Transform and increase data-science computing capacity to boost the growth of a Vermont open science ecosystem

We will will increase the existing infrastructure of the VACC and provide additional supercomputer training, added equipment, and access to other higher education and not-for-profit institutions in Vermont.

Team Members

Chris Danforth

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
SOCKS Co-PI.
Professor, UVM Mathematics and Statistics.

Andrea Elledge

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
VACC Director of Operations.

Bennet Fauber

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
Sr. System Engineer, VACC & Systems Architecture & Administration.

Mike Austin

Chief Technology Officer, Systems Architecture & Administration.

Jim Lawson

Research Computing Team Lead, Systems Architecture & Administration.

Terry Barrett

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
VACC/SOCKS Sr. Research Computing Facilitator.

Shelly Johnson

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
VACC/SOCKS Sr. Research Computing Facilitator.

Michael Arnold

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
Research Computing Data Engineer, Systems Architecture & Administration.

Robert Minvielle

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team. Sr. System Engineer, Systems Architecture & Administration.

Patrick Clemins

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
Director, Research Computing and Data, Large Research Initiatives.

Evan Hinchliffe

Member of the SOCKS Capacity Team.
Research Computing Systems Engineer, Systems Architecture & Administration.