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CANARIE Overview Hélène Joncas Chief Strategy Officer March 23-24 – Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop

CANARIE Overview Hélène Joncas Chief Strategy Officer March 23-24 – Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop. Outline . Part 1: Background Part 2: Current Context Part 3: Next mandate . Part 1: Background. CANARIE the Organization A Brief History Current Mandate. CANARIE Overview.

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CANARIE Overview Hélène Joncas Chief Strategy Officer March 23-24 – Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop

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  1. CANARIE Overview • Hélène Joncas • Chief Strategy Officer • March 23-24 – Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop

  2. Outline Part 1: Background Part 2: Current Context Part 3: Next mandate

  3. Part 1: Background • CANARIE the Organization • A Brief History • Current Mandate

  4. CANARIE Overview • Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network • Connects 40,000 researchers and 6,400 institutions • Enables collaboration across Canada and internationally • 19,000 km of fibre and100G capacity on backbone network • 28,000 TB of transmitted last year • Non-profit organization, incorporated in 1993 • ~ 20 staff headquartered in Ottawa ON working closely with 12 provincial partners and coordinating with international peer networks • Primary investment from Industry Canada ~ $500M since 1993 • Current mandate is $120M for 2007-2012 • Funds provided for network operations & technology innovation • over 300 research/innovation projects • Stimulation of ICT sector • e-learning, e-health and e-business applications (1999-2005) • Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (2011-2012)

  5. Mission StatementVision Statement Vision Statement Canada is a global leader in digital infrastructure—Canada is a global leader in research and innovation. Mission Statement CANARIE’s mission is to advance Canada’s digital infrastructure to accelerate research and innovation, and contribute to educational excellence. In cooperation with our stakeholders and partners we will deliver on Canada’s goal to be a knowledge-based economy. Our core strength is our technology leadership that enables us to evolve our highly-advanced, cost-effective network and world-class digital infrastructure that is accessible by researchers and innovators from academic institutions and industry. The technical and program excellence of the CANARIE team continues to be core to our performance and success.

  6. CANARIE Current Mandate OverviewFive-year funding of $120 million for 2007-2012

  7. 2: Infrastructure Programs Connecting the Innovation Ecosystem a) Infrastructure Extension Program (IE) funding envelope is $17M and has 71 connections serving over 12,000 users • 34 federal connections, 23 government labs, 11 academic institutions, 2 Hospitals, 1 museum • IEP enabled Canada participation in national and international Big Science projects: • ORAN Programs • Provides funding to our provincial partners to allow them to build out regional networks

  8. Network Achievements 2007-2012 Increased capacity, reliability and bandwidth • LEGEND • = added capacity • = increased reliability • = upgrade • = funding of Provincial partner Infrastructure Europe

  9. Connecting researchers and innovators to each other – and around the world • CANARIE connects Canada’s innovation system • 87 universities, 103 colleges and 49 CEGEPS • 84 provincial and federal government labs and research parks • 58 hospitals and health networks • 31 cultural institutions • thousands of K-12 schools • 12 provincial and territorial optical network partners • 100+ international peer networks in 80 countries

  10. Linking Canada to International Communities CANARIE - a member of Global Lambda Integrated Facility

  11. 4: Network-Enabled Platforms NEPs address the ICT infrastructure needs of each research community Common traits of research projects: • high data volumes or unique data requirements; • need to access data from remote equipment; • geographically distributed research communities Common features of NEP solutions: • web portals aggregating large data sets (from sensor grids, satellites, “big science” facilities); • sophisticated tools (including data modeling and visualization software); • collaborative focus using social networking-like tools

  12. 4: Network-Enabled Platforms Goals • 20 projects, $26.4M in funding • to accelerate development and implementation of research platforms • to facilitate development of associated virtual organizations • to increase international connectedness of Canadian platforms • to advance the use of platforms by Canada’s leadingresearchers • to promote sharing of best practices and standards re next-generation technologies NEP Research Domains: High Energy Physics Ocean Science Health Sciences Transportation Space Science And many more…

  13. 5: Green IT Program Addressing ICT’s Carbon Footprint • GreenStar Network • Develop the world’s first carbon-free network and demonstrate Canadian leadership in Green IT • network nodes powered by renewable (wind, water, sun) energy • two solar-powered nodes up and running • international partners: EU’s Mantychore Project, US, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, China • carbon protocol in development with Canadian Standards Association Green Star Network presentation this afternoon • Research Papers on Reducing ICT’s carbon footprint in institution • Institute for Sustainable Development • McGill/CLUMEQ/UCSD • University of British Columbia

