Call 20 Mar 2020

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/306789346

Attendees: Brad, Heather, Shantenu, Mark, Helen, Bento, Samira, Giannis, Aymen, Matteo

Activity Reports:

• Home
• Arizona Activity
• Boulder Activity
• Rutgers Activity
• Stony Brook Activity
• UCSB Activity
• UConn/Fairbanks Activity

Discussion items:

• Use case Activity Reports/tickets (10 min)
  • Aymen needs penguins package from Brad to complete middleware integration
  • Aymen started IWP profiling, suggests splitting code into tasks, will submit a ticket
• Covid-19 concerns, tips, altered procedures? (incl bridges priorities)
  • Zoom may be spotty, Shantenu may have BNL alternative if needed
  • bridges being used for covid research/simulations so queues may be longer
  • PGC may be slowed down
• XSEDE allocation (cleanup /pylon5)
  • can request more space if needed
• EarthCube abstract submission (Brad, Mark, Samira) (10 min)
  • Annual meeting is now a virtual meeting, abstract deadline extended to Apr 15
  • Possibly expanded poster lightning talks
• Rutgers eScience expanded paper (Aymen - 20-30 min)
  • deferred due to bad connection
• Wash your hands and don't touch your face.