1. View from Washington and Germantown Vincent Dattoria ESnet Program Manager, Facilities Division, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research February 25th, 2014

2. Talk Outline  Security Topics  SDN in Federal Agencies  ASCR SBIR Program Phase I Phase II  Notable Activities ESCC Feb 25, 2014

3. Security Topics  San Jose PG&E Substation April 2013 Secondary systems targeted (communications, cooling)  DOE Labs are “Target Rich”  NTP reflection DDoS attack  Administrative POC for Domain Web Sites  National Cyber Security Initiatives Separating CUI from open science information TIC

4. SDN for Federal Agencies ● OSTP tasked the Federal agencies to develop a strategic plan for Software Defined Networking (SDN) ● NITRD/LSN sponsored an SDN program review December 15 and 16 ○ Participation by over 60 people representing several agencies, networks, universities, and exchange points ● Report is being drafted now, final due the end of March ○ Emphasis on use cases and SDN eXchanges (SDXs) ● Agencies are in different phases of adoption ○ NSF solicitations (SDX) ○ ESnet test bed activities ○ OSCARS circuits ○ GENI ○ DoD trials

5. SBIR Phase I Awards Technical Topics –Network operations 28 proposals received, 8 awards made –HPC for Manufacturing and Engineering 55 proposals received, 12 awards made Award funding categories 3 STTR ($150K/award) 4 Fast-Track ($1.15M/award) 13 SBIR ($150K/award) ESCC Feb 25, 2014

6. SBIR Phase II Technical topics –Network Operations 3 proposals received, 2 awards made –HPC for Manufacturing and Engineering 15 proposals received, 6 awards made –Supplemental requests 4 proposals received, 0 awards made

7. Notable Activities Upcoming-  NP/NERSC Program Requirements Review Workshop (Bethesda, MD) : April 29-30  ASCAC ( Wash, AGU ): March 31-April 1st  NSF CC-NIE PI Meeting (NSF, VA): April 1st  Operating Innovative Networks (OIN) (LBNL, CA): Feb 27-28  Operating Innovative Networks (OIN) (Atlanta, GA): Mid March  SciDAC PI Meeting (Omni Shoreham Hotel, DC): July 30-August 1  Scientific Data Management, Analysis and Visualization at Extreme Scale FOA posted December 19, 2013; for university and lab applicants; deadline is March 19, 2014  Best Practices in Large-scale Scientific Data being planned for late summer or early fall. ESCC Feb 25, 2014