  14. 6: Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) Pilot Stimulating the ICT Sector • In support of a Canadian Digital Economy CANARIE launched a $3M pilot to stimulate SMEs in the ICT • Announcedlate in 2010 and operational in May 2011 • The objectives of the pilot are to: • Provide Canadian SMEs a shared R&D environment to accelerate innovation and commercialization • Support development and testing of innovative ICT technologies • Put Canada at par with other leading jurisdictions offering similar Innovation accelerators • Strong interest from Industry and SMEs DAIR presentation this afternoon

  15. Part 2: Current Context • Research Trends • Technological Trends

  16. Research Trends • Global • Large scale collaboration – data and tool intensive • Research conducted in distributed mode • Cross disciplinary fertilization • Research is data intensive and multidisciplinary • Research is increasingly dependent on digital infrastructure • “The explosion of data has turned the scientific method on its head. A scientist used to develop a hypothesis and conduct an experiment to prove or disprove it. Now you have so much data and so many ways to analyze it….you’ve got the answers. Now you’ve got to figure out the questions.” • Dr. Alan Evans, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, • Biomedical Engineering, and Medical Physics • Montreal Neurological Institute

  17. Technology Trends • Cloud computing which is digital infrastructure delivered as a service • Increased standardization of some middleware • Tools to provide seamless access, use and re-use of data to address “data deluge” • A more user centric infrastructure enabling them to configure the infrastructure in real time • Virtualization of experiments enabling global research team share data from large experiments and develop models

  18. Part 3: Options for CANARIE’s next mandate • Network Operations and Technology Innovation • Core Network and Network Services • Next Gen Infrastructure Extension Program • Next Gen Network Enabled Platform Program • DAIR - Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research • A shared R&D environment leveraged by SMEs, ICT Researchers and their Industry partners as well as ICT multinationals Detailed presentation under this afternoon • Digital Infrastructure Canada - a sustained and internationally competitive high-impact, multi-institutional physical and human infrastructure that addresses the needs of industry and society for innovation, training and outreach

  19. Users’ Forum 2010 Feedback Strong consensus on the need to move forward with a vision and plan for implementation of integrated digital infrastructure in Canada. Consistent with feedback from 2009, 2010 Users’ Forum “Leadership is the key to future success, CANARIE should assume the leadership role and be driving the digital infrastructure agenda.” “I think this meeting gave CANARIE management a very clear mandate to move forward aggressively.” “I think CANARIE should use the feedback and materials from today's discussions to identify a national cyberinfrastructure vision for research & education.” • Over 80 attendees, from all ten provinces and two territories industry, network organizations, compute consortia, university IT administrators, university research administrators, government and university researchers

  20. Current state of Digital Infrastructure in Canada Cloud Computing Gap • Fragmented • Gaps – • Technical • Policy • Uncertain Future University CIOs CARL Middleware Expertise Gap Others Compute Canada Data Gap CANARIE Provincial network partners

  21. Today’s Reality • Digital infrastructure is increasingly complex • Computing, networking, data management, software tools, sensors, visualization, human expertise, etc. • Growing interdependence among the elements of Digital Infrastructure • Bringing these elements under a single organization helps accelerate research and innovation

  22. WHAT DO SATELLITE IMAGES OF ARCTIC SEA ICE, 3-D MODELS OF THE HUMAN HEART, AND VIDEO OF A MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM HAVE IN COMMON? They are joining the torrent of digital datathat flows across the CANARIE high-speed network [Ottawa, Ontario March 4 2011] CANARIE, Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network today announced an extension of Canada's advanced digital infrastructure to eight institutions engaged in cutting-edge digital research. Scientists and researchers at these institutions are leveraging the CANARIE high-speed, high-capacity network to access large, sophisticated data sets and collaborate with national and international peers. Data that flows over the network is used by scientists and researchers across the country as the basis for groundbreaking research that positively impacts the health and well-being of Canadians.

  23. Canadian Perspective • Compute Canada would not be possible without the research network that CANARIE provides • CANARIE might not be needed if there weren’t researchers who required HPC for their work • The current arrangement is not the best • Legacy decisions from many years ago • Money fragmented in multiple places • The funding model is not sustainable • A possible option - SIMPLIFY and consolidate Compute Canada and CANARIE into one organization as a first step towards Digital Infrastructure Canada • Second phase would involve other organizations such as the Canadian Association of Research Librarians

  24. Digital Infrastructure Canada

  25. Benefits • Single voice for all aspects of digital infrastructure • Better able to collaborate nationally and internationally • Maintain ability to leverage state-of-the-art infrastructure for competitive advantage • Build skilled community able to help Canada compete in academia, industry, and government • Balanced investment across the components of digital infrastructure

  26. Thank you! Helene.Joncas@CANARIE.ca

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