EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Workshop

这份题为“EPSCoR网络基础设施评估研讨会”的提案于2007年7月19日提交。为了解决EPSCoR和非EPSCoR管辖区之间的“网络基础设施(CI)鸿沟”问题，KY NSF EPSCoR提议主办一次研讨会，该研讨会将在以前会议上制定的基础上进行扩展，并最终产生一项合作计划/提案，以主动解决EPSCoR管辖区的CI问题。EPSCoR研讨会的参与者将拥有CI的专业知识，并在各自的司法管辖区内进行评估，以便能够在整个社区展示CI的当前状况。研讨会的第一天将由来自EPSCoR司法管辖区的传播与信息专家介绍其管辖范围内传播与传播的能力和需求。还将包括EPSCoR社区以外的专家的演讲，他们已经建立了州际CI结构，如网络和电网。外部专家的发言将侧重于传播与信息的实际应用。研讨会的第二天将总结计划并提取共同要素。这将导致EPSCoR辖区共享资源的协调计划，例如具有适当软件和专业知识的计算资源网格，使其成为强大的科学引擎，并提供对其他资源的轻松访问，如NSF Teragrid.智力价值NSF认识到，发展CI对于国家平衡其研究组合和提高未来研究的智力价值具有内在必要性。网络基础设施代表着一个不断变化的平台，为学术研究的未来提供了支持。随着这项技术的发展，EPSCoR辖区面临着被技术先进的国家甩在后面的风险，这些国家拥有强大的网络连接和在高端计算方面的可观投资。此外，EPSCoR辖区代表着不同的人口和广泛的CI需求和条件。该计划将使EPSCoR司法管辖区发展未来科学和教育竞争力所需的能力。本研讨会的成果可用于在夏威夷举行的EPSCoR年会上，EPSCoR辖区项目负责人的额外规划可以使规划工作正规化，并最终产生一项合作计划/建议，以主动解决EPSCoR辖区内的CI问题。广泛影响研讨会的更广泛影响包括发展EPSCoR范围内的合作努力，以积极应对和塑造司法管辖区对不断变化的学术研究性质的反应。这项计划必须包括教育和培训部分，因为EPSCoR辖区严重缺乏训练有素的人员来操作和维护现代传播与信息。评估将包括部落和社区大学的CI需求。

This proposal for a workshop entitled "EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Assessment Workshop" was submitted July 19, 2007. To address the problem of the "Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Gap" between EPSCoR and non-EPSCoR jurisdictions, KY NSF EPSCoR proposes hosting a workshop that will expand on the groundwork developed at previous meetings and will ultimately result in a collaborative plan/proposal for proactively addressing CI in the EPSCoR jurisdictions. EPSCoR workshop participants will have CI expertise and performed an assessment within their respective jurisdictions to be able to present the current status of CI across the community. The first day of the workshop will consist of presentations by experts in CI from the EPSCoR jurisdictions about the capabilities and needs of the CI in their jurisdictions. Also included will be presentations by experts outside of the EPSCoR community who have set up interstate CI structures, such as networks and grids. The presentations by the outside experts will be focused on practical CI applications. The second day of the workshop will summarize the plans and extract common elements. This will lead to a coordinated plan for EPSCoR jurisdictions to share resources, e.g. a grid of computational resources with the appropriate software and expertise to make it function as a powerful scientific engine, and to provide easy access to other resources such as the NSF Teragrid.Intellectual MeritNSF recognizes that developing CI is inherently necessary for the nation to balance its research portfolio and to enhance the intellectual merit of future research. Cyberinfrastructure represents a changing platform for enabling the future of academic research. As this technology evolves, the EPSCoR jurisdictions run the risk of being left behind technically advanced states with robust network connections and sizable investments in high-end computing. In addition, EPSCoR jurisdictions represent diverse populations and a broad range of CI needs and conditions. The plan will position EPSCoR jurisdictions to develop the capabilities needed for future science and educational competitiveness. The results of this workshop can be carried on to the EPSCoR Annual Meeting in Hawaii where additional planning by EPSCoR jurisdiction project directors can formalize planning efforts and will ultimately result in a collaborative plan/proposal for proactively addressing CI in the EPSCoR jurisdictions.Broader ImpactsThe broader impacts of the workshop include developing an EPSCoR-wide collaborative effort to actively address and shape the jurisdictions' response to the changing nature of academic research. This plan will necessarily include educational and training components, as there is a critical shortage of trained people in the EPSCoR jurisdictions to operate and maintain modern CI. The assessment will include CI needs for tribal and community colleges.