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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

University of Chicago
7-9 May, 2025


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshops
University Room B, 2nd floor, David Rubinstein Forum

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501, 502, and 504 
9:00Welcome & Conference Introduction (Kevin Boyd, Charles Antonelli)
University Room B, 2nd floor
9:05 CSG Short Workshop:  AI in the Classroom and the Data + What's New in your teaching and Learning Portfolio
Coordinators:  Mark McCahill (Duke) & Jennifer Sparrow (NYU), Andrew Jason Turner & Janet Staker Woerner (UW-Madison), Bo Powers/Walter Wong (CMU), Ayham Boucher (Cornell), Brandon Rich or Steve Varela (ND), Kemal/someone (Chicago), Rick Haugerud/Kate McCown (Nebraska), Erin Sicuranza (UD), Dan Skendzel or Steve Varela (ND), John Mulhern/someone (Penn)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Break
12:30Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Rooms 501, 502, and 504

 
1:30 CSG Short Workshop: Future Proofing Research: Building the Case to Build Next-Gen Infrastructure
Coordinators: Lucrecia Kim-Boswell (Stanford), Bill Allison (Berkeley), Damian Doyle (UVA), Orrie Gartner (CU Boulder), Charley Kneifel (Duke), Alberto Cano (VT), Sarah Christen/someone (Cornell), Mike Collins (UW-Madison), Walter Wong (CMU), Jennifer Sparrow (NYU) & Ben Maddox (Cornell), Heath Tuttle (Buffalo), Rick Haugerud (Nebraska), John Huffman (UD)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
University Room B, 2nd floor
3:15
Break
5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
Ascione Bistro
Directions

5:30
5:30
7:00
8:30
Bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Bus leaves dinner venue for hotel


Thursday:  CSG Short Workshop
University Room B, 2nd floor, David Rubinstein Forum

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501, 502, and 504
8:00 - 9:00
Steering Committee Breakfast
Bernard J. Delgiorno Conference Room, 9th floor
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  Network Modernization: From Infrastructure to Strategic Enabler
Coordinators: Damian Doyle (UVA), Ray Soellner (UMBC) Orrie Gartner (CU Boulder), John Buysse (ND), Brad Mahaffey (Illinois), Todd Shechter/someone (UW-Madison), Phil Redfern (UNL), Wayne Ortman (Emory), Nate Wilken (ASU)
Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.
University Room B, 2nd floor
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Rooms 501, 502, and 504


12:45 - 1:30
Campus walking tour
Tour departs from and returns to the David Rubinstein Forum

Thursday:  CSG Business Meeting
University Room B, 2nd floor, David Rubinstein Forum

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (CSG Coordinator)
1:50
II. Short Slots and Breaking News (CSG Coordinator)
CSG meeting futures (CSG Coordinator) (:15)
Workshop Summaries (:10)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:30
III. Timely Topics and Gossip (Christen)
Topics TBA
3:15
Break
3:45IV. Short Discussion 1: Everybody Loves ERP <3 !!
Coordinators: Ben Maddox (Cornell), Sharon Pitt/someone (VT), Tracy Weber (ND), Jen Swain (FSU), Jen Stedelin (WashU), someone from Brown, Kim Channpraseut (UW-Madison)
4:45 V. Topic Selection for Next Meeting (Christen)
5:00 Adjourn

Thursday: CSG Group Dinner
Quadrangle Club
Directions

5:30
7:00
Cocktails
Dinner


Friday: CSG Business Meeting
University Room B, 2nd floor, David Rubinstein Forum

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501, 502, and 504
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)
  1. Steering/Membership Committee Issues (Christen)
  2. CSG Secretariat Renewal (Christen)
  3. Treasurer's Report (Fleagle)
  4. Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli)
  5. 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:  AI Governance & Risk Mgmt
Coordinators:  Chris Shull (WashU), Brandon Rich (ND), Ayham Boucher (Cornell), Patti Havlicek & Heather Johnston (UW-Madison), Matt Morton (Chicago)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   Electronic Research Administration: The New Leg of Your ERP Stool?
Coordinators:  Kyle Johnson (Virginia Tech), Steven Duncan (Brown), Christopher Keith (Brown), Rebeca Joffrey (Cornell), Carolina Avendano (Notre Dame), Chris Corrente (Notre Dame), Tracy Weber (Notre Dame)
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside University Room B, 2nd floor


