2023-10-30 NSF - OpenCI Meeting Agenda & Summary

Agenda/Notes

1. Updates from NSF (5 minutes)

   1. The EO has made a decision on AI

   2. Sharon attended the SAIL summit in Atlanta, there was a table for ACCESS, there were Stephen and Matt as well.

   3. There were some people who attended the ACCESS session

   4. A lot of people talk about the need for resources and when we say do you know what is ACCESS< and they so no, So Sharon thinks we should emphasize the fact that it is free.

   5. The flyer was good and the one pager was very nice and well tailored for the audience.

   6. There was a sign up sheet for the affinity group but no one signed up for it.

   7. Now there are 26 AI institutes, and there are ways of reaching out to them.

   8. GPU nodes is definitely a very likely commodity for these institutes. There are 2000 GPUs which are currently OAC funded which are not being utilized.

   9. Side topic - Shawn and maybe John will be in DC next week

   10. What is the best mechanism to connect the affinity groups with ACCESS? Right now we have 3000 people who have at least requested an allocation.

   11. Tom mentions that two third people didn’t know what is ACCESS and only one third knew about ACCESS. He didn’t feel like there was an urgency that they couldn’t get their duties completed without ACCESS.

   12. Some of the AI institutes are very new and just getting started.
       
       

2. Review agenda for MY review (15 minutes)

   1. NSF provided feedback to the review outline

   2. Shawn has created a revised outline
      
      

3. What have we heard from stakeholders? (5 minutes)
   
   

4. Travel Stipend discussion

   1. Lavanya to submit an RTP by end of this week to secure a booth for ACCESS for the conference

   2. There is not going to be any sub awards for this supplemental request.
      
      

5. Area updates (10+ minutes)

   1. ACO;

   2. Evaluation;

   3. Communications;

      1. Dina shared the pdf version of the highlights book,

      2. Some changes needed to ensure the dates and metrics provided are in alignment

   4. Community Engagement;

   5. Project Office;

   6. EAB;

      1. Cindy sent an email out to NSF, more details coming soon

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• Proposed change to IPR will be covered once John is back.

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