1. Thoughts on International e-Science Infrastructure Kevin Thompson U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure iGrid2005 9/27/2005

2. 2 NSF and International Cyberinfrastructure The pursuit of scientific discovery is a global endeavor –Witness this event! –NSF recognition via Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and most other NSF cyberinfrastructure activities

3. 3 Relevant NSF Activities International Research Network Connections (IRNC), see www.irnclinks.net –TransPAC2 (Japan - U.S.) –GLORIAD (China, Russia, Korea, Canada, U.S.) –WHREN (Latin America - U.S.) –TransLight/StarLight (Europe/Geant - U.S.) –TransLight/PacificWave (Australia - U.S.) Multi-GB/s (mostly 10 Gbs) links and associated services connecting U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world

4. 4 More NSF Key Elements NSF Middleware Initiative –www.nsf-middleware.orgwww.nsf-middleware.org –Middleware and grid software development, integration, deployment and support –Dozens of activities with international scope –Shibboleth and campus middleware –Condor, NMI Build&Test –Common Instrument Middleware Architecture (CIMA) and work with X-ray crystallography in collaboration with Crystal Structure Analysis Facility (CSAF) in Sydney, Australia

5. 5 More NSF Key Elements Other NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) Investments with international scope –Optiputer –Experimental Infrastructure Networks e.g. DRAGON (whose driving app is e-VLBI - realtime radio telescope data acquisition and correlation) –PRAGMA (38% of the demos at iGrid2005 involve PRAGMA members!) and NLANR –Open Science Grid *VDT* and a number of other grid- related projects, e.g. GEON, NEESgrid, BIRN and others –Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) –Supporting U.S. participation in European initiatives such as EGEE –and direct support for iGrid2005

6. 6 PRAGMA History, Structure, Mission Founded March 2002 –NSF funds initiated the activity –Matched multi-fold by others Open, institutional based organization –24 Member Institutions, 100 + individuals –Steering Committee involving 14 institutions –Two workshops per year Motivations –Science is international, grid can revolutionize science, but is too hard to use, software and people must interoperate Mission: Among a community of investigators in the Pacific Rim Establish sustained collaborations Advance the use of the grid technologies for applications

7. 7 PRAGMA Grid Testbed AIST, Japan CNIC, China KISTI, Korea ASCC, Taiwan NCHC, Taiwan UoHyd, India MU, Australia BII, Singapore KU, Thailand USM, Malaysia NCSA, USA SDSC, USA CICESE, Mexico UNAM, Mexico UChile, Chile TITECH, Japan

8. 8 PRIME 2004 CNIC Joins in 2005

9. 9 NLANR AMP Deployment

10. 10 NLANR Measurement Node Deployment

11. 11 Opportunities for global collaboration and joint projects 3 or more levels –Network fabric –Middleware, software –Project/community/application, and tying in compute/storage resources As already seen, great collaborative activities already underway What follows are a few ideas for a global community focus on moving global cyberinfrastructure forward

12. 12 Moving Forward Network Fabric –Expanding international connectivity to new regions –Exploring threshold between shared IP networks and dedicated “lightpaths” and deterministic paths –Improved coordination on Measurement and security NOCs - federating, sharing data, alerts, etc. Open Exchange Points such as the Hong Kong Open Exchange Point Middleware, Software –Improved coordination on software development, integration, testing and support

13. 13 Finally Make what we have in place today “better” –Are we satisfied with end-to-end performance as it exists across line-rate and stable 10G shared IP networks? Aggressive deployment, where feasible, of new technologies by r&e networks –Research prototype --> production environment –iGrid2005 tech --> future(?)