1. Cyberinfrastructure
Inside Web 2.0

2. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
• Struggling gold company went
to the masses and open-
sourced a site
• Mass collaboration found more
gold that company could in
previous proprietary attempts
• Gave away data and got back a $
9 billion company
Wikinomics

3. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond
Happy Feet
Lord of the Rings surplus
processors created New Zealand
Super Computer Centre (NZSC)
NZSC opened Texas office with
oil and gas company Stillwater
Indian seismic processing
company partnership that will rent
out surplus to ‘Bollywood’ movie
companies

4. What is Going on Here?

5. Web 2.0

6. Enterprise 2.0

7. Work 2.0

8. Office 2.0

9. Management 2.0

10. Cyberinfrastructure 2.0

11. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Engagement

12. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Overnight...
Almost overnight business and research became:
– Turbo-charged
– Technology-enabled
– Flatter
– Value-add focused
– Networked
– Virtual

13. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Business and Research
We...
• Leverage change
• Leverage technology
• Develop core competencies and functions
• Partner to add value

14. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Business and Research
Business and Research Requires Infrastructure

15. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Business...
Infrastructure...
is changing

16. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Supply Chain
“Location” is often
becoming less and
less relevant in the
supply chain

17. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Value Chain
We rely on infrastructure to move raw
materials to higher value states.
e.g. logistics, arts, equities, manufacturing

18. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Alberta CI Investments

19. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
CI 1.0

20. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Integration,
convergence, sharing,
publishing,
personalization,
communication,
collaboration,
virtualization
CI 2.0

21. Business Case...

22. Increased ROI

23. Decreased time to market

24. Disruption

25. Opportunity

26. Reach customers in new ways.

27. CYBERA
Alberta Cyberinfrastructure for Innovation
Cybera will help build
cyberinfrastructure and
promote innovation in Alberta

28. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Collaboration
Strength of Week Ties (Granovetter, 1973)
• Weak ties may be more important for innovation and knowledge sharing
• Strong ties between people arise from long-term, frequent, and
sustained interactions; weak ties from infrequent and more casual ones.
• The ‘problem’ with strong ties is that if persons A and B have a strong
tie, they’re also likely to be strongly tied to all members of each other’s
networks.
• This might be a good thing in many ways, but it’s bad news if A needs a
piece of knowledge that she can’t find inside her own friendship or B’s
circle.
• If A and C have a weak tie, however, many of C’s friends are likely to be
strangers to A, and so are good resources as she looks to inform herself.
(Andrew McAfee, 2007)

29. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond LONG TERM VISION

30. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond CYBERA SERVICES

31. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Action Items
Need cyberinfrastructure?
1. Engage in a pilot project
2. Become a Cybera member

32. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond PILOT PROJECTS
GeoChronos - Dr. Arturo Sanchez
Research: Impacts of land use/cover change on biodiversity loss
and habitat fragmentation
Cyberinfrastructure: Automate manual tasks in retrieving, processing
and graphing remote sensing data
Increased Productivity: Graphs created in 1-2 weeks from 2-4
months
Deferred Operating: Additional staff not needed to create graphs

33. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond PILOT PROJECTS
EcoSys Experiment Engine - Dr. Robert Grant
Research: Monitoring carbon exchange to model climate change and
study resource management.
Cyberinfrastructure: Improve workflow and automate computation.
Deferred Operating: saving $50,000 a year by removing the need for a
programmer.
Deferred Capital: Increase machine usage.

34. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
• Impact industry in Alberta government priority
areas of ICT, Life Sciences, Energy and
Nanotechnology
• Looking for return on technology investment
improvements
• Looking for new ways to reach customers
• Extend benefits to others
• Advancing state-of-art

35. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
How can Cybera help?
1.Cybera can supply or facilitate access to a quot;test-bedquot; for
CI developments.
2.Cybera can connect you with CI technical experts
3.Cybera can arrange access to CI resources, such as
HPC, high-speed networks, middle-ware development
4.Cybera can provide financial support for CI development

36. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond

37. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
Attention Businesses and Entrepreneurs!
Powering Web 2.0 Pilot Project Competition
Do you have a great idea or an existing application that requires:
Computing & Storage
High Speed Networks
Sensors
Visualization
Middleware
Community

38. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Industry Pilot Projects
Cybera is looking for partners and
participants for the
Powering Web 2.0 Pilot Project
Competition

39. Inside Cybera
Patrick Mann, CTO

40. CI 2.0 Powering Web 2.0 and Beyond Contact
Trevor Doerksen
Cybera Inc.
403-668-7039
trevord@cybera.ca