Dr. Sharon Broude Geva, Director of Advanced Research Computing at the University of Michigan, has been re-elected as Chair of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC) for 2020.
Founded in 1989, CASC advocates for the use of advanced computing technology to accelerate scientific discovery for national competitiveness, global security, and economic success. The organization’s members represent 87 institutions of higher education and national labs.
The chair position is one of four elected CASC executive officers. The officers work closely as a team with the director of CASC. The Chair is responsible for arranging and presiding over general CASC meetings and acts as an official representative of CASC.
Geva served as CASC secretary in 2015 and 2016, and vice-chair in 2017 and 2018.