Ongoing outreach and education efforts are underway addressing several needs within the HPC community: user training, consultant training and best practices, software carpentry, etc. However, there is no systematic program of developing the technical specialists needed to design, debug, operate, and improve the current cyberinfrastructure of the nation, particularly in research computing.
This BoF proposes to gather kindred spirits to discuss possible approaches to meeting that need, how best to leverage the best experiences/results of the other outreach and education efforts, and ways that the community can address the increasing shortage of cyberinfrastructure professionals.
