Terrell Russell, Ph.D.
@terrellrussell
Executive Director, iRODS Consortium
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Consortium Update
May 28-31, 2024
iRODS User Group Meeting 2024
Amsterdam, Netherlands
16th Annual iRODS User Group Meeting
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Welcome!
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16th Annual iRODS User Group Meeting
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SURF
Ander Astudillo
Claudio Cacciari
16th Annual iRODS User Group Meeting
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Justin James
Laura Capps
Kory Draughn
Alan King
Daniel Moore
Jayasree Jaganatha
Marcus Anderson
Markus Kitsinger
Martin Flores
Derek Dong
Jessica Natonick
Phil Owen
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The iRODS Consortium
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Our Mission
- Continuous Improvement
- Grow the Community
- Standardization
- Show value to our Membership
The iRODS Consortium
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Founded in 2013 by RENCI, DICE, and DDN
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Our Membership
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Since iRODS UGM 2023
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- 22 Membership Renewals
- 2 New Members
- 2 New Service Contracts
- Multiple Proofs of Concept
- 15 Conferences and Events
- 2 New Hires
- 3 Internships
Since iRODS UGM 2023 - New Memberships
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2023-2024 Working Groups
Technology Working Group
- Goal: To keep everyone up to date, provide a forum for roadmap discussion and collaboration opportunities
- All iRODS Consortium Membership
Metadata Templates Working Group
- Goal: To define a standardized process for the application and management of metadata templates by the iRODS Server
- NIEHS, Utrecht, Maastricht, Arizona / CyVerse, KU Leuven
Authentication Working Group
- Goal: To provide a more flexible authentication mechanism to the iRODS Server
- SURF, NIEHS, Sanger, Arizona / CyVerse, IT4Innovation, Utrecht, KU Leuven
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S3 Working Group
- Goal: To develop tools to present iRODS as S3-compatible storage to existing S3 clients
- Arizona / CyVerse, NIEHS, SURF
Imaging Working Group
- Goal: To provide a standardized suite of imaging policies and practices for integration with existing tools and pipelines
- New York University, Santa Clara University, UC San Diego, NIEHS, Harvard, Arizona / CyVerse, Open Microscopy Environment (OMERO), UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core, KU Leuven, Maastricht, NYU Langone, UMass Medical, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Sanger, UCSC, Crick (UK), U. Osnabrück, CRS4 (Italy), RIKEN (Japan)
Organized community efforts to standardize protocols, technologies, and methodologies
2023-2024 Efforts
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Development of Localized User Groups
- Global community requires local sustainability
- Sustained travel and presence, UGM in Amsterdam
- Broadened focus with multiple partnerships
- Globus
- Pacific Teck
- OMERO
- GRAU DATA
- Continued RENCI engagement and projects
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Our Business Model
Start with proof of concept
- Use Case Driven
- Hands on
- Service and Support Contracts
Consortium Membership
- Four Levels - $11k to $165k
- 10 to 300 hours of support
- Participation in Software roadmap
- Discounted hourly rate
Tier 3 Support
- Systems Integrators
- Compute Vendors
- Storage Vendors
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