ACO: An Open CI Ecosystem to Advance Scientific Discovery (OpenCI)

伊利诺伊大学香槟分校团队提供协调服务，作为高级网络基础设施协调生态系统：服务与支持(接入)计划的一部分。科学和工程研究和教育依赖于日益复杂和分散的网络基础设施生态系统(CI)。Access计划是国家科学基金会协调和运营这一CI的计划的演变，代表了一种支持这一生态系统的全新方法。促进科学发现的Open CI生态系统(OpenCI)提供了支持共享治理、社区投入以及五个Access服务轨道(分配、最终用户支持、运营和集成、监控和测量以及技术转换)的沟通和推广的结构和服务。OpenCI为Access Service Track获奖者的共享治理和横向领导提供工具和服务，以创建一个包容的CI生态系统，在该生态系统中，服务Track PI通过明确定义的决策过程、沟通的透明度和对促进科学的关注，实现共同的目标。OpenCI提供四项基本职能：1)通过创建和支持Access执行委员会，即Access计划的正式管理机构，建立和促进治理；2)通过创建和支持Access外部咨询委员会，培养专家指导；3)通过协调和加强服务Track的沟通、外联和社区建设活动，使社区参与进来；以及4)作为NSF在报告、评估和审查领域对访问计划的监督的资源。OpenCI的沟通、推广和社区建设努力将扩大国家CI生态系统服务不足的个人和社区的参与。技术、研究和学术方面的创新将与更广泛的社区分享，这些社区试图了解CI在推动社会发展中的作用。私营部门将找到新的合作机会，并通过这些机会帮助提高美国公司在对经济和劳动力至关重要的领域的竞争力。OpenCI由伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的国家超级计算应用中心(NCSA)领导，与加州大学圣地亚哥分校的圣地亚哥超级计算机中心(SDSC)和佐治亚理工学院的科学、数学和计算教育中心(CEISMC)合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team provides coordination services as part of the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program. Science and engineering research and education depend upon an increasingly complex and distributed ecosystem of cyberinfrastructure (CI). The ACCESS program is an evolution of the National Science Foundation’s plans for coordination and operation of this CI and represents a fundamentally new approach to supporting this ecosystem.The Open CI Ecosystem to Advance Scientific Discovery (OpenCI) provides the structures and services to support shared governance, community input, and communication and outreach for the five ACCESS service tracks (Allocations; End User Support; Operations and Integration; Monitoring and Measurement; and Technology Translation). OpenCI provides the tools and services for shared governance and horizontal leadership of the ACCESS Service Track awardees to create an inclusive CI ecosystem where Service Track PIs work with common purpose through well-defined decision-making processes, transparency in communication, and a focus on enabling science.OpenCI provides four essential functions: 1) establishes and facilitates governance through the creation and support of the ACCESS Executive Council, the formal governing body of the ACCESS program; 2) cultivates expert guidance through the creation and support of the ACCESS External Advisory Board; 3) engages the community through coordination and augmentation of communications, outreach, and community-building activities of the Service Tracks; and 4) serves as a resource to NSF in its oversight of the ACCESS program across the areas of reporting, evaluation, and reviews.OpenCI’s communication, outreach, and community-building efforts will broaden the participation of individuals and communities that have been underserved by the national CI ecosystem. Innovations in technology, research, and scholarship will be shared with the broader community that seeks to understand the role of CI in advancing society. The private sector will find new opportunities for collaboration, and through these opportunities, help improve the competitiveness of US companies in areas critical for the economy and the workforce.OpenCI is led by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.