Advanced Training and Professional Development for Network Engineers - The WINS Experience CHECO - 4/24/18

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1 Advanced Training and Professional Development for Network Engineers - The WINS Experience CHECO - 4/24/8 Marla Meehl PI WINS Kate Robinson - WINS Participant

2 Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) New l ogo

3 Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) New W eb Page

4 Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program is a three year program funded by the National Science Foundation* and was developed as a means for addressing the prevalent gender gap that exists in Information Technology (IT) particularly in the fields of network engineering and high performance computing (HPC). Collaborative project managed by: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER). It was originally introduced as a pilot program** in November 205 at the SC5 conference in Austin, Texas and has since funded volunteers for SC6 and SC7. * NSF 206 grant #ACI ** NSF 205 grant #ACI

5 Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) Enables 5-8 women per year to participate in SCinet, a unique, hands-on experience in building an operational and research network from the ground up. SCinet provides an ideal professional development opportunity for engineers and technologists looking for direct access to the most cutting-edge network hardware and software, while working side by side with the world s leading network and software engineers, and the top network technology vendors. Funds WINS participants to attend conferences to raise awareness of SCinet, diversity issues in IT and for professional development. Includes regional and national conferences including The Quilt, CENIC Annual Meeting and Internet2 Technology Exchange.

6 WINS Program Goals Expand the skillsets, professional network and communications skills, including public speaking, for the participants. Provide technical training that is applicable and valuable to the participants home institution. Increase the diversity in the SCinet volunteer pool. Raise awareness of the issue of fewer women in IT. Gather program information, including candidate metrics and SCinet surveys (mentors and participants), in order to better understand gender diversity in the network engineering community and use the information to develop a sustainable program.

7 Women in Networking at SC (WINS) - Team Marla Meehl - PI - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Wendy Huntoon Co-PI - KINBER Kate Petersen Mace, Lauren Rotman and Jason Zurawski ESnet/DOE Eileen Waukau, Belinda Housewright - UCAR Rasha El-Jaroudi UT Austin

8 WINS SC7 Awardees Soledad Toledano LBNL - Network Security Renuka Arya - University of Chicago - Routing/Network Maria Kalyvaki - South Dakota State University - Communication Tania Jareen - Purdue University - Routing Kate Robinson - Western State Colorado University - WAN Dori Sajdak - University at Buffalo- DevOps

9 WINS SC8 Applications We have 34 applicants from 9 states State Total Alabama California Colorado Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Grand Total Organization Type College Community College National Lab Non-profit Regional Network Regional Network/University University For-profit Grand Total Total

10 WINS Applicants and Finalists WINS has funded 9 women to participate in SCinet since the program s inception in 205 SC5 volunteers & returning volunteers for SC6 funded through the RMCMOA* grant *Rocky Mountain Cyberinfrastructure Mentoring and Outreach Alliance

11 WINS Job Information Statistics Majority of finalists are employed in the fields of network engineering, network architecture or security

12 Educational Background Applicants Majority of Applicants have a Bachelor s degree Most finalists have Bachelor s or Master s degrees Many applicants start out at a Community College and go on to study at a 4 year college or university. Finalists

13 Work Experience Applicants Finalists Applicants have a range of years of job experience, with the majority of the finalist having 5 years or less experience in their field, which corresponds to WINS designed for early to mid-career professionals.

14 SCinet Experience: Technical and Professional Growth

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18 A little about SC7 Each program in the SC Conference is dedicated to showcasing work in high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis by the international HPC community The SC7 Exhibit floor was the largest in the history of the conference and was led by organizations that have the tools and research powering green energy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and other industries that rely on high performance computing. The overall size of the exhibition is 55,000 net square feet. There were 350 industry and research-focused exhibits includes an all-time record-high of 46 first-time organizations and organizations from a total of twenty-six countries outside the United States

19 What is SCinet? Scinet is the network that runs the SuperComputing conference each year SCinet links the convention center to research and commercial networks around the world Volunteers from academia, government and industry work together to design and deliver the SCinet infrastructure. Industry vendors and carriers loan millions of dollars in equipment and services needed to build and support the local and wide area networks. Planning begins more than a year in advance of each SC conference and culminates in a high-intensity installation in the days leading up to the conference.

20 SCinet - The Fastest Network Connecting the Fastest Computers SC7 was once again host of one of the most powerful and advanced networks in the world - SCinet: a network best described with a simple mantra: Year to design Month to build Week to operate Day to teardown SCinet brings to life a very high-capacity network that supports the revolutionary applications and experiments that are a hallmark of the SC conference - linking the convention center to the world Volunteers from academia, government and industry work together to design and deliver the SCinet infrastructure Industry vendors and carriers loan millions of dollars in equipment and services needed to build the local and wide area networks

21 SCinet - The Fastest Network Connecting the Fastest Computers Statistics: 3.63 Tbps of WAN Capacity (39 Total Circuits) on 5 Providers 60 Miles of fiber below your feet and above your head 570 fiber patches 235 Wifi APs 80+ Volunteers from 76+ Orgs $66 Million in hardware, software, and services from 3 contributing partners SCinet 7 Staging timelapse # SCinet 7 Staging timelapse #2 SCinet 7 timelapse #2 SCinet 7 timelapse #3 Want to be involved? info@scinet.supercomputing.org Student involvement/

22 SCinet Volunteer Teams Architecture Communications DevOps Edge Network Fiber Help Desk Interconnect Logistics/Equipment Network Security Power Routing WAN Transport

23 WAN Transport Team The WAN Transport Team is responsible for delivering multiple wide area network circuits to the convention center. Typically this requires utilizing dark fiber resources in the facility, acquiring wave-division multiplexing transport equipment, and engineering, building and supporting a metropolitan area transport system GB circuits donated mostly from CenturyLink, also Zayo, ESNet and FRGP Worked with vendors from both Ciena and Infinera The network is built using a diverse set of vendors. In SC7, the network included equipment from Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Brocade, Infinera and Ciena, to name just a few. We used 00 GB traffic generators to test the circuits at full capacity- such as Ixia and Exfo

24 Kate Robinson - SCinet Experience Experience with different types of networking equipment, including some equipment that is experimental Working with other networking professionals Working and spending time with a team of female networking professionals Working with a team that was incredibly supportive and welcoming Making professional contacts Attending the SuperComputing conference and seeing some groundbreaking research ( and also getting to help NASA with their router at their booth )

25 Thomas Miller - Georgia Tech - A Manager s Perspective Benefits to the home institution: Attend (and contribute to) high-profile conference Receive mentoring from industry professionals Represent Georgia Tech well to the outside world Real-world exposure to new and different challenges Bring back experience and ideas to team members Increase diversity in the networking field

26 Questions/Discussion