Partnerships and Pathways to the Internet to the Hogan and Diné Grid

1. Partnerships and Pathways to the Internet to the Hogan and Diné Grid Diane A. Baxter, Ph.D. Education Director San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California, San Diego

2. SACNAS 2007 Cyberinfrastructure: Changing the Face of Science and Engineering What do we mean by Cyberinfrastructure (CI)?

3. wireless sensors field computer computer network network data computer data data storage computer viz network fieldinstrument Today’s “Computer” • . . . is a coordinated set of hardware, software, and services, all integrated and working together • This collection of computers, data, sensors, handheld devices, services, and other technologies team together to form cyberinfrastructure (abbreviated “CI”) The “computer” as an integrated set of resources

4. SACNAS 2007 Cyberinfrastructure: Changing the Face of Science and Engineering How are Science and Engineering Changing?

5. GAMESS Geosciences Data Managementand Mining Astronomy Physics Modeling and Simulation Today : Science is a Team Sport Life Sciences

6. BIRN: Biomedical Informatics Grid TeraGrid: National Research Resource Grid PRAGMA: Pacific Rim GridMiddleware Consortium SDSC GEON: GeosciencesGrid Scientists share ideas, data and resources via grids Open Science Grid:Physics-driven Grid infrastructure NEES: Earthquake Engineering Grid

7. Middlewarefederates dataacross disciplinaryvocabularies Portals, Domain Specific APIsprovide accessto data Disciplinary Databases Users Anatomy Organisms Physiology Organs Cell Biology Cells Organelles Proteomics Genomics Biopolymers Medicinal Chemistry Atoms Team Science CyberinfrastructureIntegrates Data across Disciplines Life Sciences

8. CI Shares Distributed Tools • “Grid” Computing “takes the parallel computer out of the box” • CPUs can be in different geographical locations • Grids connect many different kinds of components, users, and data NVO analysis can involve connecting the telescope, data archive, and computer through grid computing Internet

9. The National TeraGrid • Now 11 Partner Sites connected by 30 Gb/sec optical backbone, “Lambda Rail”

10. Grid Infrastructure Group (UChicago) UW PSC UC/ANL NCAR PU NCSA UNC/RENCI IU Caltech ORNL U Tenn. USC/ISI SDSC LSU TACC Resource Provider (RP) Software Integration Partner

11. The TeraGrid • Is an open scientific discovery infrastructure • Provides leadership class resources at 11 partner sites • Is an integrated, persistent computational resource • Is the world's largest, most comprehensive distributed cyberinfrastructure for open scientific research.

12. The TeraGrid • Uses high-performance network connections • Integrates high-performance computers, data resources and tools, and high-end experimental facilities around the country • Provides >102 teraflops of computing capability • Consists of more than 15 petabytes (quadrillions of bytes) of online and archival data storage • Provides researchers access to over 100 discipline-specific databases.

13. TeraGrid Resources Chart courtesy of Nancy Wilkins-Diehr

14. Science GatewaysCommunity-led initiative for the TeraGridhttp://www.teragrid.org/programs/sci_gateways/ Research communities build their own cyberinfrastructure. • Gateways must allow heterogeneity of: • Resources - diverse architectures at local, national, int’l. levels • Users- from HPC expert to K-12 student… all should benefit from CI • Software stacks, policies • Working with Gateways, TeraGrid will start to provide generic CI services to research communities. • Goal: Integration and interoperability

15. TeraGrid in Education? • Scott Lathrop, Director of TeraGrid EOT and External Relations • SC07 Education Program Chair • Past program manager for the EOT-PACI activities at NCSA • Past Co-chair for SC02 and SC03 Education Programs

16. “HPC University” • Advance researchers’ HPC skills • Catalog of live and self-paced training • Schedule series of training courses • Gap analysis of materials to drive development • Work with educators to enhance the curriculum • Search catalog of HPC resources • Schedule workshops for curricular development • Leverage good work of others • Offer Student Research Experiences • Enroll in HPC internship opportunities • Offer Student Competitions • Publish Science and Education Impact • Promote via TeraGrid Science Highlights, iSGTW • Publish education resources to NSDL-CSERD

17. On-demand education in the TeraGrid • Online TeraGrid training portal • synchronous/asynchronous • Interactive Flash Video • Account-based • Built-in user tracking • Constructivist learning

18. If TeraGrid is for all, who is left out? • Scientists with low bandwidth connectivity • Schools without broadband internet connections • Students without access at home or at school This is NOT ok !

