J. Gary Augustson
Vice Provost for Information Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Ronald Johnson
Vice President, Computing and Communications and Vice Provost
University Washington
James L. Hilton
Associate Provost for IT & Interim University Librarian
University of Michigan
James Bottum
Vice President, Information Technology
Purdue University
William E. Lewis
Chief Information Officer & Vice Provost
Arizona State
William Decker
Senior Associate
University of Iowa
During this panel, CIOs will highlight current issues, plans, and strategies for dealing with support of researchers in their institutions. Recently, some campuses have seen a reversal of the trend towards decentralized campus computing and a return to a demand for centralized computer services. Some of the drivers of this change are the size of the systems needed for some projects, the need for technical expertise unavailable in the departments, very large data storage requirements, grant compliance, and security issues. The panelists will discuss how they are addressing these issues, what they would like to see in terms of coordinated efforts, and what support they would like to see from government and other research funders. The moderator will encourage a dialogue with the attendees.