Revitalizing the National Ecological Network Cyberinfrastructure; June 13-14, 2016; Boulder, CO and September, 2016; Boulder, CO

国家生态观测站网络（氖）将成为一个共享使用的大陆规模生态研究平台。该网络将由部署在美国大陆、阿拉斯加、夏威夷和波多黎各的地理分布基础设施组成。多年来，各种氖场地和活动的概念、设计和场地及仪器的选择都在不断发展，在此期间，社区咨询一直是一项重要的活动。最近氖管理方面的变化为评价天文台基础设施的各个方面提供了一个机会，因为它关系到天文台目标的实现。通过与氖的新管理层协商，该项目将计划和实施两个研讨会，以确定当前网络基础设施（CI）架构的即时改进，并为构建社区参与设计氖CI的尖端，可发展的框架提供基础。随着Battelle被选为氖的管理职责，NSF将此视为评估氖项目的CI需求并调整它们以支持该项目的数据产品和其他IT需求的主要机会。一个主要目标是更新氖的CI框架，并建立一个可演进的架构。计划让Battelle及其为项目带来的专业知识参与项目CI要求的评估。研讨会的参与者将公开讨论问题和机会，确定加强氖CI的建设性方法，并就如何最好地维护CI框架提供建议，该框架可以优化以满足社区在项目生命周期中的需求。讲习班的成果包括若干可交付成果，在项目进入这一新阶段时，这些成果将为管理层和利益攸关方社区提供信息。

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will be a shared-use, continental scale research platform for ecological research. The network will consist of geographically distributed infrastructure deployed across the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The concept, design, and selection of sites and instruments for the various NEON sites and activities have evolved over many years, during which community consultation has been an important activity. The recent change in NEON management provides an opportunity for evaluating aspects of the Observatory's infrastructure as it relates to the achievement of the Observatory's goals. Through consultation with NEON's new management, this project will plan and implement two workshops to identifying immediate improvements in the current cyberinfrastructure (CI) architecture, and provide a foundation for framing community involvement in designing a cutting-edge, evolvable framework for the NEON CI.With the selection of Battelle to assume management responsibilities of NEON, NSF views this as a prime opportunity to evaluate the CI needs of the NEON project and align them to support the data products and other IT requirements of the project. A major goal is to update the framework of NEON's CI and put in place an architecture that is evolvable. Plans are to engage Battelle and the expertise it brings to the project in the evaluation of the CI requirements of the project. Participants in the workshop will engage in open discussion of issues and opportunities, identify constructive approaches towards enhancing NEON's CI, and provide suggestions about how to best maintain a CI framework that can be optimized to meet the community's needs over the life of the project. Outcomes of the workshop include several deliverables that will inform management and the community of stakeholders as the project moves into this new phase.