Logistics
Key Dates
The 2021 XSEDE Panel Review will be conducted remotely.
Tuesday, June 22: Review draft slides during June Quarterly meeting (remote via Zoom)
Thursday, June 24: Draft slides sent to John by end of day; John sends to panel early Friday morning June 25.
Monday, June 28 (starting at 12:00 p.m. ET): Dry run. Remote via Zoom.
Tuesday, June 29: Panel Review. 9am-4pm ET. Remote (Zoom coordinates will be provided by NSF at a later time). NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session.
Wednesday, June 30: Panel Review. 9am-12pm ET. XSEDE presentations will conclude by 12pm; panel members will have a working session until 4pm ET. Remote (Zoom coordinates will be provided by NSF at a later time). NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session.
Thursday, July 1: Panel finalizes their work and draft executive summary shared with XSEDE2 PI ~3pm ET.
Location
Remote (Zoom coordinates will be provided by NSF at a later time). NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session.
Personnel (Tentative)
| Bob Sinkovits | Jay Alameda | Leslie Morsek | Nathan Tolbert | Sergiu Sanielevici |
| Dave Hart | John Towns | Linda Akli | Phil Blood | Sonia Nayak |
| Dave Lifka | JP Navarro | Lizanne DeStefano | Rich Knepper | Tim Boerner |
| Emre Brooks (UAC) | Kelly Gaither | Shava Smallen | Tabitha Samuel | Ron Payne |
| Greg Peterson | Ken Hackworth | Lucille Jarzynka | Ruth Marinshaw (SPF) | Bill Gropp (NCSA) |
| Victor Hazlewood | Leslie Froeschl | Marques Bland | Scott Wells | Susan Martinis (UIUC) |
| All L3s are welcome to attend. | Craig Stewart |
Review Agenda - FINAL
Monday, June 28th - Dry Run
Dry-Run Materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1GfB8AiQXSeaA9zC5RjiT5w0G0J8p62Cc
Please contact Ron Payne or Leslie Froeschl for access to the dry-run materials and notes.
Remote coordinates were sent to the leadership team. Anyone else wishing to join should contact Leslie.
| Time (EDT) | Topic |
| 12:00-12:10pm | Kickoff & Setting Expectations |
| 12:10-12:40pm | Review: XSEDE opening remarks |
| 12:40-1:10pm | Review: Community Impact & Science Use Cases |
| 1:10-1:35pm | Review: Project Governance |
| 1:35-1:50pm | Break |
| 1:50-2:25pm | Review: CEE |
| 2:25-3:00pm | Review: ECSS |
| 3:00-3:20pm | Review: Ops |
| 3:20-3:35pm | Break |
| 3:35-3:55pm | Review: XCI |
| 3:55-4:25pm | Review: RAS |
| 4:25-5:00pm | Review: Program Office |
| 5:00-5:30pm | Review: Closing remarks |
Agenda - updated draft
NSF-Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Review
“XSEDE 2.0: Integrating, Enabling and Enhancing National Cyberinfrastructure with Expanding Community Involvement”
Project Accomplishments 1 May 2020 – 30 April 2021
Proposed Program Plan for Project Year 6 Efforts 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2022
in consideration of potential NSF authorization of enabling uninterrupted continuing Project Year 6 operations beginning 1 September 2021
Cooperative Agreement #OAC-1548562
P.I.: John Towns, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
29 June -1 July 2021
televideo hosted by the NSF-Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
Tuesday, June 29th - Panel Review, Day 1
Presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1KG9BA2r9r5T_NS-Yj6qsVWf4coZlGNTT
Please contact Ron Payne or Leslie Froeschl for access to the notes from the Panel review.
Click here for Zoom coordinates that have been provided by NSF. NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session. When entering the Zoom session, XSEDE staff should login with "XSEDE" in front of your name.
