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CyberinfrastructureInside Web 2.0
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
• Struggling gold company went to the masses and open-sourced a site
• Mass collaboration found more gold that company could in previous proprietary attempts
• Gave away data and got back a $ 9 billion company
Wikinomics
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Happy Feet
Lord of the Rings surplus processors created New Zealand Super Computer Centre (NZSC)
NZSC opened Texas office with oil and gas company Stillwater
Indian seismic processing company partnership that will rent out surplus to ‘Bollywood’ movie companies
What is Going on Here?
Web 2.0
Enterprise 2.0
Work 2.0
Office 2.0
Management 2.0
Cyberinfrastructure 2.0
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Engagement
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Overnight...
Almost overnight business and research became:
– Turbo-charged
– Technology-enabled
– Flatter
– Value-add focused
– Networked
– Virtual
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Business and Research
We...
• Leverage change
• Leverage technology
• Develop core competencies and functions
• Partner to add value
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
Business and Research Requires Infrastructure
Business and Research
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
Infrastructure...
is changing
Business...
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Supply Chain
“Location” is often becoming less and less relevant in the supply chain
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Value Chain
We rely on infrastructure to move rawmaterials to higher value states.e.g. logistics, arts, equities, manufacturing
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Alberta CI Investments
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
CI 1.0
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
Integration, convergence, sharing, publishing, personalization, communication, collaboration, virtualization
CI 2.0
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Business Case...
Increased ROI
Decreased time to market
Disruption
Opportunity
Reach customers in new ways.
CYBERAAlberta Cyberinfrastructure for Innovation
Cybera will help build cyberinfrastructure and promote innovation in Alberta
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Collaboration
Strength of Week Ties (Granovetter, 1973)
• Weak ties may be more important for innovation and knowledge sharing
• Strong ties between people arise from long-term, frequent, and sustained interactions; weak ties from infrequent and more casual ones.
• The ‘problem’ with strong ties is that if persons A and B have a strong tie, they’re also likely to be strongly tied to all members of each other’s networks.
• This might be a good thing in many ways, but it’s bad news if A needs a piece of knowledge that she can’t find inside her own friendship or B’s circle.
• If A and C have a weak tie, however, many of C’s friends are likely to be strangers to A, and so are good resources as she looks to inform herself.
(Andrew McAfee, 2007)
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond LONG TERM VISION
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond CYBERA SERVICES
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Action Items
Need cyberinfrastructure?1. Engage in a pilot project2. Become a Cybera member
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond PILOT PROJECTS
GeoChronos - Dr. Arturo SanchezResearch: Impacts of land use/cover change on biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation
Cyberinfrastructure: Automate manual tasks in retrieving, processing and graphing remote sensing data
Increased Productivity: Graphs created in 1-2 weeks from 2-4 months
Deferred Operating: Additional staff not needed to create graphs
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond PILOT PROJECTS
Research: Monitoring carbon exchange to model climate change and study resource management.
Cyberinfrastructure: Improve workflow and automate computation.
Deferred Operating: saving $50,000 a year by removing the need for a programmer.
Deferred Capital: Increase machine usage.
EcoSys Experiment Engine - Dr. Robert Grant
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
• Impact industry in Alberta government priority areas of ICT, Life Sciences, Energy and Nanotechnology
• Looking for return on technology investment improvements
• Looking for new ways to reach customers
• Extend benefits to others
• Advancing state-of-art
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
How can Cybera help?
1.Cybera can supply or facilitate access to a "test-bed" for CI developments.
2.Cybera can connect you with CI technical experts
3.Cybera can arrange access to CI resources, such as HPC, high-speed networks, middle-ware development
4.Cybera can provide financial support for CI development
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
Attention Businesses and Entrepreneurs!
Powering Web 2.0 Pilot Project CompetitionDo you have a great idea or an existing application that requires:
Computing & StorageHigh Speed Networks
SensorsVisualization MiddlewareCommunity
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
Cybera is looking for partners and participants for the
Powering Web 2.0 Pilot Project Competition
Inside CyberaPatrick Mann, CTO
CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Contact
Trevor Doerksen
Cybera Inc. 403-668-7039