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May 20 – 22, 2025 | New York University in New York, NY

2025 Cloud Forum Schedule

For Higher Ed,
By Higher Ed

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Event Location

With the exception of Monday’s reception, all Cloud Forum 2025 activities, including meals, will take place on the fifth floor of the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life in the Grand Hall. NOTE: Enter the building through the  238 Thompson Street entrance.

Monday, 5/19

Date/Time (EDT)SessionSession Assets
6:30-8:30Reception / Game Night
LaGuardia Student Technology Center (541 LaGuardia Pl.)

Tuesday, 5/20

Date/Time (EDT)SessionSession Assets
8 – 9 a.m.Breakfast and Check-in
Grand Hall, 5th Floor, NYU Kimmel Center for University Life (238 Thompson Street entrance)
9 – 9:45 a.m.Opening Remarks, Cloud Superhero Award, and Survey Review
Bob Flynn, I2; Phil Fenstermacher, William and Mary; David Lacey, J. Paul Getty Trust		Award Recording |
Survey Slides |
Survey Recording
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.Presentation: “Six Years of Cloud at Penn State and the Road Ahead“
Rick Rhoades, Penn State University		Slides |
Recording
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.Break
10:30 – 11 a.m.Presentation: “Visualizing Cloud Spend at UT“
Margaret Spangenberg, The University of Texas at Austin		Slides |
Recording
11 – 11:30 a.m.Presentation: “Migration Misfortunes: How FinOps Saved the Day (and costs)“
Jonathan White, University of Central Florida		Slides | Recording
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.Presentation: “Navigating the Cloud: Aligning Essential Roles for UCOP’s Data Center Exit Project“
Eric Person, University of California Office of the President		Slides | Recording
12 – 1 p.m.Lunch
1 – 1:45 p.m.Research Presentation: “One Small Step: Harnessing Classical Cloud Computing to Simulate Quantum-Mechanical Magnetic Molecules“
Philip Weiss, New York University, Department of Chemistry		Slides | No Recording
1:45 – 2:30 p.m.Research Presentation: “The First 1000 Days: Creating Cloud-Based Systems for Collecting and Analyzing a Big Naturalistic Dataset to Study Human Development“
Hadas Raviv, Princeton University
Liat Hasenfratz, Princeton University
Irene Kopaliani, Princeton University
Uri Hasson, Princeton University		Slides | No Recording
2:30 – 2:45p.m.Break
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.Research Presentation: “Finding the Causes of Rare Pediatric Genetic Diseases“
Gilad Evrony, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.Researcher Panel Discussion
Moderator: Nick Weber, National Institutes of Health (NIH)		Recording
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.Break
4:30 – 5 p.m.Presentation: “Building the Cloud Foundation: Empowering Higher Ed with Terraform templates, Security risk assessments, and Collaboration“
Kelly Rivera and Hallah Hussien, University of Wisconsin-Madison		Slides | Recording
TBDDinner

Wednesday, 5/21

Date/Time (EDT)SessionSession Assets
8 – 9 a.m.Breakfast
Grand Hall, 5th Floor, NYU Kimmel Center for University Life (60 Washington Sq South)
9 – 9:30 a.m.Presentation: “Designing the Next-generation Cloud Service“
Chris Manly, Cornell University		Slides | Recording
9:30 – 10 a.m.Presentation: “OCRE2024, the cloud tender for 39 European countries“
Michel Wets, SURF, the Dutch NREN		Slides | Recording
10 – 10:15 a.m.Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.Cloud Security Maturity Model Workshop: Advancing Your Institution’s Readiness (presentations)Reading |
Slides | Recording
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Cloud Security Maturity Model Workshop: Advancing Your Institution’s Readiness (panel discussion)*Recording
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.Lightning TalksSlides | Recording
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.Break
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.Presentation: “Using Cloud Computing for HPC and Big Data“
Shenglong Wang, New York University		Slides | Recording
3:15 – 3:45 p.m.Presentation: “Saving a Million with AI: How UMBC Built Its Own Enterprise E-Discovery Solution“
Jason Paluck, University of Maryland – Baltimore County		Slides | Recording
3:45 – 4 p.m.Break
4 – 5:00 p.m.Lightning TalksSlides | Recording |
Bonus video tribute

Thursday, 5/22

Date/Time (EDT)SessionSession Assets
8 – 9 a.m.Breakfast
Grand Hall, 5th Floor, NYU Kimmel Center for University Life (60 Washington Sq South)
9 – 9:30 a.m.Presentation: “Adapting SecOps To Higher Ed“
Matthew Rich, Northwestern University		Slides | Recording
9:30 – 10 a.m.Presentation: “Lessons learned from Architecting, Deploying, and Managing a Secure Research Cloud“
James Monek, Lehigh University		Slides | Recording
10 – 10:45 a.m.Panel Discussion: Staffing and Training
James Smith, Notre Dame
Damian Doyle, University of Virginia
Todd Haddaway, University of Maryland – Baltimore County
Moderator: Tim Manik, Internet2		Slides | Recording
10:45 – 11 a.m.Break
11 – 11:30 a.m.Presentation: “Automated Provisioning and Autonomous IAM Management“
Jake Catlett, University of Minnesota		Slides | Recording
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.Presentation: “Enhancing the Security Posture of Existing Cloud Deployments“
John Bailey, Washington University in St. Louis		Slides | Recording
12 – 1 p.m.Lunch
1 – 1:30 p.m.Presentation: “Counting Clouds to maximize cloudy returns: How to not let cloud accounting rain on your cloud team’s parade“
Shlomo Balass, Carnegie Mellon University
Lucrecia Kim-Boswell, Stanford University
Brian Pasquini, University of Pittsburgh		Slides | No Recording
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.Open Discussion and Wrap-upSlides

* Content available to attendees only



Cloud Forum Timeline

  • Call for Proposals for Research Presentations Opens: Monday, October 14, 2024
  • Call for Proposals for Cloud Presentations Opens: Monday, October 14, 2024
  • Calls for Proposals Close: Friday, December 20, 2024
  • Researcher and Speaker Notification: Thursday, January 23, 2025
  • Full Schedule Posted: Monday, February 17, 2025
  • Registration Opens: Monday, February 17, 2025
  • Cloud Forum Convenes: May 20 – 22, 2025