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The Cyberinfrastructure The Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan Strategic Plan
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State ofState ofArkansasArkansas
Amy Apon, Ph.D., DirectorArkansas High Performance
Computing CenterProfessor, CSCE
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Magnolia
RussellvilleFort Smith
Arkadelphia
Conway
Monticello
Pine Bluff
Jonesboro
Little Rock
A talk in four partsA talk in four parts
Three Steps in the Planning Process
Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan
The Cyberinfrastructure Task Force
Planners, Participants, and Sources of Help
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Three Steps in the Planning ProcessStep 1: Engage an External Advisory
CommitteeExternal input is critical to the planning process“A prophet is without honor in his own country.”
Step 1.1 Get the money! – The Arkansas EAC was funded in
part through a supplement from the NSF– Other funds contributed by major participants,
academic (UAF, UALR) and state (Arkansas Science and Technology Authority)
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Step 1: External Advisory Committee
Step 1.2 Recruit an Internal Steering Committee
This should be about two dozen leaders from within the state – we had about 30• Higher education leadership• Industry partners• Key state/public sector participants
Don’t make it too small.
Get over the state politics.4
Step 1: External Advisory Committee
Step 1.3 Recruit Key External Leadership– Leaders from our region and peer
institutions– And also leaders from outside the region– Highly regarded nationally and within the
region
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Arkansas EAC members David KeyesSara GravesStan AhaltThomas SterlingHenry Neeman
Step 1: External Advisory Committee
Step 1.4 EAC Starts with a Charter
An external review is sought of the status of advanced computing capabilities in the state of Arkansas, and also the specific role and contributions of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This is a first look at the infrastructure, both organizational infrastructure and cyberinfrastructure, for advanced computing at these institutions. The review should provide a snapshot of the current status and expert insight into strategic future activities.
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Step 1: External Advisory Committee
Step 1.5 EAC visits over a 3-5 day period• E.g., Sun dinner, Mon/Tue meetings, Wed write and
wrap up• Involving leadership at major research institutions
– Chancellors, Chief Research officers, Deans, faculty, IT staff
• Involving key industrial partners– Over a dozen companies involved
• Involving key state participants– Governor’s Technology Advisor, DIS, ASTA, DF&A
• Could have involved undergraduate serving institutions
Plan the visit 4 to 6 months in advance.7
Step 1: External Advisory Committee
The External Advisory Committee helps you make the case for Return on Investment
• Cyberinfrastructure confers a sustained competitive advantage• A base for economic development• Long term expected ROI is a factor of 5 to 10
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FY06: 95 of Top NSF-funded Universities with CI 98 of Top NSF-funded Universities without CI
With Cyberinfrastructure Without Cyberinfrastructure
Step 1: External Advisory Committee
Step 1.6 EAC Produces a Final Report– Presented to Governor Beebe the week after
it was delivered– Presented to the Arkansas Broadband
Advisory Council– Presented to the Joint Legislative Committee
on Science and Technology– Presented to key leadership at the
Universities and across the state
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Step 2: Seed State Funding
• Seed funding from Governor Beebe in May, 2008, established the Cyberinfrastructure Center of Arkansas with four components– Cyberinfrastructure
• Including the Arkansas High Performance Computer Center
– Broadband• Including Connect Arkansas
– Telemedicine• Project funding to UAMS, match to FCC grant
– Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON)
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Step 2: Leveraging Serious State Funding
ARE-ON has four core agendas1. Research2. Academics3. Telemedicine
and Telehealth4. Emergency
Preparedness
Fayetteville
Magnolia
RussellvilleFort Smith
Arkadelphia
Conway
Monticello
Pine Bluff
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Step 3: Cyberinfrastructure AdvisoryCommittee and Steering CommitteeWrite the Strategic Plan
• The Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Advisory Committee is very similar in membership to the EAC Internal Steering Committee
• Meetings were held during fall, 2008• The plan was published in October, 2008
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Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan• http://areon.net/resources/Cyberinfrastru
ctureStrategicPlan20081024.pdf
• Words are borrowed liberally from the EAC Final Report– About ten specific recommendations
• Have to define what cyberinfrastructure will mean– What it is– What it is not
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Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan
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Arkansas CyberinfrastructureARE-ON SupercomputingLarge scale storage
Arkansas CyberinfrastructureARE-ON SupercomputingLarge scale storage
TelemedicineArkansas TeleHealth Network
TelemedicineArkansas TeleHealth Network
BusinessPrecision farmingLarge scale business modeling and more…
BusinessPrecision farmingLarge scale business modeling and more…
ResearchNanotechnologyGeoinformaticsand more…
ResearchNanotechnologyGeoinformaticsand more…
EducationComputational science, engineering, math, and technology
EducationComputational science, engineering, math, and technology
Emergency Preparednes
s
Emergency Preparednes
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Connect Arkansas
Planning & Outreach
Connect Arkansas
Planning & Outreach
Service Providers
Cyberinfrastructureis in the contextof many otheractivities in thestate.
