Final Steps in the NMI Integration Testbed Program Mary Fran Yafchak SURA IT Program Coordinator NMI Integration Testbed Manager

NMI Integration Testbed Program Developed and managed by SURA under NSF ANI Testbed Sites evaluate NMI components upon release Emphasis on integration into real environments & applications NMI Participation DEVELOPERS SUPPORTERS CONTRIBUTORS UAB UAH UFL FSU GSU UMich TACC UVA Sites NMI Integration Testbed (USC) REU Students NMI Testbed Grid USERS Implementers Target Communities NMI Integration Testbed

Overall Project Timeline Initially September August 2004 –CFP released February 2002 –Testbed sites up as of June 2002 Extension through February 2005 –Testbed site contracts through November 30th –Focus on final workshops and initial case studies Second Extension through May 2005 –Completion of case study series

NMI Testbed Case Study Series Developing Enterprise Infrastructure: –GSU: Building an Identity Management Infrastructure for the eUniversity –FSU: Identity Management & NMI-Component Integration –UFL: Directory Services and Middleware –USC: Authentication and Authorization for All –UAB: Identity Management & Applications –UVA: Shibboleth, PubCookie, Directory Services Deployment

NMI Testbed Case Study Series Grid Application Planning & Implementation: –GSU: NMI GRID Middleware Enhances Georgia State’s Cosmic Ray Muon Project –UVA: Protein Folding on the Grid –UAH: Grid Integration with LEAD (Linked Environment for Atmospheric Discovery) –UAH: Data Mining in the Modeling Environment for Atmospheric Discovery –GSU: Changing Paradigms for Developing Grids

NMI Testbed Case Study Series Building Campus Grids: –TACC: UT Grid Design & Implementation –UMich: How Grid Science and MGRID are Changing Research and Education –UAB: UAB Grid Planning & Development NMI Integration Testbed Program: (collaborative) –Research Experiences for Undergraduates within the NMI Integration Testbed Program –Exploring Technical and Policy Considerations for Inter-Institutional Grids: NMI Testbed Grid

Building from NMI Work NMI Testbed Grid evolving to SURAgrid –NMI Testbed Grid case study supplements Authn/Authz Concepts, Policy, Technology Steps to Building a (Campus) Grid –Interim funding from SURA IT for key areas: UVA: BridgeCA & authn/authz GSU: Application development & documentation TACC: Portal development and maintenance General: Meetings, visibility, proposal development –Seeking external funding for ongoing support Working with SURA GridPlan Funding WG to identify program/idea matches