TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 2007 Welcome to the TeraGrid Planning Workshop!

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 2007 Introductions to… The planning process Our website TeraGrid –Presentation by Dane Skow The rest of the day and workshop

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

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 2007 Planning Process Leadership Steering Committee (SC) –Tim Killeen (National Center for Atmospheric Research), Chair –Roberta Balstad (Columbia University), Associate Chair –10 other members

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 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 — August 2007 Planning Process Facilitation UM School of Information –Provides support at all levels Data collection and requirements analysis Logistics Outreach –Personnel 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 — August 2007 The TeraGrid Planning Process Website Cheng-Lun Li

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 2007 Dane Skow Director of the Grid Infrastructure Group Slide show

TeraGrid Planning Workshop — August 2007 Workshop Goals Primary goal: Understand the needs of HPC users going forward –HPC as a way to think about what TeraGrid is and could be –Discover important issues and dimensions Other goals: –Solicit ideas for engaging others in planning process –Provide opportunities for interaction