19. HPWREN – High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network • http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/ The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) is a National Science Foundation funded network research program, which also functions as a collaborative cyberinfrastructure for research, education, and first responder activities. Research activities include creating, demonstrating, and evaluating a non-commercial, prototype, high-performance, wide-area, wireless network in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties. The network includes backbone nodes at the UC San Diego and San Diego State University campuses, and a number of "hard to reach" areas in remote environments.

20. HPWREN technology was used to create the Tribal Digital Village Network (TDVNet), which now connects most of the 20 tribal bands in Southern CA • http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/news/001018.html The first TDVNet tower was built by tribal members who learned how by working with Hans-Werner Braun (HPWREN Principal Investigator) and his staff. The first group, from the Pala Reservation, then taught members of other bands how to do it. Today, TDVNet serves the community and has allowed numerous internet-based small business initiatives to sprout on reservation lands.

21. The Vision * for: Internet to the Hogan and Diné Grid: • Bring Expanding Educational Opportunities to the Navajo Nation • Build an educated workforce to support scientific research, innovation, and economic growth • Connect Navajo people to one another and to others • Create opportunities for national and world leadership for Navajos in helping to solve global challenges of the future. * Courtesy of Tom Davis, Navajo Technical College

22. Diné Grid Step 1:Learn to build towers Jared Climbing the Tower Jared Ribble Suiting Up Very Tall Tower

23. Diné Grid Step 2: Try it at home

24. Challenges - Getting There

25. Challenges - Power Supply

26. Challenges: Community Support

27. The Navajo Tech team is gathering the essential ingredients for success: • Collaboration with national research and education colleagues through TeraGrid, UNM, SDSC, National University, and professional organizations • Collaboration with industry partners for internships, support, and joint entrepreneurial endeavors • Multi-disciplinary and Integrated Curriculum • Online Education (Hybrid e-Learning, Internet-based, Mentoring, and Workshops) • Research opportunities at multiple sites • Global Knowledge-sharing through professional gatherings and on-line community communications

28. Internet to the Hogan and Diné Grid project brings to the reservation . . . • Education and Research opportunities that are collaborative, creative, engaging, stimulating, and connected to meaningful community-relevant needs. • Lifelong learning and cultural preservation tools and opportunities for the entire community • Academic recognition that is credible, respected, and innovative within national academia. • Undergraduate and graduate degree programs that are project-based, relevant to the Navajo Nation, and include collaborative and web-based extended learning courses and certificate programs.

29. What do we expect from technology? • Diné Grid technologies as easy to use as your car: • Components working together to provide end-to-end performance for all users. • Technology that works basically how you expect it to work, regardless of where you are. • Instruction that’s user friendly • Someone nearby to fix it when it breaks • Because it’s more about where you’re going than how it works CI: a tool for creating your own pathway

30. Thank you!

32. How does that affect teaching? • Educators must build a strong foundation of understanding the underlying concepts: • Data – understanding the stories from the evidence (e.g. using visualization tools) • Teamwork – understanding and appreciating one another’s strengths and contributions • Connections – communication builds learning through shared investigation and discovery • Parallelism – breaking down overwhelming challenges and sharing the work among many

33. DataThe Digital World involves DATA Shopping Entertainment News and Information

34. How much Digital Data*? iPod Shuffle (up to 120 songs) = 512 MegaBytes 1 human brain at the micron level= 1 PetaByte Printed materials in the Library of Congress = 10 TeraBytes 1 DVD = 9.4 GigaBytes SDSC HPSS tape archive = 6 PetaBytes 1 novel = 1 MegaByte All worldwide information in one year =2 ExaBytes 1 Low Resolution Photo = 100 KiloBytes * Rough/average estimates

35. SDSC Discover Data Educators’ Portal A Window to Data Images for Talks\SDSC Education Data Portal.htm

36. Teamwork • Students • Project-based Learning • Sharing Data • Help solve technology challenges • Teachers • Share Educational Resources • Sharing Evaluation Approaches and Outcomes • Sharing Experiences • Sharing Lessons Learned (bloopers)

37. Connections – TeraGrid TeacherTECH connects educators with national experts to support learning • Technology Tools • Current CI-enabled Science • Computational Math • Data Visualization Tools • http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech

38. Parallelism – Working Together to Tackle Today’s Grand Challenges • Renewable, Clean Energy • Sustainable Living Practices • Environmental Restoration • Global Climate Change • Species Diversity Loss • Understanding the Cosmos • Creating Peace Among Diverse Peoples