1. Organization & Management Model for FCP Center

2. Goals [From previous session] (Why?) Vision — The Center for Sustainable Software on Future Computing Platforms will provide scientific communities the means to leverage future platforms’ potential to transform research and gain key insights into data-intensive grand challenge problems.

3. Scope (What?)  Software CI Priorities o Research o Development o Integration (Domain & Tech) o Outreach & Education (Domain, Tech & Industry)  Domain Application Support o Bio/NGS. Social? Security? o High risk/reward vs. Bread & Butter Applications  Lifespan o Software curation, Usecase definition, Commnity Adoption & Acceleration, Broader Engagement, Research Directions

4. Activities (How?)  Research o Upcoming Future Compute platforms o Emerging software, algorithms o Benchmarks & Evaluation  Software Sustainability o Software Repository o Framework, Libraries & Kernels o Software Lifecyle o Documentation & Training  Domain Integration o Embed s/w devs with domains o Domain visitors to center o Short “Tiger teams”, Long term o Cross-site student internships o Ad hoc interactions, virtual experts  Collaboration & Education o Other NSF Institutes, SSE, SSI o Tech Industry, Small Business, Incubators o International engagement o Workshops, Tutorials, Documentation

5. Organization Structure  Physical vs. Virtual Center o Physical: Dedicated space, resources, fulltime software & admin staff, rotating visitors o Virtual: ???  Structure (“Tower, Hub & Spoke, Tire Models”) o Partition across technology areas? o Across domains? o Across priorities (Research, Development, Integration, Outreach)?  Governance o Director o Thrust Leaders on Tech/Domain Areas o Executive Board o Advisory Board Hub Tire Tower

6. Resources  Resource Use o Admin and R&D Staff o Hardware Resources: o Engagement: Workshops, Local & Intl’ visitor travel, internships  Funding Model o NSF to Center o Other NSF SSE/SSI o Other NSF Projects, Domain o Industry

7. Metrics of Sustainability  Sustainability of Software ◦Software quality metrics ◦Software (re)use by community ◦Access to FCP resources ◦Ability to solve challenge problems  Sustainability of Center ◦Funding beyond Lifespan ◦Sustaining an FCP research and use community ◦Access to FCP resources