Wyoming Computing Symposium 2026

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EDUCATION WORKSHOPS:

Data Reporting & Intro to Python

SMART RURAL PLACES

& ENVIRONMENT

EDUCATION WORKSHOPS:

HPC & AI

Cybersecurity, digital resilience, privacy, infrastructure, protecting Wyoming's digital future

Computing for everyone, beginner education, AI literacy, data wayfinding, research resources

Real-world computing applications, innovation, & research

Interdisciplinary collaboration, rural resilience, natural resources, community partnerships

Advanced technical training, coding, AI development, HPC, visualization, future workforce

• Amy McLaughlin, Chief Information Officer, University of Wyoming (UW) 

• Miguel A Penaranda, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Wyoming 

• Laura Baker, Executive Director, Cyber Wyoming 

• Alec Muthig, University of Wyoming Information Technology Trainer 

• Timothy Walsh, Cybersecurity State Coordinator for Wyoming, CISA 

• Mike Morrison, Chief Information Security Officer, Zendus Group 

• Daniel Russell, Security Analyst, University of Wyoming 

• Aimee Appelhans, Information Security Analyst, University of Wyoming 

• Callan McLaughlin, MS Cybersecurity & Information Risk Assurance  

• Special Agent Ryan Fowler, FBI 

• Mike Newcomb, Networking Field CTO - Higher Education, HPE 

• Data Reporting Workshop, led by UW IT 

• Amy McLaughlin, Chief Information Officer, UW 

• Introduction to Python and Intermediate Python 

• Katharine Teykl, Chair, Digital Inquiry, Visualization, and Exploration, UW Libraries 

• Esther Perez, STEM Digital Scholarship Librarian, UW Libraries 

• Poster Session - submission portal forthcoming. 

• Resource Fair - exhibitor list forthcoming. 

• Sarah Kane, WyoPATH Director & Asst. Prof. Riverbend Chair in Wildlife-Livestock Health, Vet. Sci., UW 

• Owen Martin, Research Scientist, School of Computing & WyldTech, UW 

• Noah Hull, Senior Manager, Global Health, Association of Public Health Laboratories 

• Becca Windell, PhD student, Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, CSU

• Anastasia Fomicheva Lawlis, Product Transfer Scientist II, GT Molecular, Inc  

• Pranav Pandit, Asst. Prof. of Veterinary Epidemiology, Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis 

• Peter van Lunteren, Ecologist and Data Scientist, AddaxAI 

• Amir Dehbi, PhD student, Applied ML and Environmental Science, CU Boulder 

• Joanna Lambert, Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Bio, CU Boulder 

• Riley Knoedler, Machine Learning Engineer, WEST 

• Casey Day, University of Montana 

• Jeff Hamerlinck, Associate Director, School of Computing & Director of WyGISC, UW 

• Vinit Kataryia, Asst. Prof., SoC and EECS, UW 

• Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Postoc, SoC & EECS, UW 

• U.S. Census Bureau (speaker TBD) 

• Chen Xu, Assoc. Prof., School of Computing and WyGISC, UW 

• Alex Smith, Senior AI Developer, MNVR  

• Sage Grande Tesbed: AI on the Edge (speaker TBD) 

• Robert Simon, Senior Regional Innovation Fellow at the NSF ASCEND Engine 

• National Ecological Observatory Network (speaker TBD)  

• Zongrun Li, Research Scientist I Mechanical Eng., CSU 

• Allison Reed Harris, OnPeak Weather Group 

• Kristen Rasmussen, Assoc. Prof., Atmospheric Science, CSU 

• Intro to HPC and Intermediate HPC 

• Simon Alexander, Research Computing Facilitator, UW ARCC 

• Dylan Perkins, Research Computing Facilitator, UW ARCC 

• Intro to Data Visualization and Neural Networks 

• Wilber Ouma, HPC Partnerships and Outreach Specialist, Argonne National Lab 

• Kristy