EOT and Cyberinfrastructure

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EOT and Cyberinfrastructure

• Dr. Fran Berman
• Director, SDSC and NPACI
• HPC Chair, Dept. of Computer Science and
  Engineering, UCSD

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What is cyberinfrastructure?

• Cyberinfrastructure is the development of
  infrastructure based upon distributed computer,
  information and communication technologies
• The focus is on integration, usability and
  end-to-end solutions

• National Science Foundations Cyberinfrastructure

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Why Cyberinfrastructure?

• Today, science is conducted by global teams using
  sophisticated combinations of
• People
• Computers
• Networks
• Viz
• data storage
• remote instruments
• other resources
• Cyberinfrastructureprovides a way tointegrate
  resourcesto support modernapplications

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How are we building cyberinfrastructure?

• Integrated services approach allows users to
  pick from a menu of resources and services to
  develop applications on an integrated resource
  platform.

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EOT and Cyberinfrastructure

• Cyberinfrastructure has enormous potential to
  impact the way people use technology.
• Key foci of cyberinfrastructure are
• Access to remote resources (computers, data
  collections, instruments, etc.)
• The ability to integrate groups of resources to
  support applications
• Achievement of the cyberinfrastructure vision
  will benefit a wide spectrum of users at all
  levels

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Cyberinfrastructure Outreach and Training
Challenges

• Key Questions
• How do we identify users who will benefit from
  cyberinfrastructure?
• How do we introduce new users and new communities
  to cyberinfrastructure?
• Not the same as showing users how to program BH
• How do we make cyberinfrastructure easy to use?
• How can we get users involved in evaluating and
  improving cyberinfrastructure?

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Education new paradigms for a new generation

• For K-12, collaboration and coordination are
  default modes of interaction
• The Internet
• Napster
• RPG
• How will science change when its in their hands?

Instant Messenger
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Cyberinfrastructure Education Challenges

• How do we develop curriculum for a new generation
  of tech-savvy students comfortable in cyberspace?
  
• Assume the web
• Assume IM
• Assume that everything is available and
  everything is free (Napster)
• Assume that you can adapt to things in real time
  (RPG)
• Assume that none of the resources have to be
  where you are (the Internet)

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Cyberinfrastructure Educational Challenges
Tomorrows CyberinfrastructurePortal???
Todays University Laboratory
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EOT and Cyberinfrastructure

• EOT will be critical to ensure real success for
  cyberinfrastructure
• Cyberinfrastructure provides an opportunity to
  push the envelope to enable both a new generation
  of science and a new generation of users
• At this juncture, there is an opportunity to
  develop a far-reaching plan for the role of EOT
  in cyberinfrastructure.
• We welcome your feedback and new ideas,
  tellus_at_npaci.edu

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Welcome to NPACI AHM 2003and SDSC !