Craig Stewart

23 July 2009

stewart@iu.edu

Cyberinfrastructure in research, education, and workforce

development

License terms• Please cite as: Stewart, C.A. 2009. Cyberinfrastructure in research,

education, and workforce development. Presentation. Kentucky EPSCOR strategic planning meeting, 23 Jul, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY http://hdl.handle.net/2022/13968

• Except where otherwise noted, by inclusion of a source url or some other note, the contents of this presentation are © by the Trustees of Indiana University. This content is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). This license includes the following terms: You are free to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work and to remix – to adapt the work under the following conditions: attribution – you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.

2

• IU’s definition of Cyberinfrastructure: Cyberinfrastructure consists of computing systems, data storage systems, advanced instruments and data repositories, visualization environments, and people, all linked together by software and high performance networks to improve research productivity and enable breakthroughs not otherwise possible.

7/23/09

Positive feedback loop 7/23/09

Observations:*Connectivity is a prerequisite for competitiveness*A State- (or Commonwealth-) centric view is critical*Workforce development must come hand-in-hand with R&D

Kauffman Foundation rankings of high-tech economies

Questions for Panelists

• What is Kentucky doing well right now regarding CI in the research and education areas. What could be done to improve Kentucky’s cyberinfrastructure?

• What issues does Kentucky need to confront in order to ensure that Kentucky’s CI is sufficient to meet future needs?

• What need to be done to keep Kentucky competitive in research and education?

• Panelists:– Denzil Edge, Learning House– Arny Stromberg, UK– Rob Keynton, UL

7/23/09