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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

University of Nebraska, Lincoln
13-15 May, 2026


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshops
Room A203, Kiewit Hall

Bus service from the Graduate Lincoln to Kiewit Hall
Buses circulate from 7:00 to 9:00 AM

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms A249 & A253 
9:00Welcome & Conference Introduction (Rick Haugerud, Charles Antonelli)
Room A203
9:05 CSG Short Workshop:  The state of Federally sponsored regulated research, focus on CMMC
Coordinators:  Todd Shechter (UW-Madison) & Damian Doyle (UVA), Nina Gray & Jennfer Sparrow (NYU); Brandon Bernier & Steve Lovaas (CSU), Rick Haugerud/someone (UNL), Ruth Marinshaw (Yale), UIUC - TBD, Chris Shull/someone (WashU), Lance Bolton (Iowa)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Break
12:30Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Rooms A249 & A253

 
1:30 CSG Short Workshop: Research computing datacenters, hardware, and network infrastructure
Coordinators: Mark McCahill (Duke), Brad Mahaffey (UIUC), Todd Shechter/someone (UW-Madison), Ben Rodgers (Stanford), William Deigaard (TAMU), Rick Haugerud/someone (UNL), Ruth Marinshaw (Yale), someone from WashU, Keith Donnelly (UVA), John Mulhern III/someone (Penn), Sarah Christen/someone (Cornell)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
Room A203
3:15
Break
5:00 Adjourn

Bus service from Kiewit Hall to the Graduate Lincoln
Both buses leave at 5:10 PM

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
Sheldon Museum of Art

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
Room A203, Kiewit Hall

Bus service from the Graduate Lincoln to Kiewit Hall
Buses circulate from 7:00 to 9:00 AM

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms A249 & A253
8:00 - 9:00
Steering Committee Breakfast
Room A251
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  AI (yes again)
Coordinators: Jennifer Sparrow (NYU) & Tracy Weber (ND), Mark McCahill (Duke), Ayham Boucher (Cornell), Todd Shechter/someone (UW-Madison), Damian Doyle (UVA), Conor Waladay (CU-Boulder), Rick Haugerud/someone (UNL)
Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.
Room A203
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Rooms A249 & A253


12:45 - 1:30
Greenhouse Innovation Center and Food Innovation Center
Bus departs from and returns to Kiewit Hall

Thursday:  CSG Business Meeting
Room A203, Kiewit Hall

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (Bridges for Christen)
1:50
II. Short Slots and Breaking News (Bridges)
Steering/Membership Committee Issues (:05)
Workshop Summaries (:05)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:15III. Short Discussion 1: Identity Governance for Non-Human Identities (e.g., AI Agents)
Coordinators: Chris Shull (WashU) & Adam Mikeal (TAMU), Nate Wilken/someone (ASU), Jeff Domeyer (UIUC), Tom Jordan (UW-Madison), Ryan Rumbaugh (UNL), John Mulhern III/someone (Penn)
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

Bus service from Kiewit Hall to the Graduate Lincoln
Both buses leave at 5:10 PM

Thursday: CSG Group Dinner
Wilderness Ridge Club and Resort

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
Room A203, Kiewit Hall

Bus service from the Graduate Lincoln to Kiewit Hall
One bus on a continuous loop from 7 AM to 1 PM

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms A249 & A253
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (Bridges)
  1. CSG Coordinator Renewal (Bridges)
  2. CSG Secretariat Renewal (Bridges)
  3. Treasurer's Report (Bridges for Pitt)
  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:  Endpoint Procurement and Management
Coordinators:  Ryan Wellar (VT) & Jeff Greene (CU-Boulder), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Sarah Christen/someone (Cornell), John Mulhern III (Penn), Ryan Palmer (Notre Dame), Eric Haffey (UNL), Michael Warden (NYU)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   Evolving Service Delivery: Service Catalog to Service Desk
Coordinators:  Patti Pate (UVA) & Ryan Wellar (VT), Charlotte Souffront-Garcia (Notre Dame), Amy Walter (WashU), Jennifer Sparrow (NYU), Michael Warden (NYU), Becky Joffrey (Cornell)
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside Room A203

Bus service from Kiewit Hall to the Graduate Lincoln
One bus on a continuous loop from 7 AM to 1 PM


Addendum A:
Short Workshop:  The state of Federally sponsored regulated research, focus on CMMC
Detailed Agenda

Overview:
This workshop will focus mostly on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and how universities are progressing to their point of certification.

Workshop outline:

Area 0, 905-915a
Topic: Workshop orientation and introduction
Leaders: Todd and Damian

Area 1, 915-1000a
Topic: NSPM-33 / CMMC L1
Leaders: Steve, Brandon, Josh

Area 2, 1000 to 1045a
Topic: CMMC L2 case studies
Leaders: Lance, Matt, Damian

Break 1045-1115

Area 3, 1115 to 1145a
Topic: CMMC L2 Discussion and Q&A from case studies.
Leader: Damian (moderator), Panelists: Brian Allen, Todd Shechter, Matthew Long, Penn State - Brady (virtual), Steve Lovaas

Area 4, 1145a-1230p
Topic: Fireside Chat with a CMMC C3PAO
Leader: Jennifer Sparrow

Addendum B: Short Workshop:  Research computing datacenters, hardware, and network infrastructure
Detailed Agenda

1:30 - 1:40 Introduction - Mark McCahill

1:40 - 2:00 So you think you need new research compute capacity
Charley Kneifel, Kenneth Chaney, Josh Henry

2:00 - 2:20 Datacenter options: buy, build, rent
Charley Kneifel, Joshua Baller

2:20 - 2:30 Infrastructure: power, cooling
Charley Kneifel, Ruth Marinshaw

2:30 - 2:50 Infrastructure: network, storage, configuration flexibility
Charley Kneifel, Kenneth Chaney

2:50 - 3:15 Discussion - future proofing your approach
Ruth Marinshaw, Joshua Baller

3:15 - 3:45 BREAK

3:45 - 4:05 Operations, security models, compliance
Craig Pohl, Brian Allen, Ryan Horrisberger

4:05 - 4:25 Finance models
Kenneth Chaney, Craig Pohl, Andrew Buker 

4:25 – 4:45 Overarching strategic issues/Community Response
Josh Henry, Joshua Baller

4:45 - 5:00   Discussion

5:00 END OF WORKSHOP

Addendum C: Short Workshop:  AI (yes again)
Detailed Agenda

9:05 - 10:45


10:45 - 11:15 - Break
11:15 - 12:30