NSF Regional Planning Panel
NSF 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
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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
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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
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Each workshop is two days in length
– Total of 4 across the Southeast
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to
Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs
Three Key Goals
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#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
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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
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NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to
Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs
Three Key Goals
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#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
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FTW at OARnet: perfSONAR Deployment Best Practices, Architecture, and Moving the
Needle
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OIN cosponsored with 3ROX and University of Pittsburgh
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Status
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NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to
Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs
Three Key Goals
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#2 Deploy perfSONAR widely throughout OARnet at both backbone and campus locations
Have deployed ~70% of Units; continuing to tune
Science Drivers
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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
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NSF Project Title: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to
Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs
Three Key Goals
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#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…
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