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Program

The workshop program is under development. Highlights include:

  • Registration will begin by 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 12
  • The program will start at 8:30 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday
  • The program will include presentations, lightning talks, break-out sessions, and discussion
  • A dinner for attendees will be held Thursday evening
  • The program will end by about 2 p.m. on Friday

Table of Contents

Program Summary

Welcome

The NDS Vision

We will start with a selection of presentations from thought leaders and representatives of funding organizations as to the what is needed from a national infrastructure for data.  We will seek to understand:

  • 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 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 (governance, roles, meetings, etc.)
  • Data Discovery: connecting communities and technologies 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

In this wrap-up session, we will attempt to summarize what we've learned and what steps we take to build a national data service.

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? 

We would like to collect your perspectives on data discovery, access, publishing, and re-use via position papers that we will share with the Consortium. You may submit a 1-4 page document in PDF format by emailing it to info@nationaldataservice.org by June 9.

Requesting to Give a Lightning Talk

We invite attendees to consider presenting a "lightning talk"–a short presentation limited to 5 minutes and 3 slides.  Lightning talks should address some issue, technology, or lesson learned which might be relevant to building and operating a national data service.  We expect to accommodate 5-10 presentations in the schedule.  

If you would like to give one of these presentations, please send an email to info@nationaldataservice.org with the Subject "Workshop Lightning Talk" with the following information.

  • Your name
  • Your institution
  • The name of the project(s) you are working on relevant to the NDS (if different from your institution)
  • A title for your presentation
  • A short abstract.  (Since the presentation is short, your abstract need only be a clarifying sentence or two.)

Please submit your request by June 4.

 

 

 

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