The Fourth National Science Data Fabric (NSDF) in-person meeting held in San Diego, California on February 28, 29 and March 1.

University of California, San Diego
San Diego Supercomputer Center
9836 Hopkins Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037


Attendees to the Fourth National Science Data Fabric (NSDF) AHM.

Keynote

Keynote Speaker: Chaitan Baru, Senior Advisor, TIP Directorate, NSF

Title: The Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN) Fabric

Abstract

In September 2023, NSF announced an investment of $26.7 million in 18 projects for its Building the Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN) program, in collaboration with five other U.S. government agencies. The 18 funded projects are expected to work together over the next 3 years, as a single cohort to create an open knowledge network that is a publicly accessible, interconnected set of data repositories and associated knowledge graphs that will enable data-driven, artificial intelligence-based solutions for a broad set of societal and economic challenges. NASA, NIH, the National Institute of Justice, NOAA and the U.S. Geological Survey are partnering with NSF on this effort, along with an additional 15 U.S. federal and state agencies that are working closely with the awardees to ensure that Proto-OKN supports each agency’s data strategy while addressing use cases associated with agency data. Of the 18 projects, 15 are focusing on use cases representing agency applications, two projects are focusing on creating the Proto-OKN Fabric to provide the technological platform, and one project is providing education and training materials and coordination across the entire effort. This talk will describe the concepts, ideas, and technologies in the emerging Proto-OKN Fabric. For project focusing on data cyberinfrastructure, the identification and pursuit of sustainability strategies and an engaged, early user/customer base, is even more essential than the technological concepts and infrastructure. The Proto-OKN initiative constitutes an investment by the TIP Directorate to advance key technologies — data and AI, in this case — while addressing pressing national, societal and geostrategic challenges, as authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.

Bio

Chaitan Baru is a Senior Advisor in NSF’s new Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate where he assists with strategy and ideation of new programs. He first joined NSF in 2014, as Senior Advisor for Data Science in the CISE Directorate where he co-chaired the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Big Idea and led the BIGDATA program. He returned to NSF in 2019 as Senior Advisor for the NSF Convergence Accelerator and as a member of the team that launched the program. Prior to joining NSF in 2022, Chaitan had a 25-year career at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego.

Keynote

Keynote Speaker: Sandra Gesing, Senior Researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Executive Director of the US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE)

Title: Ushering in a New Era with Unconventional Paths and Hidden Contributors Driving Discoveries in Academia and National Labs

Abstract

Over the past decade, academia and national labs have increasingly recognized the crucial role of hidden contributors contributing to accelerating science. The acknowledgement is evident in quite some projects. From the founding of 8 Research Software Engineer Associations worldwide to the dedicated efforts of the Campus Champions and the NSF Center of Excellence for Science Gateways. While it is encouraging that the importance of cyberinfrastructure and research software and the people being in this line of work receive more attention, we still have a long road in front of us for well-defined career paths and incentives. A multi-facet approach is needed to meet researchers and educators as well as the hidden contributors where they are. This keynote will delve into the crucial role of research software engineers, science gateway creators, and research facilitators in advancing research and computational activities. Furthermore, It will highlight the importance of fostering a community that encompasses all stakeholders in academia and national labs, advocating for a cultural change and actionable measures on how everyone can contribute to make it happen.

Bio

Sandra Gesing is the inaugural Executive Director of the US Research Software Engineer Association and a Senior Researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Her research focuses on science gateways, computational workflows as well as distributed and parallel computing. She is especially interested in sustainability of research software, usability of computational methods and reproducibility of research results. Sustainability of research software has many facets and she advocates for improving career paths for research software engineers and facilitators and for incentivizing their work via means beyond the traditional academic rewarding system. Before her positions at US-RSE and SDSC, she was a senior research scientist at the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), University of Illinois System, Chicago and she was an associate research professor at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, US. Before she moved to the US, she was a research associate at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Additionally, she has perennial experience as a project manager and system developer in industry in the US and Germany. As head of a system programmer group, she has long-term software projects. She received her Master’s degree in computer science from extramural studies at the FernUniversität Hagen and her PhD in computer science from the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Schedule

You can find the program here

Wednesday, February 28

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
UTK Michela Taufer
An Introduction to the National Science Data Fabric
DOI

Sesion Chair: Michela Taufer

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
UTK
Utah		 Heberth Martinez
Aashish Panta
Michela Taufer
Tutorial: Using NSDF for End-to-End Analysis of Scientific Data
DOI

Sesion Chair: Attila Gyulassy

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
Globus Kyle Chard
Globus Platform as a Service
DOI
Voltron Fernanda Foertter
Decomposing Data Systems for Better Performance
DOI
NCSA Kenton McHenry
Democratized Data Discovery and Access: Helping Communities and Repositories Adopt Science on Schema
DOI
Ronin Doug Fils
Building Blocks of Integration: An Exploration of CODATA CDIF Goals with NSDF Architecture
DOI

