EAGER: Fact-Gathering and Planning for a National-Scale Cyberpractitioner Program

在各个大学、超级计算中心和国家实验室担任计算和数据支持科学研发企业支持角色的非教员IT专业人员、科学家和工程师的劳动力发展和职业道路是国家重要的问题。这个项目提出了一个研讨会和一系列相关的活动，以探索和报告这个“网络从业者”社区的地位、职业道路、培训和成长机会。研讨会的结果将影响社区本身，以及与之交互的教职员工、学生、领域科学家和管理员社区。这个项目将有助于绘制网络从业者技能和职业的当代图景，帮助确定专业发展机会，并建议更好地融入大学结构和与这个社区相关的其他行政单位。研讨会将汇集不同的利益相关者，包括来自大学、包括超级计算中心和XSEDE等项目的计算中心在内的非教师IT和科学专业人员、校园冠军和来自国家实验室的代表，以及来自计算科学教师和大学管理部门的代表。该项目将进行一项职业道路分析调查，以记录网络从业者的职业发展，并准备一份关于他们软技能和硬技能的技能清单。讲习班旨在界定网络从业者职业，并讨论有关进入和退出该职业、职业挑战、培训和准备的典型模式、成长选择和适应大学和其他相关行政结构的问题。

Workforce development and career pathways of non-faculty IT professionals, scientists, and engineers who are in the support role of the computation and data-enabled scientific research and development enterprises at various universities, supercomputing and other centers and national laboratories are issues of national importance. This project proposes a workshop and related set of activities to explore and report on the status, career pathways, training, and growth opportunities of this community of "cyber-practitioners." The workshop's results will impact the community itself, and those communities of faculty members, students, domain scientists and administrators it interfaces with. This project will help map the contemporary landscape of cyber-practitioner skills and occupations, help identify professional development opportunities, and suggest better ways of integration into the university structures and other administrative units relevant to this community. The workshop will bring together a diverse set of stakeholders including non-faculty IT and scientific professionals from universities, computing centers including supercomputing centers and programs such as XSEDE, campus champions, and from national laboratories, and representatives from faculty in computational sciences, and university administration. The project will carry out a career-path analysis survey to document cyber-practitioner career progressions, and prepare a skills inventory of their soft and hard skills. The workshop intends to define the cyber-practitioner profession and address questions pertaining to entry into and exit from the profession, career challenges, typical modes of training and preparations, and growth options and fit within university and other relevant administrative structures.