Welcome/Opening Remarks/Goals

Workshop Overview and Goals Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking, April 8-­‐9, 2015 SPAN •  NSF funded CC*IIE Regional project –  Advanced networking workshops –  Site visits •  Partnership with Georgia State University, South Carolina State University, and University of Georgia •  Internet2 and ESnet are collaborators •  Goals: –  Build a regional community of pracQQoners –  Face to face networking –  Work with colleges and universiQes to develop or update campus cyberinfrastructure plans –  Share informaQon/partner on infrastructure grant opportuniQes –  Bridge the gap between campus academic and IT communiQes Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking, April 8-­‐9, 2015 SPAN •  Each workshop will be two days in length. •  Focus areas include: – 
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Network design principles Network tools and performance Developing a Campus CI Plan SupporQng researchers Best pracQces Advanced compuQng on the naQonal and regional level Site visits (available by request from schools who aXend a workshop) •  Small enough group for great discussions – so please ask lots of quesQons •  Two breakout sessions –  Grant wriQng best pracQces for CI focused proposals –  Hands-­‐on perfSONAR installaQon and configuraQon Southern Partnership in Advanced Networking, April 8-­‐9, 2015