Addendum A:
Short Workshop:  AI in the Classroom and the Data + What's New in your teaching and Learning Portfolio
Detailed Agenda

9:05 - 9:10     Introduction

Part 1: Institutional Approaches to AI in Education

9:10 - 9:30     CSG AI Survey Results (Erin Sicuranza,  Bo Powers)
-	Institutional policies, implementation status, and trends

9:30 - 9:50     Professional Development Frameworks (John Mulhern III, Janet Staker Woerner, Andrew Jason Turner)
-	Strategies for faculty training and upskilling
-	Models for sustainable AI literacy 

9:50 - 10:15    Case Studies: AI Implementation (Mark McCahill, Steve Varela)
-	Duke: Course-specific chatbots + Statistics lab assignment feedback bot
-	Notre Dame: Canvas integration
-	AI gateways and sandboxes adoption & impact on accessibility / equity in AI

10:15 - 10:30   General Discussion
-	Balancing equitable AI access and innovation with finite resources 
-	How far do you lean into innovation?
-	Pedagogical needs and academic values

10:30 - 11:00   break

Part 2: AI Infrastructure and Academic Mission Alignment

11:00 - 11:20   Case Study: AI for Teaching and Learning Working Group (Erin Sicuranza)
-	Creation, facilitation, and lessons learned from a 2-year institutional initiative
-	Effective cross-departmental collaboration strategies
-	Impact assessment and considerations for sunsetting or evolving such efforts

11:20 - 11:40   Academic Integrity and Scholarly Values (Cassie Mallette + Andrew Jason Turner)
-	Policies, academic principles, and technological change
-	Inconsistent LLM policies across courses frustrate students
-	Misuse of LLM detection tools horror stories
-	Fear of surveillance on the part of students

11:40 - 12:00   Preparing Students for the Future (John Mulhern III)
-	Do we need an AI literacy baseline?
-	Preparing graduates for AI-integrated professional environments
-	The new incoming student cohort are already using LLM

12:00 - 12:15   Who are the early adopters at each of our institutions?
-	An interesting early adopter use-case from each presenter's institution 

Addendum B: Short Workshop:  Future Proofing Research: Building the Case to Build Next-Gen Infrastructure
Detailed Agenda

1:30-1:35 Introduction
1:35-2:20 Research Panel 
2:20-2:30 AI, Data Centers, and Sustainability 
2:30-3:00 On prem data centers - purpose built and modular 
3:00-3:15 Commercial CoLos 
3:15-3:45 break 
3:45-4:05 Public Cloud options and ideal use cases 
4:05-5:00 Panel and discussion on Regional Consortiums, Cost Models and Governance

Addendum C: Short Workshop:  Network Modernization: From Infrastructure to Strategic Enabler
Detailed Agenda

  1. Introduction and Pre-Workshop Survey Results
    9:00 - 9:25 (25m)
  2. Long-Term Planning Discussion
    9:25 - 10:00 (35m)
    Notre Dame and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will lead a discussion on designing and executing strategic network plans that align with university and IT objectives. Topics include challenges, benefits, and implementation approaches.
  3. Campus Partnerships
    10:00 - 10:30 (30m)
    UMBC and Emory will present their strategies for connecting networking teams with campus partners to ensure services meet constituent needs. The session will explore methods for shifting teams toward service-oriented and results-driven goals.
  4. Break
    10:30 - 10:50 (20m)
  5. Network Tooling and Innovation
    10:50 - 11:20 (30m)
    Nebraska, Internet2, and Colorado Boulder will showcase approaches to incorporating innovative tooling and automation within networking teams.
  6. Talent Development/Organizational Structure
    11:20 - 12:05 (45m)
    ASU, UVA, Notre Dame, and Illinois-Urbana-Champaign will lead a panel discussion on developing networking teams with future-focused skills and restructuring organizations to support these capabilities.
  7. Wrap-Up: Bringing It Together
    12:05 - 12:30 (25m)
    A summary of key takeaways, discussion of additional concerns from participating universities, and a call to action for establishing an active learning community among institutions.