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Geosciences and Cyberinfrastructure

Geosciences and Cyberinfrastructure. Partial Overview Current Activities. Timothy L. Killeen Assistant Director for the Geosciences Directorate National Science Foundation Clifford A. Jacobs Division of Atmospheric Sciences National Science Foundation.

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Geosciences and Cyberinfrastructure

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  1. Geosciences and Cyberinfrastructure Partial Overview Current Activities Timothy L. Killeen Assistant Director for the Geosciences Directorate National Science Foundation Clifford A. Jacobs Division of Atmospheric Sciences National Science Foundation GEO NCSA 2015 Strategic Planning Process April 21, 2010

  2. Talk Outline

  3. The President’s Initiatives Courtesy of Paul Filmer, National Science Foundation

  4. White House Elevates Science & Environment John Holdren, White House Science Advisor Carol Browner, White House Climate and Energy Czar Steven Chu Secretary of Energy Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator Nancy Sutley, Council on Environmental Quality Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator Courtesy of April Burke, Lewis-Burke Associates

  5. New Money for Science Agencies EPA +38% (ARRA $7.2 Billion) DOE OS +3.9% (ARRA $1.6 Billion) DOE EERE +6.4% (ARRA $16.8 Billion) NOAA +2.5% (ARRA 830 Million) NSF +8.5% (ARRA $3 Billion) NASA +5% (ARRA $1 Billion) FY 2010 President’s Request compared to FY 2009 enacted ARRA = American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Courtesy of April Burke, Lewis-Burke Associates

  6. FY 2010 Budget Request to Congress Source: NSF FY2010 Budget Request to Congress

  7. Energy-Climate-Sustainability Era From presented by Shere Abbott, Associate Director for Environment, 1 February 2010

  8. Climate Change Science Program Courtesy of Paul Filmer, National Science Foundation

  9. NRC Recommendations for Restructuring Federal Climate Research Courtesy of Paul Filmer, National Science Foundation

  10. NSF’s Climate Research Special Emphasis Area in the 2010 Budget Strong Support by the Administration and Congress

  11. FY 2010 Budget Request for NSF

  12. Climate Research: Special Emphasis Area in FY10 Budget

  13. Environmental Observation including changes from human activities, adaptation, and mitigation Modeling ofBasic Natural and Human Processes & their interactions Fundamental Research, Including Experiments Integrated Research Approach

  14. Climate Research Principles

  15. FY 2010 Climate Research Solicitations

  16. FY 2011 Budget Request NSF FY 2011 Budget TOTAL: $7.4 billion Increase: 8 percent

  17. GEO: The Big Picture • American Recovery Act GEO investments: $601M • FY2010: 10.2% increase over FY2009 • Includes Agency-wide climate initiative • FY2011: President’s budget request includes a 7.4% increase for GEO

  18. NSB Report: Building a Sustainable Energy Future

  19. Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability

  20. Climate, Energy, and Sustainability

  21. Dynamic Earth

  22. 2011 Infrastructure Investments

  23. NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Project (NWSC)

  24. Questions and/or Comments Timothy L. Killeen Email: tkilleen@nsf.gov Clifford A. Jacobs Email: cjacobs@nsf.gov http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=GEO

  25. NSF: The Budget Picture

  26. President's Plan for Science and Innovation Total NSF Funding(dollars in billions) Fiscal Year (FY)

  27. 2011 Research Themes • Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES +$35M to $230M) • Follow-on to 2010 Climate Research activity • In 2011, GEO will support research to study regions that are highly susceptible to the impacts of environmental changes, such as: • Coastal areas subject to sea-level rise • The Arctic, where warming temperatures and waning ice cover challenges communities and ecosystems

  28. GEO Investment in Infrastructure

  29. NSF Requests $7B for FY 2010

  30. Major Components of NSF’s Climate Research Foci Partnerships

  31. Supporting Cyber-infrastructure NSF’s Office Of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Partial List of Activities

  32. Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI)

  33. NSF Vision for Cyberinfrastructure “National-level, integrated system of hardware, software, data resources & services... to enable new paradigms of science” Learning & Work Force Needs & Opportunities Virtual Organizations for Distributed Communities High Performance Computing Data & Visualization/ Interaction http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0728/index.jsp Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  34. Shared Resource Environments Modeling and simulation Data analysis & visualization Computers Data services User support Text Training Visualization services Common user environments Tools for educators People 2007-8 Track 2 – TACC 2008-9 Track 2 – UTK 2009-10 Track 2 – PSC 2010-11 Track 2 – TBD 2011 Track 1 – NCSA Science Gateways Courtesy of University of Indiana Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  35. High Performance Computing- Track 1 Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  36. Blue Waters Petascale System (2011) Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  37. High Performance Computing- Track 2 Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  38. Track 2 - TACC Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  39. Track 2 - UTK Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  40. TeraGrid Growth Blue Waters TFLOPS >2010 2100 >1500 850 684 Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  41. Proposed NCAR-University of WY Computer Center Exterior Rendering Image courtesy of g3D, Inc. Courtesy of National Center for Atmospheric Sciences

  42. DataNet:Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners Program Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  43. Award: Data Conservancy Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  44. Award: DataNetONE (Observation Network for Earth) Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  45. PetaApps http://nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08592/nsf08592.pdf Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  46. International Research Network Connections (IRNC) http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503382 Courtesy of Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

  47. Select FY 2011 Interagency Activities • Networking and Information Technology R&D Program: $1.17 billion • U.S. Global Change Research Program: $370 million • National Nanotechnology Initiative: $401 million

  48. 2011 Budget • The 2011 Request represents an exciting opportunity for GEO to make advances on several important fronts: • Research: new thrusts • Infrastructure: advancement and renewal • Education: expansion of programs

  49. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) ARRA allowed NSF to make 4,599 competitive awards and will support the construction of the Alaska Region Research Vessel (renamed: Sikuliaq “New Ice suitable for walking on”)

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