| Time | Event |
|---|---|
Sunday, July 12 |
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| 5:30 – 7:30pm |
Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
| 6:30 – 7:30pm |
All-Attendee Welcome Session — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium Join us as we kick off the week's activities and celebrate 35 years of the DOE CSGF. Enjoy brief programming and the opportunity to socialize in an informal setting. |
Monday, July 13 |
|
| 8:00 am – 6:00pm |
Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 – 8:45am |
Photo Session: 2026 Fellows' Individual Portraits — McPherson |
| 9:00 – 9:30am |
Welcome & Introduction of the DOE CSGF's 2026 Cohort — L'Enfant Ballroom Jeffrey Hittinger— Deputy Associate Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DOE CSGF Alumnus |
| 9:30 – 9:45am |
DOE Office of Science Welcome Darío Gil — Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 9:45 – 10:00am |
DOE NNSA Welcome David LaGraffe — Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, National Nuclear Security Administration |
| 10:00 – 10:10am |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
| 10:10 – 11:00am |
Keynote — L'Enfant Ballroom Charles Tahan — Partner, Microsoft Quantum; Visiting Research Professor, University of Maryland "Accelerating the Future of Computing: AI, Quantum, and the Next Research Platform" |
| 11:00 – 11:10am |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
|
Session I — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Quincy Wofford — U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration |
|
| 11:10 – 11:30am |
Emily Williams — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 11:30 – 11:50am |
Michael Tynes — University of Chicago |
| 11:50am – 1:00pm |
Lunch — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor |
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Session II — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Quincy Wofford — U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration |
|
| 1:15 – 1:35pm |
Elizabeth Bennewitz — University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1:35 – 1:55pm |
Otto Fajen — Stanford University |
| 1:55 – 2:15pm |
Nina Filippova — University of Texas at Austin |
| 2:15 – 2:30pm |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
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Session III — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Quincy Wofford — U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration |
|
| 2:30 – 2:50pm |
Gil Goldshlager — University of California, Berkeley |
| 2:50 – 3:10pm |
Jackson Burns — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 3:10 – 3:30pm |
Alexander Johnson — Harvard University |
| 3:00 – 4:00pm |
DOE Laboratories' Showcase Set Up — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm |
Photo Session: 2026 Fellows' Group Portrait — McPherson |
| 4:00 – 6:00pm |
DOE Laboratories' Showcase — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium Laboratory representatives will be on site to talk practicum, postdoc and long-term employment opportunities. |
Tuesday, July 14 |
|
| 8:00 am – 6:00pm |
Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
| 9:00am |
Announcements — L'Enfant Ballroom David Brown — Senior Advisor for Computing Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 9:00 – 9:40am |
Keynote: The U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission Brian Spears — Technical Director, Genesis Mission, U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration; Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory "The Genesis Mission: Nation-Scale AI and the Future of Scientific Work" |
| 9:40 – 9:50am |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
|
Session IV — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: David Rabson — U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |
|
| 9:50 – 10:10am |
Mary Gerhardinger — University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:10 – 10:30am |
Miruna Oprescu — Cornell University |
| 10:30 – 10:50am |
Joel Ye — Carnegie Mellon University |
| 10:50 – 11:00am |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
|
Session V — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: David Rabson — U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science |
|
| 11:00 – 11:20am |
Caleb Adams — University of Texas at Austin |
| 11:20 – 11:40am |
Ashlynn Crisp — Portland State University |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm |
Daniel Abdulah — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 – 1:10pm |
Lunch — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor |
|
Session VI — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: David Brown — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
|
| 1:15 – 1:35pm |
Grace Wei — University of California, Berkeley |
| 1:35 – 1:55pm |
Carlyn Schmidgall — University of Washington |
| 1:55 – 2:15pm |
Franz O'Meally — California Institute of Technology |
| 2:15 – 2:30pm |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
|
Session VII — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: David Etim — U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration |
|
| 2:30 – 2:50pm |
Michael Ito — University of Michigan |
| 2:50 – 3:10pm |
Katherine Keegan — Emory University |
| 3:10 – 3:30pm |
McKenzie Hagen — University of Washington |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm |
Fellows' Poster Session Set Up — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm |
Photo Session: Fellows & Alumni Portrait Retakes I — McPherson |
| 3:45– 4:15pm |
Outgoing Fellows' Session & Portraits — Archives |
| 4:30 – 6:00pm |
Fellows' Poster Session I — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium |
Wednesday, July 15 |
|
| 8:00 am – 5:00pm |
Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
| 9:00 – 9:10am |
Communicate Your Science & Engineering (CYSE) Essay Award Announcement — L'Enfant Ballroom Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute |
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Session VIII — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Jerry Wang — Carnegie Mellon University |
|
| 9:10 – 9:30am |
Joshua Fernandes — University of California, Berkeley |
| 9:30 – 9:50am |
Tristan Maxson — University of Alabama |
| 9:50 – 10:10am |
Nina Cao — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 10:10 – 10:20am |
Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer |
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Session IX — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Jerry Wang — Carnegie Mellon University |
|
| 10:20 – 10:40am |
Kerri Lu — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 10:40 – 11:00am |
Christopher Anderson — University of Washington |
| 11:00 – 11:20am |
Jerry Liu — Stanford University |
| 11:20 – 11:40am |
Mansi Sakarvadia — University of Chicago |
| 11:40 – 1:10pm |
Lunch & Civics Talk — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor Leland Cogliani, J.D. — Senior Principal, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC |
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Session X — L'Enfant Ballroom Moderator: Casey Berger — Bates College |
|
| 1:15 – 1:35pm |
Zachary Espinosa — University of Washington |
| 1:35 – 1:55pm |
Lucy Brown — Stanford University |
| 1:55 – 2:15pm |
McKenzie Larson — University of Colorado Boulder |
| 2:15 – 2:35pm |
Storm Mata — Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:35 – 3:00pm |
Outgoing Fellows' Ceremonial Send-off |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm |
Fellows' Poster Session Set Up/Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm |
Photo Session: Fellows & Alumni Portrait Retakes II — McPherson |
| 3:30 – 5:00pm |
Fellows' Poster Session II — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium |
| 5:00 – 7:30pm |
35th Anniversary Program & Panel — L'Enfant Ballroom We'll close the meeting with a celebratory session to include a facilitated panel of alumni who represent the DOE CSGF's decades of support and impact.
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