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Southworth, Doug

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DOE OSTI2026

EPOC Deep Dive Retrospective: A Brief Overview of 7 years of Science Engagement Discussions

Understanding the appropriate ways cyberinfrastructure can be designed, implemented, and executed for scientific use cases requires a deep understanding of the way that researchers and educators interact with technology, and how it may be best implemented to suit their needs. The Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) has conducted a series of scientific “Deep Dives” of use cases at partner institutions to better understand the requirements for modern scientific innovation across the United States research complex. The results of these activities have revealed gaps in the way that technology has been used to foster research activities. This gap in cyberinfrastructure support has impacts for the overall productivity and innovation possibilities for scientific users.

Zurawski, Jason↗

DOE OSTI2021

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Fisheries Acoustics Archive Network Deep Dive

EPOC uses the Deep Dive process to discuss and analyze current and planned science use cases and anticipated data output of a particular use case, site, or project to help inform the strategic planning of a campus or regional networking environment. This includes understanding future needs related to network operations, network capacity upgrades, and other technological service investments. A Deep Dive comprehensively surveys major research stakeholders’ plans and processes in order to investigate data management requirements over the next 5–10 years. Deep Dives help ensure that key stakeholders have a common understanding of the issues and the actions that a campus or regional network may need to undertake to offer solutions. The EPOC team leads the effort and relies on collaboration with the hosting site or network, and other affiliated entities that participate in the process. EPOC organizes, convenes, executes, and shares the outcomes of the review with all stakeholders. Between May 2021 and August 2021, staff members from the Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) met with researchers and staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s N-Wave (the Enterprise network that supports the NOAA mission) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)'s Fisheries Acoustics Archive for the purpose of a recording a Deep Dive into research drivers. The goal of these meetings was to help characterize the requirements for the research use case, and to enable cyberinfrastructure support staff to better understand the needs of the researchers they support.

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DOE OSTI2019

Arcadia University Bioinformatics Application Deep Dive (Final report)

In April 2019, staff members from the Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) and the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) met with researchers in bioinformatics at Arcadia University as part of a training exercise to perform an Application Deep Dive. The goal of this meeting was to help characterize the requirements team for a research team in bioinformatics, and to enable cyberinfrastructure support staff to better understand the needs of the researchers they support. Material for this event includes both the written documentation from the bioinformatics team at Arcadia University but also a writeup of the discussion that took place in person on April 3, 2019.

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES↗

DOE OSTI2019

Purdue University Application Deep Dive

In May 2019, staff members from the Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) met with researchers at Purdue University for the purpose of a campus-wide Application Deep Dive. The goal of this meeting was to help characterize the requirements for two research labs on campus, and to enable cyberinfrastructure support staff to better understand the needs of the researchers they support. Material for this report includes both written documentation from the 2nd Annual Symposium for Research Data Technology at Purdue University, but also a writeup of the discussion that took place in person on May 31st, 2019. The Case Studies highlighted the ongoing challenges that Purdue University has in supporting aspects of the research community that are relatively new to the available technology support structures.

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗

DOE OSTI2019

Trinity University Campus-Wide Deep Dive

In May 2019, staff members from the Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) and the Lonestar Education And Research Network (LEARN) met with researchers and staff at Trinity University for the purpose of a Campus-Wide Deep Dive into research drivers. The goal of this meeting was to help characterize the requirements for five campus research use cases and to enable cyberinfrastructure support staff to better understand the needs of the researchers they support. Profiled use cases included: Physics and Neuroscience, Computer Science and Engineering, Classical Studies and Archeology, Biological Sciences, and Geosciences. Material for this event included the written documentation from each of the research areas at Trinity University, documentation about the current state of technology support, and a write-up of the discussion that took place in person.

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DOE OSTI2019

University of Cincinnati Campus-Wide Deep Dive

In April 2019, staff members from the Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) and the The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) met with faculty and staff from the University of Cincinnati to perform a Campus-Wide Deep Dive. The goal of this interaction was to help characterize a number of scientific and educational drivers for the entire campus, and to enable cyberinfrastructure support staff to better understand the needs of the researchers they support. Material for this event includes both the written documentation from the University of Cincinnati, but also a writeup of the discussion that took place in person on April 26, 2019. Each of the highlighted use case highlights specific challenges, but a number of themes emerged that the campus is encouraged to address. In particular, the lack of available local compute and storage resources is impacting several groups and others can greatly benefit from a fully featured Science DMZ infrastructure to facilitate remote data access and transfer.

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