CC*DNI Engineer:Integrating Campus Cyberinfrastructure and Research Computing at Northwestern University

日益复杂的研究需要越来越复杂的工具、技术、数据选择和解决方案。此外，科学研究越来越依赖于访问各种资源的能力，这些资源基于全面的技术和基础设施解决方案以及促进数据共享、管理和分析的有能力的网络。然而，要完全支持科学研究，仅仅提供网络基础设施(CI)是不够的。将资源与研究需求相匹配的专业知识至关重要。为期两年的项目支持一名致力于支持研究调查的校园网络基础设施工程师(CIE)的活动。CIE领导提供和整合本地和远程资源，包括世界各地的资源，满足教职员工和学生的研究和培训需求，同时积极倡导领域科学家的不同CI需求。该项目确定和解决了竞争情报服务和基础设施方面的差距，并将新技术和做法纳入现有的服务组合和团队技能组合，使更广泛的竞争情报团队能够更好地支持研究和培训。该项目通过以下方式提供跨多学科的能力和综合能力，并在内部和外部实践界之间架起一座桥梁：(1)研究人员在追求和执行研究活动方面的支持；(2)核心网络基础设施服务的设计、开发和整合的进展；(3)地方、区域和国家合作伙伴参与实践社区的发展；(4)大学科学非军事区网络的增长和扩大使用；(5)核心CI服务培训。

The growing complexity of research requires increasingly sophisticated tools, technologies, data options and solutions. Moreover, scientific inquiry is increasingly reliant on the ability to access a diversity of resources, on and off campus, based on comprehensive technology and infrastructure solutions along with capable networks that facilitate the sharing, management and analysis of data. However, to fully support scientific research it is not enough to simply provide cyberinfrastructure (CI). Expertise in matching resources to research requirements is essential.The two-year project sustains the activities of a Campus Cyberinfrastructure Engineer (CIE) dedicated to supporting research inquiry. The CIE leads the provisioning and integration of local and remote resources, including those that are sited around the world, that meet the research and training needs of faculty and students while actively advocating for domain scientists' differing CI needs. This project identifies and addresses gaps in CI services and infrastructure, and incorporates new technologies and practices into the existing service portfolio and team skill set, allowing the broader CI team to better support research and training.This project provides enabling and integrative capabilities across multiple disciplines and bridges activities between internal and external communities of practice through: (1) researcher support in pursuit and execution of research activities; (2) design, development, and integration advancement of core cyberinfrastructure services; (3) engagement of local, regional, and national partners in the development of communities of practice; (4) growth and expanded usage of the University's Science DMZ network; and (5) core CI services training.