Workshop on Synthesizing Management Models for Cyberinfrastructure
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Post-workshop Executive Summary (Word Doc - 31K)

July 29-30, 2003

The National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230

The report of the Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel to the NSF, "Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure", started the process of defining new opportunities for NSF. The path forward that this report envisioned - extensive cyberinfrastructure to enable all levels of S&E research and education, geographic and institution independence, cross-disciplinary sharing of data and insights, and technical depth in all dimensions - truly has the potential to revolutionize all fields of research and education. In addition, the Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel offered sound advice on some of the organizational issues that NSF may face in implementing the report's recommendations. However, the various models that might be relevant to the management and oversight of large-scale, ubiquitous, comprehensive digital environments, which include distributed resources, federated facilities, people, data, information and tools, were not explored. Additional input and lessons learned are needed from key stakeholders and other principals experienced in the management and oversight of such complex enterprises.

While some governance and management strategies exist and can provide base models and a solid foundation, innovations are needed to effectively ramp up to the larger-scale scientific organizations and support environments envisioned for Cyberinfrastructure. An earlier NSF-sponsored workshop in May and several video-based town hall meetings have explored various options for such innovations. In the July workshop, we will bring this rich set of ideas together and analyze them so that NSF has new knowledge and can move forward with its Cyberinfrastructure plans. A written summary of concepts and options arising from the earlier meetings will be circulated in advance, and will be the basis for a series of panels giving reactions and recommendations from different perspectives.