Sgci spf-2-23-17
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The document describes the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), which provides long-term support for building science gateways. It outlines SGCI's services, which include consulting expertise, developer support, a software collaborative, community engagement resources, and workforce development opportunities. SGCI aims to help the scientific community build gateways more effectively through these diverse and hands-on services.
Sgci spf-2-23-17
- 1. Award Number ACI-1547611 Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, SDSC Michael Zentner, Purdue Marlon Pierce, Indiana U Maytal Dahan, TACC Katherine Lawrence, U of Michigan Linda Hayden, ECSU Science Gateways Community Institute
- 2. What is a science gateway? 2 science gateway /sī′ əәns gāt′ wā′/ n. 1. an online community space for science and engineering research and education. 2. a Web-based resource for accessing data, software, computing services, and equipment specific to the needs of a science or engineering discipline.
- 3. 10+ year road to the birth of an institute 3 Despite the technological progress of grid technology and deployment, only a minority of the scientific, engineering, and education community use today’s national computing infrastructure. Our WIDE strategy addresses this situation by working directly with specific community leaders who are building discipline-specific cyberinfrastructure capabilities and resources for their communities. TeraGrid proposal, 2003 • Hallmarks of the program • Worked with applications and technology “newlyweds” • NSF Information Technology Research program • Had to pay early customers while they helped us develop a program • First example of community groups using supercomputers without individual identification
- 4. EAGER grant NSF Virtual Organizations program, 2009-2012 • Hallmarks of the program • $300k to 2 institutions, most funds to participant support • 5 focus groups • Characteristics of successful gateways • Fields ready for transformation by gateways • Research initiatives that have been successful and sustainable in multiple fields and through multiple funding sources • External perspectives on the evaluation criteria and compelling features of potentially successful and technology projects • Viability of preliminary findings (representatives from NSF and other federal agencies) 4
- 5. S2I2 Conceptualization phase grant, 2012- 2015 5 • Hallmarks of the program • $250k effort across 6 sites, most funds to participant support • Steering committee interviews • Identify participants and conferences • 3 more focus groups • 2 domain-focused events co-located with American Physical Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Tech-focused event • Large-scale survey of 5000 NSF PIs, academic CIOs, CTOs • 58-page strategic plan
- 6. 6 5-year S2I2 Implementation phase award begins Aug, 2016
- 7. Science Gateways Community Institute Designed to help the community build gateways more effectively 7 Diverse expertise on demand Longer-term, hands-on support Student opportunities & educator resources Sharing experiences & knowledge as a community Software & visibility for gateways
- 8. Incubator: Consulting expertise and in depth training • Building a gateway can take may types of expertise • But projects cannot afford to hire this in • Consulting services provide cost effective solution • Get expertise you need when you need it, release it when you’re finished • In depth cohorts for training, group interactions, mentoring • Customized structure, content and goals • ACTION: Request services at http://sciencegateways.org/services/gateway- services-request-form/
- 9. Extended Developer Support • Help building new gateways • Or portions of new gateways • Dedicated support for months to a year • Similar in structure to XSEDE ECSS program • Different in that gateways can be built from the ground up • And can use any type of resource • ACTION: Request services at http://sciencegateways.org/services/gateway- services-request-form/
- 10. Scientific Software Collaborative • Find software used to build gateways • List your software • Work with us to support gateways as an affiliate • Find existing gateways • Just use them • Learn what they’re built with • Converse with developers • Find gateways used in curricula • ACTION: Still in development, sign up for mailing list to keep apprised of status • http://sciencegateways.org/connect-with-us/
- 11. Community Engagement and Exchange • Goal is to be THE place for gateway-related information • Building the community of gateway developers • Blogs, jobs, case studies, gateways in the news, webinars • ACTION: help@sciencegateways.org to present on the webinar, contribute a blog entry, etc • Annual Gateways conference • Interact with other developers • Tutorials, presentations, posters, reception, open space discussions • Student opportunities, travel support • ACTION: Help organize, attend, participate • Gateways 2016 • Nov 2-3, SDSC, 120 attendees • Gateways 2017 • Oct 24-25, Ann Arbor • Building gateway expertise on campuses • This area is developing, stay tuned • ACTION: Follow us via mailing list or Twitter (@sciencegateways) • http://sciencegateways.org/connect-with-us/
- 12. • Students • Fellowships and internships • Travel support • Training • Summer coding opportunities • Young Professionals Network • Year 1 work with • NOBBCHe (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) • ADMI (Association of Computer/Information Sciences and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions) • Faculty • Gateways in the curricula • Career tracks for gateway developers • ACTION: Watch for opportunities for faculty and students via the mailing list • http://sciencegateways.org/connect-with- us/ Workforce Development
- 13. Hot off the presses: Gateway users are 77% of active XSEDE users in Q4 2016 13 This is largely due to the CIPRES and I-TASSER gateways, but others are gaining
- 14. Thank you! • SGCI follow-up • Mailing list for news and updates: http://sciencegateways.org/connect-with-us/ • Ready to request our services? http://sciencegateways.org/services/ gateway-services-request-form/ • Have a question? help@sciencegateways.org • @sciencegateways on Twitter • http://sciencegateways.org/linkedin 14