Lesser Merriment University Cyberinfrastructure Task Force• Dee Childs (mchilds@lsu.edu)• Ken Fauerbach (ken@nyu.edu)• Rich Greenfield (rich.greenfield@alaska.edu)• Erin Griffin (egriffin@lmu.edu)• Christopher Mackie (cjm@mellon.org)• Pam McQuesten (pmcquesten@oxy.edu)

Lesser Merriment U at a glance: Private, Master’s I institution in SoCal 6k UG, 3k GS, residential, regional Schools: LibArts, SciEng, Film, Comm, Bus,

Ed Consortial memberships: Library, I2 Consortial opportunities: plentiful

CA consortia LibArts consortia

Our charge: Develop a plan and business model to provide the technology infrastructure (“cyberinfrastructure”) necessary to support LMU’s six strategic initiatives: Bioethics Globalized, distributed film-making Serious and commercial games In-service infrastructure for K-12 teachers Entrepreneurship Connecting A&S faculty with disciplinary

research communities

Computer, information, and communication technology deployed in support of multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration [NSF] Computation and communication Data management Virtual organizations (VOs) Education and workforce training

Emphasizes sharing, efficiency, interoperability across scholarly communities

Facilitates new applications, new modes of scholarship and practice

Engage stakeholders as advisers CFO/COO Deans & Faculty: Comp Sci; others (identified

by strategic initiatives) IT: Networking, Collaborative Services,

Academic Services Map strategic initiatives to CI capabilities Assess readiness/identify gaps Prioritize needs Develop resource acquisition plan

Compute & Communications

Data VOs Education

BioEthics 1 2 (some research requires large datasets)

3 - need VOs for different domains (genomics v. AIDS v. …)

3 - Strong need for dissemination

Film 3- Bandwidth, also need compute farms for CGI at some nodes

3 Massive 2 - subunits specialize in each task; need IdM, WCTs

1

Games 2 Need clusters 1-3 1 2 games into pedagogy

Inservice Training 2 videoconf 1 3 - need to create many virtual communities by speciality, need IdM b/c these aren't institution personnel

2(?)

Entrepreneurship 1 2 - Some initiatives discovered through data mining

2 - Need to create incubator spaces

1-2 - depending on whether they disseminate

Disciplines 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3

Not quite… Networking, storage need significant upgrades Some additional staffing is needed, esp. as usage

grows Organizational development is needed

Cross-disciplinary collaboration, coordination Expertise in developing/inhabiting “virtual organizations” Closer cooperation between schools/faculty and IT

Need CI-friendly support software (“middleware”) Multi-institutional identity management (“Shibboleth”) Institutional repository/publishing platform (“Fedora”)

But there’s good news… Facilities are adequate for the near term Strategic initiatives are already improving

collaboration Institutional strengths in education and ed tech will

be valuable

3-year plan

Minimize LMU capital expenditures via external support Corporate partnerships

Outsourced capabilities in computation, data, and/or VOs

LMU provides research and/or workforce development (e.g., in bioethics)

Government and other philanthropy NSF, NIH, DoD; corporate & private philanthropy Support for network & data storage upgrades Focus fundraising on the strategic initiatives, not on

cyberinfrastructure implementation per se

Sustainable CI installation that will support the comprehensive pursuit of LMU’s strategic initiatives:

Participation of LMU faculty in relevant national and international CI initiatives

Cross-disciplinary collaboration within LMU and with other institutions

Creation and management of ad hoc and institutionalized virtual organizations for teaching, research, service

Full life-cycle management of faculty and institutional data