Audio of Meeting:  GMT20201028-190030_Software-D.m4a

Video of Meeting:  Available in Box - https://uofi.box.com/s/lbzsut0m7x44e14w6bkotehyy30ylejg

Chat File: GMT20201028-190030_Software-D.txt


Purpose:

  • Place to see activities going on in the Software Directorate
  • Place to be informed about the status of the Software Directorate
  • Place to practice presentation and sharing knowledge

Agenda:

  • Welcome and Updates - Kenton (2:00 to 2:10)
    • Working Remotely will be in place for the next quarter
    • SHIELD is involved in at least six aspects of the COVID response
    • We're looking across NCSA to see if we can access more bandwidth in regards to COVID
    • We were just awarded an NIH grant to roll out the saliva tests across the country.
    • We are looking at this as our civic duty, not just a part of our job.
    • NSF Coastal Peoples Proposal - grants to see the effects of global warming on the coasts.  There are two different proposals we are working on. We are also working with the AVL group for these proposals
    • We are putting together a grant proposal with Mayo
    • CDDR's are due at the end of the year NCSA is committed to enabling new, innovative research through the Center-Directed Discretionary Research (CDDR) seed funding program. The program is designed to foster creativity and stimulate exploration; serve as a proving ground for new concepts in research and development; and support mission-driven, high-risk/ potentially high-value R&D.Interested in applying? Please read the NCSA CDDR guidelines and complete the pre-proposal form located in Savannah. Once your form has been approved, the full proposal may be completed. The next deadline for Center-Directed Discretionary Research proposals is December 1, 2020. Questions may be directed to Michelle Butler.
    • We have spent several years working on TERRA-REF.  The dataset is stored on Radiant even though the project has ended.
    • We will be working with the CDA AI center to support hackathons, projects etc. using the TERRA-REF dataset
    • Radiant is coming online which will be a huge resource for NCSA.  Please add Radiant/Clowder/Geostreams/Brown Dog etc. as a resource in your papers and proposals
    • Next IN-CORE annual meeting is next week
    • Research Data Alliance Conference is November 9 to 12
    • High Five Program
    • Shout out to Yong Wook for his work an update for Kartoza geoserver github, and his branch got merged. https://github.com/kartoza/docker-geoserver/pull/190#event-3853610008
  • Presentations - 
    • Matt - COM - College of Medicine Data Science Projects - 15 mins
      • Questions - Dan Katz suggests we may be able to work with the med students to get them more deeply involved with data science.  We are putting together a website of resources for the students.
    • Luigi - SWG - Software Working Group - 15 mins
      • Please notify the SWG if you have a project you would like to address within the Focus Groups.  You do not have to be a member of the SWG.
  • Q&A - Jong
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