Workshops¶
MESA runs 8 community workshops over the 2-year award under WBS 7.0 (Training & Documentation), led by G. Chism with the project GRAs.
Format¶
Workshops are hybrid (in-person + Zoom) and target 20–40 participants per session. Materials — slides, notebooks, recordings — are published under permissive license through the Educator Fellows program.
Workshop themes¶
Themes are calibrated to the community pipeline as the prototype matures:
| # | Phase | Focus | Target audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phase 1, Month 4 | MESA architecture overview | Cyberinfrastructure peers |
| 2 | Phase 1, Month 8 | Connecting an MCP client to the hosted service | Early adopters (intro) |
| 3 | Phase 2, Month 12 | UC1 — Agentic discovery for multi-omics | NCEMS, AIIRA |
| 4 | Phase 2, Month 14 | UC2 — Geospatial + EHT prototype pipeline | EHT collaboration, geospatial community |
| 5 | Phase 2, Month 16 | UC3 — IoT/edge prototype | AIIRA, precision-ag community |
| 6 | Phase 2, Month 18 | Building your own MCP server on MESA | Developers, RSEs |
| 7 | Phase 2c, Month 21 | Cross-community panel — what worked, what didn't | All early adopters |
| 8 | Phase 2c, Month 24 | Sustainability & follow-on roadmap | Funders, partners, stakeholders |
Where to find materials¶
- Slides & notebooks: published under the MESA GitHub organization at github.com/cyverse/mesa-workshops (repo to be created at first workshop).
- Recordings: linked from each workshop's GitHub page.
- DOIs: each workshop's materials are minted a DOI via CyVerse's DataCite service.
Registering¶
Workshop announcements go out through:
- The MESA project newsletter (list under construction — email the PI to be added).
- Partner-community channels (ESIIL, NCEMS, AIIRA mailing lists).
- The MESA project Slack (invite by request to the PI).
Schedule subject to change — bookmark this page for updates.