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Kick-Off Meeting, Day 2. Apr 12 , 2011 Pullman, Washington. Break-Out Discussions. Potential Topics for Break-Out Discussion. Integration of stand-alone models Cyberinfrastructure Economics Communications and Outreach. Integration of Stand-Alone Models. Degree of integration/coupling
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Kick-Off Meeting, Day 2 Apr 12, 2011 Pullman, Washington
Potential Topics for Break-Out Discussion • Integration of stand-alone models • Cyberinfrastructure • Economics • Communications and Outreach
Integration of Stand-Alone Models • Degree of integration/coupling • 1-way (loose coupling) • Iterative coupling • Tight coupling • States/fluxes to pass between various models • Model rebuilding, simplification, or code translation?
Cyberinfrastructure Needs • Code Versioning Software • subversion, cvs, git • Data Storage • DateOne, HDF • Cluster Software Support • Virtualization, MapReduce, Hadoop • Document Sharing • DropBox, SharePoint, Google Group, code.google.com • Videoconferencing • Evo, MeetingPlace, LiveMeeting (MS), BigBlueButton, SharePoint, Elluminate, Adobe Connect, Skype Refer to details in memo by Joe Vaughan
Timeline • Major milestones for entire 5-year project duration (see hand-out of project milestones) • Specific milestones for first year: need to determine • Design milestones to match specific objectives • 1-way land/atmosphere impacts • 2-way land/atmosphere impacts/feedback • Feedbacks with human decision making (economics) • Communications and outreach
Working Groups • Need to discuss what working groups will look like • Working groups will change throughout project duration • Initial working groups will be formed to accomplish first year milestones
Meeting Frequency • Steering committee meetings • Bi-monthly in early stages, eventually monthly? • All faculty participants invited • Working group meetings: weekly to bi-monthly • All-faculty meetings: quarterly? • All-participant meetings (faculty&students): bi-annually? • E.g., Kick-off meeting, poster presentations, etc.. • Peer review meetings: annually? • Outreach Meetings: bi-annually to annually?