1. net@edu 2009 Lynn Sutherland February 4, 2009

2. From advanced networks to economic development WURCNet – 1993 - Western University Research Consortium Network – Alberta provincial ORAN (Optical Regional Advanced Network) connections to CANARIE and internationally (via Seattle, Chicago, New York) – university users Netera Alliance – 1999 – include more partners and services (e.g. project management, communications) for academic projects Cybera – 2007 – Alberta Cyberinfrastructure for Innovation – to include more industry, applications and services - research, education and economic development mandate

3. Cybera Mandate Cybera is established to ensure continued leadership and ongoing support of Cyberinfrastructure expertise at regional, national and international levels by collaboratively supporting leveraging and sustaining current technical investments such as WestGrid (High Performance Computing), CyberaNet (advanced network), SuperNet (community network) and the Grid Research Centre (applications, middleware, standards) and applications for academic and industry research and development

4. Cybera Members

5. Cyberinfrastructure Project Model

6. CyberaNet 11 organizations directly connected 9 organizations connected via SuperNet 10 Gbsec* connection between Calgary and Edmonton 1 Gbs between Calgary and Lethbridge and Banff Connects to CANARIE (national/international) SuperNet (pan-provincial) Completed $1.3 million upgrade in 2006

7. SuperNet Connects 429 communities Almost 4,500 hospitals, libraries, schools and government offices in 3,600 buildings 10 - 100Mbs to each site 2,500 km backbone, 13,000 km extended area connection (September 2005 - 100% complete) Voted best deployed network in the world by IEEE Spectrum January 2004 Upgrading in 2009 tbd

8. Access to HPC WestGrid MACI-1 - AB $2M, 1998 MACI-2 - AB $18M 1998-2002 WestGrid I - AB and BC $48M 2003-2007 WestGrid II - AB+, BC+, SK, MB $60M 2008 - 2012 Part of National HPC framework (also SHARCNET, HPCVL, SciNet, RCQHP, CLUMEQ, ACEnet) New national initiative, Compute Canada, linking/coordinating/leveraging all HPC consortia is under development.

9. Cybera Business 5 Key Business Areas –Connectivity –Grid Middleware –Training and Outreach –Project Management –Consulting and Technical Support

10. 2007............2009............. 2012 Pilot Projects Utility Services Commercialization of Products and Services Pilot Services From Pilot Projects to Utility Services

11. Strategy/Plans Outreach activities (events, seminars, demos, print material) to inform the market of the benefits of cyberinfrastructure and grid Select strategic pilot projects that provide examples and references and inform the development of platforms (services and products) Choose/Partner with Innovators and Early Adopters (typically SMEs but need some MNEs) Target 2-3 new academic and 2-3 new industry projects each year Target 1 new MNE (Energy, Communications, Logistics, …) Target 1 new GOV (Environment, Health, Education, …) Build a network of Partners - vendors and service providers Regular consultation with members and partners

12. Partnering Model Academic Industry Alberta Ingenuity/ AHFMR Cybera CyberaNet WestGrid GRC UofA UofC IT Services Other Service Providers TRLabs AICML Cyberinfrastructure Service Provider Cybera with its partners puts together virtual teams to support client needs Clients Partners / Resourcing Others NRC/NINT CANARIE CFI (Current partners in red) SuperNet

13. Current Status - Academic Projects WestGrid II - Grid Facilities $60M/5 years/14 institutes Funding: CFI and BC, AB, SK, MB Project Management, Administration and Communications GeoChronos - Environmental Monitoring Portal > $1.0M/2 years/U of Alberta Funding: CANARIE NEP and Cybera PM, Admin, Comm, Architect, Develop Space Science - Data Portal > $1.0M/2 years/U of Alberta Funding: CANARIE NEP and Cybera PM, Admin, Comm, Architect, Develop Lots of ongoing and ad hoc support of academic projects - for example, Mount Royal College connects to National Arts Centre in Ottawa for master music classes, connecting Banff Centre to international initiatives, California, China, UK, Australia, …

14. Current Status - Industry Projects EDM Studios Access massive animation rendering processing from Grid when needed Big data, big compute, “batch on demand” Zoom New Media Access data transcoding from Grid on demand High throughput, real-time, multiple streams of data Aquila Productions Access annotated video library in real-time from Grid when needed Big library, complex lookup, batch and real-time, data staging

15. Current Challenges Infrastructure is built (for now) - Now need applications No machine room space and utility costs now noticed on campus - but culture is not to share Last mile on campus - who pays Must show path of deployment from research infrastructure to commercial deployment Widely available business and home broadband, but cost of commercial bandwidth is limiting