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

伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-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：服务支持（ACCESS）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布式的网络基础设施（CI）生态系统。ACCESS计划是美国国家科学基金会协调和运营该CI计划的一个演变，代表了支持该生态系统的一种全新方法。推进科学发现的开放CI生态系统（OpenCI）为ACCESS五个服务轨道提供了支持共享治理、社区投入以及沟通和外展的结构和服务（分配;最终用户支持;运营和集成;监控和测量;以及技术转化）。OpenCI为ACCESS服务轨道获奖者提供共享治理和横向领导的工具和服务，以创建一个包容性的CI生态系统，在该生态系统中，服务轨道PI通过定义明确的决策流程、沟通透明度和对科学赋能的关注来实现共同目标。OpenCI提供四个基本功能：1）通过创建和支持ACCESS执行理事会（ACCESS计划的正式管理机构），建立并促进管理; 2）通过创建和支持ACCESS外部咨询委员会来培养专家指导; 3）通过协调和加强服务轨道的通信、外联和社区建设活动来吸引社区; 4）作为NSF在报告、评估和审查领域监督ACCESS计划的资源。OpenCI的沟通、外展和社区建设工作将扩大国家CI生态系统服务不足的个人和社区的参与。技术，研究和学术创新将与更广泛的社区分享，以了解CI在推进社会中的作用。私营部门将发现新的合作机会，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）合作，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.