University-wide Computation Strategy

The Opportunity:

Given the impact that computation has and will increasingly have on the nature of the scientific enterprise, the University of Chicago has a strong interest in proactively assessing and revising an institutional strategy to emerge as a leader in an ever changing field.  University administration and the President’s Science Group sought out Arete to bring together computation faculty leaders to formulate a ten year strategic plan that will set an agenda for a cutting edge approach to how the University leverages computation to advance education and research.

What we did for them:

• Convene interdisciplinary partnerships across the University
• Collaborate with National Labs
• Convene and manage University support and leadership
• Bridge institutional gaps at University
• Facilitate research feasibility and agenda-setting workshops
• Develop research agenda
• Facilitate strategic, long-term institutional planning
• Integrate institutional goals and research agendas
• Develop integrated and holistic funding strategy
• Invest institutional support in early stage ideas
• Engage federal agencies