The Oklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative

Abstract

The Oklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (OCII) is a mechanism by which institutions in the state can share resources, both physical and human, to enable research and education statewide to utilize advanced computing technologies. OCII provides eight kinds of service: access to cyberinfrastructure; dissemination via an annual conference that has reached over 2500 participants in 11 years; education via a workshop series in person and via videoconferencing; faculty/staff development via summer week long workshops; outreach via a supercomputing talk suitable for non-technical audiences; proposal support in the form of both letters of commitment and direct collaboration; technology acquired for institutions or assisting those institutions in acquiring it; workforce development in the form of a mentorship program for Information Technology and Computer Science students statewide. To date, OCII has reached 50 academic and 47 non-academic institutions and organizations.