1. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Sharing ICT Resources – “Think Globally, Act Locally” A point-of-view from the United States Mary E. Spada Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives Argonne National Laboratory/University of Chicago Advisor, Strategic Partnerships San Diego Supercomputing Center/University of San Diego

2. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Panel Objectives Discuss interests/priorities of the US community (-ies) regarding harmonization of ICT resource sharing policies on an international level Discuss mechanisms for collaboration between US, EU, Japan

3. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Data & Storage Networks & Middleware Instruments & Labs Domain Expertise & Disciplines Institutions & Communities Computers & Grids E-Science Collaboration Knowledge Applications eInfrastructure Structure

4. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Community Framework Users (Virtual and Physical Organizations) Infrastructure (Network and Computational) Software (Tools and Services)

5. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Resource “Wells” Systems Networks Software People

6. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Priority Assessment - Drivers Drivers prioritizing resource sharing Requirements in the high-end science application areas (e.g. biological sciences, physics) Funding (selected examples) –NSF Dear Colleague Letter (issued Spring 2004) specifically requesting collaboration including facilities, expertise, technology, as well as service, training and support –DOE Office of Science Call for Leadership Class Computing Facility for Science (issued Spring 2004) mandating the strategic linkage of the infrastructure and the user (domain scientists) as well as explicitly supporting other agency programs

7. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Priority Assessment - Policy Issues Accounting of costs associated with sharing Entitlement to access and use resources Responsibility governing use/access Privacy Security Business model to provide a framework for the foregoing

8. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Mechanisms for collaboration Think globally, act locally. –Impossible to develop and deploy a mechanism based upon abstractions. Establish concrete reference examples of what works now – leverage. Bear in mind the structure of (and differences within) the community.

9. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Selected US Examples

10. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Models TURNKEY INTEGRATING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERING USERS Computing and software packaged and installed on existing network infrastructure “Feeding fish to the users” Static system Seeking to integrate diverse established resources. Systems integration and custom development required at all levels in order to “mesh” independent factions. Dynamic system Training and interacting with user segment to “teach them how to fish”. Dynamic system

11. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Models TURNKEY INTEGRATING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWERING USERS Access Grid www.accessgrid.org (DOE, NSF) NEESgrid www.neesgrid.org (NSF) GEON www.geongrid.org/ (NSF) BIRN Bioinformatics Research Network www.nbirn.net/ (NIH) TeraGrid www.teragrid.org (NSF) NMI NSF Middleware Initiative www.nsf-middleware.org (NSF)

12. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Caveats Immaturity of technology (eInfrastructure) –Still experimental –Cybersecurity “ghost stories” Recognition in practice of the difference between Production and Experimentation Different “languages” within the community Lack of established success stories No lack of “experts” – too many chefs in the kitchen? Need to “crawl” before you walk and run –Managing expectations and perceptions –Accomplishing “modest” goals first Coordination and cooperation needs to become a social norm –Individual – institutional – regional – national –Success metrics include a coordination component

13. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Revisiting Prior Suggestions Continue exploration of establishing joint formal agreements among national funding agencies Funding Agencies establish one or more achievement award programs –Best international exchange of technology –Best shared application, scientific collaboration/discovery –May include some monetary award as well NSF and EU to set up 2 annual meetings –Program officers and Grid PIs, Middleware developers, etc –Selected scientific domains serve as a focus for each

14. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 Revisiting Prior Suggestions cont’d Major resource centers to establish annual coordinated workshops on Grid services and providers Funded major Grid and middleware projects to include specific international components, for example, –2 international trips each year to visit “sister” efforts or projects in another country –Reverse site visits – teams invited in to review and advise –% of resources set aside for international use only, etc

15. eInfrastructures (Internet and Grids) - 15 April 2004 A place to start… #4 – Major Resource Centers to establish coordinated workshop on Grid services and providers –PRAGMA Workshop – SDSC, La Jolla, USA (mid September) –Collaborative Tools Workshop – INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE (late September) –Possibility to leverage? #5 – Funded major Grid and middleware projects to include specific international components –Specifically, consider that 5% of PROJECT X resources were “reserved” for “foreign” projects. –Candidates for PROJECT X: TeraGrid, GEON, DEISA, EGEE, Access Grid, Diverse BIOGRID efforts? …?? –What needs to happen next?