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Communicate– Craft an engaging communication strategy
and an on-going process to identify state needs and resources
Develop– Develop an implementation plan for
cyberinfrastructure with long-term vision
Sustain– Create a sustainable funding model and
advocate for sustained funding
Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Plan – Three Strategic Goals
Cyberinfrastructure Task Force Act
• Arkansas Act 978 is a key step to meeting our first strategic goal – communicate!
• http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Pages/BillInformation.aspx?measureno=hb2011
• Representative Jon Woods, Chair of the House Technology Committee, was our sponsor
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Cyberinfrastructure Task Force Act
As used in this subchapter, “cyberinfrastructure” means shared high performance computing, data storage systems, data repositories, advanced instruments, data center facilities, visualization environments, and people, all linked together by software and an advanced statewide optical network to improve and enable breakthroughs not otherwise possible.
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpResearch and undergraduate serving
universities• Faculty – the researchers!
– The cyberinfrastructure resources have to be driven by the applications and research needs
• Chief Research Officer, Chief Information Officer• IT staff• Chief Academic Officer, deans, department
heads• Student organizations – help in “marketing”• Graduate students and post docs – major users!!
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpLarge corporate partners and small
business partners• Including key business leaders and business
organizations– For example, Accelerate Arkansas
• These can help to lobby the Governor and the Legislature
• These are key in economic development• These hire the graduates with the training that
has been enabled by the cyberinfrastructure
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpState participants• Department of Information Services (DIS)• Department of Finance and Administration• Department of Higher Education• Governor’s Technology Advisor• State legislators and legislative committees• Broadband council• State funding agencies
– Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpExternal Advisors – from your EAC and also in
the national community• Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation
http://www.casc.org • Educause, Educause Committee on
Cyberinfrastructure• Internet2• Professional colleagues at major institutions
and national labs
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Dimensions of Cyberinfrastructure Implementation
Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpThe Computer Science Department in
your Institutions• They can support and create courses and
curricula appropriate for computational science and engineering
• For CS to be helpful the institution must encourage and reward interdisciplinary educational and research activities as a part of the tenure process
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpPeer Institutions in our Region• ARE-ON institutions are pairing with peer
institutions in Louisiana – a 1:1 match for all ARE-ON sites
• GPN is a source of collaboration and pairing• Others examples include SURAGrid and Open
Science Grid
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpNational Science Foundation• Office of Cyberinfrastructure
– Planning and workshop grants
• NSF EPSCoR– Track 1 and Track 2 now require
cyberinfrastructure strategic plans
• Computer Information Systems and Engineering Directorate– A major funder of MRI instruments, which is a major
source of campus-level high performance computers
Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpSC Education Program and Broader
Engagement• Talk to Henry Neeman!!• Workshops, conference programs, educational
materials• Student volunteer program• SC mentor program
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Planners, Participants, and Sources of HelpTeraGrid• TeraGrid Champions program
– Talk to Jeff Pummill jpummil@uark.edu
• Educational programs and materials• Colleagues and programs at NSF Track 1
and Track 2 sites• Support for CI Days
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Amy Apon, Ph.D., aapon@uark.edu Mike Abbiatti, Mike.Abbiatti@areon.net
http://hpc.uark.edu/ http://www.areon.net/
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