Sustainable Funding and Business Models for Academic Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Facilities Workshop II

授予康奈尔大学的这一奖项将资助学术科学计算联盟(CASC)主办的一个研讨会。CASC社区是美国学术研究人员的高级计算的主要提供商，他们需要获得高端计算资源和专业知识。学员是园区、地区和国家层面的高级计算基础设施领域的领导者。提供校园网络基础设施(CI)的单位面临着充满活力的技术前沿的挑战和机遇，这必须促进地方、国家和国际层面的合作和运营。与此同时，校园CI在实施可行和可持续的经济模式方面面临着共同的挑战。在这个充满活力和挑战的环境中，这次研讨会提供了一个难得的机会，让学术界、工业界和资助机构的领导人分享和对比新出现的CI挑战、机会和解决方案。校园CI虽然是学术机构独有的，反映了不同的机构优先事项，但通常具有共同的运营模式、技术挑战和财务现实。该研讨会为创新和敏捷的领导团队提供了预测、比较和对比各种方法来应对常见的CI挑战和机会的机会，包括技术和经济方面的挑战和机遇。讨论的主题包括：不断变化的研究和教育驱动因素及其基础设施需求；州和联邦机构在竞争情报资助中的作用；高科技劳动力和员工发展；以及在不断增长的基础设施需求、颠覆性技术和日益激烈的资金竞争中，为各级竞争情报部门规划一个富有成效和高效的未来。校园网络基础设施虽然是学术机构独有的，反映了不同的机构优先事项，但往往具有共同的运营模式、技术挑战和经济现实。网络基础设施不仅包括计算和数据存储资源，还包括科学仪器，如望远镜、基因测序仪和分布式传感器网络。该研讨会为一群创新而灵活的美国网络基础设施领导者提供了一个机会，让他们预测、比较和对比各种方法，以应对提供网络基础设施服务和资源的共同挑战和机遇，包括技术和经济方面的挑战和机遇。

This award to Cornell University funds a workshop to be hosted by The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC). The CASC community is the primary provider of advanced computing for the nation's academic researchers who require access to both high-end computing resources and expertise. Participants are leaders in advanced computing infrastructure at campus, regional, and national levels. Units that provide campus cyberinfrastructure (CI) face the challenges and opportunities of a dynamic technical frontier that must facilitate collaborations and operations at local, national, and international levels. At the same time, campus CI face common challenges regarding implementing viable and sustainable economic models. Within this dynamic and challenging environment, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to engage leaders from academia, industry, and funding agencies to share and contrast emerging CI challenges, opportunities, and solutions. Campus CI, while unique to an academic institution and reflective of different institutional priorities, often share common operating models, technical challenges, and financial realities. This workshop offers an innovative and agile leadership group the opportunity to anticipate, compare and contrast various approaches to common CI challenges and opportunities, both technical and economic. Topics of discussion include shifting research and education drivers and their infrastructure requirements; the role of state and federal agencies in CI funding; high-tech workforce and staff development; and, planning for a productive and efficient future at all levels of CI in the midst of growing infrastructure requirements, disruptive technologies, and increased competition for funding. Campus cyberinfrastructure, while unique to an academic institution and reflective of different institutional priorities, often share common operating models, technical challenges, and economic realities. Cyberinfrastructure includes not only computing and data storage resources but also scientific instruments such as telescopes, gene sequencers, and distributed sensor networks. This workshop offers an innovative and agile group of U.S. cyberinfrastructure leaders an opportunity to anticipate, compare and contrast various approaches to the common challenges and opportunities in providing cyberinfrastructure services and resources, both technical and economic.