This document discusses the potential of science gateways and their role in connecting scientists to shared computing resources. It notes that gateways provide intuitive interfaces to access advanced capabilities, allowing scientists to focus on their research without deep technical knowledge. However, gateways must be developed by experts and sustained over the long term to gain the trust of scientists and truly enable new forms of collaborative, data-driven research.
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Author: Per Arne Godejord.
This paper describes a unique educational project that is being implemented in the undergraduate study of Computer Science and Teacher Education. Since 2002, Norwayâs Nesna University College has been using the example of sexual abuse of children in the teaching of Social Informatics, and in the distance education course âICT and Learningâ.
Advancing Science through Coordinated CyberinfrastructureDaniel S. Katz
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How local, regional, and national cyberinfrastructure can be coordinated and linked to advance science and engineering, based on experiences and lessons from the Center for Computation & Technology at LSU (ideas, funding, implementation), plus some thoughts on what might be done differently if we were starting today. Presented at First Workshop - Center for Computational Engineering & Sciences, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil 10 APR 2014
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Author: Per Arne Godejord.
This paper describes a unique educational project that is being implemented in the undergraduate study of Computer Science and Teacher Education. Since 2002, Norwayâs Nesna University College has been using the example of sexual abuse of children in the teaching of Social Informatics, and in the distance education course âICT and Learningâ.
Advancing Science through Coordinated CyberinfrastructureDaniel S. Katz
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How local, regional, and national cyberinfrastructure can be coordinated and linked to advance science and engineering, based on experiences and lessons from the Center for Computation & Technology at LSU (ideas, funding, implementation), plus some thoughts on what might be done differently if we were starting today. Presented at First Workshop - Center for Computational Engineering & Sciences, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil 10 APR 2014
Digital access to knowledge in the preschool classroom: Reports from Australiafilzah zahilah mz
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Australian preschool teachersâ use of Web-searching in their classroom practice was examined (N = 131).
Availability of Internet-enabled digital technology and the contribution of teacher demographic characteristics,
comfort with digital technologies and beliefs about their use were assessed. Internet-enabled
technologies were available in 53% (n = 69) of classrooms. Within these classrooms, teacher age and beliefs
predicted Web-searching practice. Although comfortable with digital access of knowledge in their everyday
life, teachers reported less comfort with Web-searching in the context of their classroom practice.
The findings identify the provision of Internet-enabled technologies and professional development as
actions to support effective and confident inclusion of Web-searching in classrooms. Such actions are
necessary to align with national policy documents that define acquisition of digital literacies as a goal and assert digital access to knowledge as an issue of equity.
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In this presentation I give an overview of Dime4heritage research project and present early findings. Fo rumor info about the research: http://marcomason.mit.edu/pagina-portfolio
This slides were presented at Smithsonian Welcome Wednesdays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4yIYOJSkWs
The aim of this project is to provide a contextualised, social and historical account of urban education, focusing on systems and beliefs that contribute to the construction of the surrounding discourses.
Another aim of this project is to scaffold the trainee teachersâ understanding of what is possible with mobile learning in terms of filed trips.
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Authors: Birgy Lorenz, Kaido Kikkas
Estonian children are a demographic that appear in the Top 5, in the EU, as Internet users who both take advantage of new ICT solutions as well as become susceptible to their downsides (various online threats). In this country, coordinated efforts in raising e-safety awareness are relatively recent. Earlier activities were poorly coordinated, lacked continuity and relied mostly on volunteers. During the last few years, the Safer Internet Program in Estonia has added a much-needed coordinating approach.
Presentation by Hamish Campbell on Koordinates Ltd, based in New Zealand. Delivered at the Water and Environmental Hub track of the 2011 Cybera Summit.
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Australian preschool teachersâ use of Web-searching in their classroom practice was examined (N = 131).
Availability of Internet-enabled digital technology and the contribution of teacher demographic characteristics,
comfort with digital technologies and beliefs about their use were assessed. Internet-enabled
technologies were available in 53% (n = 69) of classrooms. Within these classrooms, teacher age and beliefs
predicted Web-searching practice. Although comfortable with digital access of knowledge in their everyday
life, teachers reported less comfort with Web-searching in the context of their classroom practice.
The findings identify the provision of Internet-enabled technologies and professional development as
actions to support effective and confident inclusion of Web-searching in classrooms. Such actions are
necessary to align with national policy documents that define acquisition of digital literacies as a goal and assert digital access to knowledge as an issue of equity.
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In this presentation I give an overview of Dime4heritage research project and present early findings. Fo rumor info about the research: http://marcomason.mit.edu/pagina-portfolio
This slides were presented at Smithsonian Welcome Wednesdays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4yIYOJSkWs
The aim of this project is to provide a contextualised, social and historical account of urban education, focusing on systems and beliefs that contribute to the construction of the surrounding discourses.
Another aim of this project is to scaffold the trainee teachersâ understanding of what is possible with mobile learning in terms of filed trips.
Lessons Learned from the Safer Internet Program in EstoniaeLearning Papers
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Authors: Birgy Lorenz, Kaido Kikkas
Estonian children are a demographic that appear in the Top 5, in the EU, as Internet users who both take advantage of new ICT solutions as well as become susceptible to their downsides (various online threats). In this country, coordinated efforts in raising e-safety awareness are relatively recent. Earlier activities were poorly coordinated, lacked continuity and relied mostly on volunteers. During the last few years, the Safer Internet Program in Estonia has added a much-needed coordinating approach.