| Time (EDT) | Topic | XSEDE Staff |
| 8:15am | NSF/OAC-Panel Welcoming remarks & Panel “check-in” | none |
| 8:55am | XSEDE Project team joins televideo | |
| 9:00-9:10am | NSF-OAC/UIUC Welcoming Remarks | John Towns |
| 9:10-9:50am | Review convened – (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) - Session 1: XSEDE Project Opening Remarks (40 mins) (Towns) Slides: ... | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Greg Peterson Dave Hart Lizanne DeStefano Ruth Marinshaw Emre Brookes Susan Martinis Bill Gropp |
| 9:50-10:30am | Session 2: Community Impact & Science Use Cases (40 mins) - (Blood/Backup: Sinkovits) (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns |
| 10:30-10:45am | Break (15 mins) (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) | |
| 10:45-11:20am | Session 3: Project Governance (35 mins) (Boerner/Backup: Towns) Slides: ... | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Greg Peterson Dave Hart Lizanne DeStefano Ruth Marinshaw Emre Brookes |
| 11:20-12:05pm | Session 4: XSEDE CEE (45 mins); (Gaither; Backup: Akli) (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Dave Hart Leslie Morsek Linda Akli Lizanne DeStefano Jay Alameda |
| 12:05-1:05pm | Break for lunch (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) | |
| 1:05-1:50pm | Session 5: XSEDE ECSS (45 mins) (Sinkovits; Backup: Blood) Slides: ... | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Greg Peterson Dave Hart Marques Bland Leslie Froeschl Sergiu Sanielevici |
| 1:50-2:20pm | Session 6: XSEDE XCI (30 mins) (Smallen/Samuel; Backup: Lifka ) (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns |
| 2:20-2:35pm | Break (15 mins); (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) | |
| 2:35-3:05pm | Session 7: XSEDE Operations (30 mins) (Peterson; Backup: Hazlewood) Slides: ... | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Greg Peterson Dave Hart Scott Wells Leslie Froeschl Victor Hazlewood |
| 3:05-3:45pm | Session 8: Resource Allocations Services (40 mins) (Hart; Backup: Towns) (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns |
| 3:45-4:00pm | Q&A session (15 mins) | John Towns |
| 4:00pm | Day 1 wrap-up and close; Panelists dismissed to respective evenings | |
| 7:00pm | Review questions conveyed to XSEDE by OAC XSEDE team compose responses to Panel-submitted questions (Note that Zoom coordinates will be sent out via Outlook.) |
Homework: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1BMAnRIRrF8FNdqQ3p29tnsw27Ef963Rh
Wednesday, June 30th - Panel Review, Day 2
Presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1KG9BA2r9r5T_NS-Yj6qsVWf4coZlGNTT
Please contact Ron Payne or Leslie Froeschl for access to the notes from the Panel review.
Click here for Zoom coordinates that have been provided by NSF. NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session. When entering the Zoom session, XSEDE staff should login with "XSEDE" in front of your name.
| Time (EDT) | Topic | XSEDE Staff |
| ~8:30am | Panel working session, including in follow-up to overnight XSEDE 2.0 team preliminary draft responses to conveyed questions | None |
| 9:00-9:30am | Review reconvened Panel ↔ XSEDE 2.0 team discussion, including in follow-up to overnight XSEDE 2.0 team preliminary draft responses to conveyed questions (30 mins) Slides: ... (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) | John Towns |
| 9:30-10:30am | Session 9: XSEDE Program Office (60 mins) (Payne; Backup: Towns) Finances (Payne; Backup: Towns) Slides: ... (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns |
| 10:30-10:45am | Break (15 mins) (televideo “host” shifts to XSEDE PI) | |
| 10:45-11:25am | Session 10: XSEDE Closing Remarks (40 mins) (Towns) (televideo “host” shifts to OAC) | John Towns Kelly Gaither Phil Blood Bob Sinkovits Tim Boerner Ron Payne Dave Lifka Greg Peterson Dave Hart Lizanne Destefano Ruth Marinshaw Emre Brookes Tabitha Samuel Leslie Froeschl |
| 11:25am-12:00pm | Q&A session (35 mins) | John Towns |
| 12:00pm | XSEDE Project team dismissed Panel break for lunch (60 mins) | |
| 1:00-4:00pm | Panel working session (3 hours) | |
| 4:00pm | Day 2 wrap-up and close; Panelists dismissed to respective evenings |
Thursday, July 1 - Panel Review, Day 3
Presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/11uVDTPAwYSdLLI9_HG6WK5UjR4nM5cbB
Please contact Ron Payne or Leslie Froeschl for access to the notes from the Panel review.
Zoom coordinates to be provided by NSF. NOTE that only staff who have been informed that they are on the attendee list should join the Zoom session.
| Time (EDT) | Topic | XSEDE Staff |
| ~8:00am | XSEDE 2.0 team final form responses to conveyed questions available to Program & Panel | |
| ~3:00pm | Draft executive summary shared with XSEDE 2.0 Project PI (via televideo) | John Towns |
Review Materials
Material Provided to Panel:
- XSEDE KPI information
- XSEDE Reporting Year vs. Project Year schedule
- XSEDE Organizational Charts
- XSEDE Organizational Alignment with Strategic Goals
Review Panelists
The (restricted) list of NSF Review Panelists can be found at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BqLbEjXgE-B8MbWcosJegRcXInc6sC87PfWye5o5d7Q
Slide Template
L2 Area PowerPoint template for the 2021 NSF Panel Review (download and open in PowerPoint)
NSF Panel Review template (Google slides version) Make a copy and remove the slides that don't apply to your L2 area.
Please place draft slide decks in this folder.