The Condo of Condos

The Condo of CondosThe Condo of CondosJim Bottum, Jim Pepin, Barr von Oehsen – Clemson University

Ruth Marinshaw – Stanford UniversityAlan Wolf – University of Wisconsin – Madison

Jim Wilgenbusch –Florida State UniversityMaureen Dougherty – University of Southern California

Steve Gordon, Dave Hudak - Ohio Supercomputing CenterJulia Harrison – University of Utah

Steve Wolff, Wendy Huntoon – Internet2Henry Neeman, Josh Alexander – University of Oklahoma

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Condo of Condos Condo of Condos Founding Consortium MembersFounding Consortium Members

VisionVision

Advance our nation's research & scholarly achievements through the transformation of campus computational capabilities and enhanced coupling to the national infrastructure.

CoC TenetsCoC Tenets•Aggregation of resource•Building a community through leveraging expertise•Marginal investments - transformational change•Innovation Platform deployment•“Tiger Teams” – SDN•Computational Science and Digital Scholarship

A MotivationA Motivation

Source: Educause Core DataSource: Educause Core Data

Transformative EffectTransformative Effect

Effect of adding 1 FTE to the mixResult of NSF stimulus funding

• Reaching out to “long-tail” science researchers• Moving people from desktop to local/regional and

to national advanced computing• Success fostered by interpersonal support

network

2008: 18 Research areas 2013: 36 Research areas

Community GrowthCommunity Growth

PartnersPartners

Leverage existing national programs dedicated to interoperability. Condo of Condos addresses the needs of the steadily increasing “long tail” of advanced cyberinfrastructure (ACI) users.

•Internet2•XSEDE•Open Science Grid•FutureGrid•GENI•Blue Waters •EPSCoR Track II

OutcomesOutcomes

Create a community of practitioners that:•Shares knowledge, experience, and expertise•Bridges research communities•Form extended local and national collaborations

Be a model for “team science” that can be extended and replicated nationwide for both IT staff and scholars

Early Collaboration Early Collaboration - - NSF13-528 HPC AcquisitionNSF13-528 HPC Acquisition

Questions?Questions?

http://www.condo-of-condos.org

Wednesday:Wednesday:Condo of Condos Q&A SessionCondo of Condos Q&A SessionStarting at 3:00 PM in La CostaStarting at 3:00 PM in La Costa

GovernanceGovernance

Research OverlapsResearch Overlaps