Workshop for Management Models for Cyberinfrastructure

这是两个关于“网络基础设施的管理和模式”的研讨会的建议。这份题为《通过网络基础设施革新科学与工程》的报告为科学与工程研究的未来提供了广阔的前景。本报告展望的未来之路——广泛的网络基础设施，使各级科学和工程研究和教育、地理和机构独立性、跨学科数据和见解共享以及所有维度的技术深度——真正具有彻底改变所有研究和教育领域的潜力。报告除了就NSF在实施报告建议时可能面临的组织问题提出合理建议外，还需要研究可能与管理和监督这种大规模、无处不在、全面的数字环境相关的各种模型，这些环境包括分布式资源、联合设施、人员、数据、信息和工具。需要从管理和监督此类复杂企业方面有经验的主要利益攸关方和其他负责人那里获得投入和经验教训。这些研讨会的中心目标是阐明NSF可以考虑用于网络基础设施的大规模、联合、分布式科学组织的一系列组织模型。每种模式的利弊和可能的创新应该从以下几个方面进行分析：1)治理问题，2)监督潜力，3)运营有效性，4)经济效率，5)知识生产潜力。此外，将举行几次市政厅会议，以确保包括所有利益攸关方。

This proposal is for two workshops on "Management and Models for Cyberinfrastructure." The report, Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure, provides a broad vision of the future of science and engineering research. The path forward that this report envisions - extensive cyberinfrastructure to enable all levels of science & engineering research and education, geographic and institution independence, cross-disciplinary sharing of data and insights, and technical depth in all dimensions - truly has the potential to revolutionize all fields of research and education. In addition to the sound advice offered in the report on the organizational issues that NSF may face in implementing the report's recommendations, there is also a need to examine the various models that might be relevant to the management and oversight of such large-scale, ubiquitous, comprehensive digital environments, which include distributed resources, federated facilities, people, data, information and tools. Input and lessons learned are needed from key stakeholders and other principals experienced in the management and oversight of such complex enterprises. The central objective of these workshops is to articulate the array of organizational models for large-scale, federated, distributed scientific organizations that NSF can consider employing for cyberinfrastructure. The benefits, detriments and possible innovations of each model should be analyzed from several points of view including 1) governance issues, 2) oversight potential, 3) operational effectiveness, 4) economic efficiency, and 5) knowledge production potential. In addition, several town hall meetings will be held to insure that all stakeholders are included.