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A Year of Cyberinfrastructure at Illinois
Chuck Thompson and Tracy SmithMembers,
Year of CI Planning Team
Outline
• Cyberinfrastructure Defined• The Need for Cyberinfrastructure• A Year of Cyberinfrastructure• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Master Plan• IT Pro Involvement
How NSF Defines Cyberinfrastructure
Distributed computer, information and communication technologies combined with the personnel and integrating components that provide a long-term platform to empower the modern scientific research endeavor
Innovation, Discovery
CIF21: Cyberinfrastructure as an Ecological System
GrandChallenge
Communities
Learning &WorkforceDevelopment
Campus Bridging, Cybersecurity
AdvancedComputationalInfrastructure
Data
ScientificInstruments
Software
How Do We Define Cyberinfrastructure For Faculty
“Whatever IT related services you need in order to better conduct your research.”
Outline
• Cyberinfrastructure Defined• The Need for Cyberinfrastructure• A Year of Cyberinfrastructure• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Master Plan• IT Pro Involvement
Benefits of Cyberinfrastructure
Competitiveness
Advances research
Fosters innovation
Enables collaboration
Recruitment tool
Campus CI Resources• Blue Waters (Illinois researcher allocations)• Campus Advanced Research Network Environment
(CARNE)• Campus Research Data Service (RDS)• Data Center Shared Services (DCSS)• Illinois Campus Cluster Program (ICCP)• Scholarly Commons
Campus CI Observations
• CI Definition • Raise awareness of CI role• Many things happening in this
space with only information coordination
Outline
• Cyberinfrastructure Defined• The Need for Cyberinfrastructure• A Year of Cyberinfrastructure• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Master Plan• IT Pro Involvement
A Year of CyberinfrastructureAKA “A Year of Action”
• Inspired by “Year of Data Stewardship”• Funded by OVCR and OCIO• http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/
Let’s Shorthand It…
• Socialize Concept• Assess Needs• Write Plan• Write Recommendation to
Adopt Plan• (Keep) Implement(ing)
Year of CI Activities
Opening Symposium Held September 30
Seminars
Roadshows
Surveys
Plan Writing
Plan Vetting and Acceptance
Year of CI Opening Symposium• Comments by Provost Adesida, Vice-Chancellor for Research
Peter Schiffer, CIO Mark Henderson• Overview by John Towns• Keynote by Sally Jackson• Lightning Round talks by Four Researchers• Closing Remarks by Prof. Roy Campbell
http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/symposium
Year of CI Seminars
• Raise awareness of CI in support of research
• Understand how others have addressed issues…or struggle with them!
• Understand how Illinois’ CI fits into the national/international ecosystem
Year of CI Survey
• Quantitative and Qualitative Questions• Targeted distribution at roadshows• Mass distribution to all faculty
It’s a source of input, not the source of input
Outline
• Cyberinfrastructure Defined• The Need for Cyberinfrastructure• A Year of Cyberinfrastructure• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Master Plan• IT Pro Involvement
Year of CI Opening Keynote
• “The Social Side of Cyberinfrastructure”– By Dr. Sally Jackson
Watch it for insights about the CI Master Plan:http://go.illinois.edu/yearofci_openingkeynote
Need for a CI Master Plan
• CI co-evolves with research programs– Researchers encounter a problem, invent a tool to
solve it, and add that tool to the ecosystem. • The tool finds other users– Often in other fields, producing unanticipated
changes of direction in research
Need for a CI Master Plan
• Much of what we spend on CI comes from research awards
• Campus CI investments are not coordinated• Need a coherent way of considering campus CI
needs and facilitating additional funding discussions about them
Facilities Master Plan as Model• Show Existing and Planned Buildings• Multiple Layers Showing Different Components• Document Constraints• Long Term Vision to Guide Planning• Used to Justify Evolving Changes• Inform Decisions on What to do Next
CI Master Plan Model
• Researchers, Resources, Expertise• Interconnects• Document Constraints• Long Term Vision to Guide Planning• Used to Justify Evolving Changes• Inform Decisions on What to do Next
Integrated Planning
• Facilities master plans intertwine with other planning and CI master plan must do likewise
CI Master Plan as Attractor
• Facilities master plans attract philanthropy• CI master plan can attract grant funding,
faculty, and collaborations
CI Master Plan Writing
• Core team to draft document• Team to include faculty from
broad range of disciplines• Input from roadshows,
surveys, strategic plans• First draft by early Spring 2015
CI Master Plan Vetting
• Vetting and Editing Mid-Spring 2015– Campus IT Governance heavily engaged
• Open Comment and Feedback Period• First Version Finalized May 2015• Recommendations to Campus– Informed by the CI Master Plan
Outline
• Cyberinfrastructure Defined• The Need for Cyberinfrastructure• A Year of Cyberinfrastructure• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Master Plan• IT Pro Involvement
IT Pro Involvement
• Provide the feedback loop• Encourage researchers to
participate in needs gathering• Help build the CI roadmap
IT Pro Involvement
• You are the local “go to” person• Know what is available• Know whom to contact
http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/[email protected]
IT Pro Communications
• What do you need to know?• What do you want to know?• When do you need to know it?• How do you want to learn
about it?
A Year of CI Elevator Speech• Demystify CI by defining it for Illinois• Gain an understanding of CI needs
directly from the researchers who use/need it
• Build a comprehensive, well-informed plan to guide CI growth
• Start and maintain the necessary feedback loopResearchers should be focused on RESEARCH and not the underlying
technology that enables them to do research!
Year of CI Planning Team• John Towns, NCSA• Randy Cetin, CITES / Office of the CIO• David Gerstenecker, College of ACES• Heidi Imker, Research Data Services and University Library• Chris Larrison, School of Social Work• Eric Shaffer, Department of Computer Science• Tracy Smith, CITES• Chuck Thompson, College of Engineering• Kandace Turner-Jones, NCSA
Year of Cyberinfrastructure
http://cyberinfrastructure.illinois.edu/
Campus CI Resources• Illinois Campus Cluster Program (ICCP)
– http://campuscluster.illinois.edu/
• Blue Waters (Illinois researcher allocations)– http://bluewaters.ncsa.illinois.edu/
• Campus Advanced Research Network Environment (CARNE)– http://www.cites.illinois.edu/researchnet/
• Data Center Shared Services (DCSS)– http://datacenter.illinois.edu/
• Campus Research Data Service (RDS)– http://researchdataservice.illinois.edu/
• Scholarly Commons– http://www.library.illinois.edu/sc/