FZ ZF Joint workshop at USF March 2026
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Thank you for considering attending the FZ/ZF Joint workshop at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida!
Dates, Address, Contact
Date: March 17-18, 2026
Address: USF Marshall Student Center, 4103 USF Cedar Circle, Tampa, FL 33620
Room: 2708
Host: Dr. Jiajun Huang (jiajunhuang@usf.edu)
Meeting Zoom: One Zoom link for all the sessions
Meeting docs: All slides can be found in this shared folder
Google Form (food, restrictions): [TBD]
Google Form (proposed presentations): [TBD]
We use Eastern Time (ET) for this workshop.
Tentative Schedule
Schedule is subject to change.
March 17: FZ Project (ET)
Morning
- 09:30–09:40 AM Welcome remarks: Dean Dr. Sarkar (Bellini College welcome/overview)
- 09:40–10:30 AM FZ Thrust 1
- Invited Talk (15min): Juniper Tyree (remote) Compression Safeguards: Towards Safe and Fearless Lossy Compression
- FZ Demo Session and Discussion (20min): Robert Underwood, Kai Zaho, Guoxi Liu, Skyler Ruiter, Shihui Song, and Jiannan Tian
- Highlight Talk (15min): Shihui Song Designing Domain-Specific Compilers for Lossy Compression: A Case Study on Wafer-Scale Engine
- 10:30–10:45 AM Break
- 10:45 AM–12:00 PM FZ Thrust 2 (1h 15m)
- Update, Highlight 1, Highlight 2, Discussion Topic
Lunch
- 12:00–01:30 PM Lunch break (on your own)
Afternoon
- 01:30–02:45 PM FZ Thrust 3 (1h 15m)
- Thrust Overview (15m): H. Guo
- FZ-Vis Deep-dive (45m): G. Liu
- Open Discussion (15m)
- 02:45–03:00 PM Break
- 03:00–05:00 PM Open Session (discussion, other projects, etc.)
March 18: ZF Project (ET)
Morning
- 09:00–09:10 AM Welcome remarks: Provost Dr. Mohapatra (USF welcome/overview)
- 09:10–10:15 AM ZF Thrust 1
- Update, Highlight 1, Highlight 2, Discussion Topic
- 10:15–10:30 AM Break
- 10:30–11:45 PM ZF Thrust 2 (1h 15m)
- Thrust Overview: (Concurrent) preservation of multiple feature descriptors (20m): H. Guo
- Topology-preserving compression (20m): H. Guo
- Spectrum-preserving compression (20m): H. Guo
- Open discussion (15m)
- 11:45 AM–12:00 PM Buffer / informal discussion
Lunch
- 12:00–01:30 PM Lunch break (on your own)
Afternoon
- 01:30–02:45 PM ZF Thrust 3 (1h 15m)
- Thrust Overview: (Concurrent) preservation of multiple feature descriptors (20m): S. Di
- Compression optimization for regular mesh data (dynamic stencil pattern and coefficients – Thrust 1) and unstructrued data (Thrust 3) (20m): Zizhe Jian
- Progressive SVD (20m): Ruoyu Li
- Open discussion (15m)
- 02:45–03:00 PM Break
- 03:00–05:00 PM Open Session (discussion, other projects, etc.)
Breakouts
- Breakouts for outside projects during Open Session (e.g., Jiannan, Xin, etc.)
March 16, March 19: USF AI College Visit (optional)
- Have a visit to the USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
- Meetings with Jiajun Huang and other faculty to discuss collaboration.
Logistics
Hotels
March is a very busy season in Tampa as it is a popular spring break destination. Please book your hotel as soon as possible. We recommend staying at hotels that are within walking distance of the venue:
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa USF (3705 Spectrum Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612)
- Holiday Inn Tampa North by IHG (3751 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33612)
- Home2 Suites by Hilton Tampa USF (11606 McKinley Dr, Tampa, FL 33612)
Food
- Breakfast: Not provided. Starbucks and Panera Bread are on campus.
- Lunch: Not provided. There are some restaurants (e.g., Panera Bread) in the same building, you may order on your own.
- Dinner: Not provided.
Transportation
Where should I fly?:
- Tampa International Airport (TPA): 25 minutes driving to USF
- Clearwater airport (PIE): 35 minutes driving to USF
- Orlando International Airport (MCO): 1.5 hours driving to USF
Getting to USF: We recommend renting a car or using ride-share services (Uber/Lyft) to get to the hotel and campus.