Presenter
Alan Chalker

Biography
Alan Chalker, PhD, is director of Strategic Programs at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). In this role he is responsible for many of OSC’s innovative efforts and initiatives, including in the areas of business development and relationship management. Chalker also coordinates many of the center’s grant proposals and manages a variety of research projects, as well as the Open OnDemand platform, which is utilized by research computing centers worldwide.
Chalker's additional oversight responsibilities include OSC’s regular participation in numerous conferences and events (such as the Ohio State Fair and the SC Conference Series) and OSC’s Summer Institute programs for middle- and high-school students (of which he is an alumnus). Chalker also oversees OSC’s public outreach activities, including educational tours of OSC’s data center and the presentation/activity book “What’s So Super About Supercomputing?”
Chalker's additional oversight responsibilities include OSC’s regular participation in numerous conferences and events (such as the Ohio State Fair and the SC Conference Series) and OSC’s Summer Institute programs for middle- and high-school students (of which he is an alumnus). Chalker also oversees OSC’s public outreach activities, including educational tours of OSC’s data center and the presentation/activity book “What’s So Super About Supercomputing?”
Presentations