NSF panel gives SCD the twice over

From 16-18 October 2001, the National Science Foundation Review Panel convened with SCD managers, staff, and two members of the NSF Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee (SPEC) panel to conduct a five-year review of SCD. Reviewers saw presentations on SCD services including high-performance computing and networking, mass storage, data analysis and visualization, data stewardship, research, and user support.

Front: Bert Semtner, Naval Postgraduate School (SPEC observer); Cliff Jacobs, NSF UCAR program manager; Al Kellie, SCD director; Beverly Clayton, Pittsburgh Computing Center; Lisa Sloan, SPEC observer. Back: Robert Oglesby, NASA; Tom Dunning, University of North Carolina (panel chair); Jim Bottum, Purdue University; Geerd Hoffman, Deutscher Wetterdienst; Robert Lucas, University of Southern California.

Below left, UCAR/SCD staff members prepare themselves psychologically for the review. (Click on thumbnails for larger view.)

Photos: Lynda Lester/SCD