Do you help researchers using IT tools to further their research goals? Are you involved in research computing and/or data science training? Do you consult with researchers on more effectively doing their research with advanced computing resources? Compute with data?
The Researcher-Facing Track of the People Network brings together people from research computing groups, libraries, research institutes, and other organizations who support researchers in every phase of the research lifecycle. Many of us are also Data- & Systems-Facing, but this track is a community-led opportunity to discuss the practices, perspectives, and experiences of facilitation from any perspective.
Topics include:
Research computing facilitation
Outreach to all disciplines, esp. those under-represented, to aid with research computing resources
Education and training
The art and practice of facilitation
Increasing communications, collaborations, and team-building
Research computing UX and user-facing tech
And more, as determined by our members!
We connect via monthly calls and an email list. We also invite you to review and contribute to the Leading Practices of Facilitation!
Join Us!Fill out our membership form to let us know who you are and what you’re interested in. We’ll add you to the email list. Visit the People Network page to join other tracks.
Monthly Calls
Monthly calls are on the second Thursday of the month,1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT/ 8a HT. Connection information and links to any materials are distributed via email.
Steering Committee Members (alphabetically) Gladys Karina Andino Bautista Carrie Brown Katia Bulekova Martin Cuma Annelie Rugg Kurt Showmaker
We also wish to thank persons who have previously lead and contributed to the Researcher-Facing track:
Former Track Coordinators
Dana Brunson (Internet2)
Bob Freeman (Harvard University)
Claire Mizumoto (U. California, San Diego)
Former Track Steering Committee Members
Christina Koch (UW-Madison)
Dirk Colbry (Michigan State University)
Lauren Michael (UW-Madison)
Amy Neeser (UC Berkeley)
Janna Ore Nugent (Northwestern)
Wirawan Purwanto (Old Dominion University)
Erin Shaw (USC)
Upcoming Call(s)
Title:ACCESS Pegasus – A hosted workflow system for ACCESS users
Speakers:Mats Rynge, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
Date: June 13th, 2024
Abstract:
Processing and analyzing large research datasets has become more complicated as workflows require multiple dependencies and the volume of data requires analysis on high performance computing systems. Creating portable research workflows is critical for efficient, scalable reproducible research. The Pegasus workflow management system allows researchers to construct workflows in abstract terms without worrying about the details of the underlying execution environment and can coordinate multiple distributed resources. This presentation will introduce ACCESS Pegasus – a new hosted, Jupyter based, workflow interface to ACCESS resources.
Also, please take a moment to vote on these potential R-F call topics! Thanks for your input.
