2017 UC Research Facilitators 3-Day Workshop

Format

Time

Materials

Wednesday 4/26/17

Opening Remarks

• Valerie Polichar, Director, UCSD Research IT Services

• Vince Kellen, UCSD CIO

• Tom Andriola, VP of IT Services & UC CIO

Introductions by campus/ lab/ ORU Campus

• Names of team members, where you work

• What is a typical day for you?

• How long has research facilitation been in place on your campus?

UC Research IT Committee (RITC) Context - Christine Kirkpatrick, Division Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center

Effective Communication: How to Talk to Researchers about Their Research - Henry Neeman, Asst. VP, Information Technology/ Director OU Supercomputer Center for Education & Research

*Break: Group photo, email, bio, grab lunch

Research Facilitation Exploration - Claire Mizumoto, Asst. Director, Research IT Services (Valerie Polichar - remote participants)

Answer these questions:

1. What are the research goals on your campus?

2. As facilitators how do you advance these goals?

3. What is the role of this cohort in achieving your goals?

12:45-1:30

How to Do an Intake Interview & Speed Dating - Henry Neeman

Effective communication & practicing the intake interview

1:30-2:30

Break

2:30-2:45

Strategies for Outreach - Valerie Polichar (Claire Mizumoto - remote participants)

What strategies are you using for outreach right now?

What's working well? What isn't?

What's the hardest group to reach?

What are some ideas your group can come up with to get to:

• Faculty
• Postdocs
• Research Staff
• Grad Students

2:45-3:30

Catalyst/Visualization - An Example Story - Chris Hoffman, Program Director, Research Data Management & Informatics Services, Jeff Weekley, Director of Cyberinfrastructure & Research Computing

Working on projects across multiple campuses

3:30-4:30

{Wrap-up}

4:30-4:45

Reception: Hosted appetizers, no-host beer/wine: Home Plate (patio upstairs)

4:45-6:00

Suggested no-host group dinner: Rock Bottom (http://www.rockbottom.com/locations/la-jolla)

6:30

Thursday 4/27/17

*Breakfast

8:30-9:00

9:00-10:00

UC Research IT Service Catalog - Valerie Polichar

Add to the catalog and share information about resources at our campuses

10:00-10:45

Break

10:45-11:00

Building Your Team - Ann Kovalchick, Assoc. Vice Chancellor & CIO, UC Merced, Burak Himmetoglu, Supercomputing Consultant, UCSB, Chris Hoffman, Claire Mizumoto

Sharing different perspectives on getting started with a team of facilitators; characteristics of a facilitator, how they are differentiated from “regular” IT support personnel ... and more …

11:00-11:30

Research Data Management: Current Processes - David Minor, Director, Research Data Curation Program, UCSD Library

Research data management as a field emerged in the last decade, quickly gaining prominence in many places in the contemporary academy. The meaning of the phrase varies widely, depending on the context in which it is discussed. This session will focus on current research data management tools and services that are commonly available to researchers. These tools and services will be presented in the context of the data lifecycle, a common way to describe scholarly processes.

11:30-12:00

*Break: email, bio, grab lunch

12:00-12:30

Building Partnerships with Other Service Providers - Claire Mizumoto

• List partners
• List methods of communication
• Suggestions on finding critical partners

12:30-1:00

(continue eating lunch)

Looking to the future - Chris Hoffman

What does systemwide collaboration look like for the UC Facilitators Network?

1:00-1:45

Break

1:45-2:00

ACI-REF Best Practices - Lauren Michael, Research Computing Facilitator, Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Best practices and lessons learned from  ACI-REF (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure-Research & Education Facilitators) project

2:00-2:45

Grant Proposals 101 - Henry Neeman

How often do you participate in grant writing? How many of you have lead a grant proposal?

2:45-3:45

UC President’s Catalyst Award Principal Investigator - Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Tom Levy

The Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability (CCAS) and the collaborative work among the 4 UC campuses: San Diego, Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Merced.

3:45-4:30

{Wrap up}

4:30-4:45

Suggested no-host group dinner: Leucadia Pizzeria (http://www.leucadiapizzalajolla.com)

6:00

Friday 4/28/17

*Breakfast

8:30-9:00

What’s It Like To Run a Research Team? - Cyd Burrows-Schilling, moderator

A mixed panel of a faculty member, grad student, postdoc, undergraduate

9:00-9:45

Break

9:45-10:00

Grant Proposals 101 - Henry Neeman (continuation)

How often do you participate in grant writing? How many of you have led a grant proposal?

10:00 - 10:45

Developing a Plan of Attack - Claire Mizumoto, moderator
(Valerie Polichar to moderate remote participants)

Choose one topic from the list provided and sketch out next steps!

10:45-11:00

Going forward - Chris Hoffman

Discussion about this community, future workshops, training calls, communications (Slack, email list, etc.)

11:00-11:45

*Box Lunches

{Wrap -up}

11:45-12:00