Welcome to the Pathways to SC07 Workshop at Argonne National Laboratory

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• Welcome to the Pathways to SC07 Workshop at
  Argonne National Laboratory
• We thank the SC Steering Committee and NSF for
  their support!

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SC07-09 Education Programs

• Scott Lathrop
• SC07 Education Program Chair
• TeraGrid Director of Education, Outreach and
  Training
• lathrop_at_mcs.anl.gov
• July 28, 2006

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SC Challenge

• At SC05 Conference we were challenged to revise
  the SC Education Program to address continuity of
  the program and sustained change within
  educational institutions
• A small group of 3 quickly grew to 50 people who
  developed a 3-year plan for SC07-09, as well as
  Pathways to SC07 to prepare
• A CI-TEAM proposal to NSF is pending review to
  complement this effort

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SC07-09 Education Goals

• Three-year Education Program to provide
  continuity and broader, sustained impact in
  education
• Sustained cyberinfrastructure integration in
  undergraduate science, technology, engineering
  and mathematics classrooms including teacher
  preparation programs
• Increase participation of larger, more diverse
  communities in the SC Conference
• Leverage existing programs and resources

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Audience

• Colleges and universities making a three-year
  commitment to participate for sustained change
• Faculty and students selected from those
  institutions across all disciplines
• High school teachers collaborating with faculty
• MSIs, 2- 4-year colleges, and EPSCoR schools

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Institutions Recruited To-date

• Chicago State University
• Crownpoint Institute of Technology
• Governors State University
• Hampton University
• Howard University
• Little Priest Tribal College
• National University
• New Mexico State University
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
  University
• North Carolina Central University
• University of Chicago
• University of Iowa
• University of New Mexico
• University of Texas at El Paso
• Wake Technical Community College

Red circles highlight regions of participating
institutions green states highlight
collaborating partners.
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SC Conference Activities

• Program runs Saturday-Tuesday
• Planning for 100 educators and students
• Hands-on workshops - parallel tracks - posters
• Career and internship opportunities for students
• Faculty and student competitions and awards
• Coordination with Student Volunteers and Broader
  Engagement Program
• Education booth to showcase innovative programs
  and resources
• Encourage participation in all aspects of SC
• Encourage faculty to join SC Committees

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Year-long Activities

• Week-long summer workshops around the country
  starting the summer before SC07
• Regular spring and fall visits to campuses for
  workshops, one-on-one consulting, and working
  with administrators
• Mentoring of faculty and students
• On-line mentoring, resources, seminars,
  tutorials, etc.
• Course materials development by faculty
• Posting of materials to ACM and NSF digital
  libraries (e.g. CSERD)

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Pathways to SC07

• Developed in parallel with SC07-09 programs
• Goals
• Identify existing and emerging resources for use
  in the 3-year program
• Identify gaps that we can realistically address
  for use during the SC07-09 programs
• Recruit institutions, administrators, faculty and
  students to participate - e.g. teacher
  preparation faculty, non-traditional HPC users
• Develop strategic partnerships to complement the
  SC07-09 efforts
• Providers of resources
• Business/industry collaborations

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Pathways Activities

• This workshop is intended to chart an informed
  course to best serve administrators, faculty and
  students for sustained change
• Follow-on workshops to address
• Ensuring good resources are in the digital
  libraries - e.g. conducting CSERD/VVA sessions
• Development of resources and materials to address
  the gaps
• Outreach to recruit institutions and faculty
• Develop partnerships (academic, industrial, etc.)
• Demonstrate value to secure further support from
  SC

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Disclaimer

• Pathways to SC07 funded for first year
• Pathways year two to be funded based on
• Availability of funds
• Success of first year
• SC07 and SC08 Conference Chairs fully support the
  plan
• SC09 Conference Chair not yet selected
• SCxx Education Program funds determined based on
  availability of funds

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Goals for this workshop

• Identify best practice resources
• Identify gaps that we can realistically address
  to best serve administrators, faculty and
  students
• Identify people and organizations we need to
  engage as we move ahead
• Chart strategic next steps to more forward
• High level of ROI for you, SC and NSF

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Metrics of Success

• of resources identified
• of resources reviewed and added to digital
  libraries (NSDL and ACM)
• of gaps that are filled
• of people involved in the process
• people involved repeatedly
• institutions and faculty recruited
• Activities that address sustained change
• Anecdotal information that demonstrates added
  value of this effort
• Others?

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We need you!

• Your recommendations and suggestions
• Your participation to
• Identify key issues, challenges, and priorities
• Review of materials for digital libraries
• Develop resources/approaches to address the gaps
• Recruit institutions, administrators, faculty,
  students
• Advice on engaging believers and nay-sayers
• Present at workshops (hands-on emphasis)
• Build strategic partnerships and alliances
• Critique the plan to help ensure we do good work
  and avoid duplicating good programs already in
  place!

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Committee (so far)

• SC07 Chair Scott Lathrop/U Chicago/ANL
• Deputy Chair Jerry Sheehan/UCSD/CalIT2
• Curriculum Content - Bob Panoff/Shodor
• Parallel/Cluster/Grid content Paul Gray/U
  Northern Iowa, Charlie Peck/Earlham, Tom
  Murphy/Contra Costa, David Joiner/Kean, Mike
  Wilde/U Chicago/ANL
• Research Program Gregor von Laszewski/U
  Chicago/ANL
• Collaborative Technology Jennifer Teig von
  Hoffman/Boston, Edee Wiziecki/NCSA
• Student Program Dominique Foley/LANL
• Student and Faculty Competitions and Awards
  Edee Wiziecki, Paul Gray
• Mentoring - Chuck Swanson/U Minnesota
• Fund raising - Henry Neeman
• External Evaluator Ann Zimmerman/U Michigan
• Advisory Group - Ignatios Vakalis
• Can we add your name to the list?????

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Open Committee Positions

• Web Site
• Student Advisors to the committee
• Computer Technology
• Public Relations
• Newsletter -
• Local Facilities Arrangements
• Housing Arrangements
• Travel Arrangements
• Receptions -
• Posters
• Budget
• Education Office -
• Industry Liaison
• Others????
• Can we add your name to the list?????

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Thank you!

• Your time is precious and your expertise is vast!
• We want to learn as much from you as we can in a
  short time and seek your advice for moving
  forward to best serve the community!
• We want to provide you with plenty of time to
  talk, exchange ideas, and challenge one another
  so we can chart a path for sustained change.
• Have some fun, make new friends, and enjoy lively
  conversations!