Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs and Spokes Workshop

2015年，美国国家科学基金会拨款600万美元，在全国范围内建立四个区域中心，重点关注数据科学创新和伙伴关系建设。然后，在2016年10月，NSF宣布了与BD hub合作的大数据演讲项目和计划拨款的选择。这些旅行资金将用于支持参与者参加第一次轮毂和辐条研讨会。该提案旨在2017年在IPDPS （IEEE国际并行与分布式处理研讨会）上建立一个开放参加的研讨会，并资助15名个人。这些资助将主要是研讨会的演讲者，包括演讲和规划资助项目负责人或合作项目负责人，根据他们的经验、研究广度和与活动的相关性、多样性和跨学科融合来考虑。邀请的演讲和海报将来自商业发展中心和辐条项目的pi和合作者，并将重点介绍商业发展中心目前推动的与研究相关的活动。本次研讨会的听众将包括有兴趣与BD中心合作的研究人员，并就感兴趣的主题发表演讲，以及与所在地理区域的Hub成员会面。这是关于轮毂和辐条的第一次研讨会，并将向大量相关的听众展示NSF的相当大的努力。这是一个独特的跨学科活动，涵盖了几个主题，被来自全国各地的研究社区成员认为是在形成和扩展国家大数据中心网络期间的高度优先事项。一个成功的研讨会将提高与大数据辐条项目相关的研究的可见度，增加南方和全国对中心相关活动的参与和热情，并创建一个由中心的专家、成员和合作伙伴组成的扩大网络。它还将促进项目当前和未来工作的联网和潜在合作者的招募，并扩大与中心相关的研究、教育和社区资源相关的外联。

In 2015, NSF awarded $6 million to establish four regional Hubs across the nation, focusing on datascience innovation and partnership building. Then, in October 2016, NSF announced selections for BigData Spoke projects and planning grants to work in concert with the BD Hubs. These travel funds will support participants to attend the first workshop on the hubs and spokes. This proposal aims to establish an open-attendance workshop at IPDPS (IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium) 2017 and fund fifteen individuals. Those funded will primarily be workshop presenters, including spokes and planning grant PIs or Co-PIs, considered based on their experience, research breadth and relevance to the event, diversity, and interdisciplinary blend. The invited talks and posters will come from PIs and collaborators on BD Hubs and spokes projects, and will highlight the current research-related activities facilitated by the BD Hubs. The audience for this workshop will include researchers interested in partnering with the BD Hubs and spokes on topics of interest as well as meeting Hub members within their geographic area. This is the first workshop on the hubs and spokes and will showcase NSF's considerable effort to a large and relevant audience. It is a unique and interdisciplinary event spanning several topics deemed a high priority by members of the research community from across the country during the formation and extension of the national network of big data hubs. A successful workshop will enhance visibility of research related to the big data spokes projects, increase participation and enthusiasm for hub-related activities in the South and nationally, and create an expanded network of experts, members, and partners of the hubs. It will also stimulate networking and recruitment of potential collaborators for current and future work in the program, and magnify outreach related to hub-related research, education, community-based resources.