Presentation by Hamish Campbell on Koordinates Ltd, based in New Zealand. Delivered at the Water and Environmental Hub track of the 2011 Cybera Summit.
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John Bonnett
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Presented at the Cybera/CANARIE National Summit 2009, as part of the session "Research Transformed by Cyberinfrastructure." This panel featured researchers who have seen their work transformed through cyberinfrastructure â ie. collaborations made possible, mountains of data rendered intelligible, remote instrumentation accessed. less
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Presented at the Cybera/CANARIE National Summit 2009, as part of the session "Research Transformed by Cyberinfrastructure." This panel featured researchers who have seen their work transformed through cyberinfrastructure â ie. collaborations made possible, mountains of data rendered intelligible, remote instrumentation accessed.
A presentation for the Contributing to Open Government session at the 2014 Cyber Summit by Mark Diner, Chief Advisor, Open Government, Government of Alberta.
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Expert predict the Internet will become 'like electricity' - less visible yet more deeply embedded in people's lives for good and ill
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This report is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He wrote a paper on March 12, 1989 proposing an âinformation managementâ system that became the conceptual and architectural structure for the Web. He eventually released the code for his system â for free â to the world on Christmas Day in 1990. It became a milestone in easing the way for ordinary people to access documents and interact over the Internet â a system that linked computers and that had been around for years.
The Web became a major layer of the Internet. Indeed, for many, it became synonymous with the Internet, even though that is not technically the case. Its birthday offers an occasion to revisit the ways it has made the Internet a part of Americansâ social lives.
Our first report tied to the anniversary looked at the present and the past of the Internet, marking its strikingly fast adoption and assessing its impact on American usersâ lives. This report is part of an effort by the Pew Research Centerâs Internet Project in association with Elon Universityâs Imagining the Internet Center to look at the future of the Internet, the Web, and other digital activities. This is the first of eight reports based on a canvassing of hundreds of experts about the future of such things as privacy, cybersecurity, the âInternet of things,â and net neutrality. In this case we asked experts to make their own predictions about the state of digital life by the year 2025. We will also explore some of the economic change driven by the spectacular progress that made digital tools faster and cheaper. And we will report on whether Americans feel the explosion of digital information coursing through their lives has helped them be better informed and make better decisions.
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.
1/14/2009 | PresentationPresentation | Lee Rainie
Presented to HELIN Library Consortium - Bryant University
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/257/presentation_display.asp
This speech pulls together Pew Internet Project data about how people's use of the internet and cell phones has fundamentally changed the "information ecosystem" in 10 ways. Lee discusses how this has changed the role of libraries in the digital age and he points out ways that libraries can adapt to meet the expectations and demands of patrons.
What is Open Science / Open Research?; Initiative of the European Union (EU); Elements of Open Science: open research process / cycle; open access (open repositories); open data; open source software; open notebook / lab book; open workflows; open reputation systems; citizen science; relationship between open research and e-research; open science in Africa and South Africa
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The analysis of government data, data held by business, the web, social science survey data will support new research directions and findings. Big Data is one of David Willetts’ 8 great technologies, and in order to secure the UK’s competitive advantage new investments have been made by the Economic Social Science Research Council ( ESRC) in Big Data, for example the Business Datasafe and Understanding Populations investments. In this session the benefits of the use of Big Data in social science , and the ESRCs Big Data strategy will be explained by Professor David De Roure.of the Oxford e-Research Centre and advisor to the ESRC.
The study analysed the awareness and usage of the internet among 124 Students and
research scholars of Alagappa University. A well-structured questionnaire was used for data
collection and MS Excel software was used for analysing the data. The study revealed that
majority of the respondents are female 93(75%) and 65(52.4 %) of respondents are PG
students. research scholars and fewer respondents from Staff. Most of respondents
120(96.8%) using the Internet, Further the study found that 53(42.7%) of using Department
in the University. 43(34.7%) of respondents use the University library. Most of the
respondents 35(28.2%) of used the library monthly, 24(19.3%) of respondents use the library
once in a fortnight. Most of the respondents 86(69.3%) of the respondents use the Google
chrome; 20(16.1%) of the respondents use the Mozilla Firefox. 107(86.3%) of the
respondents using database, The study found that 36(29%) of respondents using internet to
Update knowledge and 27(21.7%) of respondents use it study purpose; 44(40%) of
respondents used to store and share information in online resource using Google drive,
93(75%) of respondents used UGC-info net database/journal. 42(33.8%) of the respondents
facing the problem not finding relevant information, followed by 36(29%) of respondents
Software/ hardware problem, Efficiency of visiting internet 47(37.9%) of respondent use
Enhanced proficiency in writing; 35(28.2%) of respondent used Increasing the number of
publication, 66(53.2%) of the respondent of using satisfied; 44(35.5%) of the respondent of
using fully satisfied
OBJECTIVES: Translational research focuses on the bench-to-bedside information transfer process â getting the information from researchers into the hands of clinical decision makers. At the same time, researchers who manage international research collaborations could benefit from increased knowledge and awareness of online collaboration tools to support these projects. Our goal was to support both needs through building awareness and skills with online and social media.
METHODS: The Library developed a curricula targeted specifically to academic researchers focusing on collaboration technologies and online tools to support the research process. The curricula will provide instruction at three levels: gateway, bridge, and mastery tools. The goal of Level One is to persuade researchers of the utility of online social tools. To develop the program, input was solicited from researchers identified as leaders in this area as well as focus groups of students to discover which tools are already being used.
