Conference: Support for MERIF Workshop 2023

研究基础设施项目旨在开发先进的研究设施，并为社区提供广泛的研究基础设施，以进行尖端研究。多年来，NSF的计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE）的多个研究基础设施项目，可以被认为是在中等规模的范围内，已被授予;他们在其生命周期的不同阶段。一些早期资助的项目（CloudLab，Chameleon，Colosseum）相对成熟，拥有稳定的用户群，渴望探索如何与新项目进行跨平台实验。其他可用平台（例如FABRIC、SAGE、COSMOS、POWDER、AERPAW）在基础设施中具有相对较新的组件，并努力扩大其研究用户群。中型实验研究基础设施论坛（MERIF）计划于2023年5月22日至24日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行MERIF研讨会，将上述研究基础设施提供商和研究用户聚集在一起，分享经验，改善基础设施，以支持科学和工程研究。该研讨会旨在帮助招募更多的研究人员，他们可以通过提高社区意识，减少使用障碍，分享最佳实践和促进跨设施研究，最大限度地利用当前的中型研究基础设施。研讨会还将为来自不同背景的学生提供培训机会，学习如何使用各种平台进行研究。有关研讨会的更多信息可在www.example.com上获得http://merif.orgThis奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

Research infrastructure projects aim to develop advanced research facilities and provide broad access to research infrastructures to the community to conduct cutting-edge research. Over the years, multiple research infrastructure projects in NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), which can be considered in the mid-scale range, have been awarded; they are in different stages of their life cycles. Some earlier funded projects (CloudLab, Chameleon, Colosseum) are relatively mature with a stable user base, eager to explore how to do cross-platform experimentation with newer projects. Other available platforms (such as FABRIC, SAGE, COSMOS, POWDER, AERPAW) have relatively newer components in the infrastructure and strive to expand their research user base. The Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF) plans to hold a MERIF Workshop on May 22-24, 2023 in Boston, MA, to bring together above-mentioned research infrastructure providers and research users to share experience and improve infrastructure to support science and engineering research. The workshop is intended to help recruit additional researchers who can make highest and best use of the current midscale research infrastructure facilities through raising community awareness, reducing barriers to use, sharing best practices, and facilitating cross-facility research. The workshop will also include training opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to learn how to use various platforms to conduct research. Further information about the workshop is available at http://merif.orgThis 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.