Overview
The OAK Consortium is composed of educational and non-profit research institutions within the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas. Together, these universities strive to make high performance computing available to researchers throughout the region, regardless of university size. In addition to providing computing resources, the members of OAK also seek to foster the development of researchers through the hosting of periodic conferences and events.
Mission
To leverage critical computing and data infrastructure and expertise in the OAK region and bring together experts from different domains, for long-term research and training opportunities.
History
The OAK Consortium was established by the following founding universities:
Oklahoma:
- Oklahoma State University
- University of Central Oklahoma
- University of Tulsa
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Arkansas:
- Arkansas State University
Kansas:
- Kansas State University
- Wichita State University
Together, these universities were awarded the 2nd largest NSF MRI Award, "Acquisition of a High-Performance Computational System for OAK Region to Enable Computing and Data Driven Discovery". This award will enable the acquisition and implementation of a heterogeneous (CPU and GPU) supercomputing system housed at Oklahoma State University and available at no cost to all researchers within the OAK region, regardless if the institution was one of the founding members.
Events
To foster communication and scientific development, the OAK Consortium organizes various conference and workshops, including a semi-annual meeting for all OAK region members.
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Conferences:
3rd OAK Supercomputing Conference
Location: Wichita State University, Kansas
Date: May 20-24, 2024
4th High-Performance Computing Security Workshop
Location: Wichita State University, Kansas
Date: May 20-21, 2024
4th OAK Supercomputing Conference
Location: Oklahoma
Date: Fall 2024
Workshops:
Fundamentals of Deep Learning Workshop (by NVIDIA)
Location: Wichita State University, Kansas
Date: May 21, 2024
MathWorks MATLAB Workshop
Location: Wichita State University, Kansas
Date: May 22, 2024
If you have a suggestion for a workshop, please email director-hpcc@okstate.edu.
Past events:
2nd OAK Supercomputing Conference
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date: Oct. 24-26, 2023
Intermediate Linux for Scientists and Researchers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date: Oct. 26, 2023
Fundamentals of Deep Learning Workshop (by NVIDIA)
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date: Oct. 24, 2023
Fundamentals of Deep Learning Workshop (by NVIDIA)
Location: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Date: Jun. 7, 2023
1st OAK Supercomputing Conference
Location: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Date: Apr. 4-6, 2023