Report on 2023 CyberTraining PI Meeting, 26-27 September 2023
Geoffrey Fox, Mary P Thomas, Sajal Bhatia, Marisa Brazil, Nicole M Gasparini, Venkatesh Mohan Merwade, Henry J. Neeman, Jeff Carver, Henri Casanova, Vipin Chaudhary, Dirk Colbry, Lonnie Crosby, Prasun Dewan, Jessica Eisma, Nicole M Gasparini, Ahmed Irfan, Kate Kaehey, Qianqian Liu, Zhen Ni, Sushil Prasad, Apan Qasem, Erik Saule, Prabha Sundaravadivel, Karen Tomko
TL;DR
The report documents NSF CyberTraining PI Meeting 2023, a two-day, co-located event with CSSI that engaged 80+ PIs/PMs to discuss future directions, current status, and success factors for CyberTraining. Through joint sessions, six breakouts, and a Success Stories panel, the meeting produced concrete recommendations on AI-enabled training, scalability, metrics, sustainability, and diversity, including proposals for centers/institutes and centralized repositories. Pre- and post-meeting surveys showed high perceived usefulness and strong desire to continue joint meetings, with plans to start planning earlier and to explore broader collaborations with CSSI. The study offers actionable guidance for sustaining cyberinfrastructure training programs, improving adoption of educational artifacts, and expanding participation in underrepresented groups while leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT.
Abstract
This document describes a two-day meeting held for the Principal Investigators (PIs) of NSF CyberTraining grants. The report covers invited talks, panels, and six breakout sessions. The meeting involved over 80 PIs and NSF program managers (PMs). The lessons recorded in detail in the report are a wealth of information that could help current and future PIs, as well as NSF PMs, understand the future directions suggested by the PI community. The meeting was held simultaneously with that of the PIs of the NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program. This co-location led to two joint sessions: one with NSF speakers and the other on broader impact. Further, the joint poster and refreshment sessions benefited from the interactions between CSSI and CyberTraining PIs.