RESULTS: Training is being provided on those tools identified as most likely to engage researchers (Google Docs, Skype, online scheduling, Adobe Connect, citation sharing tools). The curricula is being delivered as workshops duplicated as podcasts and in other online media.
CONCLUSIONS: Online and social media are practical tools for supporting distance collaborations relatively inexpensively while offering the added benefit of placing selected information in online spaces that facilitate discovery and discussion with clinical care providers, thus supporting the fundamental research processes at the same time as promoting bench-to-bedside information transfer.
Cyber Summit 2016: Technology, Education, and DemocracyCybera Inc.
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What are the opportunities and the challenges offered by emerging modes of technologically-inflected communication and decision-making? What is our role and responsibility as educators and as developers of research and teaching digital infrastructures? What do students need in the 21st century? As education institutions and providers struggle to respond to the first two questions, are we abrogating our responsibility to the last?
In this talk, Matt Ratto will describe some of the opportunities and the challenges we currently face, laying out a model of action for how to potentially address the questions raised above. Core to his thinking are two related points; first that we must help students develop a greater sense of how the informational world and its attendant infrastructures helps shape how and what we think, and second, that a good way to do this is to give students the space to engage in reflexive acts of technological production â what Matt has termed âcritical making.â He will provide concrete examples from both his research and his teaching that demonstrate the value and importance of reflexive, hands-on work with digital technologies in helping students develop the critical digital literacy skills they need to function in todayâs society.
Matt Ratto is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto and directs the Semaphore Research cluster on Inclusive Design, Mobile and Pervasive Computing and, as part of Semaphore, the Critical Making lab.
Cyber Summit 2016: Understanding Users' (In)Secure BehaviourCybera Inc.
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There is a prevailing belief that users are the weakest link the security chain. In this presentation, Dr. Chiasson discusses how this perspective is inherently counterproductive to achieving increased cyber security and explore alternatives with a higher chance of improving security. Why do users behave insecurely even though most will readily state that security and privacy are important? This talk will cover some of our recent research exploring reasons why users' actions do not necessarily reflect their desire for security and how the configuration of security systems may actually weaken security in practice. She presents her work using eye-tracking to determine how users make phishing determinations, and how we can persuade users to behave more securely through improving their mental models of passwords and by making adjustments to the system configurations.
Cyber Summit 2016: Insider Threat Indicators: Human BehaviourCybera Inc.
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Serious threats to private and governmental organizations do not only come from the outside world, but also come from within. Some employees and contractors with legitimate access to buildings, networks, assets and information deliberately misuse their priviledged access to cause harm to their organization. What are the reasons behind their actions? Is it debts, greed, ideology, disgruntlement, or divided loyalty?
Regardless of their motivations or vulnerabilities, traitors have very similar types of personality and display a certain pattern of behaviours before committing an insider incident. As a prevention measure, it is vital that organizations and employees understand, recognize and detect the common indicators of insider threat. Would you recognize the signs?
Mario Vachon is an Insider Threat Security Specialist with the RCMP Departmental Security Branch.
Cyber Summit 2016: Research Data and the Canadian Innovation ChallengeCybera Inc.
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Canada allocates a substantial amount of public funding to research, which is a critical factor in ensuring we remain innovative and competitive. Increasingly this funding is geared to the support and development of digital research infrastructure (DRI), including the underlying networks and the associated data acquisition, storage, analysis and visualization. In order to maximize the benefits of increasingly complex DRI and the research it facilitates, it is important to make sure data is properly stewarded, accessible and reusable. By adopting appropriate approaches to research data management we are better positioned to respond to challenges, such as effectively measuring research impacts, and ensuring the reproducibility, privacy, and security of research outputs.
Research Data Canada (RDC) is a member-driven organization committed to developing a sustainable approach to research data management, one based on interoperability and best practices. This session will provide an update on the efforts of RDC and partner organizations, including: CANARIE, Compute Canada, CARL Portage Network, CASRAI, the TriAgencies, and the Leadership Council for Digital Infrastructure. Intersections with international activities and projects will also be highlighted. These efforts are ultimately designed to faciliate a cohesive national approach to research data management, and one based on a clearly articulated vision for supporting innovation and discovery in Canada.
Mark Leggott is the Executive Director of Research Data Canada.
Cyber Summit 2016: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big DataCybera Inc.
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The Internet has revolutionized how â and how much â each of us can know. Our digital tools put the knowledge of the world at our fingertips â and soon, maybe, right into our heads. But what kinds of of knowledge do our devices give us, and how are they reshaping and challenging the role that education and libraries should play in our lives?
This talk was delivered by Michael Patrick Lynch, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the universityâs Humanities Institute.
Cyber Summit 2016: Privacy Issues in Big Data Sharing and ReuseCybera Inc.
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Although there is no well-established definition of big data, its main characteristic is its sheer volume. Large volumes of data are generated by people (e.g., via social media) and by technology, including sensors (e.g., cameras, microphones), trackers (e.g., RFID tags, web surfing behavior) and other devices (e.g., mobile phones, wearables for self-surveillance/quantified self), whether or not they are connected to the Internet of Things. However, the large volumes of data needed to capitalize on the benefits of big data can to some extent also be established by the reuse of existing data, a source that is sometimes overlooked.
