Conference: Gateways 2023

科学门户是NSF资助的网络基础设施的关键部分，数十万研究人员和学生使用它们，支持出版质量的科学和大规模教育。科学门户涉及对社会产生广泛影响的一套全面的研究领域，以应对相当大的挑战，如流行病、气候变化、由不断增长的人口、不断增加的人均收入推动的全球粮食、水和土地利用的可持续性等等。认识到它们的重要性，NSF资助了科学网关社区研究所(SGCI)，最近又资助了SGX3科学网关卓越中心，为科学网关社区提供领导。Gateways系列会议是SGCI和SGX3的旗舰会议之一，也是美国将科学网关社区聚集在一起的重大活动。该系列会议自2016年以来一直存在，每年吸引100至170人参加。今年，它已从SGCI组织的会议转变为社区驱动的会议，总主席首次由新成立的咨询委员会为会议挑选，他不是SGCI/SGX3团队的成员。其目标是吸引更多的研究领域，并利用主席尚未与SGCI/SGX3联系的网络。SGX3继续为大会提供指导。Gateways 2023以不同的节目格式为特色，如主旨演讲、演示、教程、演示、海报，今年还首次推出了自己的门户网站。被接受的投稿发表在开放获取的程序中，被接受的论文被邀请到期刊上的一个特刊上。SGCI/SGX3在科学门户社区中代表性不足的少数群体参与方面有着令人印象深刻的记录。旅行补助金允许更多的学生参加Gateways 2023，他们是在考虑多样性、公平和包容性的情况下选择的。Gateways 2023是美国科学门户社区讨论该领域的挑战和解决方案、发现新问题、塑造未来研究方向、促进思想、标准和共同要求的交流，并推动更广泛采用科学门户的重大事件。Gateways会议系列涵盖的主题从技术主题到用例，再到相关内容，如科学网关的可用性或可持续性。知识转移可以在不同的研究领域和技术内容之间产生变革性。科学门户框架的构建块可在不同的研究领域中重复使用，这在Hubzero和Tapis等广泛使用的框架中可见一斑。Gateways系列会议为学习、参与和增强社区中不同利益攸关方的能力奠定了基础，这些利益攸关方是科学门户的使用者、开发者和提供者，以及资助者和决策者。为学生提供旅行津贴可以包括不同的受众，并支持代表不足的少数群体。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。

Science gateways are a key part of NSF funded Cyberinfrastructure, and they are used by hundreds of thousands of researchers and students, supporting both publication-quality science and at-scale education. Science gateways involve a comprehensive set of research domains that has a broad impact on society, addressing considerable challenges such as pandemics, climate change, global sustainability on food, water, and land use driven by the growing population, rising per capita incomes, to name a few. In recognition of their importance, NSF has funded the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) and more recently the SGX3 Science Gateways Center of Excellence to provide leadership for the science gateways community. The Gateways conference series is one of the of flagships of SGCI and SGX3 and the major event in the US to bring the science gateways community together. The conference series has existed since 2016 and has attracted each year between 100-170 participants. This year it has moved from an SGCI-organized conference to a community-driven conference with the first time the general chair being selected by a newly established advisory board for the conference and who is not part of the SGCI/SGX3 team. The goal is to attract additional research domains and tap into the chair's networks that are not already in contact with SGCI/SGX3. SGX3 continues to guide the conference. Gateways 2023 features different program formats such as keynotes, presentations, tutorials, demos, posters and this year the first time Bring Your Own Portal. Accepted submissions are published in open-access proceedings and accepted papers are invited to a special issue in a journal. SGCI/SGX3 has an impressive record of underrepresented minority involvement within the science gateway community. The travel grant allows to involve more students at Gateways 2023 and they are selected under consideration of diversity, equity and inclusion.Gateways 2023 is the major event for the science gateway community in the US to discuss challenges and solutions in the area, to identify new issues, to shape future directions for research, foster the exchange of ideas, standards and common requirements and push towards the wider adoption of science gateways. The topics covered by the Gateways conference series range from technical topics to use cases to related content such as usability or sustainability of science gateways. The knowledge transfer can be transformative between different research domains and technical content. The building blocks of science gateway frameworks are re-usable in diverse research areas evident in widely used frameworks such as Hubzero and Tapis. The Gateways conference series sets the stage for learning, engaging and empowering the different stakeholders in the community who are science gateway users, developers and providers as well as funders and decision makers. Providing travel grants for students allows to include a diverse audience and support underrepresented minorities.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.