CyberInfrastructure Sangtae “Sang” Kim National Science Foundation presented at GridChem, Apr. 18, 2005 – NCSA, Urbana, IL

2 History of NSF CI Investments

3 Guiding Principles for SCI at NSF Serve all of science & engineering Firm and continuing commitment to providing the most advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI), with high-end computing (HEC) at the core –Tag line “HEC + X” Encourage emerging CI while maintaining and transitioning extant CI Provide balance in CI equipment Strong links to ongoing fundamental research to create future generations of CI

4 Cyberinfrastructure: the future consists of … Computational engines (supercomputers, clusters, workstations – capability and capacity) Mass storage (disk drives, tapes, …) and persistence Networking (including optical, wireless, ubiquitous) Digital libraries/data bases Sensors/effectors Software (operating systems, middleware, domain specific tools/platforms for building applications) Services (education, training, consulting, user assistance) All working together in an integrated fashion.

5 Cyberinfrastructure: Tipping Point Information Flow Reversal Topological view of the Internet Create & Compute at the core; then broadcast to the periphery Internet Historical Roots Massive data generated at the periphery; novel systems & architectures; revitalized core of high-end computers The Next Wave DDDAS as an example of this new paradigm

6 Sensor-Nets and the “new” Bar Code Scientific American Jan issue, article on RFID by R. Want

7 Emerging Cyberinfrastructure “Sysco Routers” and Cold Chain Management

8 “Sysco Routers” & Implications Cost of a (passive) RFID tag: 25 cents Cost of “RFID for Dummies” at local bookstore: $25 Cost of an RFID reader / transceiver: $2,500 OR algorithms to help scale up pilot to nationwide fleets, injection of dynamic, event-driven data (T deviations) to enable supply chain to grocery: ~$1M –(must meet the DDDAS deadline and pass peer review) “Realizing that there’s a business model for a CI- enabled, cryogenic warehouse, placed near the logistics hub of an over-night delivery service, to expedite bio-sample (DNA, tissues) mgt for hospitals, pharma/biotech companies, etc. … priceless” –Former V.P. of R&D IT in “big pharma” who wishes to remain anonymous

9 Middleware R&D: It’s Dynamic Three-tier example (Sweeney, 2005): –“Edgeware”, Middleware, ERP Systems Bluetooth/Zigbee

10 Closing Remarks Enabling role of CyberInfrastructure for S&E Research has a parallel paradigm for the trans- formative power of the next wave of the “e” revolution: immediate economic, societal impact Massive data generation at the periphery, HEC at the core, and a new architecture linking the core to the periphery - these are the central elements of CI A strategy of a balanced and broad CI to serve all of science and engineering; transition from extant CI to the exciting possibilities of future CI