Data can be reused for purposes similar to that for which it was initially collected, but also beyond these purposes. Similarly, data can be reused in its original context, but also beyond this context. However, such repurposing and recontextualizing of data may lead to privacy issues. For instance, data reuse may lead to issues regarding informed consent and informational self-determination. When the data is used for profiling and other types of predictive analytics, also issues regarding stigmatization and discrimination may arise. This presentation by Bart Custers, Head of Research, eLaw â Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, The Netherlands, focuses on the privacy issues of big data sharing and reuse and how these issues could be addressed.
Cyber Summit 2016: Establishing an Ethics Framework for Predictive Analytics ...Cybera Inc.
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Stephen Childs was hired by the University of Calgary to develop an individual-level predictive model mapping students' decisions to attend the University. In his experience, the higher education sector was slow to use all the data it has available, but this is now changing.
As interest in making use of organizational data grows, staff must consider how these models will be used, and any problems that could arise. When individual predictions become the basis for decisions, how do we ensure our algorithms don't make existing problems worse? A framework for handling these issues now will let organizations handle these issues in a way that is consistent with their values.
Given the culture of today's institutions, and the success of predictive analytics in other fields, there is no doubt that these tools will be used. These techniques can improve student success and the competitiveness of educational organizations, but the benefits should not be gained at the expense of individuals within the system. This talk will propose a set of best practices for using institutional data for predictive modelling to address equity, privacy and other concerns. We must start thinking of this now, before other practices become entrenched.
Cyber Summit 2016: The Data Tsunami vs The Network: How More Data Changes Eve...Cybera Inc.
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Canadaâs National Research and Education Network, like other ultra-speed research networks, has evolved to transfer massive amounts of data at 100Gbps and beyond. But with the volume of data traffic growing at more than 50% per year, the ability to move increasing volumes of data is challenging. What are the kinds of applications in research and education that are driving this growth? What are the implications of the coming data tsunami on our communication networks? And what happens to network economics to keep up with the demand? CANARIEâs Chief Technology Officer, Mark Wolff, explores these topics and offer insights into how the NREN will evolve to continue to meet the unique needs of Canadaâs research and education community.
Cyber Summit 2016: Issues and Challenges Facing Municipalities In Securing DataCybera Inc.
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The City of Calgary is responsible for providing municipal services to 1.1 million people and 16,000 employees with more than 700 sites and critical infrastructure units. The municipal services represent a $60B asset base including water and wastewater treatment plants, light rapid transit, emergency services, roads and recreation facilities, and has revenue and procurement streams of $4.0B annually. During his tenure, Owen Key, Chief Security Officer and the Chief Information Officer for the City, has implemented enterprise systems for CCTV, access and ID control, physical security information management systems, and has responsibility for information security.
Cyber Summit 2016: Using Law Responsibly: What Happens When Law Meets Technol...Cybera Inc.
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The law has long struggled to keep pace with the rapid change that comes with the Internet and new technologies. From the cross-border challenges posed by a global network to the privacy implications of big data, law and policy simply cannot move at âInternet speed.â Yet despite the difficulties, politicians and policy makers increasingly find themselves at the heart of emerging policy issues, asked to address the balance between privacy and surveillance, the competing copyright interests of creators and users, and the market structure for network providers and disruptive competitors. This keynote talk will explore the emerging law and policy challenges, highlighting how all Internet users have the opportunity to help shape the digital policy landscape. Dr. Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law.
As institutions start to delve into the staff / student / consumer data they have been storing for years, new questions are emerging about the repercussions of using this data. How will it be analyzed? Who is doing the analysis? And what steps should be taken to protect userâs privacy?
Historically, the University of Alberta lacked a centrally managed repository for reporting data, resulting in inconsistency and disparity in access for units across campus. Meaningful and actionable reports were limited, and only focused on the interests and goals of the few units with data analysts who could synthesize the information.
Over the last couple of years, the University of Alberta has undertaken major changes in how information is managed and utilized. At the forefront of this change has been an increased interest in supporting the development of analytics and supporting tools. Beginning with the implementation of a centrally managed data warehouse with self-service capabilities, and the introduction of cloud services with business process analysis tools, the University is just starting down the road of big data.
This presentation explores opportunities and challenges for the University of Alberta in utilizing big data.
Predicting the Future With Microsoft BingCybera Inc.
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The next generation of data scientists will be asked to build predictive models that can extract inferences from very large datasets which are unobservable at the surface, even to the best domain experts. Microsoft has access to some truly large data sets, web and search data from the Bing search engine and social data through collaborations with Twitter. In this talk, we show you how a small team of data scientists used this data to build the Bing Predicts engine â a collection of machine learnt predictive models that is beating industry experts at predicting the outcome of events like the Super Bowl, the Oscars, elections and referendums and even breakthroughs in health sciences. The talk will also give a preview of how organizations can adopt a big data mindset to generate and experiment with large data sets and to make amazing predictions using their own data.
Analytics 101: How to not fail at analyticsCybera Inc.
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"Data Scientist" is perhaps the hottest job title of recent years. But what is a data scientist? What does a data scientist actually do? And where can they be found? In this talk, presenter Daniel Haight describes the benefits of analytics to decision-making, and explores the characteristics of successful organizations that have fostered their own team of data scientists.
The MOOC movement is only four years old, but has already had a tremendous impact on teaching and learning. While the some of the original hype surrounding MOOCs has not been realized, the reality is that they are here for good and are influencing institutional thinking. This talk will discuss the past, present and future of MOOCs.
