CyberInfrastructure ( CI ): Whence? Thomas J. Greene, Ph.D. Sr. Program Dir. for CISE-ANIR, National Science Foundation

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Outline 1.A vision of information/knowledge progress 2.The state of NSF CISE vision of CI 3.Some thoughts on a strategy

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ This big Vision is : Cyberinfrastructure An old idea of information processing using machines made from : INPUT/OUTPUT devices PROCESSORS MEMORY CONNECTIONS Becomes a new idea through: Very BIG Sizes and GLOBAL distances

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Outline 1.A vision of information/knowledge progress 2.The state of NSF CISE vision of CI 3.Some thoughts on a strategy

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Evolution of the Computational Infrastructure Supercomputer Centers PACI Terascale | | | | | | NPACI and Alliance SDSC, NCSA, PSC, CTC TCS, DTF, ETF Cyberinfrastructure Prior Computing Investments NSF Networking

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Daniel E. Atkins, Chair, University of Michigan Kelvin K. Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma Stuart I. Feldman, IBM Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford University Michael L. Klein, University of Pennsylvania David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley Paul Messina, California Institute of Technology Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Princeton University Margaret H. Wright,New York University Setting the Stage

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Cyberinfrastructure Promise Ubiquitous, digital knowledge environments that are both interactive and functionally complete………… revolutionize the processes of discovery, learning and innovation across the science and engineering frontier.

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Characteristics of Cyberinfrastructure Community-Driven Distributed Collaboration Virtual Organization Multidisciplinary in scale and scope International in scale and scope Interoperable Supporting Data- and Compute-Intensive Applications High end to desktop Distributed Heterogenuous Complex Reusable

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Cyberinfrastructure Early Adopters Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF)

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ CalTechArgonne Terascale Extensions Program SDSC Los Angeles Chicago NCSA PSC Existing ETF Partners Hubs New Partners

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ FY2003 ETF Enhancements Solicitation to attract new resource partners (due June 9 th ) Funding connection and integration Resources may include: –Archival repositories –Digital libraries –Computational resources –Sensor networks

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Computation Communication Information Collaboration Community Culture Cyberinfrastructure KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE On The Path to Knowledge DATADATA

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Hardware Integrated CI System meeting the needs of a community of communities Grid Services & Middleware Development Tools & Libraries Applications Environmental Science High Energy Physics Proteomics/Genomics … Domain- specific Cybertools (software) Shared Cybertools (software) Distributed Resources (computation, communication, storage, etc.) Education and Training Discovery & Innovation

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Shared Cybertools (Middleware Tools and Services) Basic Services Security, Scheduling, Data Services, Database Services, User Services, Application Management Services, Autonomy and Monitoring Services, Information Services, Composition Service, Messaging Service Application Level Services People Collaboration, Resource Collaboration, Decision-Making Services,Knowledge Discovery Services, Workflow Services, Universal Access

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Challenging Context Institutional & Infrastructural Ecology –Technological change more rapid than institutional change Broadening Participation Community-Building – Role of early adopting communities as drivers/partners ? Seamless Integration of New and Old –Balancing upgrades of existing and creation of new resources –Legacy data/models Providing sustainable support

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Plan of Action Focused, cross-cutting attention on cyberinfrastructure – not business as usual Internal NSF planning now underway - active discussion on specific cyberinfrastructure issues Community building - broad consultations with scientific communities will intensify in coming months Summer 2003 workshops and town hall meetings – management models NSF FY05 budget planning for cyberinfrastructure beginning shortly

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Outline 1.A vision of information/knowledge progress 2.The state of NSF CISE vision of CI 3.Some thoughts on a strategy… (a modest proposal ?)

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Why collaborate ? (1) Altruism (2) Self- Interest – For this project choose (2) because busy communities often respond easily to Self- interest (especially with visible Leveraged outcomes for the community agenda)

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ A CS Strategy for CI building ? PICK some existing global big science projects Engage them in a revolution using projects building/using cyberinfrastructure components Agree to Find “de facto standards” for mutual benefit across cultural divides

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Leverage at the Interface (Equal Partnership Collaborations) SCIENCE APPLICATIONS COMPUTER TOOLS

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ A Science Strategy for CI building ? PICK some existing computer science projects Engage them in a revolution using projects building/using cyberinfrastructure components Agree to Find “de facto standards” for mutual benefit across cultural divides

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ CI Is a Large SYSTEM so build it as most very large systems are built-- –Bottom up --- micro –Top down --- macro –Middle out – engineering choices for standard interfaces (Standards solutions etc.) -- USE Cyber infrastructure rapid proto demos And keep them alive after the demo …

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Cyberinfrastructure vision involves a Large COMPLEX system – (with Synergy?) top down bottom up or middle out

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Bad News  Crossing cultures to enable collaborations is not a well understood process. New tools for this are needed in computers and communications. Agreements to enabling standards requires people compromising to agree to further the big agenda – “big thinkers”.

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Good News - a Win-win Situation Exists Essential changes in information access are happening now, (not just a little faster, bigger but - much faster, bigger, wider!). Solving very hard problems faster and better by the collaborations “idea” by some frontiersmen is already agreed to. Committed problem solvers will “climb mountains “ to solve their problem agenda and will even work with people outside their culture – sometimes.

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Some Principles for a Global Cyber Infrastructure and for E-science Rapid Prototyping Some proposed principles under current discussion 0] The cost and complexity of 21st Century Science requires the creation of advanced and coherent global Infostructure (information infrastructure). 1] The construction of a coherent Global Infostructure for Science requires definition and drivers from Global Applications (that will also communicate with each other) 2] Further, forefront Information Technology must be incorporated into this Global lnfostructure for the Applications to reach their full potential for changing the way science is done

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Some CI Building Tactics Use common agendas, not common check books.( i.e. Keep money with owning agencies as much as possible.) Full credit to all Give Endorsements across cultures whenever useful.

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Finished! Questions?

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ Acknowlegement The members of the NSF CyberInfrastructure Working Group (CIWG) Dr. Deborah Crawford, Chair

TJG -- 21st NORDUnet conference --Iceland - 24/AUG/ A global vision of Ubiquitous information at Light-speed – Cyberinfrastucture ( Grids, E-science) = globe

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