CyberInfrastructure in the Biological Sciences: CIBS Working Group Michael R. Willig Division of Environmental Biology
21 st Century Biology Dispersion Heterogeneity Quantity Hierarchical Dynamics Non-linearities Context-Dependent Evolution
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE An integrated system of state-of-the- art computing, communications and information resources, tools and services that is transforming science and engineering research and education. Critically dependent on educated and trained workforce.
CIBS CHARGE Assessment & update of CI baseline data Review of CI programs Develop a strategic plan Vision Goals Recommendations Near-term Opportunities
History of Activity 2003 JulyBIO-AC Workshop 2004 MarchCIBS WG formed AprilInternal NSF Workshop April - JunePortfolio Review July - DecStrategic Planning 2005 Jan – MarchDocument Writing MarchCIBS Strategic Plan (Draft) MarchCIIWG Formed*** April-???Draft Comments from BIO-AC
CIBS Working Group Chris Greer & Manfred Zorn, PDs DBI Jim Morris & Alan Tessier, PDs DEB Bill Zamer & Cole Gilbert, PDs IOB Kamal Shukla & Matt Kane, PDs MCB K-lyn Smith, SA BIO Liz Blood, Juan Carlos Morales
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO Programs AToL BIO-ITR Biological Databases & Informatics Program Biophysics Program Synthesis Centers: NCEAS & NESCent LTER Program NEON Plant & Microbial Genome Programs
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO Focal Activities Preserve and curate data Identify data Retrieve data Integrate heterogeneous data (metadata) Visualize data and relationships Advanced analyses Advanced simulations People Synthesis
Strategic Plan Vision & Goals Strategy -- External Activities Workforce Resources Access Interoperability Strategy -- Internal Management Professional Staff Interagency Activities Frontiers of Integrative Activities
VISION We envision an era in biological research & education in which cyberinfrastructure serves as a universal integrator. In this new era, individuals from all areas of science and education will have effective access to information from all areas of biology. All individuals desiring to participate will have the opportunity to contribute to the limits of their own abilities and creativity, without artificial limitations imposed by geography, institutional setting, career status, cultural constraints related to sex, ethnicity, or race, physical disability, or any of the other factors that currently form barriers to full participation.
GOALS Ensure that individuals at all levels and in all settings can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to use cyberinfrastructure in the biological sciences. Ensure that information in the biological sciences – including the latest results of cutting-edge research and the most innovative educational resources – is made readily available in usable form through advanced cyberinfrastructure to all who wish to participate. Ensure that the community possesses the means for readily receiving, broadly distributing, fully recognizing and acknowledging, and reliably preserving the contributions of all who participate in the biological research and education enterprise.
Strategic Plan Workforce Mid-Career Scientists Postdoctoral Scientists Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Teacher Programs Faculty at Undergraduate Institutions Historically Underrepresented Groups
Strategic Plan Resources Long-Lived Data Data Centers Grid Computing
Strategic Plan Access Basic Resources High End Computing Resource Location & Archiving Intellectual Property Rights
Strategic Plan Interoperability Physical Logical Semantic
Strategic Plan Professional Staff Program Directors Relationship with CISE Interagency Awareness Workload
Strategic Plan Interagency Activities Leadership Roles Engaged Participants
Strategic Plan Frontiers of Integrative Activities Biosphere Simulator Project Environmental Microbial Genomics Phenomics National Systematics CI Project
NSF – Wide Effort C I I WG CyberInfrastructure Initial WG NSF Roles and Goals NSF Investments NSF Management Structure for CI Multi-Agency Context Timeline: Mid-March to End of April
NSF – Wide Effort C I C I P CI Coordination & Implementation Panel O D Council (A D s) C I C I P ODAdvisorODAdvisor Policy & Guidance Plans T F - 1T F - 2T F - NT F
RESEARCHEDUCATION Synthesis Hubs and Nodes Fundamental Research Observatory Networks Collaboratories BiologicalSciences Information Resources
Cost CI Investment Opportunity Strategic Investments: Which apples do we choose? Low Hanging Fruit
LARGE BIO-ITR GRANTS AToL: A National Resource for Phyloinformatics and Computational Phylogenetics SEEK: Science (Semantic) Environment for Ecological Knowledge ( Bio-Molecular Imaging and Information Discovery
OTHER GRANTS Phylogenetics Environmental Sensors & Networks Natural History Museum Collections Ecological Modeling Biomolecular Data Metabolic Pathways Biodiversity Informatics
CostCost CI Investment Opportunity Strategic Investments: Which apples do we choose? Low Hanging Fruit FUNDINGFUNDING