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NSF Regional Planning PanelNSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure Workshop 2015

Austin, Texas

September 29, 2015

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Introductions

Moderator: Gil Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico

Marla Meehl, UCAR/FRGP

Barr Von Oehsen, Clemson

Wendy Huntoon, KINBER

Greg Monaco, Great Plains Network

Paul Schopis, OARnet

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Regional Network Collaborations

Marla Meehl, UCAR/FRGP

CC*IIE Collaborative Research: CC*IIE Region: Rocky Mountain Cyberinfrastructure Mentoring and Outreach Alliance (RMCMOA)

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RMCMOA

• NSF CC*IIE Regional Grant• PIs/Organizations: Colorado State University (Pat Burns), UCAR (Marla

Meehl), University of Colorado (Thomas Hauser) , University of Utah (Joe Breen (replaced Steve Corbato)), IRON (Michael Guryan – Senior Personnel)

• The partners have a long and fruitful history of collaboration, leadership and innovation in regional and state networking, cyberinfrastructure (CI), and high performance computing (HPC) technology and infrastructure operations

• Leverage expertise and organizational structures to lead and manage an outreach effort to better inform, educate and drive adoption and expansion of advanced networking and CI technologies to small colleges and universities in the western region of the United States, specifically those in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming

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RMCMOA Activities to Date

• First RMCMOA workshop held, 1/13/15, at Arizona State University in conjunction with Westnet– Targeted at small institution CIOs and strategic positioning of HPC and HPN,

proposal writing, and collaborating with researchers

• Second RMCMOA workshop held, 8/11-13/15, at the University of Colorado in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Symposium (RMACC)– Targeted at small institution engineers with sessions on HPC and HPN

related topics, e.g. security, PerfSONAR, other performance tools, Globus, Open Science Grid (OSG), and XSEDE

• Third RMCMOA workshop planned, 1/5/16, at the University of Arizona in conjunction with Westnet– Targeting CIOs of small institutions to interact with NSF on successes,

challenges, and futures; integrating small campuses with regional and national networking efforts; HPN tools; interacting with researchers;

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RMCMOA Activities to Date• Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) supplement to RMCMOA

submitted and awarded• A collaboration between the University Corporation for Atmospheric

Research (UCAR), the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER)

• Five women IT professionals have been selected to receive funding to actively participate in SCinet and attend the 2015 Supercomputing Conference  in November 2015 in Austin, TX

• The program is an effort to expand the diversity of the SCinet volunteer staff and provide professional development opportunities to highly qualified women in the field of networking

• Related articles– http://sc15blog.blogspot.com/2015/09/five-women-in-it-selected-to.html– http://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/news/cisl-net-section-boosting-women-tech

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Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking (SPAN)

Barr von Oehsen (PI)

Clemson University

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SPAN• Partnership with:

– Georgia State University (Gregori Faroux), South Carolina State University (Anthony Caldwell), and University of Georgia (Guy Cormier)

– Regional: Southern Crossroads (SoX), Cas D'Angelo, Ron Hutchinson– Internet2 and ESnet

• Goals:– Work with colleges and universities across the Southeast to develop or

update campus cyberinfrastructure plans• With focus on the enhancement of campus network infrastructure and external

connectivity

– Build a regional community of practitioners– Face to face networking– Share information/partner on infrastructure grant opportunities– Bridge the gap between campus academic and IT communities– Be a catalyst for partnerships and collaborations between colleges and

universities across the Southeast

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Workshops• Each workshop is two days in length

– Total of 4 across the Southeast– Focus areas include:

• Network design principles• Network tools and performance• Developing a Campus CI Plan• Supporting researchers• Best practices• Advanced computing on the national and regional level• Grant writing

– Small enough group for great discussions– Aimed at campus IT professionals, researchers, educators, and CIOs who are

responsible for the planning, design, implementation and usage of the campus IT infrastructure in support of research and teaching activities.

• Site visits (scheduled this fall, available by request from schools who attend a workshop)

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1st SPAN Workshop, April 8-9, 2015

• Georgia and South Carolina• 50+ attendees• Held at:

• The Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta

• http://citi.clemson.edu/workshop/cciie

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Registered Colleges and Universities

Georgia:• Clayton State University• Columbus State University• Georgia College• Georgia Southwestern State University• Georgia State University• Georgia Tech• Morehouse School of Medicine• University of Georgia• University of North Georgia• University of West Georgia

Other• Alabama Supercomputer Authority• University of Chicago (OSG)

South Carolina• Claflin University• Clemson University• College of Charleston• Medical University of South Carolina• Southern Wesleyan University• South Carolina State University• Converse College• University of South Carolina Upstate• University of South Carolina Beaufort• Charleston Southern University• University of South Carolina

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Future workshops and Outcomes

• November 3-4, 2015– University of Alabama in Huntsville– Dee Childs, CIO– Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee

• 2016– University of Central Florida

• Outcomes– NSF MRI proposal for regional advanced computing system– Everyone interested in next CC**– Several side discussions have taken place since workshop– Several schools have started working on their campus CI plan– Several schools signed up to attend Clemson OIN workshop

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CC*IIE Region: Accelerating the Adoption of Campus Cyberinfrastructure Technologies in Pennsylvania

PI: Wendy Huntoo; co-PI: Michael Carey, Patti Campbell

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Background

• Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER)– Established in 2010 through a $99.6M grant from the NTIA

BTOP program– Pennsylvania Statewide Research, Education and Community

network

• CC*NIE Regional Grant: – Program to establish a collaborative cyberinfrastructure

community in Pennsylvania – Funding received in March 2015 – delayed since KINBER was

not yet in the NSF system.

