Containers on the OSPool | MS-CC Technical Webinar
Offered in partnership with the OSPool, Swarthmore College, and the Research Computing at Smaller Institutions (RCSI) community, this 1-hour technical webinar is ideal for researchers who want to deploy their software on shared computing resources, and for cyberinfrastructure professionals who support such researchers.
Session Overview
This technical webinar was designed to introduce researchers and cyberinfrastructure professionals to the use of containers on shared computing resources, with a specific focus on deployment through the OSPool. The session combined presentation and demonstration to provide both conceptual understanding and practical guidance.
Session Date/Time:
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Time: 2:00–3:00 PM ET
Speaker Information
Andrew Owen, Ph.D.
Andrew has been a Research Computing Facilitator for the OSPool and OSDF for three years, based out of the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He’s helped numerous users deploy their software in container environments, from writing guides to creating example recipes to troubleshooting difficult builds. Prior to CHTC, he received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he applied and developed quantum mechanical methods in the study of small molecules of astrochemical interest. He collaborates with his research group in his spare time, developing open-source programs in continued support of the research.
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