Transcript Cyberinfrastructure Plan

Lesser Merriment University Cyberinfrastructure Task Force
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Dee Childs ([email protected])
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Ken Fauerbach ([email protected])
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Rich Greenfield ([email protected])
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Erin Griffin ([email protected])
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Christopher Mackie ([email protected])
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Pam McQuesten ([email protected])
LMU CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
WHO ARE WE?
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Lesser Merriment U at a glance:
 Private,
Master’s I institution in SoCal
 6k UG, 3k GS, residential, regional
 Schools: LibArts, SciEng, Film, Comm, Bus, Ed
 Consortial memberships: Library, I2
 Consortial opportunities: plentiful
 CA
consortia
 LibArts consortia
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
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Our charge: Develop a plan and business model to
provide the technology infrastructure
(“cyberinfrastructure”) necessary to support LMU’s
six strategic initiatives:
Bioethics
 Globalized, distributed film-making
 Serious and commercial games
 In-service infrastructure for K-12 teachers
 Entrepreneurship
 Connecting A&S faculty with disciplinary research
communities
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WHAT IS CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
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Computer, information, and communication
technology deployed in support of multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration [NSF]
Computation and communication
 Data management
 Virtual organizations (VOs)
 Education and workforce training
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Emphasizes sharing, efficiency, interoperability
across scholarly communities
 Facilitates new applications, new modes of
scholarship and practice
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OUR PROCESS
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Engage stakeholders as advisers
CFO/COO
 Deans & Faculty: Comp Sci; others (identified by
strategic initiatives)
 IT: Networking, Collaborative Services, Academic
Services
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Map strategic initiatives to CI capabilities
 Assess readiness/identify gaps
 Prioritize needs
 Develop resource acquisition plan
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MAPPING REQUIREMENTS TO READINESS
Compute &
Communications
Data
VOs
Education
BioEthics
1
2 (some research
requires large
datasets)
3 - need VOs for different
domains (genomics v. AIDS v.
…)
3 - Strong need for
dissemination
Film
3- Bandwidth, also need
compute farms for CGI
at some nodes
3 Massive
2 - subunits specialize in each
task; need IdM, WCTs
1
Games
2 Need clusters
1-3
1
2 games into
pedagogy
Inservice Training
2 videoconf
1
3 - need to create many virtual
communities by speciality,
need IdM b/c these aren't
institution personnel
2(?)
Entrepreneurship
1
Disciplines
1-3
2 - Some
initiatives
discovered
through data
mining
1-3
2 - Need to create
incubator spaces
1-3
1-2 - depending on
whether they
disseminate
1-3
ARE WE READY FOR CI?
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Not quite…
 Networking, storage need significant upgrades
 Some additional staffing is needed, esp. as usage grows
 Organizational development is needed
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Need CI-friendly support software (“middleware”)
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Cross-disciplinary collaboration, coordination
Expertise in developing/inhabiting “virtual organizations”
Closer cooperation between schools/faculty and IT
Multi-institutional identity management (“Shibboleth”)
Institutional repository/publishing platform (“Fedora”)
But there’s good news…
 Facilities are adequate for the near term
 Strategic initiatives are already improving collaboration
 Institutional strengths in education and ed tech will be
valuable
TIMELINE
3-year plan
Year 1
Network
update
Outsource
additional
storage
Shibboleth
Year 2
Internalize
storage
Fedora
Staff
Year 3
Staff
Staff
FINANCIAL SUPPORT STRATEGY
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Minimize LMU capital expenditures via external
support
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Corporate partnerships
 Outsourced
capabilities in computation, data, and/or VOs
 LMU provides research and/or workforce development (e.g., in
bioethics)
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Government and other philanthropy
 NSF,
NIH, DoD; corporate & private philanthropy
 Support for network & data storage upgrades
 Focus fundraising on the strategic initiatives, not on
cyberinfrastructure implementation per se
AT END OF YEAR 3….
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Sustainable CI installation that will support the
comprehensive pursuit of LMU’s strategic initiatives:
 Participation of LMU faculty in relevant national and
international CI initiatives
 Cross-disciplinary collaboration within LMU and with
other institutions
 Creation and management of ad hoc and
institutionalized virtual organizations for teaching,
research, service
 Full life-cycle management of faculty and institutional
data