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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The MPICH team will host a Birds-of-a-Feather session this Thursday, February 12<sup>th</sup> at 10am Central time as part of the CASS Community BoF
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We hope to see folks there to discuss upcoming MPICH release plans and to hear presentations from MPICH partners and users.</span></p>
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Date and Time: Thursday, February 12th, 10:00am – 11:30am Central Time</p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/EQumnsmRTcyrMK0Y7CBC3g__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!Z024Ch9A3f-h4wCUf6xtn903BcYEblP0Q7-k2ocRnpR76j8gstOOLDvG7FV7IZhB6-cmSBwa1EVwLtGx$" data-outlook-id="e84417c1-ad11-418e-908f-e5670000a9e6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/EQumnsmRTcyrMK0Y7CBC3g</a></span></p>
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<div role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">ANL Update – Hui Zhou</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt;">Kim McMahon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt;">Nat Shineman, Ohio State University</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt;">Simon Pickartz, ParTec AG</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt;">Maria Garzaran, Intel</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 11pt;">Thomas Applencourt, ANL/ALCF</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Junchao Zhang, ANL/PETSc</span></li></ul>
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