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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

Arizona State University
24-26 January, 2024


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshops
Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Ventana BC 
9:00Welcome (Charles Antonelli & Sarah Christen)
Arizona Ballroom
9:05 CSG Long Workshop:  Ecosystem Strategy and Engines of Innovation
Coordinators:  Phoebe Johnson (UMN) & Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Todd Shechter & Matt Prough & Rob Kohlhepp (UW-Madison), Orrie Gartner (CU-Boulder), Dawn Zimmer (VT), Carrie Shumaker (UMich), Erin Dietrich (UMich/Michigan Medicine), Michael Warden (NYU), someone (UIUC), Sarah Christen (Cornell), someone (Chicago), Joe Kempista (UDel), Donna Kidwell (ASU), Maria Inciong (Stanford), Ben Rota/someone (Harvard), Robin Pappas (Berkeley)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Morning Break
12:30Lunch Break

 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Ventana BC

 
1:30 CSG Long Workshop: Ecosystem Strategy and Engines of Innovation (continued)
Arizona Ballroom
3:15
Break
5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
Culinary Dropout

5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:30
First bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Last bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave dinner venue for hotel


Thursday:  CSG Short Workshop
Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Ventana BC
8:00 - 9:00
Steering Committee Breakfast
Rincon Room
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  New Research Computing Support Challenges
Coordinators: Mark McCahill (Duke), Rob Kohlhepp & Tom Harman (UW-Madison), William Deigaard (TAMU), Kemal Badur (Chicago), someone (UIUC), Jim Jokl (UVA), Bill Allison (Berkeley), John Huffman (UDel), Bobby Sprinkle (FSU), Jim Taylor (ASU)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
Arizona Ballroom
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Ventana BC


12:45 - 1:30
Dreamscape Learn, Creativity Commons
Located in the Creativity Commons, second building east of the Memorial Union on Orange St.
Campus sustainability walking tour

Walking tour departs from the pavilion outside the Memorial Union
Directions to both tours.
Directions to Dreamscape, if coming from the Graduate.



Thursday:  CSG Business Meeting
Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (CSG Coordinator)
1:50
II. Short Slots and Breaking News (CSG Coordinator)
Steering/Membership Committee Issues (:05)
Workshop Summaries (:05)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:15III. Short Discussion 1: Metadata: fact or fiction
Coordinators: John Board (Duke), Lisa Johnston & Lee Konrad (UW-Madison), Sarah Christen (Cornell), Helen Hockx-Yu (ND), possibly someone (ASU)
3:15
Break
3:45
IV. Timely Topics and Gossip (Christen)
Topics TBA
4:45 V. Topic Selection for Next Meeting (Christen)
5:00 Adjourn

Thursday: CSG Group Dinner
Society

5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:30
First bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Last bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave dinner venue for hotel


Friday: CSG Business Meeting
Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Ventana BC
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)
  1. CSG Coordinator renewal (Antonelli)
  2. Treasurer's Report (Fleagle)
  3. Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli)
  4. Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings (Antonelli)
    Please see http://www.stonesoup.org/future.html
    for the current list.
9:15 VII. Short Discussion 2:  Managing endpoints that you don't manage
Coordinators:  William Deigaard (TAMU), Ryan Palmer (ND), Orrie Gartner (CU-Boulder), Rob Kohlhepp & Matt Prough (UW-Madison), John Mulhern (Penn)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   The AI Developer's Toolbox
Coordinators:  Brandon Rich (ND), William Deigaard (TAMU), Elizabeth Reilly (ASU), Lucrecia Kim-Boswell (Stanford), Jefferson Burson (Harvard)
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside Arizona Ballroom


Addendum A:
Long Workshop:  Ecosystem Strategy and Engines of Innovation
Detailed Agenda

9:05 - 12:30

ASU Welcome
Led by: Lev Gonick, Enterprise CIO (ASU)

Introduction
Ecosystem Strategy and Engines of Innovation
Led by: Phoebe Johnson (MN), Becky Joffrey (Cornell)

Presentations & Discussion
Galvanizing Distributed IT: Building an Ecosystem to Deliver Value Together
Led by: Phoebe Johnson (MN), Rob Kohlhepp (Wisconsin)

1:30 - 5:00

Presentations
CSG Models of Campus Collaboration and Strategic Partnerships
Led by: Donna Kidwell (ASU), Becky Joffrey (Cornell)

Panel
Arizona State University: How to Build an Ecosystem
Led by: Donna Kidwell (ASU)


Addendum B: Short Workshop:  New Research Computing Support Challenges
Detailed Agenda

9:00 - 9:05 
Overview 
Mark McCahill (Duke)

9:05 - 9:25
Trends that drive new support and service needs 
Mark McCahill (Duke), William Deigaard(TAMU)

9:25 - 10:05
Storage and data retention and compliance  
William Deigaard(TAMU), John Huffman (U Delaware), Joshua Baller (UVa), 
Charley Kneifel (Duke), Ruth Marinshaw (Stanford), Scott Kirner (Notre Dame)

10:05 - 10:25
discussion: What is going on in the community with storage?
moderator: Charley Kneifel (Duke)

10:25 - 10:50 
break

10:50 - 11:30
Datacenters and physical infrastructure 
John Huffman (U Delaware), Bobby Sprinkle (FSU), Lucrecia Kim-Boswell (Stanford), 
Bill Allison (Berkeley), Ruth Marinshaw (Stanford)

11:30 - 11:50
AI/ ML 
Doug Jennewein (ASU), Charley Kneifel (Duke), William Deigaard(TAMU)

11:50 - 12:10
Quantum computing 
Doug Jennewein (ASU), Kemal Badur (U Chicago)

12:10 - 12:30
discussion: Fixing the broken higher-ed staffing pipeline
moderator: Jim Jokl (UVa)

12:30 
workshop ends