Workflows Community Summit
Bringing the Scientific Workflows Community Together
Report: 
Wednesday – January 13, 2021
9am-noon PST / noon-3pm EST / 17:00-20:00 UTC
The
workflowsRI and
ExaWorks projects are organizing the
Workflows Community Summit. This unique event will gather a select group of lead researchers from distinct workflow management systems, and will seek to
identify crucial challenges in the workflow community. This event will be the first of a series of focused meetings, and will serve to define the strategic goals for upcoming meetings with the science and workflow developer communities.
Agenda
| Time | Topic |
|---|
| 9-9:05am PST
noon-12:05pm EST
17:00-17:05 UTC | Welcome and introductions
Rafael Ferreira da Silva |
| 9:05-9:15am PST
12:05-12:15pm EST
17:05-17:15pm UTC | workflowsRI project overview
Rafael Ferreira da Silva |
| 9:15-9:25am PST
12:15-12:25pm EST
17:15-17:25pm UTC | ExaWorks project overview
Dan Laney |
| 9:25-9:55am PST
12:25-12:55pm EST
17:25-17:55pm UTC | Lightning talks | Theme 1: FAIR computational workflows
Carole Goble | | Theme 2: Training and education for workflow users
Lavanya Ramakrishnan | | Theme 3: AI workflows
Luc Peterson | | Theme 4: Exascale challenges and beyond
Bjoern Enders | | Theme 5: APIs, interoperability, reuse, and standards
Douglas Thain | | Theme 6: Building a workflows community
Ilkay Altintas |
|
| 9:55-10:05am PST
12:55-1:05pm EST
17:55-18:05 UTC | 10min Break (preparation for breakout sessions) |
| 10:05-10:35am PST
1:05-1:35pm EST
18:05-18:35pm UTC | Breakout Session 1| Theme 1: FAIR computational workflows | | Theme 2: Training and education for workflow users | | Theme 3: AI workflows |
|
| 10:35-10:50am PST
1:35-1:50pm EST
18:35-18:50pm UTC | Reports: Breakout Session 1 |
| 10:50-11:05am PST
1:50-2:05pm EST
18:50-19:05 UTC | 15min Break |
| 11:05-11:35am PST
2:05-2:35pm EST
19:05-19:35 UTC | Breakout Session 2| Theme 4: Exascale challenges and beyond | | Theme 5: APIs, interoperability, reuse, and standards | | Theme 6: Building a workflows community |
|
| 11:35-11:50am PST
2:35-2:50pm EST
19:35-19:50 UTC | Reports: Breakout Session 2 |
| 11:50am-noon PST
2:50-3pm EST
19:50-20:00 UTC | Final remarks and moving forward
Kyle Chard |
We thank all participants for their valuable contributions. The event report is available here:
. If you have any questions/issues, please reach out to us at
leadership@workflowsri.org.
