberTraining Project and Research Presentation — Dr. Zhe Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University 11:30 am - 12:00 pm: Hands-on Code Demonstration — Ms. Shoibolina Kaushik, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch and Group Photo
1:00 - 2:30 pm	Introduction to I-GUIDE Platform Dr. Shaowen Wang, Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences; Professor, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science; Associate Dean for Natural and Mathematical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 - 4:15 pm	Panel Discussion and Workshop Closing 10-minute presentations by panelists, followed by discussion and closing remarks Chair: Zhe Zhang May Yuan, Ashbel Smith Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas Pingping Wang, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University Yuqin Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Amir Behzadan, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Zhuping Sheng, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University

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