SGX3's 5th Annual FacultyHack@Gateways 2026

Build HPC Skills. Transform Your Curriculum. Empower Your Students.

Virtual Event
August 3 – 14, 2026
In-Person Event
September 23–25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Gateways 2026)

Applications are now closed.

Overview

FacultyHack@Gateways 2026 is a hands-on virtual program designed for college and university faculty across all academic disciplines who want to integrate High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and advanced cyberinfrastructure tools directly into their classrooms.

Through this intensive initiative, ten selected faculty participants work in collaborative teams, each paired 1-on-1 with an elite technical mentor from the national supercomputing and gateways community. Over the course of the program, educators re-envision their existing course syllabi to introduce accessible, reproducible, and sustainable computational resources, ultimately enriching both undergraduate teaching and student research experiences.

Program Structure

  • 10 faculty participants across disciplinary areas
  • Team-based collaboration
  • Guided mentorship throughout the program
  • Focus on practical, deployable course outcomes
Infographic titled "The Faculty Hacker’s Journey: Transforming Your Curriculum for the AI Era." Phase 1, The Virtual Intensive (August 3–14): collaborative scoping and mentorship; HPC and AI tool immersion with NAIRR Pilot, Jetstream2 GPU, and Science Gateway catalogs; AI curriculum deconstruction; and the daily virtual schedule (6:00 PM announcements and wins, 6:30 PM mentor time troubleshooting, 7:00 PM training focus). Phase 2, Deliverables and Professional Showcase: building a public GitHub repository, presenting at the Gateways 2026 poster session in Washington, D.C., and a $500 completion honorarium for finishing all seven deliverables.

Participants

Meet some of this year’s faculty participants, mentors, and organizers.

FacultyHack@Gateways 2026 Participant Highlights: a grid of video-call headshots labeled with names, including Kristine Christensen, Je’aime Powell, Oyebade Oyerinde, Mary Beals, Charlie Dey, Linda Hayden, Anas AlSobeh, Sabrina Perry, John Holmen (ORNL), Tanganika Johnson, Mohamed Elbakary, Elijah MacCarthy, Joseph Aneke, Felicia Doswell, Agbeli Ameko, Antigone Anthony, and Ahmad Al-Omari.

Where Our Community Comes From

FacultyHack@Gateways 2026’s faculty participants, mentors, and organizing institutions span the country and beyond. Click a marker to visit that organization’s website.

Why the Dandelion?

The dandelion was chosen as the symbol of FacultyHack because it reflects the extraordinary influence of a single educator. Like a dandelion, a faculty member grows stronger by drawing from deep roots—a community of mentors, researchers, Science Gateways, High Performance Computing resources, artificial intelligence, and shared knowledge. During FacultyHack, these resources become more than tools; they become new ideas, new opportunities, and new ways to inspire students.

When the seeds of a dandelion are carried by the wind, they begin new growth far beyond where they first took root. In the same way, every lesson you teach, every project you create, and every student you encourage carries a part of your knowledge into classrooms, research labs, industries, and communities around the world. Your impact is not measured only by what you accomplish during this event, but by the countless lives your students will touch in the years to come.

FacultyHack celebrates this beautiful cycle of learning, where a community invests in educators, educators invest in students, and together they cultivate the next generation of innovators, researchers, and leaders.

Challenges & Honorarium

Participants who complete the following four challenges receive a $500 honorarium.

  1. Attend all scheduled HPC training sessions.
  2. Participate in the Gateways 2026 Conference (travel support provided).
  3. Present a poster of revised course materials at the conference.
  4. Write a blog post on your SGX3 curriculum project for publication.