<div dir="ltr">We look forward to your attendance at the Innovative Research Orientation presented by UCR and Google Cloud, taking place on <b>Monday, March 13, 2023</b>. <br><br><b>Updates: </b><br><br>Please note that <b>the location of this event has been changed to HUB 302 South</b> to accommodate the number of folks who have expressed interest in this event. <br><br>Additionally, please note that the Machine Learning in Google Cloud session will now take place at 1 PM and the Analyzing Data with Notebooks session will now take place at 1:45 PM. You can find the <a href="https://its.ucr.edu/researchers/program/3-13-23-agenda">updated agenda on the ITS website</a>. <br><br>Today news about the pivotal partnership between UCR and Google Cloud was formally announced by <a href="https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-03-09-The-University-of-California,-Riverside-Enters-Into-First-of-its-kind-Subscription-based-Service-with-Google-Cloud-to-Transform-Research-and-IT">Google Public Sector</a> and <a href="https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2023/03/08/google-cloud-agreement-boosts-computing-support-researchers">UCR</a>. <br><br><b>Reminders: </b><br><br><ul><li>Check-in opens at 8:30 AM, at which point you will be invited to enjoy a continental breakfast </li><li>The orientation will commence at 9:00 AM with an introduction by UCR AVC & Chief Information Officer Matt Gunkel</li><li>Lunch will be provided at 11:00 AM (taco bar with vegetarian options)</li><li>If you would prefer to have a graduate student, lab assistant, or fellow researcher attend a session(s) on your behalf, please be sure to have them <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9DBQk0w1LjRwEAVyNjnwwRM3AVaoKS7Xk-2c2elHTmOPE6g/viewform?usp=sf_link">register</a> to attend</li></ul><b><div><b><br></b></div>Speaker Information: </b><br><br>Volker Eyrich, Ph.D.<br><i>Customer Engineer & Practice Lead, Google</i><br>Dr. Eyrich is a scientist, technologist, and high-performance computing (HPC) subject matter expert with a background in advanced data analysis. Having received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University, he has two decades of hands-on experience with software development, product management, and support of advanced computationally intensive applications. <br><br>Charles Elliott<br><i>Enterprise Data and Research, Emory University</i><br>Field Chief Technology Officer of Education, Google <br>Mr. Elliot is a researcher, educator, advisor, and data innovator who has worked with Fortune 500 companies to implement, support, and customize analytics applications and platforms across a variety of industries, including Higher Education. He is passionate about customer success and currently leads a team of analytics architects and consultants. He specializes in a number of analytics applications including but not limited to Looker, Oracle BI and OBIEE, Tableau, and Microsoft Power BI. <br><br>Derek Oliver <br><i>Practice Lead, Infrastructure/Application Modernization, Google </i><br>Mr. Oliver is focused on aligning scalable, secure, resilient, and performant solutions to customer business objectives to solve difficult challenges, increase flexibility, and accelerate enterprise modernization. Having earned his MBA from Indiana University and Masters of Science in Operations Research from Naval Postgraduate School, Mr. Oliver has over 10 years of technology experience. <br><br>Again, we look forward to connecting with you on March 13! If you have any questions about the event, please reach out to <a href="mailto:charles.forsyth@ucr.edu">ITS Director of Research Computing Chuck Forsyth</a>. <br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003da5">Information
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