A lightning talk about the services of the Science Gateways Community Institute at the workshop WSSSPE4 (4th Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences), Manchester, UK, September 2016

1. Lightning Talk:
The Science Gateways Community Institute –
Supporting Communities to Achieve
Sustainability for Their Science Gateways
Sandra
Gesing,
Maytal
Dahan,
Linda
B.
Hayden,
Katherine
Lawrence,
Suresh
Marru,
Marlon
Pierce,
Nancy
Wilkins-­‐Diehr
and
Michael
Zentner
h-p://sciencegateways.org/
12
September
2016

2. • Increased
complexity
of
– today’s
research
quesGons
– hardware
and
soHware
– skills
required
• Greater
need
for
openness
and
reproducibility
– Science
increasingly
driving
policy
quesGons
• Opportunity
to
integrate
research
with
teaching
– BeNer
workforce
preparaGon
What are science gateways?
Why are they important?
We
need
end-­‐to-­‐end
solu,ons
that
provide
broad
access
to
advanced
resources
and
allow
all
to
tackle
today’s
challenging
science
ques,ons.

3. Significant developments in XSEDE as well
Gateway users surpass login users in 2013
Increase in 2015 due to automated user-counting
Gateways
Login
Source: David Hart

4. A Typical Life Cycle of a Science Gateway
Early
adopters
Publicity
Wider
adopGon
Funding
ends
ScienGsts
disillusioned
New
project
prototype
Gateways
enable
research,
but
are
not
research
projects
themselves

5. • Diverse
experGse
on
demand
• Longer
term
support
engagements
• SoHware
and
visibility
for
gateways
• InformaGon
exchange
in
a
community
environment
• Student
opportuniGes
and
more
stable
career
paths
The Science Gateways Community Institute

6. 57% played some role in gateway creation
and these gateways were used for a variety of purposes
n
of
applicaGon
types=7,805,
by
2,756
creators
(out
of
2,819);
mean=2.8
applicaGon
types
per
applicaGon
creator

7. 34% 36%
20%
17%
31%
26%
42%
16%
30%
18%
45% 44%
14% 15%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Usability
Consultant
Graphic
Designer
Community
Liaison/
Evangelist
Project
Manager
Professional
Software
Developer
Security
Expert
Quality
Assurance
and
Testing
Expert
Wished
we
had
this
Yes,
we
had
this
Well-designed gateways require a variety of
expertise
n=2,756
respondents
or
98%
of
applicaGon
creators

8. h-p://sciencegateways.org/
12
September
2016
Thanks for your attention!