Jeff Letourneau Bruce Segee Maine EPSCoR State Conference 097/29/08 Maine’s Cyberinfrastructure Plan If infrastructure is required for an industrial economy, then we could say that cyberinfrastructure is required for a knowledge economy. Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, January 2003 Cyberinfrastructure is about more than the technology; it involves creating a culture of collaboration, both within and across disciplines Educause Review - July/August 2008

Cyberinfrastructure Technologies High Performance Computing Resources Supercomputers Clusters Data Storage and Management Resources Large scale storage for both real time and archival use Facilities, software, and procedures for periodic backups of research data sets

Cyberinfrastructure Technologies Advanced Network Infrastructure Resources Both on campus and to high-performance networks Massive data transfers to/from clusters Visualization Remote instrumentation Resources for Collaboration and Virtual Communities TeleconferencingCollaboration tools Identity managementMiddleware CI Applications and Tools Support research - not discipline specific SimulationVisualization ParallelizationJob Scheduling

Today 512 CPU Cluster Computer High level of usage Jobs regularly queued 0.8 Teraflops 4 years old 140 TBytes of Storage Researchers and students from all disciplines At this point the promise of grids of computers cannot replace the need for both local mid-level facilities and highest- end national resources. Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, January 2003

Today Nine Tile Visualization Wall Resolution in excess of 10 Mpixels Sixteen Tile Visualization Wall Resolution in excess of 20 Mpixels Seeing is believing A picture is worth a thousand words

Today Laptop Computers for in all middle schools Only state to do this Some schools, cities and counties catching up High schools in Maine scheduled for September 2009 Powerful conduit for outreach More than 80 percent of teachers reported that the quality of their students' work has improved since the implementation of the laptop program. Research Brief, Maine’s Middle School Laptop Program: Creating Better Writers

Today MaineREN Bar Harbor to Portland Operational 40 Gbps initially Scalable to 400 Gbps Portland to Boston Next year Direct fiber optic access The Jackson Lab U Maine MDI Bio LabUSM College of the Atlantic UMA BowdoinLA College BatesColby MMC-RIMIHGH * Bangor SchoolsWaterville Schools

CI Plan - Scale up and Expand Resources Advanced Networking Regional Optical Network – EPSCoR RII Track-2 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware Diverse connectivity throughout region Rural Access Wireless

CI Plan - Scale up and Expand Resources HPC – Data Storage / Management Regional Data Center(s) Shared resource oReduced operational support costs oConcentration of technical expertise Bowdoin-Brunswick Naval Air Station? UMaine? Target HPC Refresh 20 TFlop cluster

CI Plan – Cultural Change Develop CI expertise Researchers do research, not manage infrastructure Build Trust Shared resources must be rock solid 1,000’s of successes go unnoticed 1 failure is never forgotten Stress Collaboration

CI Plan - Raise Awareness Recognize that cyberinfrastructure IS infrastructure Installed and maintained for wide scale usage Individuals don’t install and maintain their own roads and bridges Focus on collaboration and shared resources Recognize that cyberinfrastructure is a necessity, not a luxury Imagine electric power 100 years ago Recognize that “good” cyberinfrastructure is a moving target Cutting edge->adequate->poor happens rapidly If you stand still, you fall behind Maintaining leading-edge cyberinfrastructure requires continuing investment, not one-time purchase. Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, January 2003

CI Plan - Concentrate on Strengths Quality of Place Live in Maine/work anywhere Work in Maine/live anywhere Virtual organizations Geographic crossroads for US, Canada and Europe Should be network crossroads Green Power Potential (wind, tidal, bio) No electron should leave the state with its head on “Value added” works with power as well as raw material Don’t ship power to the rest of the world, ship INFORMATION Not Gigawatts, Gigabytes

CI Plan - Funding Pursue funding opportunities Target message to audience Local, State, Federal, Private Sector all benefit from CI Each can and should play a roll