The talk was part of the BoF at SC19 "Xpert Network – Exchanging Best Practices in Supporting Computational and Data-Intensive Research"

1. Xpert Network – Exchanging Best Prac7ces in
Suppor7ng Computa7onal and Data-Intensive
Research
Sandra Gesing
sandra.gesing@nd.edu
SC19
November 19, 2019

2. Sustainability for Cyberinfrastructure - NSF
SI2
SoOware Infrastructure for
Sustained innova7on
CSSI
Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained
Scien7fic Innova7on

3. Sustainability for Cyberinfrastructure - NSF
Sustainability Ins7tutes and Excellence Hubs are funded to support
the CI and research community
Support via implemented ins7tutes is free!
• Science Gateways Community Ins2tute (SGCI)
• The Molecular Sciences SoOware Ins7tute (MolSSI)
• US Research So9ware Sustainability Ins2tute
Conceptualiza2on (URSSI)
• …

4. Science Gateways Community Ins7tute
Incubator
Get advice (sustainability, usability,
cybersecurity, other) on your exis7ng
gateway
Extended Developer Support
Work with SGCI to build a gateway for you –
up to 1 year developer 7me
Scien7fic SoOware Collabora7ve
Find a working gateway or gateway
development soOware in our catalog
Community Engagement and Exchage
webinar series, gateways in the news,
google scholar feed, case studies, annual
conference, blog posts
Workforce Development
Enroll a student in an internship program to
learn gateway development
Gateway Ambassadors
Community building
Building of gateway groups at
ins7tu7ons and in consor7a
4
Collabora7ons
Make
Challenges
Less
Steep
h[p://sciencegateways.org

5. URSSI Conceptualiza7on
• Workshops
• Survey
• Ethnographic studies
• Outreach and communica7on
Goal: Community-driven ins2tute proposal
Some envisioned ac7vi7es:
• Complemen7ng ac7ons for exis7ng ins7tutes
• Summerschool on soOware engineering prac7ces –
filling a gap in exis7ng training landscape
• URSSI points to tools and standards
h[p://urssi.us/

6. What Best Prac7ces Have Worked for Us?
• Consultancy via experts (usability, sustainability,
…)
• Bootcamp/Focus week (cohort building)
• Yearly Gateways conference
• Gateways catalog

7. Ideas to Create Synergy
• Adver7sing of related events
• Including projects/ini7a7ves in presenta7ons
where suitable
• Cross-invita7on of speakers to events and
webinars
• Cross-linking of projects
• Re-use of created materials