SGCI at Earth Science Information Partners meeting
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This document summarizes the goals and services provided by the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI). The SGCI aims to help the science gateway community build gateways more effectively through providing on-demand expertise, extended developer support, a scientific software collaborative, community engagement opportunities, and workforce development programs. Key services include incubation expertise across the gateway lifecycle, hands-on technical support for existing gateways, a platform to share and discover gateway software, and connections for knowledge sharing and professional development. The overarching goal is to support gateway developers and foster collaboration across the science gateway community.
SGCI at Earth Science Information Partners meeting
- 1. Award Number ACI-1547611 Science Gateways Community Institute Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, San Diego Supercomputer Center [email protected]
- 2. What is a science gateway? 2 science gateway /sī′ əns gāt′ wā′/ n. 1. an online community space for science and engineering research and education. 2. a Web-based resource for accessing data, software, computing services, and equipment specific to the needs of a science or engineering discipline. Web portals, research platforms, virtual labs, virtual research environments. They go by many names. Of course you are all using these every day
- 3. Gateways are changing the face of science 3 Number of gateway users accessing XSEDE explodes in 2016 Contributor to BRAIN initiative
- 4. • Developers typically • work in isolation • must bridge to variety of resources • need building blocks in order to focus on higher- level functionality • struggle to secure sustainable funding Despite many successes, through out work over more than 10 years, we observed challenges Early adopters Publicity Wider adoption Funding ends Scientists disillusioned New project prototype
- 5. We studied the problem And studied it some more and… Good things come to those who wait! 2009-2012 EAGER 2012-2015 Concept. phase 2016 Software Institute! 5 • More focus groups • Survey with 5000 responses Focus groups
- 6. 6 We were finally able to implement our vision 5-year S2I2 Implementation phase award began Aug, 2016 $15M over 5 years to SGCI
- 7. Science Gateways Community Institute Designed to help the community build gateways more effectively 7 Diverse expertise on demand Longer-term, hands-on support Student opportunities & educator resources Sharing experiences & knowledge as a community Software & visibility for gateways
- 8. Incubator Expertise for the gateway lifecycle 8 Need specialized expertise on a part-term basis? Want to learn gateway-building, from start to finish? Project Management Sustainability Planning • Nancy Maron, creator of the ITHAKA S+R course on Sustaining Digital Resources Business & Strategic Planning • The Purdue Foundry, national award- winning entrepreneurship program Security • Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure Impact Measurement & Evaluation • Ann Zimmerman Consulting Community Engagement Development Tools & Processes Technology Planning, Open-Source Licensing & Selection • Indiana University Science Gateways Research Center, initiators of Apache Airavata Graphic & User-Interface Design Usability • University of Michigan & Purdue University User Experience Programs Creating Institutional Resources • Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing • HUBzero® group at Purdue Request services at https://sciencegateways.org/request-services
- 9. Need to build your gateway beyond your team’s capacity? How We Benefit Our Clients • Help adapt to new resources, technologies, and users • Share our deep understanding of community needs • Capture and document our support of client’s gateway • Co-author papers or present posters • Strengthen team’s software-engineering practices • Give hands-on opportunities to students Extended Developer Support Enhancing gateways through technical help from experienced gateway developers 9 Flexibility • Technology agnostic • Gateways using all types of CI • Services available for 3 to 12 months • “Burst” support for smaller issues • Well-defined engagements with work plans Request EDS services: sciencegateways.org/ request-services
- 10. Current EDS projects Consultation Keywords ChemCompute Computational chemistry, undergraduate education, HPC COSMIC^2 Structural biology, experimental data analysis, large scale file movement, authentication, HPC CitSci.org Citizen science, ecology, PaaS, software engineering, DevOps, cloud hosting USD Cybergateway Campus gateways, campus-based authentication, computational science, HPC QUBES Quantitative biology education, collaboration, document sharing Aquavit Multi-institutional gateway, water management, collaboration, federal agency integration ENIGMA Brain science, data sharing, cloud hosting Cloud Launch Cloud computing, containers VC3 Cloud computing, virtualization, resource federation, API design 10
- 11. Want to find software solutions? Have software to share? Scientific Software Collaborative Leveraging & promoting existing investments in gateway technologies 11 Scientific Software Collaborative Extend Your Audience • List your gateway or components • Offer your technology • Support gateways as SGCI Affiliate End-to-End Solutions • Browse existing gateways • Identify their technologies • Use for your research or teaching • Identify platforms or components and use what you need • Assemble & test in our “sandbox” Sign up for our newsletter to be notified: sciencegateways.org/community/newsletter Consensus
- 12. 12 How do I find a gateway I can use in my classroom to help teach my students? I have a really great gateway, how can I share it with the wider community? WOW! This gateway looks great how can I contact the team and find out more about how they built it? I want to play with these gateway tools, how do I get started? My team consists of Django developers, how can I find gateways that are built using tools my team is already familiar with? Consensus
- 13. Eager to share what you know or have created? Wish you could learn from others’ experience? Want to grow gateway-building expertise at your institution? Want to promote research and international exchange? Community Engagement & Exchange Connecting the community through interaction & professional development 13 Ways to Connect • Learn to create your own campus-based gateway development group • Share what you know through a guest blog, webinar, case study, or conference • Become a partner or affiliate • Submit your research to our joint special issues with international workshops • Offer us your feedback, input, or requests Stay engaged: https://sciencegateways.org/community/contact-us
- 14. Special focus: Gateway expertise on campuses • Is your campus seeing an increasing number of research projects that include web-based applications? • Does each group hire developers independently? • This can be time consuming and inefficient • Campus gateway groups are an efficient way to develop gateways • Centralized teams collaborating with diverse researchers and research teams • Each project doesn’t have to fund a full time developer • Synergy effects between projects • Wider variety of expertise available • Lower learning curves • Researchers and students can focus on their research 14 Successful Formation
- 15. • Students • Fellowships and internships • Travel support • Training • Summer coding opportunities • Young Professionals Network • Year 1 work with • NOBBCHe (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) • ADMI (Association of Computer/Information Sciences and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions) • Faculty • Gateways in the curricula • Career tracks for gateway developers • ACTION: Watch for opportunities for faculty and students via the mailing list • https://sciencegateways.org/community/n ewsletter Workforce Development
- 16. Opportunities to Engage • Research projects may equest a Letter of Collaboration to leverage existing SGCI offerings • Software developers an Affiliate to provide expertise to SGCI clients and attract users to your software • Write SGCI experts into proposals for dedicated, continuing expertise Email [email protected] to discuss 16
- 17. Thank you! • SGCI follow-up • Mailing list for news and updates: https://sciencegateways.org/community/newsletter • Ready to request our services? https://sciencegateways.org/request-services • Have a question? [email protected] • @sciencegateways on Twitter • http://sciencegateways.org/linkedin 17