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

非教师IT专业人员，科学家和工程师的劳动力发展和职业道路，他们在各个大学，超级计算和其他中心以及国家实验室的计算和数据支持的科学研究和开发企业中发挥支持作用。 本计画建议举办工作坊及相关活动，以探讨及报告网路从业者的现况、职业道路、训练及成长机会。“研讨会的结果将影响社区本身，以及与之接触的教师、学生、领域科学家和管理员社区。 该项目将帮助绘制网络从业者技能和职业的当代格局，帮助确定专业发展机会，并提出融入大学结构和与该社区相关的其他行政单位的更好方法。 该研讨会将汇集各种利益相关者，包括来自大学的非教师IT和科学专业人员，包括超级计算中心和XSEDE，校园冠军等项目的计算中心，以及来自国家实验室的代表，以及计算科学教师和大学管理人员。 该项目将进行职业道路分析调查，以记录网络从业人员的职业进展，并编制一份关于其软硬技能的技能清单。 该讲习班旨在界定网络从业人员职业，并解决有关进入和退出该职业、职业挑战、典型的培训和准备模式、成长选择以及在大学和其他相关行政结构中的适应性等问题。

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.