Biography

Tabitha Samuel is the Interim Director and HPC Operations Group Leader at the National Institute for Computational Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has over 15 years of experience in advanced research computing, ranging from user support and systems programming to executing and enhancing the overall vision and mission of a nationally recognized supercomputing center. An active Research Computing and Data (RCD) community member, Tabitha is co-PI of the Building Research Innovation at Community Colleges (BRICCs)-Pathways and BRICCs-Research Data Management NSF projects, focusing on collaborative CI advancement and data management at BRICCs member sites. She is also the co-founder of the Tennessee Research Education and Computing Collaborative (TRECC), a platform for collaboration and regional advancement in CI for RCD professionals in Tennessee. She is also as member and chair of the PEARC Steering Committee its co-general chair for PEARC26. Tabitha also serves on the Positions Committee at the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC); the group is responsible for developing and outlining CASC's official stances on various policy and scientific issues to stakeholders such as national RCD leaders and federal sponsors.