SMT Meeting - July 19, 2018

Previously:

• Discussion during June Quarterly Meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14LZAAAADKdsN9QqHVO6LlIM8p5qwEDghInrh8OyOJ2k/edit
• (6/21) Laura - requested email distribution list. Reviewing Berkeley and Illinois Tech Report Series policies; in particular the notion of numbering has come up as a lesson learned when establishing a new series. Currently, Laura, Victor, Ron, and Craig will vet the Technical Report series process and share, we welcome others who are interested.

Discussion:

• (7/19) Laura - Illinois does not have a vetting process. PSC uses the author's direct Manager to approve before entering after a proofreading pass is complete. Requesting process from Berkeley. Still waiting for email distribution list to be created. 
• (7/19) Laura: Enter Publications in XUP and documents in IDEALS
  • Status of publications presented in PY8 Plans
    • CEE – added published items to XUP; some 
      • Advanced Computing for Social Change Journal Publication 
      • EMPOWERing Undergraduates Through Expert Mentoring: Supporting Student-Driven Research in HPC Internships

      • Building a Solid Foundation: Intensive, Hands-on Curriculum for Teaching Applications in HPC

      • BOF: WHPC - "Join the conversation: Strategies for building a campus wide Women in HPC community"

      • Paper: "Mentoring Undergraduates into Cyber-Facilitator Roles"

      • Campus Champions 101 workshop

      • Campus Champions Fellows Presentation

      • Campus Champions Panel Presentation

      • Paper: Teaching Data Science through Social Change

      • BOF: Supporting Student-Driven Research: Fostering Mentorship to Promote Student Success

      • Paper: The role cultural competency plays in teaching data science

      • Panel: First Principles in Advanced Cyberinfrastructure - Concepts and Skills Needed for Broader Engagement and Participation

      • Grace Hopper Presentation on Computing4Change

    • ECSS – Phil and Bob will focus on this going forward ACTION talk with Nancy and revise list
      • Domain journals
      • ECSS staff typically publish at PEARC
      • We will summarize accepted submissions
      • Increased attention to staff uploading of publications
      • Can import from DOI, PubMed ID
      • Can we import from Google Scholar?
      • Proposed XSEDE partnership with OrcID?
    • XCI – Rich and JP have this on the horizon for PEARC19 and others; might have something from PEARC18
      • PEARC 19 paper on XSEDE's Use Case Process
      • PEARC 19 paper on Extending the XNIT and the XSEDE Community Software Repository
    • Operations – will drop presentations, L3s sending to Scott, have a number of items
      • Participating in PEARC panel (2.4.1)
      • ML/NLP results on automated ticket classification/routing (2.4.1)
      • Considering PEARC BoF to solicit feedback on DTS updated vision (2.4.3)
      • Paper on multisite virtual organization infrastructure management (2.4.5)
    • RAS – ACTION Laura email Dave H.
      • XRAS Technical Report—Updating original design and architecture documents to reflect as-implemented state
      • XRAS Administrators Guide—Documentation for allocations administrators for XRAS clients
      • XSEDE Accounting Service Design Document
      • Resource usage analysis publication, format TBD, possibly PEARC19
      • Possible XRAS PEARC19 submission, format TBD
    • Program Office –  Summer school and PEARC evaluations will be done
      • Planning process (Project Office)
      • Governance (Project Office)
      • IHPCSS (Evaluation)
      • PEARC (Evaluation)
      • Specialized studies (Evaluation)
      • XSEDE ROI (Evaluation)
      • XSEDE strategic planning case study (Strategy)
      • Workflow analysis (Strategy)

Decisions:

• note

Actions:

• ACTION for SMT due 7/19 - to review and provide feedback, moving toward approval this summer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tjJy5uUU203C_KNcgi_1S-GwkLbkWkxAJuc20s8qxYU/edit#
  • Panels and BoFs excluded - activity but not able to share
  • Presentations included

5. XSEDE External Code of Conduct - Phasing into website (Ron Payne / Maytal Dahan) 

Previously:

• (6/8) - Added to agenda
  • Suggested phases:
    • Phase I - basic wording on the site since there was clear directive from NSF regarding harassment and repercussions for grantees.  web page: https://www.xsede.org/codeofconduct
    • Phase II – create the form for reporting. Need ETA
    • Phase III – add it to the portal account creation and training registration forms as a check off box indicating read and understand. Need ETA
• (6/21) - Suggested phases: 
  • Phase I - basic wording on the site since there was clear directive from NSF regarding harassment and repercussions for grantees.  web page: https://www.xsede.org/codeofconduct
  • Phase II – create the form for reporting. Need ETA
  • Phase III – add it to the portal account creation and training registration forms as a check off box indicating read and understand. Need ETA

Discussion:

• note

Decisions:

• note

Actions:

6. XSEDE Service Provider Forum Membership (Shawn Strande / David Hart / Philip Blood) 

Previously:

• (7/10) - Added to agenda
  • Email thread concerning a single institution adding multiple resources/services to the SPF
  • Phil Blood's question about the possibility of international entities joining the SPF

Discussion:

• (7/19) Johathon will bring these topics to the SP Forum

Decisions:

• note

Actions:

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