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Program Components: Activities to Date

• Webinar Series– Series of 1-hour Webinars started prior to the formal

grant start date in order to begin engaging the community

– Topics included: preparing for a campus cyberinfrastructure grant submission; perfSONAR; Science DMZ

– Well attended• Typically over 20 participants per Webinar• National participation at each Webinar

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Program Components: Activities to Date

• Workshops– July perfSONAR Workshop

• 2 day workshop in collaboration with Penn State and ESNet• 33 Attendees, including attendees from New Jersey and West Virginia

– Campus Cyberinfrastructure and perfSONAR Workshops

• Planned across the state for the coming year

• perfSONAR Pilot Program – preconfigured perfSONAR– Provided to up to 6 sites within Pennsylvania– Both 1 GE and 10 GE sites have been selected– Deployment expected before December 1st.

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Program Components: Activities to Date

• Site Visits– June 2015 – visits to Montgomery County Community College

(MC3) and Philadelphia University in collaboration with the Internet2 Broadening the Reach program

– MC3 – worked with technical staff to install and configure a perfSONAR platform on campus

• Additional Site Visits– Planned in conjunction with the perfSONAR pilot platform

deployment– After the Campus Cyberinfrastructure and perfSONAR

workshops

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Panel Discussion Questions

• Each award recognizes the importance of collaboration. What advice would each of you offer to future applicants?

• How would you measure the success of your programs?

• The CC*DNI program is over 3 yrs old. Based on your programs, what support is needed for regional collaborations to advance campus cyberinfrastructure?

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ENCITE

Enabling CyberInfrastructure via Training & Engagement

Funded by National Science Foundation Award #1440774 to Kansas State University

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ENCITE: Partners

• KanREN, State Network of Kansas• OneNet, State Network of Oklahoma• REED, State Network of South Dakota• Morenet, State Network of Nebraska• Network Nebraska• ARE-ON, State Network of Arkansas• ESnet• Internet2

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ENCITE: Project Goals

1. Develop a set of initial topics to improve campus networking and cyberinfrastructure.

2. Engage campuses of various sizes.

3. Develop an assessment tool for benchmarking progress

4. Educate/instruct campus personnel on technologies as the need for instruction emerges (i.e., at their own pace).

5. Increase implementation of innovative advanced network technologies across the region.

6. Increase the number of campuses with Cyberinfrastructure Plans.

7. Build a community of support

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ENCITE: Activities

• Delivery of 16 webinars via Adobe Connect.• Day long onsite and virtual training for

– South Dakota (10 participants), – Oklahoma (18 participants), – Kansas (6 participants), and – Arkansas (21 participants).

• Operating Innovative Networks workshop at the 2015 Annual Meeting in KCOM with 42 attendees.

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ENCITE: Webinars• 1 hour in length• Delivered via Adobe Connect• Recorded• Over 400 Streams for 15 webinars

Viewer Survey• 33% watched in groups between 2 and 30• 33% also watched at least one recorded webinar• More people heard about webinars from ESnet or a

colleague than from GPN’s mailing list• 24% contacted a presenter afterwards• 19% contacted a fellow attendee • 35% submitted a CC-DNI proposal

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ENCITE: Webinars

We asked how we assisted the attendee• Brought this topic to my attention• Helped me to better understand • Helped me to start a discussion in my workgroup• Helped with initial implementation• Helped with trouble shooting an existing

implementation

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Paul Schopis

• NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs

• Three Key Goals– #1 Host a series of workshops focusing on enabling Science and Science DMZ, workshop series

include perfSONAR, Operating Innovation Networks and a workshop creating OARperf, a regional forum to support advanced networking efforts

– #2 Deploy perfSONAR widely throughout OARnet at both backbone and campus locations– #3 Build a network of a “Coalition of the Willing” to support ongoing community support of one

another; OARperf

• Science Drivers– Ohio has huge medical research facilities; significant aerospace and materials research efforts– State Government has recognized potential and invested in 100G architecture

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Status

• NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs

• Three Key Goals– #1 Host a series of workshops focusing on enabling Science and Science DMZ, workshop series

include perfSONAR, Operating Innovation Networks and a workshop creating OARperf, a regional forum to support advanced networking efforts - Have held 2 of 3 workshops

– FTW at OARnet: perfSONAR Deployment Best Practices, Architecture, and Moving the Needle

– OIN cosponsored with 3ROX and University of Pittsburgh

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Status

• NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs

• Three Key Goals– #2 Deploy perfSONAR widely throughout OARnet at both backbone and campus locations– Have deployed ~70% of Units; continuing to tune

• Science Drivers– Ohio has huge medical research facilities; significant aerospace and materials research efforts– State Government has recognized potential and invested in 100G architecture

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Status

• NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs

• Three Key Goals– #3 Build a network of a “Coalition of the Willing” to support ongoing community support of one

another; OARperf– Launching this fall; have interim chair appointed from community; Jay Young OSU

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Leveraging the Investment

• Building on success of OSU’s CC*NIE infrastructure grant– Shared knowledge with others in community – Wrote letters of support

• Used position of regional network to act as convener and advocate for members

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Panel Discussion Questions

• How has the adoption of CI tools and practices increased in your community?

• Have your local or regional roles changed (or you would like to change) in your community?

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Panel Discussion Questions

Questions…