1. NSF Middleware Initiative
Leveraging Enterprise Middleware to Support Virtual Organizations and Grids
26 August 2019

2. Speakers Kevin Thompson, National Science Foundation - CISE/SCI
Brian Gilmore, University of Edinburgh
Jim Jokl, University of Virginia
Art Vandenberg, Georgia State University
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3. Topics NSF Middleware Initiative Update JISC Core Middleware Call
NMI Integration Testbed Grid
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4. NSF Middleware Initiative
Purpose – to develop, deploy and sustain a set of reusable and expandable middleware functions that benefit many science and engineering applications in a networked environment
Program encourages open source software development and development of middleware standards
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5. Development Tools & Libraries Grid Services & Middleware
Integrated CI System meeting the needs of a community of communities
Applications
Environmental Science
High Energy Physics
Proteomics/Genomics …
Domain-specific Cybertools (software)
Development Tools & Libraries
Education and Training
Shared Cybertools (software)
Discovery & Innovation
Grid Services & Middleware
Hardware
Distributed Resources (computation, communicationstorage, etc.)
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6. NMI Status Year 4 of the program built by Alan Blatecky
6 “System Integrator” Teams
Grids Center
Architecture and Integration (ISI)
Deployment and Support (NCSA)
Testing (UWisc)
Grid Portals (TACC, UMich, NCSA, Indiana, UIC)
Instrument Middleware Architecture (Indiana)
NMI-EDIT (Internet2, EDUCAUSE, SURA)
24 Smaller awards developing new capabilities
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7. NMI Status NMI Software releases, best practices, white papers
NMI Release 1 – May, 2002
NMI Release 2 – Oct, 2002
NMI Release 3 – Apr, 2003
NMI Release 4 – Dec, 2003
NMI Release 5 – this week?
Grids Center emphasis in 2004 targeting Cyberinfrastructure project support
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8. NMI 2004 Solicitation Due May 14, 2004 Two Areas
Integration and Deployment of middleware with domain s&e apps to create production environments (2-3 years, < = $1M/year)
Development and prototyping of new functions and services (2-3 years, $50k-$500k/year)
Anticipated Funding: 7-14 awards
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