1. www.geongrid.org GEON IT Solutions: Products and Demos Chaitan Baru San Diego Supercomputer Center

2. www.geongrid.org GEON Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Principles CI: Support the “day to day” conduct of science (e-science), in addition to “hero” computations The “two-tier” approach Use best practices, including use of commercial tools and open standards, where applicable… …while developing advanced technology, and doing CS research An equal partnership IT works in close conjunction with science Create shared “science infrastructure” Integrated online databases, with advanced search and query engines Online models, robust tools and applications Leverage from other intersecting projects Much commonality in the technologies, regardless of science disciplines, e.g. BIRN, SEEK, and many others

3. www.geongrid.org Technical Areas GEONgrid systems and Portals Balancing coordination and centralization with distribution and autonomy – a CI issue Examples: Common GEON “software stack”, with local customizations PI’s responsible for different software packages via “Central” mechanism GEON “reference” portal bundled as part of standard distribution, with standard collection of portlets Satellite portals at PI/partner sites, with customized portlets SDSC team visiting sites (e.g. UTEP, ASU) to help with system upgrades and portal customization

4. www.geongrid.org Technical Areas Ontology-based Data Registration, Data Integration, Ontology-based “Smart Search” Geo-Ontology development Registering data to ontologies Data Integration Carts © : ad hoc (“on the fly”) integration using ontologies Map Integration Presenting geoscience information on GIS layers is useful and intuitive Extending map integration based on shapefiles to … Knowledge-based integration of Web Mapping Services

5. www.geongrid.org Technical Areas Scientific workflows – Kepler A visual scientific data analysis and modeling environment Mineral classification, gravity modeling LiDAR data ingestion and data analysis pipelines Grid-enabled High Performance Computing applications E.g. SYNSEIS Submit job to TeraGrid from GEON Portal, using GSI authentication Visualization “GEON Browser”, Viz services at GEON portal, Augmented reality displays

6. GEON 3d Annual Meeting 5-6 May 2005 GEON Visualization Workshop San Diego Supercomputer Center Synthesis Center 1-2 March 2005 Meeting Summary: C. Meertens, R. Arrowsmith and C. Baru and IDV and Geofusion (C.Stein) Demonstrations Integrative Data Viewer (IDV) UNAVCO/GEON IDV IT/Science Team Chuck Meertens, Lou Estey and Stuart Wier Students Greg Bensen, Andy Wahr, Kim Cabbagestalk Collaborators: UNIDATA/UCAR IDV Don Murray and Jeff McWhirter