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NMI-EDIT Outreach: The first five years. Topics for Today. NMI-EDIT background Activities Outcomes Resources. Background . National Science Foundation’s Middleware Initiative (NMI) Funded NMI-EDIT to build interoperable identity and access management infrastructure
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Topics for Today • NMI-EDIT background • Activities • Outcomes • Resources
Background • National Science Foundation’s Middleware Initiative (NMI) • Funded NMI-EDIT to build interoperable identity and access management infrastructure • NMI – Enterprise Desktop Integration Technologies (EDIT) Consortium • Internet2 content and development lead • EDUCAUSE outreach and education lead
Strategic Direction • Overall technical direction set by MACE • Middleware Architecture Committee for Education (MACE) • Campus IT architects and representatives from Grids, national, and international communities
Development: Tools, Practices • Enterprise Directories • eduPerson schema, practice papers, schema checking service, Roadmap • Authentication • WebISOs • Roadmap • Authorization • Signet Privilege Management System • Grouper Group Toolkit • Federated IdM • Shibboleth
Outreach Goals Prime Directives: • Help campuses deploy interoperable identity and access management infrastructures to achieve their goals • Do no harm (…no Star Fleet personnel may interfere with the healthy development of alien life and culture.) Methods Used • Listen • Interpret (Repeat)
Listen and… • Primary Audience – management, project management, technical staff • Special Categories • Small Schools • State Systems • Secondary Audience – campus stakeholders • Registrars • Business Officers • (and Librarians and Academic Medical Centers)
The Numbers • 46 workshops • 15 CAMPS and 31 other • 2,770 total attendance • 1,640 distinct participants • 610 institutions/organizations • 517 US • 93 International • 700 CDs • 60+ awareness presentations • Hundreds of campus collaborators • 1 (2?) roadmaps • English and Portuguese • 1+ website • 17 case studies • 6 articles in AACRAO, NACUBO, and EDUCAUSE publications • 1 mini-grant program…
Extending the Reach • Outreach/education scaling experiment • State Higher-ed Systems and Network Providers • Modest funding • Leverage existing education/outreach channels to spread the word about IdM and NMI-EDIT Consortium • Four awards • University of Alaska System • University of Texas System • California State University System • Great Plains Network Consortium
ETR: They Played Together Well • Jumpstarted… • Texas higher-ed federation • Federated wireless access, benefits and training • Great Plains research collaboration • Bioinformatics data and applications • Sourced IdM for resource-strapped schools • Medical publications/applications shared among Houston medical centers • Other implementations beyond ETR participants
ETR: They Played Together Well • Benefited 332,000 faculty, staff, and students • Touched 43 campuses, health centers, and state network providers • Funded outreach to MSI schools in Alaska, CA, TX and Great Plains • Supported three master’s theses and article in Scalable Computing
Resources • www.nmi-edit.org • www.educause.edu/idm • middleware.internet2.edu • Ann West • awest at educause.edu • awest at internet2.edu