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Checking In

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Program

The workshop program is under development. Highlights include:

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will begin by 8

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:00am on Thursday, June 12

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.  Continental breakfast will be available 8:00-8:30am. 

Program

A Detailed Agenda is now available. Highlights include:

The NDS Vision

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Program Summary

Welcome

The NDS Vision

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• invited talks from various viewpoints, including
  
  • Ed Seidel, NCSA
  • Mike Stebbins, OSTP
  • Phillip Bourne, NIH
  • Dean B. Crafft, Cornell
  • IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Elsevier
• we will try to address quiestions like

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  • what should an NDS do for researchers and the public?
  • how should it be built?
  • how do people (stakeholders) fit in?
  • how do we fund it?

Speakers will include:

• Ed Seidel, director or the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• Michael Stebbins, Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Phil Bourne, National Institute of Health
• and others

The NDS Framework

In this session, we will hear presentations on how the NDS might work technically and operationally.  Speakers include:

• Ian Foster, Globus
• Steve Wolff, Internet2
• Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/NCSA
• and others

Lightning Talks

We are planning two sessions featuring a series of short presentations (3 slides in 5 minutes) touching some topic or technology relevant to the NDS.  To request to present a lightning talk see below. 

Breakout Sessions

We'll hear a set invited talks that look at how we build the NDS both technically and as a consortium.

Building on Existing Communities

We'll hear from three examples of community federations and consider how we can build on the infrastructure they are putting into place.

Lightning Talks

This is a series of short contributions touching on issues important to the NDS.

Topical Break-outs

We'll have a four parallel break-out discussions on the following topicsWe will take an hour and a half to discuss in 4-5 small groups some specific topics important to the NDS.  Afterwards, we'll get a quick summary report from each group.  Here are the topics we have planned:

• Organizing the Consortium (governanceGovernance, roles, meetings, etc.)
• Data Discovery: connecting different communities and technologies techniques together
• Repositories:  technologies and federation
• Publishing:  IDs, the publishing process, the role of publishers, tools

Do you have an idea for a break-out topic? Let us know at info@nationaldataservice.org.

Mad Minutes

Before dinner on Thursday, we are planning an informal session where volunteers may, in 3 minutes, talk about anything relevant to the NDS.  There will be no slides, no sign-up; just show up with something short to say!

Building On Existing Communities

In this session, we'll hear from a few examples of data science federations to understand:

• how can we integrate with discipline-specific capabilities
• relevant technologies, standards, or practices we can build on
• lessons learned while federating a community

NDS: a Vision for Success

In this moderated discussion, we'll collect input on what will make the NDS a successful reality

Next Steps

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These will feature open discussions of the challenges and requirements for the NDS.  Discussions will be followed by brief reports.

The Vision for Success

This will be a facilitated discussion to understand what we must achieved to consider the NDS a success.

Reception and Dinner

We have a reception and dinner at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel (1345 Twenty-Eight Street) on Thursday evening.

The reception will feature some Mad Minutes, an informal chance to share in 3 minutes or less something about a project or issue relevant to the NDS. 

Call for Position Papers

Are you already working in the area of data discovery and/or publishing?  Do you represent a stakeholder with special requirements?  Have you developed a piece of technology that you feel is relevant to a national data infrastructure? 

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Please submit your request by June 4.