Elected by the Consortium membership, this committee is the charged with guiding Consortium activities, including furthering the chartering process and clarifying the relationship of the Consortium with other consortia, projects, and stakeholders. They also provide input to Workshop program planning, pilot project coordination, and proposal development.
Alan Blatecky
RTI International, Visiting Fellow
Mercè Crosas
Director of Data Science IQSS
Harvard University
Ted Habermann
Director of Earth Science
The HDF Group
Robert J. Hanisch
Director, Office of Data and Informatics
Material Measurement Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carole Palmer
Associate Dean for Research Information School
University of Washington
Ed Seidel
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Director
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anita de Waard
VP for Research Data Services
Elsevier Publishing
John Towns
NDS Interim Director
Formed from leaders from the "charter" institutions, this group guides day-to-day activities to build the NDS community. The group is chaired by an Interim NDS Director (John Towns, NCSA).
John Towns (chair)
NDS Interim Director
National Center for Supercomputing Appications, Assistant Director
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ian Foster
Globus, Project Director
University of Chicago/Argonne National Labs
Niall Gaffney
Director of Data Intensive Computing
Texas Advanced Computing Center
University of Texas, Austin
Heidi Imker
UI Research Data Service, Director
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Norman
San Diego Supercomputing Center, Director
University of California San Diego
Ed Seidel
National Center for Supercomputing Appications, Director
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Robert J. Hanisch
Director, Office of Data and Informatics
Material Measurement Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology