PEARC 2019

July 28 – August 1, 2019 (All Day)
  • TBA

Globus is excited to exhibit once again at this year's Practice Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) conference. 

See below for information about our exhibit, presentations, Office Hours and Globus UI user testing. (Check out our handy schedule sheet for the week!)


Visit the Globus exhibit

As always, Globus will have an exhibit where attendees can meet with our experts, see demos, and get questions answered:

  • Get details on new Box connector, protected data support, web app updates and more
  • Pick up materials on subscription benefits (Does your org subscribe? Come get your subscriber sticker! Not sure? Come ask us!)
  • Talk to product team experts about research data management requirements at your organization


Connect with our experts

Have a question about Globus usage? Need to talk through an endpoint setup challenge? Or just looking to find out more about Globus in general? Our expert support team will be onsite at the Hyatt to get your questions answered, whether you're a new user or seasoned admin.

  • Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday July 30-31
  • Times: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Skyway 260
  • Contact us to schedule a session in advance – or just drop by when you have a moment


Attend a Globus paper presentation, briefing, or panel

  • Briefing: "What's New with Globus" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Tuesday, July 30 @ 12:50 – 1:20 p.m.
    • Location: Skyway 260
    • Speaker: Vas Vasiliadis, Globus Chief Customer Officer
  • Briefing: "Globus Connect Server v5 Q&A" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Tuesday, July 30 @ 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
    • Location: Skyway 260
    • Speaker: Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Globus Head of Products
  • Paper: "Publishing and Serving Machine Learning Models with DLHub" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (part of "Facilitate Machine Learning Adoption" session)
    • Location: Gold Coast
    • Speaker: Zhuozhao Li, Globus Labs Postdoc
  • Briefing: "What's New with Globus" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 12:50 – 1:20 p.m.
    • Location: Skyway 260
    • Speaker: Vas Vasiliadis, Globus Chief Customer Officer
  • Paper: "Petrel: A Programmatically Accessible Research Data Service" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (part of "Science Gateways" session)
    • Location: Crystal A
    • Speaker: Rick Wagner, Globus Professional Services Manager
  • Briefing: "Globus Connect Server v5 Q&A" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
    • Location: Skyway 260
    • Speaker: Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Globus Head of Products
  • Paper: "Scalable Parallel Programming in Python with Parsl" (see slides)
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. (part of "Frameworks III" session)
    • Location: Crystal C
    • Speaker: Kyle Chard, Senior Researcher, Globus Labs
  • Panel: "Jupyter at Scale: HPC and Scientific Facilities"
    • Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31 @ 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 
    • Location: Regency AB
    • Speaker: Rick Wagner, Globus Professional Services Manager


Help make Globus better!

Here's your chance to provide direct feedback to the designers and developers working on the Globus user interface. We'll be running one-on-one usability tests during the PEARC conference and would really appreciate your participation. Choose how much time you can spare – 15, 30 or 45 minutes – and sign up to be one of a handful of test subjects. The only requirement is that you speak your mind during the test! 

  • Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday July 30-31
  • Times: 8-10 a.m. and 4-5 p.m. (15, 30 and 45-minute blocks available)
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Skyway 260
  • Contact us by clicking here or emailing "ux@globus.org" if you’re interested in participating or want to learn more about what's involved

About PEARC: The Practice Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference Series is a community-driven effort built on successes of the past, with the aim to grow and be more inclusive by involving additional local, regional, national, and international cyberinfrastructure and research computing partners spanning academia, government and industry. The PEARC conference series is working to integrate and meet the collective interests of our growing community by providing a forum for discussing challenges, opportunities and solutions among the broad range of participants in the research computing community. The PEARC conferences are organized by a group of dedicated volunteers from the community. View the event page here.