While the use of online instructional technologies allows the presentation of theoretical science materials, how do we deal with the fact that such courses often include hands-on labs? Laboratory simulations can only provide a solution for online students in a limited and often artificial way. Nearly 20 years ago, Athabasca University developed a solution to the problem of students having to travel to complete their lab work. Emerging technologies at the time allowed for quantitative physics labs to be sent to students as a small kit. The physics initiative was so successful, with over 5,000 students served, that it was picked up in other fields at Athabasca University.
Over the years, such material has become cheaper, easier to use, and more integrated with modern computers. Athabasca is now pioneering ways to put real labs directly onto the internet. In this session, the methods used to make real lab experiences available to online students will be discussed, and some of them demonstrated.
Canadian municipalities are making great strides when it comes to sharing their data in fun, interactive ways. In this session, presenters will look at cities that are using their data to create useful apps and services for citizens; and describe how all community leaders can get involved to make their municipality more open and accessible.
Data science and the use of big data in healthcare delivery could revolutionize the field by decreasing costs and vastly improving efficiency and outcomes. There is an abundance of healthcare data in Canada, but it is mostly siloed and difficult to access due to privacy and security challenges. This session will offer insights into best practices for healthcare analytics programs, as well as use cases that demonstrate the potential benefits that can be realized through this work.
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Data science and the use of big data in healthcare delivery could revolutionize the field by decreasing costs and vastly improving efficiency and outcomes. There is an abundance of healthcare data in Canada, but it is mostly siloed and difficult to access due to privacy and security challenges.
Open access and open data: international trends and strategic contextCybera Inc.
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Governments around the world fund billions of dollars in research every year. Ensuring that the results of research are available to the public, other researchers and industry has become an important underlying value in order to maximize the impact of our publicly funded research. This session will discuss whatâs driving the trend towards greater openness and provide an overview of international developments that will help put Canadaâs activities into context.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilotâ˘UiPathCommunity
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In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalitĂ di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
đ Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
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Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
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10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
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The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. Whatâs changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder â active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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đĽ Speed, accuracy, and scaling â discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Miningâ˘:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing â with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs â GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
đ¨âđŤ Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
đŠâđŤ Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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Clients donât know what they donât know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clientsâ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
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My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
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At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Science Gateways and Their Tremendous Potential for Science and Engineering
1. Science Gateways
and their tremendous
potential for science and
engineering
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr
TeraGrid Area Director for Science Gateways
wilkinsn@sdsc.edu
2. Thank You for the Invitation to Speak
To such a distinguished audience in such a beautiful location
â˘Many similarities
between Banff and
Gateways
âBoth are about
connections
â˘National park created due to
sea to sea railway connection
âTrail guides lead the way
â˘âPeyto assumes a wild and
picturesque, though
somewhat tattered attireâ
âDescribes Banff trail guides and
gateway developers!
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
3. Phenomenal Impact of the Internet on Worldwide
Communication and Information Retrieval
Only 15 years since the release of Mosaic!
â˘Implications on the conduct of science are still evolving
â 1980âs, Early gateways, National Center for Biotechnology Information BLAST
server, search results sent by email, still a working portal today
â 1989, First ftp archive (archie) created at McGill
â 1992 Mosaic web browser developed
â 1995 âInternational Protein Data Bank Enhanced by Computer Browserâ
â 2004 TeraGrid project director Rick Stevens recognized growth in scientific
portal development and proposed the Science Gateway Program
â˘Simultaneous explosion of digital information
â Analysis needs in a variety of scientific areas
â Sensors, telescopes, satellites, digital images and video
â #1 machine on Top500 today is 300x more powerful than all combined entries
on the first list in 1993
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
4. 1998 Workshop Highlights Early Impact of
Internet on Science
â˘Shared access to geographically
disperse resources
â˘Assembling the best minds to
tackle the toughest problems
regardless of location
â˘Tackling the same problems
differently, but also tackling
different problems
â˘Not only the scope, but the
process of scientific investigation is
changed
â âAs the chemical applications and
capabilities provided by collaboratories Requirements for future success include:
become more familiar, researchers - Development of interdisciplinary partnerships of
will move significantly beyond chemists and computer scientists
current practice to exciting new - Flexible and extensible frameworks for
paradigms for scientific workâ collaboratories
- Means to deploy, support, and evaluate
collaboratories in the ďŹeld
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
5. Rapid Advances in Web Usability
â˘First generation
â Static Web pages
â˘Second generation
â Dynamic, database interfaces, cgi
â Lacked the ease of use of desktop applications
â˘Third generation
â True networked and internetworked applications that enable dynamic two-way,
even multi-way, communication and collaboration on the Web.
â Remarkable new uses of the Web in the organizational workplace and on the
Internet
Source: Screen Porch White Paper, The University of Western Ontario (1996)
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
6. Whatâs Next?
âPrediction is hard. Especially about the future.â Yogi Berra
â˘Scientists of tomorrow are familiar with media we donât even know about
â˘Not using full power of the internet by any means today
â Data and knowledge are handled differently
â˘Linking publications and data referenced in those publications
â˘Annotation, data provenance
â˘Inability to create discourse around a piece of data
â Ability to keep up with knowledge generation
â˘16,000 papers a week into PubMed
â˘50,000 papers a week in biology
âRight now have choice between reading abstract or paper, might add 10 minute
author clip
â˘How can science motivate in the way YouTube can?
