http://www.catchtalk.tv/events/animalproduction/videos/dr-shane-burgess-vice-provost-and-dean-college-of-agriculture-and-life-sciences-cals-the-university-of-arizona

1. SHANE
BURGESS
PHD
VICE
PROVOST
AND
DEAN
COLLEGE
OF
AGRICULTURE
AND
LIFE
SCIENCES
(CALS)
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
ARIZONA

2. Cyber-­‐Infrastructure:
Essen<al
for
producing
the
animals
we
need
in
the
21st
Century
Dr.
Shane
C.
Burgess
Vice
Provost
&
Dean,
College
of
Agriculture
and
Life
Sciences;
Director,
Arizona
Agricultural
Experiment
StaMon.
sburgess@cals.arizona.edu

3. Global
animal
protein
consump<on
%
animal
protein
of
total
consumed
The
world’s
increasing
middle
class
Gross
naMonal
income
per
capita
in
USD
Source:
Data
through
2002,
FAO
and
Word
Bank
2009:
1.8B
out
of
6.8B
=
26%
2020:
3.2B
out
of
7.5B
=
43%
2030:
4.9B
out
of
8.2B=
60%

4. FAO
Link:
hdp://www.fao.org/economic/esa/
esag/en/
Image:
hdp://www.sensibletable.com/feeding-­‐9-­‐billion.aspx#food-­‐security-­‐defined

5. 15
10
5
0
-­‐5
Animal-­‐derived
protein
improves
childhood
cogniMve
funcMon
as
measured
by
academic
performance.
ENGLISH
Nutri<onal
Supplement
%
score
change
compared
with
control
diet
MATH
ARTS
SCIENCE
Adapted
from
Huled,
J.L.
2010,
UCLA

6. What
is
Cyberinfrastructure?
Connecting Scientists and Computation!
• Data hardware,
• Integrate!
Management !
• Computing Resources! solware,
people
• Software!
• Data!
• Scalable !
• Experimental Verifiability, Reproducibility, and Provenance!
• User Identity Management (Collaborative trust)!
• Connections Between Resources!
• Multiple Access Levels!
• Facilitate Collaborations!
!
Liberating High-Throughput Data Acquisition!
Democratizing !
Supercomputing for Research!

8. Big
Problems...
2008
2011

9. $50M

10. iPlant
Layered
Services
and
Access
End
Users
Computational
Users
Multi-level
User
Access
Dr.
Eric
Lyons,
UA
CALS,
SPS

11. 350000
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
US
Corn
produc<on
and
the
2012
drought
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012

12. Data
monitoring
is
essen<al
in
scaled-­‐up
opera<on
of
Accordion
Photobioreactors
to
op<mize
algae
growth,
produc<vity,
nutrient
replenishments,
harvest
<me,
etc.
ConfidenMal
Dr.
Joel
Cuellu.
UA
CALS
ABE

13. Dr
Gene
Giacomelli
UA
CALS
ABE/SPS

17. "If
it
tastes
good
you
should
sequence
it,
you
should
know
what's
in
the
genes
of
that
species.“
Species
that
taste
good
is
one
criterion.
Another
..is
..industrial
use
-­‐
raising
yields…..or
benefits
for
healthcare.
BGI
chief
execuMve,
Wang
Jun

18. iAnimal!
iPlant Data Store!
iPlant!
Computational
Resources!
3rd Party!
Analytical
Software!
Dr.
Eric
Lyons,
UA
CALS,
SPS

19. $100M

20. Eritrea
aerial
image
of
shrimp-­‐Mlapia-­‐
seaweed-­‐halophyte
farm
Salicornia,
grown
for
fodder
when
green,
or
as
an
oilseed
when
grown
to
maturity.
Irrigated
with
the
aquaculture
effluent
from
shrimp
and
Mlapia.
Dr.
Kevin
Fitzsimmons,
UA.
Coll.
Ag&
Life
Sciences