TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Welcome to the Gateways Workshop!

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Introductions… To the planning process To the workshop goals To each other –General survey data –Participant slide presentations To the rest of the day

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 TeraGrid Planning Process NSF is providing support for a planning process that is –anticipating change –community-driven –participatory –centered on user requirements

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Primary Goal and Outcome The goal of the planning process is to –develop options for delivering TeraGrid resources and services –based on the diverse needs of science and engineering communities Final product = report to stakeholders (target due date: 2/28/2008)

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Planning Process Leadership Steering Committee (SC) –Tim Killeen, Chair –Roberta Balstad, Associate Chair –10-12 other members

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 SC Roles and Responsibilities Engage individuals and groups in the process Listen, digest, distill, feed back, and consult Help structure stakeholder meetings and activities Preparation of preliminary and final reports

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Planning Process Facilitation UM School of Information –Provide support at all levels Ann Zimmerman & Tom Finholt, PI & Co-PI Katherine Lawrence, Community engagement Becky O’Brien, Administrative support Cheng-Lun Li, Interactive web site

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Time-line and Activities Planning infrastructure –Steering Committee formation –Initial web site design and development User workshops (summer) Larger stakeholder meetings (fall/early winter) Online participation (mid-summer through end & beyond??)

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Gateways Workshop

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Workshop Goals Primary goal: Understand the requirements of those developing gateways to serve specific user communities Other goals: –Solicit ideas for engaging others in planning process –Provide opportunities for interaction

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — June 7, 2007 Plan for this afternoon 1:35-1:50 Warm-up exercise 1:50-3:35 Idea generation about needs of your end user communities ½ hour break 3:55-5:10 Idea and solution generation for your gateway needs 5:10-6:00 Reactions, feedback, and evaluation survey