â Streaming video to view simulations, using visual and sound media
â Ipods everywhere, but not exploited for science
â Web 2.0
â˘Science was earlier internet adopter, now overtaken by business
â Now a big difference between commercial and scientific sites
⢠Noticeable efforts to keep users on commercial sites
Source: 5/14/07 interview with Dr. Philip Bourne, Protein Data Bank
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
7. The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science:
Summary of Findings at a Glance
40 million Americans rely on the internet as their primary source for news and information about
science. broadband users, the internet and television are equally popular as sources for science
For home
news â and the internet leads the way for young broadband users.
The internet is the source to which people would turn first if they need information on a specific
The convenience of getting scientific topic.
scientiďŹc material on the web The internet is a research tool for 87% of online users. That translates to 128 million adults.
opens doors to better attitudes Consumers of online science information are fact-checkers of scientific claims. Sometimes they use
and understanding of science. the internet for this, other times they use offline sources.
Convenience plays a large role in drawing people to the internet for science information.
Happenstance also plays a role in usersâ experience with online science resources. Two-thirds of
November 20, 2006 internet users say they have come upon news and information about science when they went online
John B. Horrigan, Associate for another reason.
Director Those who seek out science news or information on the internet are more likely than others
to believe that scientific pursuits have a positive impact on society.
Internet users who have sought science information online are more likely to report that they have
higher levels of understanding of science.
Between 40% and 50% of internet users say they get information about a specific topic using the
internet or through email.
Search engines are far and away the most popular source for beginning science research among
users who say they would turn first to the internet to get more information about a specific topic.
Half of all internet users have been to a website which specializes in scientific content.
Fully 59% of Americans have been to a science museum in the past year.
Science websites and science museums may serve effectively as portals to one another.
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Exploratorium_Science.pdf
8. NSF (my sponsor) has long recognized the
importance of science and technology
interactions
â˘Interdisciplinary programs did much to facilitate application-
technology integration and develop standard tools
â 1997 PACI Program
â˘Marriage of technologists and application scientists
âA few groups served as path finders and benefited
tremendously
âNPACI neuroscience thrust in 1997 leads to Telescience
portal and BIRN in 2001
â Information Technology Research (ITR)
â NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)
â˘Plug and play tools so more groups can benefit
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
9. NSF Continues Its Leadership Today
What Will Lead to Transformative Science?
â˘âVirtual environments have the
potential to enhance collaboration,
education, and experimentation in
ways that we are just beginning to
explore.â
â˘âIn every discipline, we need new
techniques that can help scientists
and engineers uncover fresh
knowledge from vast amounts of
data generated by sensors,
telescopes, satellites, or even the
media and the Internet.â Gateways are a terriďŹc example of
interfaces that can support
transformative science
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
10. Flagship US$52M CDI Program Launched in
2008
â˘Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is
â âNSFâs bold five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering
research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in
computational thinking.â
â Program announced October 1
â˘Bold multidisciplinary activities that, through computational thinking, promise radical,
paradigm-changing research findings
â˘Far-reaching, high-risk science and engineering research and education agendas that
capitalize on innovations in, and/or innovative use of, computational thinking
â˘Partnerships to involve investigators from academe, industry and may include
international entities
â˘Growth to US$250M recommended by 2012
â Funded across NSF directorates
â˘Birds-of-a-feather session at SC07 in Reno, NV
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
11. Three Thematic Areas Offer Diversity
â˘From Data to Knowledge
â Enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of
heterogeneous digital data
â Data mining, visualization, petascale computational power, etc. to assist scientists and
engineers extract most important information from the almost infinite amounts of data
from sensors, telescopes, satellites, the media, the Internet, surveys, etc.
â˘Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems
â Deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements
â Simulate and predict complex stochastic or chaotic systems
â Explore and model natureâs interactions, connections, complex relations, and
interdependencies, scaling from sub-particles to galactic, from subcellular to biosphere,
and from the individual to the societal
â˘Building Virtual Organizations
â Facilitate creative, cyber-enabled boundary-crossing collaborations, including those with
industry and international dimensions
â Advance the frontiers of science and engineering and broaden participation in science,
technology, engineering and math fields
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
12. Exciting Canadian Activities
â˘September 13, 2007 announcement of $30M CANARIE
program
â Network-Enabled Platforms (NEP)
â˘Collaborative projects that accelerate the development of, and participation in,
national and international cyberinfrastructure and e-Research platforms. Participants
in the Program can be from both the public and private sectors.
â Infrastructure Extension Program (IEP)
â˘Extensions to Canada's research and education network that will enhance and
accelerate research, enable national and international collaboration, improve access to
knowledge, and contribute to the development of cyberinfrastructure and e-research
in Canada.
