Mid Atlantic Crossroads

2017 MAX Participants Meeting
2017-04-05 | College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 3501 University Boulevard, E., Hyattsville, Maryland, 20783
The 2017 MAX Participants Meeting was held on April 5, 2017. The meeting boasted an informative agenda packed with updates on MAX’s production and research networks, service offerings, and research activities. MAX also highlighted partnerships and other endeavors that will help MAX continually provide high-performance services that meet the needs of the research and science communities. This year’s meeting also welcomed a special guest, as renowned Internet pioneer Glenn Ricart was the keynote speaker.
View the Presentation Slides:
The Digital Town Square – A City Edge Cloud
(Glenn Ricart, US Ignite)
MAX State of Infrastructure, Services, Research, and Partnerships
(Tripti Sinha, MAX / Jack Belcher, Arlington County Government / Raju Namburu, U.S. Army Research Lab)
Software Defined Exchange (SDX) and Software Defined ScienceDMZ (SD-SDMZ)
(Tom Lehman, MAX)
DDoS Mitigation and Internet2 Update
(George Loftus, Internet2)
TICAP Services
(Rob Sears, NOAA)

2018 MAX Participants Meeting
2018-04-25 | College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 3501 University Boulevard, E., Hyattsville, Maryland, 20783
MAX held its 2018 Participants Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th. The agenda included updates on MAX’s production and research networks, service offerings, research activities, and partnerships that help MAX continually provide high-performance services that meet the needs of the research and science communities.
View the Presentation Slides:
Keynote Address: Overview of the Internet2 national research and education network and perspectives on how technology trends will influence the core cyberinfrastructure needs of the research and higher education community into the future
(Howard Pfeffer, Internet2)
MAX State of Infrastructure, Services, and Research and MAX’s Partnership with Ciena
(Tripti Sinha, MAX)
(Marc Lyonnais, Ciena)
MAX Edge and Cloud Services
(Tom Lehman, MAX)
Ciena Research Testbed
(Marc Lyonnais, Ciena)
Cloud Access Services and DDoS Update
(George Loftus, Internet2)
MAX Strategic Plan Update
(Tripti Sinha, MAX)

2019 MAX Participants Meeting
2019-04-11 | College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 3501 University Boulevard, E., Hyattsville, Maryland, 20783
MAX celebrated its 20th year by hosting the 2019 MAX Participants Meeting on Thursday, April 11th. The agenda included a keynote address from Inder Monga, Executive Director of ESnet, titled Building Race-Tracks for Big-Data Science: Present and Future. The MAX team also presented its strategic plan for the next five years as well as gave updates on the production and research networks, service offerings, research activities, and partnerships that help MAX continually provide high-performance services that support the needs of the research and education communities.
View the Presentation Slides:
Keynote Address:
Building Race-Tracks for Big-Data Science: Present and Future
(Inder Monga, ESnet DOE)
State of MAX Update: 2019-2024 Strategic Plan, Infrastructure, Services, and Research
(Tripti Sinha, MAX/University of Maryland)
MAXedge Services
(Xi Yang and Kevin Hildebrand, MAX/University of Maryland)
Update on the Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Program
(George Loftus, Internet2)
Evolution of NOAA Trusted Internet Connection Access Provider (TICAP) and Adoption of TICAP Adjacent Services
(Rob Sears, NOAA)

2023 MAX Participants Meeting
2023-05-17 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Hotel at the University of Maryland

SC 24 The International Conference for High Performance Computing
2024-11-17 - 2024-11-22
The International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
ATLANTA, GA • NOV 17–22

University of Maryland College Park Research & AI Day: Advancing Discovery with Cloud & Security
2025-10-08 09:00 - 16:00 | University of Maryland, Computer & Space Sciences Building, Room 1410, College Park, MD, 20742
This event is intended for UMD faculty and staff.

SC25: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
2025-11-16 08:00 - 2025-11-21 17:00 | America’s Center Convention Complex, 701 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO, 63101
MAX will be representing the University of Maryland at the 2025 SuperComputing conference in St. Louis, MO! Our booth will feature the signature terrapin shell, highlights on Zaratan, the university supercomputer, expert speakers, and giveaways!

Quantum World Congress
2026-09-23 07:00 - 2026-09-25 17:00 | The Hotel at the University of Maryland
