2018 UC Research Facilitators 3-Day Workshop

Time *

^{(all times are estimates)}

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Opening Remarks

• Valerie Polichar, Director, UCSD Academic Technology Services
• Vince Kellen, CIO, UCSD IT Services
• Tom Andriola, VP of IT Services & UC CIO

Introduction to Research Facilitation

Claire Mizumoto (San Diego)

Building Your Team

Claire Mizumoto (San Diego) - moderator

Panel presentation with Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley), Jeff Weekley (Merced), and Scott Friedman (Los Angeles) on their experience building and being a part of a research facilitation team

Understanding the UC landscape to optimize research support with an emphasis on Research IT Committee (RITC)

Valerie Polichar (Co-Chair, RITC)

How can this group coalesce to continue to leverage each other after the workshop?

12:30 - 1:30

^{(continue eating lunch)}

Professionalization of Research Support Roles

Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley)

Introduction into recent Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRC) Workgroup activities

Presentation/

Activity

SAGE2 (Scalable Amplified Graphics Environment)

Jeff Weekley (Merced)

Tour (Leave meeting site for the day)

Onsite at the Qualcomm Institute for a tour of the SunCAVE. We’ll leave our meeting site and walk ~10 minutes to QI

Reception

Hosted appetizers, no-host beer/wine: Faculty Club (patio)

No-host group dinner

Rock Bottom (across the major street from the Sheraton) (http://www.rockbottom.com/locations/la-jolla)

Effective Communication: How to Talk to Researchers about Their Research

Henry Neeman, Asst. VP, Information Technology/ Director OU Supercomputer Center for Education & Research

Getting Involved at the National Level

ACI-REF: Erin Shaw (USC)
CaRC/Internet2: Gail Krovitz (Internet2)
ACI-REF VR: Henry Neeman (University of Oklahoma)
Campus Champions: Dana Brunson (Oklahoma State University)
EDUCAUSE: Karen Wetzel (EDUCAUSE)
Carpentries: Christina Koch (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

What’s It Like To Run a Research Team?

Cyd Burrows-Schilling (San Diego), moderator

Mixed panel with Prof. Nadir Weibel, (Assoc. Research Prof., Computer Science & Engineering), Rick McCosh (Postdoc, Reproductive Medicine), Julia Busch (Grad Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

How to Do an Intake Interview & Speed Dating

Claire Mizumoto (San Diego)

Effective communication & practicing the intake interview

12:45-1:45

^{(continue eating lunch)}

How Do You Fit in the Big Picture?

Claire Mizumoto (San Diego)

Scoping Your Focus: Whom do you affect? Who are your partners? Who are your challenges? Who are your influences?

Working Within the UC Facilitator Community

Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley)

Building off earlier sessions on 1) the UC Research IT Committee, 2) the National Level Orgs, and 3) Professionalization of Research Support Roles, get and give ideas for growth and development opportunities for you and your team

PRP

John Graham (PRP)

The Pacific Research Platform: John is a Systems Integration Engineer who will talk about the PRP and the Nautilus Hypercluster for multi-institutional collaboration

No-host Group Dinner

Leucadia Pizzeria (we’ll carpool and help to get folks to/from)

Grant Proposals 101 & Grant Writing Seminar Experience  

Henry Neeman (University of Oklahoma)

Grant proposal basics and some tips and tricks from a recent Proposal Writing Apprenticeship

Grant Proposal Activities

Jeff Weekley (Merced)

Experiences, how to get involved

Developing a Plan of Attack & Going Forward -

• Future meet-ups (UCCSC, e.g)
• Training calls (monthly, Doodle poll for availability)
• Communication mechanisms
• Working groups
• Individual Campus Next Steps

10:45 - 11:45

^{(11:15 Box Lunches)}