MinorityServing Institutions MSI Cyberinfrastructure CI Institute MSICI 2
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Institute [MSI-CI 2] and CI Empowerment Coalition MSI-CIEC October 21 2006 Geoffrey Fox gcf@indiana. edu http: //www. educationgrid. org The Demographic Revolution Providing a scalable equitable mechanism for developing a CI-enabled science and engineering workforce
Basic Ideas • Cyberinfrastructure is critical to all involved in Research and Education • Cyberinfrastructure is intrinsically democratic supporting broad participation • MSI’s should lead MSI integration with Cyberinfrastructure • One should guide the projects with experts • One should aim at scalable (systemic) approaches • Goal is peer collaborations involving all institutions of higher education
Some Key Institutions/ Participants • Al Kuslikis: Director of STEM project development at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium AIHEC • Alex Ramírez: Director of information technology initiatives at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities HACU • Selena Singleton: Chief of programs at the National Association for Equity in Higher Education NAFEO – Karl Barnes and Calvin Lowe also help a lot from NAFEO • Richard Aló: Director of the Center for Computational Science (CCSDS) at UHD University of Houston Downtown; PI MSI-CIEC Proposal • Diane Baxter: Director of outreach and education at the San Diego Supercomputing Center SDSC • Geoffrey Fox: Director of the Community Grids Lab at Indiana University, Visiting Scholar for CI Development at the Alliance for Equity In Higher Education, and Senior Research Associate at CCSDS UHD.
Example: Setting up a Polar CI-Grid • The North and South poles are melting with potential huge environmental impact • As a result of MSI-CI 2 meetings, I am working with MSI ECSU in North Carolina and Kansas University to design and set up a Polar Grid (Cyberinfrastructure) • This is a network of computers, sensors (on robots and satellites), data and people aimed at understanding science of ice-sheets and impact of global warming • We have changed the 100, 000 year Glacier cycle into a ~50 year cycle; the field has increased dramatically in importance and interest • Good area to get involved in as not so much established work
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MSI Cyberinfrastructure Empowerment Coalition MSI-CIEC • MSI institution centered with coordinated brokering and support • MSI capabilities are built around CI delivery to MSI’s • Program support capabilities such as portal help enable MSI Capabilities (Portal not funded) • There are important administrative and outreach capabilities under “Internal and Operational” • Initial major focus on integrating CI at an MSI with linkage of multiple programs at a given institution – Modest CI installation at site: local capability and access to International CI (MSI CI Operations Center) – Institutional activities: executive presentations and campus visits to plan CI – Funding of faculty release time and students – Linkage of MSI and National CI research projects – Curriculum enhancement – Education and Training of faculty, students and CI support staff • MSI-CIEC can lead or support/advise projects such as advising Tera. Grid RAT on Campus partnerships
MSI-CIEC: MSI Cyberinfrastructure Empowerment Coalition Leadership team · Capability Leaders · PIs of Projects MSI-Centered Capabilities · Links to 3 MSI areas and the Alliance · CI Linkage · Capabilities for specific domains such as Biology for Earth Science · MSI faculty staff student mentoring and advancement · MSI Institutional evaluation, planning, development · MSI Physical resources such as clusters and Tera. Grid access Operational and Internal Capabilities • External Relations • Government, Other MSI Projects, Relevant connections such as Tera. Grid, NCSA, SDSC, TACC, SCxx • Outreach and Meetings • Evaluation and Internal Research • Administration & Operations Program Support Capabilities · Portal, Access Grid, Collaboration tools, Portal content (Support databases) · MSI CI Operations Center · Research programs and opportunities · REU, Fellowships etc. supporting other capabilities including MSI faculty staff student mentoring and advancement · Education and Training · Specific Programs and Identification of opportunities · Social and Behavioral research MSI-CIEC: MSI Cyberinfrastructure Empowerment Coalition Projects with Multiple PI's: These use a selection of capabilities and include cases where MSI-CIEC has a lead or support role MSI-CI 2 is first MSI-CIEC project
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