Cyberinfrastructure And Network Computing

Discover, Teach, & Learn
Effective Cyberinfrastructure
Matthew Jett Hall
Summer 2009

Cyberinfrastructure : What?
Distributed knowledge communities that collaborate and communicate across disciplines, distances and culture
matt.hall@vanderbilt.edu
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Cyberinfrastructure Enables
Discovery
Teaching
Learning
Patient Care
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IT enables an organization and its people to be reliable, unified, agile, and responsive

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Virtual Communities
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Collaboration
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American Association of Universities: 62 Members
Brandeis University (1985)
Brown University (1933)
California Institute of Technology (1934)
Carnegie Mellon University (1982)
Case Western Reserve University (1969)
Columbia University (1900)
Cornell University (1900)
Duke University (1938)
Emory University (1995)
Harvard University (1900)
Indiana University (1909)
Iowa State University (1958)
The Johns Hopkins University (1900)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934)
McGill University (1926)
Michigan State University (1964)
New York University (1950)
Northwestern University (1917)
The Ohio State University (1916)
The Pennsylvania State University (1958)
Princeton University (1900)
Purdue University (1958)
Rice University (1985)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989)
Stanford University (1900)
Stony Brook University-State University of New York (2001)
Syracuse University (1966)
Texas A&M University (2001)
Tulane University (1958)
The University of Arizona (1985)
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1989)
University of California, Berkeley (1900)
University of California, Davis (1996)
University of California, Irvine (1996)
University of California, Los Angeles (1974)
University of California, San Diego (1982)
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University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)
The University of Chicago (1900)
University of Colorado at Boulder (1966)
University of Florida (1985)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908)
The University of Iowa (1909)
The University of Kansas (1909)
University of Maryland, College Park (1969)
University of Michigan (1900)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1908)
University of Missouri-Columbia (1908)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1909)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)
University of Oregon (1969)
University of Pennsylvania (1900)
University of Pittsburgh (1974)
University of Rochester (1941)
University of Southern California (1969)
The University of Texas at Austin (1929)
University of Toronto (1926)
University of Virginia (1904)
University of Washington (1950)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (1900)
Vanderbilt University (1950)
Washington University in St. Louis (1923)
Yale University (1900)

Across Disciplines, Distance, Time, & Institutions
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National Institutes of Health: 27 Institutes and Centers
NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world
84% of the total NIH budget supports
over 325,000 extramural scientists and research personnel
at more than 3,000 institutions nationwide.
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DOE National Labs
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Vanderbilt University
22,192 employees
32,820 Telephones
Many academic, professional, medical disciplines
333 acres, 18.2 million sq. ft.
238 buildings on Campus
100 Oaks Complex
VMG Clinics
Various diagnostics, lab work, and imaging
Geographic dispersion
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Computation
1.64 quadrillion Calculations per second
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Workforce Development
Technical awareness
Technical Competencies
Security Awareness
Web 2.0 Savvy
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Why?
Bigger science
Digital pervasiveness
Unbridled demand
The net generation
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Science is bigger today
Multiple disciplines
Many funding agencies
Many institutions
Many investigators
Expensive, remote instruments
Mass data generation
Outside the realm of human cognition
Computation and visualization aid understanding
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Discover, Learn, and Teach
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Collaborate & Discover
Web / video conference
Fixed line and mobile phones
Instant text and mobile messaging
Application sharing and joint editing
Extemporaneous
Real Time & Immediate: across time & distance
Learn
Expand the classroom
Active participation
Extend the hours of learning
Disseminate
Time Shift
Lecture capture
Digital content on-demand
Digital distribution

What is Network Computing
The foundation of Cyberinfrastructure
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Effective Networking Computing
Aligns investments to mission
Reduces systemic complexity
Deploys standards and guidelines
Retains staff talent
Maintains skills
Assures Long term Sustainability
Operates efficiently
Focuses on flexibility, not rigidity
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Effective IT Enables
business users by giving them easy ways to customize their environment and modify processes as their needs and roles evolve
understanding that changes occurs at the edge of the organization – not at the bureaucratic center
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Leadership
Vision and Technology Leadership
Skills and market currency
Articulate , frequent, concise communications
Daily Operations
Management control and daily execution
Regulatory and policy compliance
Business interaction
Mission engagement
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IT Leadership
focuses the essential task of governing platform policies, security, access control, and overall strategy, without taxing their resources and turning IT into a bottleneck of business change.
drives standardization and leverages economies of scale, rather than simply automating structured processes.
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Key Success Measures
Financial & HR
IT Expense Management
IT Expense Allocation
People
Operational
Reliability / Availability
Serviceability
Security
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