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
13. Science Gateways are a Natural Extension of
Internet Developments
â˘3 common types of gateway
â Web portal with users in front and services in back
â Client server model where application programs running on users' machines
(i.e. workstations and desktops) and accesses services
â Bridges across multiple grids, allowing communities to utilize both community
developed grids and shared grids
â˘Continued rapid changes ahead, must be adaptable,
gateways can provide some nimbleness
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
14. Gateway Idea Resonates with Scientists
â˘Capabilities provided by the Web are easy to envision
because we use them in every day life
â˘Researchers can imagine scientific capabilities provided
through a familiar interface
â˘Groups resonate with the fact that gateways are designed
by communities and provide interfaces understood by those
communities
â But also provide access to greater capabilities on the back end without the
user needing to understand the details of those capabilities
â Scientists know they can undertake more complex analyses and thatâs all they
want to focus on
â˘But this seamless access doesnât come for free. It all hinges
on very capable developers
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
15. Trust and Reliability are Fundamental to Success
â˘Fundamental in business applications
â Fundamental for science too
â˘The public gains confidence in internet sites that provide
accurate information reliably
â Pub Med
â National Cancer Institute
â Google
â Paypal
â˘For scientists it takes far longer to build this confidence
â Scientists will not rely on gateway tools to conduct their analysis and store
their research results unless they have ultimate confidence in the interfaces
â˘Proven track record
âRun by reputable organization
âHave been in existence âa long timeâ
âProvide accurate results
âWork repeatedly
âConfidence in PDB developed over 30 years, started with community mandate that
proteins must be deposited before publications would be accepted
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
16. How can we build interfaces that scientists will trust?
â˘Expertise
â Simple web pages are easy to design
â Complex capabilities, particularly those involving grid access, take
knowledgeable developers to create a production product
â˘LEAD, nanoHUB show what investment can do
â˘Sustained funding
â Most science groups have money for research, not portal building or ongoing
support for portals
â˘Knowledge transfer
â Must take advantage of industry advancements
â Investments must result in building blocks that other applications can use
â Many gateways have similar issues
â˘Data access
â˘Analysis capabilities
â˘User work environments
â˘Workflow capabilities
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
17. Tremendous Opportunities Using the Largest
Shared Resources -
Challenges too!
â˘Whatâs different when the resource doesnât belong just to
me?
â Resource discovery
â Accounting
â Security
â Proposal-based requests for resources (peer-reviewed access)
â˘Code scaling and performance numbers
â˘Justification of resources
â˘Gateway citations
â˘Tremendous benefits at the high end, but even more work
for the developers
â˘Potential impact on science is huge
â Small number of developers can impact thousands of scientists
â But need a way to train and fund those developers and provide them with
appropriate tools
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
18. What is the TeraGrid?
A unique combination of fundamental CI components
19. What is the TeraGrid?
â˘NSF-funded facility to offer high end compute, data and
visualization resources to the nationâs academic researchers
300+ Teraflops Computation
Visualization
20+ Petabytes Storage
Dedicated cross-country network
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
20. Opportunities and Challenges as a Virtual
Organization
â˘Full vision of cyberinfrastructure
â Data, compute, visualization, workflows
â But need to do a better job of representing the capabilities to researchers
â Creating prototypes for others to follow
â Never underestimate the value in keeping things SIMPLE
â˘Work with top notch people regardless of location
â Better for end users
â˘Single request process for all types of resources
â˘Single place for documentation
â˘But must work harder
â To sustain momentum in projects
â˘Set a few high-level goals
â˘Clear management structure
âIndividual responsibility
âProject accountability
â To provide clarity for users
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
21. TeraGrid Resources Available for all Domain Scientists
At no cost to them!
â˘Integrated, persistent, pioneering
resources
â˘Significantly improve the ability
and capacity to gain new insights
into the most challenging research
questions and societal problems
â˘Peer-reviewed, proposal-based
access
â Targeted support available as
well
â˘Dedicated staff investment to
really make a difference on
complex problems
âTransformational science
â˘Must have PI commitment
â˘Make lessons learned available
for all
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
22. TeraGrid Usage
SpeciďŹc Allocations Roaming Allocations
Compute
Cycles ~50% Annual Growth
Delivered
200
Normalized
Units
(millions)
100
TeraGrid currently delivers an
average of 420,000 cpu-hours per
Source: Dave Hart (dhart@sdsc.edu)
day -> ~21,000 DC every hour
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
23. TeraGrid User Community
Gateways
Growth Target
Source: Dave Hart (dhart@sdsc.edu)
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
24. Easy TeraGrid Gateway True and False Test
Answers Provided
â˘Any PI can request an allocation â˘TeraGrid selects all gateways (F)
and use it to develop a gateway â˘TeraGrid designs all gateways (F)
(T) â˘TeraGrid limits the number of
â˘Gateway design is community- gateways (F)
developed and that is the core â˘All gateways need TeraGrid
strength of the program (T) funding to exist (F)
â˘TeraGrid staff are alerted to
gateway work when a proposal is
reviewed or when a community
account is requested (T)
â˘Limited TeraGrid support can be
provided for targeted assistance to
integrate an existing gateway with
TeraGrid (T)
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
25. TeraGrid RATs
(Requirements Analysis Teams)
â˘Spring, 2005 Science
Gateway Requirements
Analysis Team (RAT)
â Identification of common needs
across the gateways
â Goal is production use of TG
resources in the gateway as well
as development of process and
policy within TG for scalable
gateway program and services
â Tremendous sharing of
experiences amongst talented
developers
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
26. 2006 â Implementing Common Gateway
Requirements
â˘Web Services â˘Scheduling
â GT4 deployment, identification of â Metascheduling RAT
remaining capabilities â On-demand via SPRUCE framework
â Information services, WebMDS â˘Outreach
â˘Auditing â Talks, Schools/workshops (NVO,
â Need to retrieve job usage info on GISolve), major project demonstrations
production resources (LEAD)
â GRAM audit deployed in test mode in â SURA, HASTAC, GEON, CI-Channel, SC,
September, inclusion in CTSSv4 Grace Hopper, MSI-CI2, Lariat, Science
â˘Community Accounts Workflows and On Demand Computing
â Policy finalized, security approaches for Geosciences Workshop
being tested by RPs â˘Primer
â Attribute-based authentication testing â Living document in wiki, provides up-to-
â˘Allocations date overview and instructions for new
gateway developers (âhow to make your
â Changes in allocation procedures, the portal a TeraGrid science gatewayâ)
mechanisms used to evaluate science
impact, and models for identity
management, authentication and
authorization that are more tuned to
virtual organizations.
