Office of the Vice President for IT and CIO at Indiana University Cyberinfrastructure Value Assessment Report

In September 2014, the Indiana University (IU) Office of the Vice President for IT and CIO (OVPIT) requested an independent value assessment of IU’s cyberinfrastructure (CI) from the perspective of current and former IU faculty. This report includes the detailed findings of the assessment and provides recommendations for improving the value of IU’s services to faculty

SC18 Computing4Change Executive Summary Report

The SC18 Computing4Change Competition (C4C) was a 5-day long student engagement experience co-located at the SC18 conference from November 11–15, 2018. C4C’s roots can be traced to the XSEDE16 conference student program where over half of the 98 participating students came from underrepresented groups in computing including women (37%) and racial and ethnic minorities (50%). Building on the XSEDE16 student program’s reported success of recruiting and engaging diverse students in advanced computing, organizers developed the broader Advanced Computing for Social Change Institute (ACSCI) with the intention of creating similar opportunities for underrepresented students. A subsequent SC16 challenge served as a pilot for extending this experience and was funded in part by SC and the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE). This year’s program at SC18 was supported in part by XSEDE as well as the Advanced Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing (SIGHPC). Objectives of the program include; 1) engaging students in a socially relevant challenge utilizing advanced computing techniques, 2) increasing the participation of students historically underrepresented in STEM at SC conferences, and 3) creating a cohort of students to serve as future ambassadors at SC conferences. The SC18 challenge was designed to teach computation, data analysis, and visualization techniques in order to take a data centric view of the rhetoric surrounding violence in the United States of America. The evaluation of this challenge was conducted to provide valid and useful information to program organizers and funders in order to guide program improvement and facilitate sustainability.Ope

2016 XSEDE Staff Climate Study Report Executive Summary

In June 2013, the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) initially requested an annual organizational climate study to understand working conditions and staff satisfaction. This executive summary report includes the main themes in the 2013–2016 survey data and provides recommendations for improving organizational climate.National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562.Ope

2016 eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Annual User Satisfaction Survey

This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the 2016 eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Annual User Satisfaction Survey. Section C.2, describes the data collection methodology of the survey. The sample included 13 types of users in a sample size of 5000 (out of 14,398 users), with 1,007 respondents. The survey consisted of quantitative and qualitative questions designed to determine user satisfaction of XSEDE services and resources. • The survey was available from February 11, 2016 through April 7, 2016. The overall response rate was 22.2%, down from the project high of 27.4% achieved in 2015. • Awareness remained near constant when compared with 2015 results, but with most areas trending slightly upward. • Only one area–Mission–experienced slightly lower awareness. Areas scoring less than 3.0 in terms of awareness where the same as is in 2015: TIS, ECSS, Mobile, Visualization Resources, and Science Gateways. • Data suggests that users are satisfied with XSEDE resources and services ,with all mean satisfaction values significantly greater than 3.0 (on a 5.0 scale) and greater than “4” in most areas. Most areas trended slightly upward or remained the same. • Overall satisfaction with XSEDE remains high at 4.34 on a 5-point scale. This is on par with 2014’s alltime high of 4.36. • Training preferences have remained constant over the 2013-2016 period. Data consistently show preference for self-serve and “just-in-time” training options, (i.e., Web documentation and online, self-paced tutorials.) • Consistent with previous years, demographic analysis shows that a typical user is male, white, and a faculty member at a large, doctoral-granting/research-focused university. Chemistry, physics, and engineering were the primary fields of study for 52% of respondents. • Section D of this report includes all open-ended question responses. Responses are categorizedOpe

2014 XSEDE Staff Climate Study Report Executive Summary

The findings discussed in this executive summary report are the 2013-2014 findings from the XSEDE Staff Climate Study. In June 2013, the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) requested an organizational climate study to understand working conditions and staff satisfaction. This executive summary report summarizes the main themes in the 2013-2014 survey data and provides recommendations for improving organizational climate.National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562.Ope

2015 XSEDE STAFF CLIMATE STUDY REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In June 2013, the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) initially requested an annual organizational climate study to understand working conditions and staff satisfaction. This executive summary report includes the main themes in the 2013–2015 survey data and provides recommendations for improving organizational climate.National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562.Ope

The eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment 2018 CAMPUS CHAMPIONS CLIMATE STUDY REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Since its inception in 2008, the Campus Champions program has grown to a sizeable group with over 400 members and more than 200 participating institutions. The purpose of this report is to facilitate continued program growth beyond XSEDE in an effort to secure a sustainable future through deeper understanding of the Champion culture.National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562Ope

2013 XSEDE STAFF CLIMATE STUDY REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The findings discussed in this report are the 2013 findings from the XSEDE Staff Climate Study. In June 2013, the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) requested an organizational climate study to understand working conditions and staff satisfaction. This report summarizes the main themes in the survey data and provides recommendations for improving organizational climate.National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562.Ope

XSEDE 12 Conference Final Report

XSEDE 2012 conference final repor