Sustaining and Strengthening the US Desk for International Science Grid This Week

本周维持和加强美国国际科学网格服务台

• 批准号: 1242759
• 负责人: Matthew Link
• 金额: $ 44.54万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1242759&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustaining; Strengthening; US; Desk; International

iSGTW (International Science Grid This Week) is a unique international weekly online publication that covers distributed computing and the research it enables. They report on all aspects of distributed computing technology, such as grids and clouds. They also regularly feature articles on distributed computing-enabled research in a large variety of disciplines, including physics, biology, sociology, earth sciences, archaeology, medicine, disaster management, crime, and art. (Note that they do not cover stories that are purely about commercial technology) In its current incarnation, iSGTW is also an online destination where you can host a profile and blog, and find and disseminate announcements and information about events, deadlines, and jobs. What many people outside of particle physics may not know is that distributed computing played a crucial role in the race towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. At present, each issue of iSGTW includes three feature articles, a visual, and a spotlight. Visuals present opportunities to showcase something graphic in nature, such as scientific visualizations, while spotlights feature a variety of links, news articles, papers, and so forth. Both items are typically written in a more casual style, with only a small amount of text. iSGTW feature articles are typically 500 - 1,500 words, but sometimes run longer. iSGTW coverage attempts to be rigorously neutral, never favoring projects affiliated with its funding source or Advisory Board, and maintaining balance across world regions. The iSGTW website, re-launched in January 2011, also has a number of new and exciting community service features. Readers can post announcements, advertise jobs, and add events to the calendar and everything appears on the front page. News feeds on related topics also appeal to readers looking for more background. Similarly, the website has basic social networking functionality: visitors can leave comments, share content, create profiles, and blog.A large proportion of the news stories covering cyberinfrastructure-enabled research do not mention the computational side of the story. By publishing well-written science stories that explain the computational aspects of the research, iSGTW ensures that taxpayers, policy makers, and other interested readers understand the role of cyberinfrastructure in scientific endeavors. As a long-established publication, iSGTW has earned the trust of a range of audiences. Furthermore, as an international collaboration with the explicit support of diverse cyberinfrastructures (such as the Open Science Grid and XSEDE), iSGTW is better able to maintain impartiality and credibility, as compared to publications from individual institutions. The general public and members of the press are more likely to give weight to the stories iSGTW runs, and news outlets are more likely to pick them up. This theory is supported by the growing number of journalists subscribing to iSGTW. In the July 2009 reader survey, only 3% of iSGTW readers identified as journalists. In the most recent survey, that rose to 7%. The subscription list currently includes approximately 130 journalists, not counting those affiliated with foreign-language media. Publications represented include The New York Times, NPR, Science/AAAS, and the Washington Post. iSGTW's email subscriber list has grown to approximately 8,180 today. Web readership is split evenly between the US and the EU, with approximately 40% of viewers hailing from each continent. Viewers from the Asia Pacific region constitute another 13%. Four percent are from the Central and South American sub-continents. The remainder are from Western Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

ISGTW(国际科学网格本周)是一份独特的国际周刊在线出版物，涵盖了分布式计算及其实现的研究。他们报告了分布式计算技术的方方面面，例如网格和云。它们还定期发表关于各种学科的分布式计算研究的文章，包括物理学、生物学、社会学、地球科学、考古学、医学、灾害管理、犯罪和艺术。(请注意，它们不包括纯粹关于商业技术的故事)在目前的化身中，iSGTW也是一个在线目的地，在那里你可以托管个人资料和博客，查找和传播关于活动、截止日期和工作的公告和信息。粒子物理学以外的许多人可能不知道的是，在瑞士日内瓦CERN实验室的大型强子对撞机(LHC)上，分布式计算在发现希格斯玻色子的竞赛中发挥了关键作用。目前，每期iSGTW包括三篇专题文章、一篇视觉文章和一篇聚光灯。视觉提供了展示自然界中某些图形的机会，例如科学可视化，而聚光灯则以各种链接、新闻文章、论文等为特色。这两个项目通常都是以一种更随意的风格写的，只有少量的文字。ISGTW专题文章通常为500-1500字，但有时篇幅更长。ISGTW的覆盖范围试图保持严格的中立，从不偏袒与其资金来源或咨询委员会有关联的项目，并保持世界各地区的平衡。2011年1月重新推出的iSGTW网站也有许多新的和令人兴奋的社区服务功能。读者可以在日历上发布公告、招聘广告和添加活动，所有内容都会出现在首页。相关主题的新闻馈送也吸引了想要了解更多背景的读者。同样，该网站具有基本的社交网络功能：访问者可以留下评论、分享内容、创建个人资料和博客。报道网络基础设施支持的研究的新闻报道中，很大一部分没有提到故事的计算方面。通过发表写得很好的科学故事来解释研究的计算方面，iSGTW确保纳税人、政策制定者和其他感兴趣的读者理解网络基础设施在科学努力中的作用。作为一份历史悠久的出版物，iSGTW赢得了一系列受众的信任。此外，作为一个在各种网络基础设施(如开放科学网格和XSEDE)的明确支持下开展的国际合作，与个别机构的出版物相比，iSGTW能够更好地保持公正性和公信力。公众和媒体成员更有可能重视iSGTW报道的内容，新闻媒体也更有可能转载这些报道。订阅iSGTW的记者越来越多，这一理论得到了支持。在2009年7月的读者调查中，只有3%的iSGTW读者认为自己是记者。在最近的调查中，这一比例上升到了7%。订阅名单目前包括大约130名记者，这还不包括那些隶属于外语媒体的记者。代表的出版物包括《纽约时报》、NPR、《科学/AAAS》和《华盛顿邮报》。目前，iSGTW的电子邮件订户已增至约8,180人。美国和欧盟的网络读者人数各占一半，约40%的观众来自两大洲。来自亚太地区的观众占了另外13%。4%的人来自中美洲和南美洲次大陆。其余的来自西亚、中东和非洲。