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Sesion Chair: Christine Kirkpatrick

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
SDSC Marty Kandes
Near-Field and Far-Field Data Distribution for ICICLE: Intelligent CyberInfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment
DOI
HDSI/UCSD Arum Kumar
HDSI DataPlanet: Spurring Data-Intensive Collaborations
DOI
Utah State U Steve Petruzza
Multi-layer Caching and Parallel Streaming for Large Scale Point Cloud Data on the Web
DOI
ORNL Olga Kuchar
Data Lifecycle Technologies at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing
DOI
U. Wisconsin Madison Miron Livny
An Overview of Pelican, OSDF, and OSPool
DOI

Sesion Chair: Michela Taufer

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
NSF Chaitan Baru
Keynote: The Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN) Fabric
DOI

Sesion Chair: Steve Petruzza

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
Seal Storage Scott Doughman and Sal Malik
Large Research Data Storage on Blockchain Technology
DOI
HDF Scot Breitenfield
The HDF5 Framework: Practical Tools for Managing Data
DOI
ViSOAR Amy Gooch
VisStore: Seamless Acquisition, Storage, and Distribution of Massive Imagery blending Cloud, Local and HPC Storage
DOI
SDSC Fabio Andrijauskas
Monitoring the Open Science Data Federation
DOI
ICSI
LBNL
UC Berkeley		 Michael Mahoney
Open Data, Large-Scale Compute, and Scientific Foundation Models
DOI

Sesion Chair: Amy Gooch

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
CHESS Werner Sun
Visualizing CHESS Data with NSDF Dashboards
DOI
Windows on Earth Dan Barstow
Sally Ride Windows on Earth
DOI
U Colorado Denver Amy Roberts
Sharing Data across Deep Underground Experiments
DOI
UTEP Erwin Cazares
Applications of Deep Learning for Fragment Size Analysis
 

Friday, March 1, 2024

Sesion Chair: Michela Taufer

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
SDSC Sandra Gesing
Keynote: Ushering in a New Era with Unconventional Paths and Hidden Contributors Driving Discoveries in Academia and National Labs
DOI

Sesion Chair: Lauren Whitnah

Affiliation Members and Title Presentation
Texas Tech U
CI Compass		 Kerk Kee
Technology Adoption Research and the Cyberinfrastructure Community
DOI
SDSC Ilkay Altinas
National Data Platform: Data and AI Services for All
DOI
Dillard U Dennis Sigur
Opportunities and Challenges at HBCUs
DOI
Utah State U Gustavo Ovando-Montejo
Democratizing Spatial Data for Climate Change Risk Assessment across Native American Nations
DOI
Utah
UTK
SDSC		 Atilla Gyulassy
A Report on New Directions in User Community Interviews
DOI

HOTELS

The meeting hotels include:

  • La Jolla Shores Hotel
    8110 Camino Del Oro La Jolla, California, 92037
    (855) 923-8058
    A limited number of rooms at a discounted rate of $269 per night will be available until February 9, 2024. Please call the hotel directly for more information.

  • The Residence Inn
    8901 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
    (858) 587-1770 / (800) 331-3131
    Rates: $264-$460 per night

  • Sheraton La Jolla Hotel, Torrey Pines
    3299 Holiday Ct., La Jolla, CA 92037
    (858) 453-5500 / (800) 345-9995
    Rates: $268-$412 per night

VENUE

SDSC is located on the UC San Diego Campus in La Jolla.

San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Auditorium E-B212 located on the ground floor of SDSC’s east entrance, just off the driveway on Hopkins Dr, close to the Hopkins Parking Structure, Northwest end of UC San Diego campus.

Google maps exact location

The San Diego International Airport (SAN) is the closest airport to UC San Diego and SDSC.

For driving directions see the visitors page on the SDSC website

TRANSPORTATION

VISITOR PARKING: PARKING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED TO PARK ON UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS

  • Visiting UC faculty and staff who hold annual permits at their home campuses are eligible for up to 5 consecutive days of complimentary parking at UC San Diego. Visit this link for more details.
  • For non-UC visitors, please see more details here. Purchase permits at a very reasonable rate.
  • The most convenient parking location is the Hopkins parking structure located on Hopkins Dr and Voigt Dr, just south of SDSC.
  • Parking legally is the attendee’s responsibility. The penalty for an improperly parked car is at least $65 per day. We cannot be held responsible for citations issued for parking in an incorrect space or improperly displaying your permit.

For cab or shuttle Pick-up/Drop-off: 9836 Hopkins Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037

SDSC is located just south of the RIMAC Arena.

Rideshare: Lyft or Uber Use “San Diego Supercomputer Center” as destination.

A taxi or transportation service can be used from the airport. Helpful link for taxi service in San Diego:

Public Transportation surrounding UC San Diego




 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2138811.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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