XSEDE: The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment Interim Project Report 4: Report Year 2, Reporting Period 2 August 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017 RY2 IPR 4 Page i XSEDE Senior Management Team (SMT) John Towns (NCSA) PI and Project Director Kelly Gaither (TACC) Co-PI and Campus Engagement and Enrichment Director Nancy Wilkins-Diehr Co-PI and Extended Collaborative Support Service Co-Director (SDSC) Sergiu Sanielevici (PSC) Extended Collaborative Support Service Interim Co-Director Greg Peterson (UT-NICS) XSEDE Operations Director David Hart (NCAR) Resource Allocations Service Director David Lifka (Cornell) XSEDE Cyberinfrastructure Integration Director Ron Payne (NCSA) Program Office Director Karla Gendler (TACC) Senior Project Manager Emre Brooks (UT-San User Advisory Committee Chair (voting member of the SMT) Antonio) Dan Stanzione (TACC) XD Service Providers Forum Chair (voting member of the SMT) RY2 IPR 4 Page ii Table of Contents XSEDE: The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment ...................................... i Interim Project Report 4: ............................................................................................................................... i Report Year 2, Reporting Period 2 ............................................................................................................. i XSEDE Senior Management Team (SMT) ................................................................................................ ii List of Tables..................................................................................................................................................... vi Reading this Report .................................................................................................................................... viii 1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Strategic Goals ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Summary & Project Highlights ................................................................................................................. 4 2. Science and Engineering Highlights ................................................................................................. 5 2.1. Computer Simulations Provide Eclipse Preview............................................................................... 5 2.2. Cosmos Code Helps Probe Space Oddities ........................................................................................... 6 2.3. With Help from XSEDE, ArcticDEM Completes Presidential Order........................................... 7 2.4. Extracting Meaningful Data from Decomposing Bodies ................................................................ 8 2.5. Shared High Value Research Resource: The CamCAN Human Lifespan Neuroimaging Dataset .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 2.6. Tools of the 21st Century: HPC, Analytical Ultracentrifugation, and a New Detector ...... 10 2.7. XSEDE Resources Help Confirm LIGO Discovery ............................................................................ 11 3. Discussion of Strategic Goals and Key Performance Indicators .......................................... 13 3.1. Deepen and Extend Use ............................................................................................................................. 13 3.1.1. Deepening Use to Existing Communities .................................................................................. 13 3.1.2. Extending Use to New Communities .......................................................................................... 14 3.1.3. Prepare the Current and Next Generation ............................................................................... 14 3.1.4. Raising Awareness ............................................................................................................................. 15 3.2. Advance the Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................. 16 3.2.1. Create an Open and Evolving e-Infrastructure ...................................................................... 16 3.2.2. Enhance the Array of Technical Expertise and Support Services .................................. 17 3.3. Sustain the Ecosystem................................................................................................................................ 17 3.3.1. Provide Reliable, Efficient, and Secure Infrastructure ........................................................ 18 3.3.2. Provide Excellent User Support ................................................................................................... 18 3.3.3. Effective and Productive Virtual Organization....................................................................... 19 3.3.4. Innovative Virtual Organization ................................................................................................... 19 4. Community Engagement & Enrichment (WBS 2.1) ................................................................... 21 4.1. CEE Director’s Office (WBS 2.1.1) ......................................................................................................... 24 RY2 IPR 4 Page iii 4.2. Workforce Development (WBS 2.1.2) ................................................................................................. 24 4.3. User Engagement (WBS 2.1.3) ................................................................................................................ 27 4.4. Broadening Participation (WBS 2.1.4) ................................................................................................ 28 4.5. User Interfaces & Online Information (WBS 2.1.5) ........................................................................ 29 4.6. Campus Engagement (WBS 2.1.6) ......................................................................................................... 30 5. Extended Collaborative Support Service (WBS 2.2) ................................................................. 32 5.1. ECSS Director’s Office (WBS 2.2.1) ....................................................................................................... 35 5.2. Extended Support for Research Teams (WBS 2.2.2) ..................................................................... 36 5.3. Novel & Innovative Projects (WBS 2.2.3) ........................................................................................... 37 5.4. Extended Support for Community Codes (WBS 2.2.4) ................................................................. 38 5.5. Extended Support for Science Gateways (WBS 2.2.5) .................................................................. 39 5.6. Extended Support for Education, Outreach, & Training (WBS 2.2.6) ..................................... 40 6. XSEDE Cyberinfrastructure Integration (WBS 2.3) .................................................................. 42 6.1. XCI Director’s Office (WBS 2.3.1) .......................................................................................................... 43 6.2. Requirements Analysis & Capability Delivery (WBS 2.3.2) ........................................................ 44 6.3. XSEDE Cyberinfrastructure Resource Integration (WBS 2.3.3) ............................................... 45 7. XSEDE Operations (WBS 2.4) ............................................................................................................ 47 7.1. Operations Director’s Office (WBS 2.4.1) ........................................................................................... 48 7.2. Cybersecurity (WBS 2.4.2) ....................................................................................................................... 48 7.3. Data Transfer Services (WBS 2.4.3) ..................................................................................................... 49 7.4. XSEDE Operations Center (WBS 2.4.4) ............................................................................................... 49 7.5. System Operations Support (WBS 2.4.5) ........................................................................................... 50 8. Resource Allocation Service (WBS 2.5) ......................................................................................... 51 8.1. RAS Director’s Office (WBS 2.5.1) ......................................................................................................... 52 8.2. XSEDE Allocations Process & Policies (WBS 2.5.2) ........................................................................ 52 8.3. Allocations, Accounting, & Account Management CI (WBS 2.5.3) ........................................... 53 9. Program Office (WBS 2.6) .................................................................................................................. 55 9.1. Project Office (WBS 2.6.1) ........................................................................................................................ 57 9.2. External Relations (WBS 2.6.2) .............................................................................................................. 57 9.3. Project Management, Reporting, & Risk Management