2025 U.S. NSF CI Compass Virtual Workshop Report - Data Management: From Instrument to First Storage

The 2025 Virtual Workshop on "Data Management: From Instrument to First Storage", organized by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CI Compass [1], the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence, brought together cyberinfrastructure (CI) professionals from the NSF Major and Midscale research facilities along with participants from the broader CI ecosystem to discuss issues of critical importance to the success of these facilities. The workshop focused on the crucial initial step of the data lifecycle for the NSF Major and Mid-scale Facilities - the step involving data acquisition and capture from scientific instrument(s). Speakers from a diverse range of facilities presented their unique challenges, best practices, and innovative solutions, which were then analyzed to identify common trends and future directions. This executive summary encapsulates the key insights and findings from the invited talks and subsequent discussions at the virtual workshop. 

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