Conference: MERIF 2024-2025

在过去的十年中，许多中型实验研究基础设施（MERI）和测试平台已被授予NSF的计算机和信息科学工程师（CISE）理事会。例如，Chameleon、CloudLab和PAWR（POWDER、COSMOS、AERPAW、ARA）、FABRIC、SAGE、EdueLab和SPHERE。这些平台的可用性使新的研究成为可能，创建了一个广泛，多样化的研究人员和提供商社区，共同致力于将强大的实验平台的可访问性扩展到所有用户。中型实验研究基础设施论坛（MERIF）于2019年开始连接NSF CISE研究基础设施提供商，研究人员和有抱负的MERI资助者。新的MERIF将通过组织和运营未来两个年度研讨会（MERIF 2024和MERIF 2025）来扩大范围。这两个研讨会将帮助提供商更好地提出和管理中型研究基础设施，创建一个由多元化研究人员组成的社区，部署实验研究，支持高质量的科学成果，培训新一代研究人员，并促进跨平台合作研究的可能性。该奖项反映了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。

Over the past decade, a number of mid-scale experimental research infrastructure (MERI) and testbed platforms have been awarded NSF's Computer and Information Science & Engineer (CISE) Directorate. For example, Chameleon, CloudLab, and PAWR (POWDER, COSMOS, AERPAW, ARA), FABRIC, SAGE, EdueLab, and SPHERE. The availability of these platforms enables new research, creating a broad, diverse community of researchers and providers with a common commitment to extending the accessibility of powerful experimental platforms to all users.The Mid-scale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF) started in 2019 to connectNSF CISE research infrastructure providers, researchers, and aspiring MERI grantees. The new MERIF will expand the scope by organizing and operating the next two annual workshops (MERIF 2024 and MERIF2025). This pair of workshops will help providers better propose and manage mid-scaleresearch infrastructure, create a community of diverse researchers deploying experimental research,supporting high-quality science outcomes, training a new generation of researchers, and fostering the possibility for cross-platform collaborative research. The workshop activities will be made available at 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.