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TeraGrid Extension Gateway Activities. The Extension Proposal!. Nancy Wilkins-Diehr wilkinsn@sdsc.edu. PY5 starting point. Extension Budget. Extension additions. 5.5 extra FTEs (4 new, 1.5 as a result of conclusion of Caltech and RENCI work) Thanks you RPs!
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TeraGrid Extension Gateway Activities The Extension Proposal! Nancy Wilkins-Diehr wilkinsn@sdsc.edu TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
PY5 starting point TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
Extension Budget TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
Extension additions • 5.5 extra FTEs (4 new, 1.5 as a result of conclusion of Caltech and RENCI work) • Thanks you RPs! • 2.0 new FTEs committed for RP activities through extension negotiations • 1.5 at ORNL – SNS, REDDnet, Datanet, vis • .5 at IU – Quarry • Lots of good ideas from all sites for new activities TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
What’s ending in PY5and what’s staying the same • Work at Caltech and RENCI concludes in PY5 • Move by TeraGrid to reduce the cost of subcontracts for sites with more smaller FTE budgets • Development attribute-based authentication work concludes in the gateway area in PY5 • The return of Nancy and Stu to coordinate the program TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
New in the Extension • Helpdesk support expanded • From .2 FTE in PY5 to 1.7 in Extension [NCSA, Purdue] • Helpdesk and Condor support, new GIS communities, SimpleGrid extensions • Accounting • Improved views for gateways now that we have attributes [TACC] • Community accounts • Continued work toward improved standardization [NICS] • Prebuilt VMs with gateway software • OGCE, SimpleGrid [IU, NCSA] • Online tutorials with CI Tutor and the EOT team • OGCE, SimpleGrid [IU, NCSA] • More example-based documentation • Less talk, more action, short videos, based on user feedback [NCSA, SDSC] TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
Targeted Support in the ExtensionAll staff available for assignments as new projects come in • Cactus • Meet the needs of several groups with large TG allocations [LONI] • GridChem, PolarGrid, Ultrascan • Scheduling, vis, Matlab processing, processing of centrifuge data for large international project [IU] • CCSM-ESG • Continuing work to combine capabilities [NCAR, Purdue] • New earth science gateway [NCAR] • SNS [ORNL] • Improved web service support [SDSC] • Continued OpenSocial work [U Chicago] • Improved use of remote vis resources by gateways [ORNL] TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
Where did the new FTEs go? • Recall 2 were committed and 3.5 remained to be assigned • IU, LONI, NCAR, SDSC, TACC up by .5 • Purdue up 1.0 • U Chicago up .2 – Globus gadget work • NCSA staffing reoriented from attributes to help desk TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
What else is exciting? • SGW funding a Cyberinfrastructure in GIS workshop in conjunction with the UCGIS meeting in DC in February • Co-led by Shaowen Wang at NCSA and Nancy • Approved by UCGIS board after a lengthy voting process • Winter UCGIS meeting will focus on CI and includes a White House briefing • Workshop attendees welcome to attend the briefing • Briefing will include very short recap of the workshop • Expected outcome of the workshop • Increased visibility • New partnerships for TeraGrid, UCGIS, and other pertinent organizations • Workshop report • Interesting collaborative proposal ideas • Potential future publications TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009
Questions? TeraGrid Quarterly, September 24-25, 2009