Welcome to 4Welcome to 4thth Annual Annual Meeting of the NEES Meeting of the NEES

Collaboratory –Collaboratory –

Broadening Participation Throughout NEESBroadening Participation Throughout NEES

Bruce Kutter, UC DavisBruce Kutter, UC DavisConference Steering Committee,Conference Steering Committee,

NEES BODNEES BOD

44thth Annual Meeting Annual Meeting Issue Forums Issue Forums NEESitNEESit NEESR projectsNEESR projects Advanced Tools SessionsAdvanced Tools Sessions

• Hybrid SimulationHybrid Simulation• Sensors and InstrumentationSensors and Instrumentation• Numerical SimulationsNumerical Simulations

NEES/UCSD Blind PredictionNEES/UCSD Blind Prediction Broadening Participation Broadening Participation

• International and DomesticInternational and Domestic

Dr. Joseph Bordogna (2004)Dr. Joseph Bordogna (2004)then Deputy Director, NSFthen Deputy Director, NSF

““NEES, … is a 21st Century model of NEES, … is a 21st Century model of collaboration, integration, and innovation. It collaboration, integration, and innovation. It is a distributed, virtual laboratory for is a distributed, virtual laboratory for earthquake experimentation and simulation. earthquake experimentation and simulation. Researchers will share and remotely operate Researchers will share and remotely operate equipment at more than twenty facilities, equipment at more than twenty facilities, from shake tables and a tsunami wave basin from shake tables and a tsunami wave basin to field stations.”to field stations.”

http://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/bordogna/04/jb040329_mit.jsphttp://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/bordogna/04/jb040329_mit.jsp

Bordogna (2004) (2)Bordogna (2004) (2) ““Using NEESgrid -- a high-performance Using NEESgrid -- a high-performance

Internet network -- researchers and students Internet network -- researchers and students will have a powerful collaborative space for will have a powerful collaborative space for modeling and simulation to study how modeling and simulation to study how building design, advanced materials and building design, advanced materials and other measures can minimize earthquake other measures can minimize earthquake damage and loss of life. damage and loss of life.

These new distributed tools are also a way These new distributed tools are also a way to broaden and deepen educational reach -- to broaden and deepen educational reach -- to underserved populations in our own to underserved populations in our own nation and internationally...”nation and internationally...”

Bordogna (2004) (3)Bordogna (2004) (3) ““We are only at the We are only at the beginningbeginning of this of this

great great revolution*revolution*. We know how to . We know how to shareshare information, but we have not yet information, but we have not yet tapped the full power of these tapped the full power of these technologies by integrating them into technologies by integrating them into a new system for research, education, a new system for research, education, and innovation.”and innovation.”

* * Italics addedItalics added

But the revolution is slowBut the revolution is slow We won the first battles – got the We won the first battles – got the

funding and built the equipment, but funding and built the equipment, but • we have not we have not yetyet changed the way most changed the way most

people do research,people do research,• Utility and/or utilization of IT tools have Utility and/or utilization of IT tools have

not not yetyet lived up to our vision, lived up to our vision,• Some, at this meeting, participate Some, at this meeting, participate

because there is money - not because of a because there is money - not because of a desire to collaborate,desire to collaborate,

• And, there is not even as much money as And, there is not even as much money as we had hoped for.we had hoped for.

Stay the CourseStay the Course The revolution is difficult because it The revolution is difficult because it

requires a change in culturerequires a change in culture• Funding model for facilities and researchFunding model for facilities and research• Credit for sharing of facilities and dataCredit for sharing of facilities and data• Broadened access to advanced facilities Broadened access to advanced facilities

““If by "Stay the course," they mean If by "Stay the course," they mean that we're not learning from our that we're not learning from our experiences or adjusting our tactics experiences or adjusting our tactics to meet the challenges on the to meet the challenges on the ground, then they're flat wrong.” ground, then they're flat wrong.” (GW, November 30, 2005)(GW, November 30, 2005)

And so, my fellow collaborators, And so, my fellow collaborators, ask not what NEES can do for you - ask

what you can do for NEES

Let’s work with broadened participation toward Let’s work with broadened participation toward realization of our visions of NEES. realization of our visions of NEES.

I am hopeful that this meeting will mark a new I am hopeful that this meeting will mark a new phase where meetings are filled with exciting phase where meetings are filled with exciting research results and IT success stories, research results and IT success stories, gradually replacing speeches about visions of gradually replacing speeches about visions of NEES.NEES.

I hope you enjoy the meeting!I hope you enjoy the meeting!