This BoF will focus on a conversation about user needs in the XSEDE SP (Service Provider) community, and in the community of people who have implemented smaller scale XSEDE-like clusters via the XCBC (XSEDE-Compatible Basic Cluster) and XNIT (XSEDE National Integration Toolkit) programs.
As we move into XSEDE2, the Community Resource Integration team (formerly Campus Bridging) would like to foster an ongoing conversation between users, user advocates, software providers, and SP's, in order to best provide toolkits that serve the XSEDE ecosystem. We hope to begin this conversation at XSEDE16, to help deepen the relationships between disparate parts of the XSEDE community from the very beginning of XSEDE2. An important part of the Community Resource Integration (CRI) mission is facilitating discussion around the tools currently in use and on the horizon. This BoF will be a first step in that direction, offering a chance for SP's (including XCBC/XNIT administrators), CRI staff and users to discuss current needs and future desire around the toolkits used in XSEDE level research. This session will include a panel of experts in Campus Bridging, with brief presentations and a focus on audience participation.