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Pathways General Meeting

Pathways General Meeting. TeraGrid’08 Las Vegas, NV June 10, 2008. Agenda. Introductions (Laura, et al) Outreach Activity (Diane) Building Human Capacity User Support (Sergiu) Mentoring (Kay) Fellowships (Laura for Edee) Gateways (Nancy) Evaluation (Lecia)

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Pathways General Meeting

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  1. Pathways General Meeting TeraGrid’08 Las Vegas, NV June 10, 2008

  2. Agenda • Introductions (Laura, et al) • Outreach Activity (Diane) • Building Human Capacity • User Support (Sergiu) • Mentoring (Kay) • Fellowships (Laura for Edee) • Gateways (Nancy) • Evaluation (Lecia) • Administrivia (Laura) • Wrap-up, Next Steps (Laura)

  3. Who’s Who Leadership Personnel • Jay Alameda, National Center for Supercomputing Applications • Brad Armosky, Texas Advanced Computing Center • Lecia Barker, University of Colorado • Diane Baxter, San Diego Supercomputer Center • Shawn Brown, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center • Kay Hunt, Purdue University • Scott Lathrop, TeraGrid GIG, University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab • Laura McGinnis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center • Jeff Sale, San Diego Supercomputer Center • SergiuSanielevici, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center • Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, San Diego Supercomputer Center • EdeeWiziecki, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

  4. Who’s Who Project Support • Matt Grau, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center • Chris Hovey, University of Colorado Advisory Board • Richard Alo, University of Houston-Downtown • Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University • Roscoe C. Giles, Boston University • Barbara Kucera, University of Kentucky • Barney Maccabe, University of New Mexico • Phil Maechling, University of Southern California • R.M. Panoff, Ph.D, Shodor Education Foundation • Nora Sabelli, SRI International • Pat Teller, University of Texas-El Paso • Mike Wilde, Argonne National Laboratory

  5. Activity Reports • Outreach Activity (Diane) • Building Human Capacity • User Support (Sergiu) • Mentoring (Kay) • Fellowships (Laura for Edee) • Gateways (Nancy) • Evaluation (Lecia)

  6. Fellowships - Information • The Pathways Fellowship Program will provide: • Faculty: summer salary (or) release time from teaching for up to one semester • Students: research salary (and/or) student support for up to one semester • Support for visits to TeraGrid Resource Provider (RP) sites • Opportunities for inter-disciplinary collaboration with other TeraGrid researchers • In-depth consulting and support • Up to 30,000 service units (CPU hours) on TeraGrid resources as well as support for larger allocation requests

  7. Fellowships - Information • Responsibilities of Pathways Fellows: • Participation in a colloquium of other fellows to discuss experiences, challenges, and successes • Participation in the Annual TeraGrid Conference in the form of paper or contest entries • Continued post-program involvement with current fellows

  8. Fellowships - Information • Criteria for selection: • The quality of the project plans and significance of the project • Commitment of support to sustain the work past the fellowship • A definitive benefit to the candidate’s institution and community • Goals to disseminate what is learned and what is accomplished • A dedication to increasing diversity in HPC research

  9. Fellowships - Information • How to Apply: • Send an email to pathways@teragrid.org and request an application. • Return the completed application and supporting materials for review. • Complete an interview with the Fellowship Review Committee. Following the interview, fellows will be selected by a review team consisting of Pathways and TeraGrid staff in collaboration with nationally recognized researchers.

  10. Fellowships - Information Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Applications will be accepted from July 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009. Applicants are encouraged to submit as soon as possible to take full advantage of the program.

  11. Fellowships - Application Basic Info Name Address University/Research Group Affiliation Department Head/Supervisor References (please provide three) Reference Name Company/Institution Contact Information Project Info Project Title Abstract (up to 500 words) Additional Info Term of Appointment Desired Current Research Please Attach: Project Proposal/Budget Curriculum Vitae Endorsement from Department Head or Supervisor Any supplementary material you think may help the review team

  12. Evaluation Planning for Pathways Lecia Barker and Chris Hovey

  13. Evaluation Activities • Measuring overall outcomes: how much diversity resulted from the efforts • Science and allocation diversity: measured by user surveys, other analytics • Racial/ethnic diversity: baseline survey • Gender diversity: baseline survey • Supporting implementation improvement

  14. Short- and Long-Term Tasks • Short: Baseline survey • Long: Follow-up on baseline • Meanwhile, focus on implementation • Outreach thru campus visits, professional events, Science Gateways • Capacity building

  15. What We Need Help With • Understanding plans, events, goals, timelines • I.e., all of the following….

  16. Baseline Survey Needs • Race/ethnicity, citizenship status, gender • Which sciences do these represent? • Could ask other questions, but perhaps focus on one open-ended Q: • What recommendations do you have for extending use of TG to underserved groups? • Survey: population • How can we get people to respond to a survey?

  17. Outreach • What campus visits are arranged? • What is the effectiveness of campus visits? How can visit goals be maximized? • What professional events can bring greatest return on investment? • What support is given to people representing TG at events and campus visits? (e.g., train the trainer)

  18. Outreach • What groups are reached? • SBE, people with disabilities, AGEPs (regional workshops?) • How can Pathways folks take advantage of users’ networks of contacts?

  19. Fellowships • What is the effectiveness of the Fellowship program? • Who applies, how do they find out about it? • What do they do? • What are their perceptions of usefulness and usability of TG (various aspects)

  20. Mentoring • Campus Champions • What support do they need to get started and to support their scientists? (etc.) • Who gets involved? • What do they do? • Mentors • Who uses them? Who are the mentors? • What support do mentors need? • Etc.

  21. Administrivia • Mailing list (Leadership, Project Support): • eot-pbptg@teragrid.org • Wiki pages (working space): • www.teragridforum.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Pathways • Public pages (in progress): • www.teragrid.org/eot/pathways

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