Campus Bridging Technologies Workshop

Call for Position Papers and Presentations

Workshop on Software and Services for Campus Bridging (funded by the NSF and organized by Indiana University):
August 26 (8am-5pm) and 27 (7:15am-Noon), 2010
Dinner will be provided on August 26th starting at 6pm.

Indiana University invites position papers for the NSF-sponsored workshop, Campus Bridging Technologies.

As laid out in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) “Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery,” cyberinfrastructure is a key and necessary component to support science and engineering. Campus bridging is the integrated use of user-local cyberinfrastructure with other cyberinfrastructure on the user’s campus, at other campuses, and the regional, national, and international levels as if they were proximate to the user. Bridging is critical to supporting the ever-increasing level of cross-disciplinary and cross-organizational aspects of scientific research.

Workshop Focus and Goal: This workshop is held under the auspices of the NSF ACCI Campus Bridging Taskforce (CBTF) and focuses on the role of cyberinfrastructure software and services for campus bridging. The goal of the workshop is to capture current best practices and gaps for cyberinfrastructure software and services for campus bridging in order to steer future policy and planning for cyberinfrastructure across the NSF community. Specially, we aim to address the following two goals of the CBTF from its charter:

1. Suggest common elements of software stacks widely usable across nation/world to promote interoperability/economy of scale
2. Suggested policy documents that any research university have in place

This workshop follows on to the successful workshop held inApril of 2010 in Indianapolis which focused on Networking and Data-centric bridging issues as they apply to Campus Bridging.

Call for Abstracts: The organizing committee is strongly encouraging members of the user community, campus research computing staff and cyberinfrastructure operators to participate and share their experiences. A limited number of slots are open for short presentations. To apply for a presentation slot, please submit a 1-2 page abstract describing the presentation. Individuals submitting papers by August 23 may indicate that they would like to be considered for inclusion in the workshop. For examples of position papers submitted for previous workshops, please refer to those submitted for the first workshop this past April.

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Venue: This workshop will be held in downtown Denver, CO, convenient by plane from anywhere in the US. The workshop itself will be held in the Sheraton Downtown Denver, convenient to the many attractions of downtown Denver. For more information about the workshop location, click this link: Sheraton Downtown Denver.

Student Scholarships: In order to broaden participation and drive an educational component, the organizing committee has a limited number of student scholarships to cover travel costs for students for the workshop. To apply, students should submit a 1-page CV and brief description of previous experience and future plans for working with cyberinfrastructure using the link in the left sidebar entitled "Apply for Student Stipend". Those applicants awarded will be reimbursed for travel to the workshop, lodging at the Sheraton during the workshop and a $200 stipend following the workshop for participation. Applications must be received before 13 August 2010 and applicants will be notified of an award to participate shortly after the deadline.