Cyberinfrastructure What is it?

1. CyberinfrastructureWhat is it? Russ Hobby Internet2 Joint Techs, 18 July 2007

2. Cyberinfrastructure? • Ask any number of people “What is Cyberinfrastructure?” and you will probably get an equal number of definitions • We need a common understanding of CI in order to build and operate it.

3. Cyberinfrastructure --- some definitions • The term "cyberinfrastructure" was used by a United StatesNational Science Foundation (NSF) blue-ribbon committee in 2003 in response to the question: how can NSF, as the nation's premier agency funding basic research, remove existing barriers to the rapid evolution of high performance computing, making it truly usable by all the nation's scientists, engineers, scholars, and citizens? • The term describes the new research environments that support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services over the Internet

4. Cyberinfrastructure:More Than High-End Computing and Connectivity • Focused on sharing and making greater capabilities available across the science and engineering research communities • Allows applications to interoperate across institutions and disciplines • Ensures that data and software acquired at great expense are preserved and easily available to all • Empowers enhanced collaboration over distance and across disciplines. Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure

5. Cyberinfrastructure Vision at NSF NSF’S CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE VISION FOR 21ST CENTURY DISCOVERY http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/ci-v7.pdf

6. The Nature of Research Today • Discipline groups working on a common project. • The groups are made of researchers from multiple institutions. • They use the network in support of Virtual Organizations (VOs) • BUT MOST DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE NETWORK! (It should just work)

7. Who does worry about the Network? • Those that provide services to the researchers • The discipline IT support group • Campus IT organizations • Supercomputer sites • Grid Organizations This is all now being lumped under the term “Cyberinfrastructure” (CI)

8. Traditional Grid Computing • Built by Supercomputer Sites or in Researcher’s Labs • Support internal to discipline • Campus IT generally not involved • There have been problems with facilities in researcher’s labs (power, HVAC, network)

9. Moving into CI • Disciplines new to CI are doing their planning, but expect others to provide it. • Campus IT organizations starting to get more involved • Supporting organizations are figuring out how to work together.

10. Example Researcher using CI Jane is an environmental researcher and is going to find a solution to Global Warming. To do this she needs to collect and store data, do analysis of the data and run some simulation models to test her hypothesis. She will share ideas, data and results with her Discipline Group. Here are her steps in using CI

11. Control Instruments to Gather Data Instrumentation Researcher Control Control

12. Management Security and Access Access Control Authentication Authorization Security and Access Control Instrumentation Researcher Control Security Control Security

13. Instrumentation Control Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Access Control Authentication Authorization Data Transfer and Storage Researcher Security Control Security Input Data Sets Storage

14. Data Analysis Instrumentation Researcher Control Security Data Generation Security Program Control Management Security and Access Access Control Authentication Authorization Security Security Analysis Input Retrieval Data Sets Storage Computation Program

15. Instrumentation Control Researcher Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Program Control Authentication Authorization Security Analysis Computation Simulation Program Visualization Security Display Tools Security Input Retrieval Display and Visualization Data Sets Storage . Data Input Search

16. Instrumentation Control Researcher Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Program Control Authentication Authorization Security 3D Imaging Analysis Display Tools Security Display and Visualization Computation Simulation . Data Input Program Simulation and Viewing Security Input Retrieval Data Sets Storage Search

17. Instrumentation Control Researcher Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Program Control Authentication Authorization Security 3D Imaging Analysis Security Display Tools Security Input Retrieval Display and Visualization Computation Data Sets Storage Simulation . Data Input Search Archive Schema Metadata Data Directories Program Ontologies Sharing, Collaboration, Publishing and Outreach Human Support Training Help Desk Education And Outreach Collab Tools Publishing

18. Instrumentation Control Researcher Policy and Funding Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Funding Agencies Program Control Authentication Resource Providers Campuses Authorization Security 3D Imaging Analysis Security Display Tools Security Input Retrieval Display and Visualization Computation Data Sets Storage Simulation . Data Input Search Archive Schema Metadata Data Directories Program Ontologies Jane goes after new grant Human Support Training Help Desk Education And Outreach Collab Tools Publishing

19. Instrumentation Control Researcher Policy and Funding Management Security and Access Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Funding Agencies Program Control Authentication Resource Providers Campuses Authorization Security 3D Imaging Analysis Security Display Tools Security Input Retrieval Display and Visualization Computation Data Sets Storage Simulation . Data Input Search Archive Schema Metadata Data Directories Program Ontologies Cyberinfrastructure Functions and Resources Human Support Training Help Desk Education And Outreach Collab Tools Publishing

20. Instrumentation Control Researcher Management Security and Access Policy and Funding Data Generation Security Viewing Security Access Control Funding Agencies Program Control Resource Providers Authentication Campuses Authorization Security 3D Imaging Analysis Security Display Tools Security Input Retrieval Display and Visualization Computation Data Sets Storage Simulation . Data Input Search Archive Schema Metadata Data Directories Program Ontologies The Network is the Backplane for the Distributed CI Computer Human Support Training Help Desk Education And Outreach Collab Tools Publishing Network

21. Federal Agencies National Discipline Groups National OGF International Libraries Regional Educational Organizations Publishers International Regional Collections Organizations Policy/ Leadership/ Funding Security/ Access Coordinators Network Providers Discipline Support Computation Storage Medicine Physical Science Other Disciplines Supercomputer Sites Software Development Discipline Groups Biological Science. Campus IT Researchers Cyberinfrastructure Players Security ID Mang Faculty Data Center Network Grad Students Staff National International Regional Grid Orgs

22. CI is not just for Researchers The current focus on CI is its use by Researchers. However this is an emerging technology that will be used by all, just as the individual computer and the Internet has become a regular work tool.

23. CI Days Workshops TeraGrid, Open Science Grid, Internet2, NLR and EDUCAUSE have come together to try to help better understand the CI picture, and to better coordinate functions and roles in the creation of this infrastructure. One activity started by this group is the “CI Days” held for campuses to assist in their CI planning. This workshop brings together players from the campus, region and nation to share information and plan how to provide CI functions for the campus. The national and regional groups will also learn the campus needs to help better direct the evolution of the services.

24. More Info Russ Hobbyrdhobby@internet2.edu530-863-0513