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
27. Current Activities â Moving Forward!
â˘Extend development of general gateway services
â React to and anticipate community needs
â˘Streamlined TeraGrid integration means more interest and more science
â Building Blocks for Science Gateways
(http://www.cigi.uiuc.edu/doku.php/projects/simplegrid)
â˘Continue targeted work with selected projects
â SidGrid, CReSIS
â˘Stay ahead of technology changes
â Well, at least not get too far behindâŚ
â˘Build on burgeoning interest in gateways for education
â Navajo Technical College
â TeraGrid EOT supplemental funding
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
28. Planning for the Future of TeraGrid
â˘Activity lead by U Michigan School of Information
â www.teragridfuture.org
â Gateway (June) and user (August) workshops held
â Report due February, 2008
â˘Recommendations from gateway workshop include:
â Support interaction and cross-fertilization among Science Gateway
development communities
â˘Sharing code and successful solutions
â˘Financial and professional support for developing gateways
â Develop gateway framework templates built upon toolkits which may already
exist
â Training, education, workshops, generalized & standardized basic services,
documentation
â End-to-end support for Virtual Organizations
â Operating more effectively as a community in order to better support the
education and development needs of gateway developers.
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
29. Selected Gateway Highlights
â˘nanoHUB
â˘Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)
â˘GridChem
â˘Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
â˘Center for Remote Sensing of Polar Icesheets (CReSIS)
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
30. Highlights: NanoHub Explosive User Growth
â˘In past 12 months
â 26,000 users
â˘50% of usage from U.S.
â 10 courses viewed by over 6,000 users
â 165 podcasts downloaded by over 4,000 users
â 1400 online meetings
â˘Short clip from Gerhard Klimeck
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
31. Highlights: LEAD Inspires Students
Advanced capabilities regardless of location
â˘A student gets excited about what he
was able to do with LEAD
â˘âDr. Sikora:Attached is a display of 2-
m T and wind depicting the WRF's
interpretation of the coastal front on
14 February 2007. It's interesting that
I found an example using IDV that
parallels our discussion of mesoscale
boundaries in class. It illustrates very
nicely the transition to a coastal low
and the strong baroclinic zone with a
location very similar to Markowski's
depiction. I created this image in IDV
after running a 5-km WRF run
(initialized with NAM output) via the
LEAD Portal. This simple 1-level plot
is just a precursor of the many
capabilities IDV will eventually offer to
visualize high-res WRF output. Enjoy!
⢠Ericâ (email, March 2007)
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
32. Highlights: GridChemâs Client-Server Approach
Provides Power and a Rich Feature Set
National Center for
Source: Sudhakar Pamidighantam, NCSA Supercomputing
Applications
33. Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)âŤââŹ
BIRN is a National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) initiative
aimed at creating a testbed to address biomedical researchers
Source: Anthony Kolasny, Johns Hopkins
34. Shape Analysis - A Morphometry BIRN Project
4
JHU CIS-KKI
Shape Analysis
3
of Segmented Structures
MGH 5
BWH
Segmentation Visualization
TeraGrid
Supercomputing
Data Donor Goal: comparison and
1 quantiďŹcation of structuresâ
Sites
Storage shape and volumetric
differences across patient
De-identiďŹcation
And upload populations
2
Source: Anthony Kolasny, Johns Hopkins
35. BIRN uses SSHFS to mount TeraGrid
filesystems locally
CIS has 87TB
of local
storage.
/cis/net lists
network
drives.
220TB
through
CIS portal
using
autofs, samba,
smbwebclient.
Source: Anthony Kolasny, Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
36. CReSIS (Center for Remote Sensing of Ice
Sheets)
â˘Awarded CI-TEAM
funding to build a Polar
Gateway
â International Polar Year 2007-2008
â Led by Geoffrey Fox, IU and Linda
Hayden, Elizabeth City State
â˘CReSISGrid
â Build a TeraGrid Science Gateway
â Provide broad-based educational and
training activity in Cyberinfrastructure
for remote sensing and ice sheet
dynamics
â Lessons learned in remote data
gathering can be applied to fields
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
37. When is a gateway appropriate?
â˘Researchers using defined sets of tools in different ways
â Same executables, different input
â˘GridChem, CHARMM
â Creating multi-scale workflows
â Datasets
â˘Common data formats
â National Virtual Observatory
â Earth System Grid
â Some groups have invested significant efforts here
â˘caBIG, extensive discussions to develop common terminology and formats
â˘BIRN, extensive data sharing agreements
â˘Difficult to access data/advanced workflows
â Sensor/radar input
â˘LEAD, GEON
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
38. Tremendous Potential for Gateways
â˘In only 15 years, the Web has fundamentally changed
human communication
â˘Science Gateways can leverage this amazingly powerful tool
to:
â Transform the way scientists collaborate
â Streamline conduct of science
â Influence the publicâs perception of science
â˘Like e-commerce, Science Gateways need to build trust in
the infrastructure, tools, and methods that they use
â˘Unlike the public or commercial arena, scientists will be
vested in these gateways
â Science Gateways will need to build trust in the organization behind them.
Gateways need to have continuity
â˘High end resources can have a profound impact
â˘The future is very exciting!
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)
39. Enjoy the Summit!
â˘Thank you for your
attention
â˘Please contact me for
further information
wilkinsn@sdsc.edu
Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (wilkinsn@sdsc.edu)