CCMC Workshop 2024
The 11th CCMC Community Workshop will be held at The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland on June 3-7, 2024, with a special theme on open science in modeling.
Biennial CCMC community workshops are designed as opportunities for an in-depth exchange of experiences, opinions and needs between model owners, science and operational users, educators, agency representatives and the CCMC staff.
This year, in addition to these CCMC topics, we will hold several discussion sessions focused on open science in modeling, as an NSF sponsored Innovations in Open Science Planning Workshop. These sessions include advancing the open use of models and simulation outputs, open model validation and R2O2R, and open science infrastructure in modeling for heliophysics. The goal is to hold discussions on opportunities and challenges and then follow up with a public community recommendation report.
We now have a limited amount of travel funding available from our NSF sponsor for those participants interested in contributing to Open Science sessions and the community report. Please see the Travel Support Application for more details and the form to apply.
Logistics
- Location: The Hotel at UMD, College, Park, MD. Meeting room: Crossland Ballroom on the Conference/Mezzanine Level [PDF].
- Registration:
- There is no registration fee, but RSVP is required.
- Registration Deadline: May 24, 2024
- Hotel Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, May 14th. See below for accommodation and transportation details.
- **Travel Support Application Deadline: **May 17th.
- **NCTS: **Please note that this is an NSF sponsored workshop and is not NCTS reportable (NASA Government & Contractor Employees Only).
Participation
This workshop is primarily planned as in-person, however virtual participation will be possible. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged for those who are comfortable traveling. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. The workshop schedule will follow an all-day in-person format.
Zoom Info
A zoom meeting link will be provided to all registered participants, both in-person and virtual, via email about one week prior to the workshop.
Agenda
- Detailed Agenda: Tentative Detailed Agenda
- Schedule: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
COVID Safety
- We encourage self-testing according to CDC guidelines, if you are experiencing symptoms or had an exposure.
- If you test positive during the workshop
- do not attend the workshop in-person, and
- we encourage you to confidentially notify your close contacts of exposure using the TellYourContacts.org site (please include gsfc-ccmc-support@lists.hq.nasa.gov in your notification).
Registration
- Click here to RSVP/register for the workshop now.
- We appreciate early RVSPs for workshop planning as well as in-person and virtual attendee limit purposes.
- There is no registration fee, but RSVP is required.
- Registration Deadline: May 24, 2024.
Accommodation
- The workshop will be held at The Hotel at UMD, College, Park, MD.
- Hotel Reservation Deadline: A limited number of rooms have been blocked at The Hotel at UMD. The discounted group rate of $199 per night (plus applicable taxes) is available to workshop attendees. Please use this link to reserve a room through our room block by Tuesday, May 14th. Alternatively, you may call the Hotel at +1 (301) 277-7777 and mention the 2024 CCMC Workshop for reserving your room.
Transportation
- Address: The Hotel at UMD https://www.thehotelumd.com 7777 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD 20740
- Parking: The hotel provides parking at a discounted rate of $10 per day/$12 overnight for all workshop attendees.
- Metro: The hotel is located 1 mile (about 20 minutes walking distance) from the College Park Metro station (green line). The MARC train Camden line also has a station located on the west side of the metro station.
- Local transportation: Hotel guests can use the hotel's complimentary shuttle which runs on a scheduled routine and stops at nearby destinations including a stop at College Park Metro station and UMD. Visit the hotel's transportation page for more information.
Travel Support Application
We have a limited amount of travel funding available from our NSF sponsor (as an Innovations in Open Science Planning Workshop) for those participants interested in contributing to Open Science sessions and the community report. Please note that this funding only covers flights (booked by our booking agents) and hotel accommodations (booked by you and paid directly by us). This does not include reimbursement for travel already booked or paid.
The travel funds will support a diversified group of scientists including modelers and users, underrepresented groups, scientists at different career phases, early career, mid career, and senior. IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Accessibility) is our primary consideration when we distribute the travel support and invite speakers. Our objective is to involve the broadest community as possible and provide an unbiased recommendation of open modeling infrastructure to the community.
Click here to apply for Travel Support
Deadline of application: May 17, 2024
The travel support is provided by the National Science Foundation: NSF award AGS-2423907 to The Catholic University of America (CUA). The open modeling workshop sessions within the CCMC Workshop are in answer to the NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshops.
Restaurants
- There are multiple restaurants at and nearby the hotel.
Code of Conduct
CCMC is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all. This includes respectful treatment of everyone regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, age, body size, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, level of experience, political affiliation, as well as any other characteristic protected under state or federal law. This policy applies to all attendees at CCMC workshop activities including scientists, students, guests, staff and contractors participating in scientific sessions, auxiliary meetings, and social events associated with any CCMC workshop gathering or other activity.
Reporting: The individual is encouraged to contact whichever member they are most comfortable with, including the CCMC Workshop Coordinator or Chair, (Elana Resnick -Coordinator, Masha Kuznetsova- Chair, Jia Yue – Co-Chair). All reports will remain completely confidential. Anonymous reporting is also acceptable.
Further Expected Behavior:
- All participants are treated with respect and consideration, valuing a diversity of views and opinions
- Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative
- Communicate openly with respect for others, critiquing ideas rather than individuals
- Avoid personal attacks directed toward other participants
- Do not interrupt others or talk over others
- Keep comments succinct and to the point and thus give everyone the opportunity to contribute to the discussion
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants
- Alert CCMC staff and suppliers/vendors if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress
- During and after the CCMC workshop, presentation materials will be available online. Workshop attendees will respect the intellectual property rights of others and follow best practices.
- Respect the rules and policies of the workshop and hotel
All participants are required to abide by this Code of Conduct and NSF’s anti-harassment policy.
Contacts
Workshop organizers: Masha Kuznetsova, Jia Yue, Leila Mays, and Chiu Wiegand
Science Organizing Committee: to be announced.
Logistics & Registration: Elana Resnick
Website updates: Tyler Schiewe, Michelle Mendoza, & Elana Resnick
Technical support: Poly Manessis & Tina Tsui