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Developing a Coherent Cyberinfrastructure from Local Campus to National Facilities: Challenges and Strategies -------------------------- Status of the Workshop Report Recommendations – 1 Year Later. EDUCAUSE Campus Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation
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Developing a Coherent Cyberinfrastructure from Local Campus to National Facilities:Challenges and Strategies--------------------------Status of the Workshop Report Recommendations – 1 Year Later EDUCAUSE Campus Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Workshop: July 2008 Report: February 2009
Background • Idea for this workshop born at the Spring 2008 CASC meeting • Workshop held in Indianapolis (July 2008) • Workshop report jointly published (February 2009) • Workshop and report are joint efforts of CASC and EDUCAUSE CCI-WG • CASC represents 60 member institutions representing many of the nation’s most forward thinking universities and computing centers • EDUCAUSE current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with more than 17,000 active members
Summary of Workshop Report • Workshop emphasis areas • Harnessing Campus and National Resources • Information Life Cycle: Accessibility, Usability, and Sustainability • Shifts in Organizational Structures • Workshop highlighted 10 strategic and multiple tactical recommendations within each strategic area aimed at • Campuses • National Resource Providers • Federal Agencies • Network Organizations • Disciplinary Communities • Cyberinfrastructure Experts
Goals for the Afternoon Joint CASC/CCI Discussion • What are the highest priority recommendations needed at your institution? • Progress moving these recommendations forward? • Impediments to moving these recommendations forward? • How can CASC and CCI work together moving recommendations forward for members of both groups • Identify high priority specific ideas and synergies for joint follow-on projects • Harness the strengths of both CASC and EDUCAUSE-CCI • Project outcomes must provide specific deliverables that advance the implementation of high priority recommendations • Results to be shared with both member institutions
Logistics • Assemble 4 discussion groups • Groups will focus on the discussion goals as reflected from the workshop’s strategic recommendations • Each group will start with the strategic recommendation # of that group and then do a cyclic rotation through the other recommendations • Each group will have a moderator (Amy, Guy, Garret, Patrick) and designated scribe to report out the key discussion points