George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD PreNEESR Demonstration Project Austin, TX, August, 2005 PI: Sharon Woods Shannon Whitmore Software Development Manager NEEScentral Data Repository and Other Available Tools NEESit

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Talk Summary NEEScentral Overview NEES accounts Security Interim File hierarchy Telepresence Future Plans

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Data Sharing and Archiving Policy Policies apply to both experimental and simulation data Goals No data lost Ensure high quality data Provide sufficient data/metadata to reproduce experiment Investigators who create/collect data have a legitimate interest in benefiting from their investment of time and effort Data timelines Accessible to project participants as soon as it is recorded Submitted to the permanent repository within 6 months of the end of the experiment/simulation Made automatically accessible to the public no later than 12 months after the end of the experiment/simulation

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEEScentral Overview

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD What is NEEScentral? Portal to all NEESit central services Data Repository “No Data Lost” Interim File Hierarchy Bulk Upload Single File Download Authentication Single username and password across NEES resources Authorization Determines who has access to given NEES resources, such as research data Coming soon: OpenSEES simulation portal

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEES accounts NEES accounts give you access to NEEScentral data repository Telepresence capabilities Equipment Site NEESpops If you do not have an account, request one now at: Forget your password?

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Project Membership All project members may Create experiments, trials, and subfolders Upload data and other documentation Access (download/view) all parts of the project Admins may Delete subfolders and files Add members to a project NEESit Recommendation Make IT staff the project contact for now Example:

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Requesting Membership You may see this when you try to access a project Click on the request link to gain access to the project will be sent to the project contact(s), who will grant you access (or not)

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Data Security Those who are not members of the project do not have access to the data We have two staff members who have experience/training in the field of security who will keep your data secure Current admin/member groups will be extended for NEEScentral 2.0 Read only access groups PI groups

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Interim File Hierarchy

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Interim File Hierarchy

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Interim File Hierarchy (cont’d) Designed for flexibility Unlimited number of subfolders may be created A note on deletion ONLY allowed by the project admins Files may be uploaded individually or in bulk References

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD From The Top - Projects Each NEESR and preNEESR should have its own project Projects allow you to share data with other researchers All NEES users may create/manage their own project

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Documentation Subfolders Exist at each level of the hierarchy NEESit Recommendation Place document(s) at the highest vertical level in the hierarchy where it is still relevant across the horizontal levels

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Analysis Subfolders Pre-test simulations, design parameter studies, and post- test simulations Include all input and output files Document any assumptions made Note: NEESit exploring project level analysis Generally, this will be a new experiment ?

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Metadata Add metadata at the highest level Project/Experiment/Trial Subfolders Files Current metadata fields are very high level Title/Name Description Objective Start/End Date Add documents describing metadata when existing metadata fields are inadequate

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Experiments Typically at least one (or more) experiment(s) per research group associated with the NEESR UC Davis – 3 centrifuge experiments Reno – 1 shake table experiment Texas – 1 field experiment Washington – 1 centrifuge experiment Purdue – 1 structural experiment Washington/Berkeley/Davis – 1 analysis experiment Experiment Setup Documents describing test setup, instrumentation plans, designs for specimen components, etc

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Trials Minor changes to the configuration parameters defined at the experiment level Some experiments have only 1 trial Centrifuge tests typically have multiple trials Trial Configuration: Files describing specific differences in the experiment setup that make this trial unique

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Trial Repetitions Trials run multiple times without changes to setup/trial parameters Data averaged to improve data quality Trial repetitions store multiple data sets with no changes to setup/configuration

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Trial Data Unprocessed Data Raw data files from data acquisition systems – sensor data, video, still images Rawest data available from the DAQ systems Converted Data Data converted to engineering units and other simple conversations Example: Voltage to strain/curvature/displacement Corrected Data Data revised to compensate for problems or eliminate noise Include documentations describing modifications to the dat Derived Data Secondary and tertiary data products Examples: plotting rotation from displacement transducers, plotting strain profiles along a specimen axis

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Telepresence

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD flexTPS Enables remote viewing and robotic control of live video over the internet Recommended tool for sharing video during an experiment Developed by Christopher Stanton, UT Austin

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD flexTPS (cont’d) Only software required: web browser Integrated with NEES authentication & authorization Use your NEES account to access private streams Record capabilities available for authenticated users flexTPS User Guide

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD RDV Real-time Data Viewer View time synchronized, streaming data Live or archived Developed by Jason Hanley, SUNY/Buffalo Supported displays Numeric in chart or tabular form Video/Images in full resolution or scaled form Text – Examples: log messages, chat, etc

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD RDV (cont’d) Useful for remote collaboration during your experiments Requires use of Data Turbine See your IT admins or contact NEESit for details and/or assistance Obtain RDV from A NEESpop where you have access RDV User’s Guide 32.php

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Future Work

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEEScentral Enhanced metadata models across domains Google search PDF’s, Word/Excel documents, etc Enhanced security Read only access to projects PI area Bulk Download Usability Enhancements File browsers, project and member sorting, etc

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEES Web Template Template for NEESR web sites Enables researchers to easily share data Only project members have access Linked to NEEScentral data repository, local data repository, or both Easily customizable Easily extensive by IT staff Interface to specific applications Provide customized tools that integrate with the data repository

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD SingleShot Christopher Stanton, UT Austin (Again!) Supports NEESit interim hierarchy Extended metadata model Software Goals Enable researchers to manage data locally Synchronize with NEEScentral

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEES Activities Web Interface Web site to communicate current status of NEES research Publicly accessible for education and outreach Communicates dates and times for tests Highlights next four tests to occur Provides access to public telepresence streams/movies

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD NEES Activities Web Interface (cont’d)

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES Cyberinfrastructure Center at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Thank you!