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Cyberinfrastructure
for Engineering Research and Education
Cyberinfrastructure for Engineering Research and Education
A Workshop Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
June 5 - June 6, 2003
Disclaimer: The materials presented in workshop reports and
proceedings do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the National
Science Foundation.
Table of Contents
- Purpose
- Key issues
- Agenda - with links
to presentations
- Attendees - with links to contact information
and Personal Points of View (PPV) papers.
- Break Out Session Reports
- #1
1A
final version
1B
final version
- #2
final version
- #3 final version
Purpose
NSF is hosting this workshop to provide preliminary input to the Directorate
for Engineering in considering how to best make investments that support the
creation and use of new cyberinfrastructure capabilities to support engineering
research and education over the next decade. This workshop is intended as an
initial step in to develop a conceptual framework for defining community needs,
identifying key issues and means of addressing them. At this meeting, it is
not intended to build a consensus for a fully defined proposal or plan, but
rather to identify opportunities through stimulating a constructive dialogue
among scientists, engineers and educators from different engineering communities,
and between engineers, scientists and information scientists and technologists.
The product of the workshop will be a white paper that examines needs and
opportunities for applying cyberinfrastructure in engineering research and
education, identifies significant issues, and provides a roadmap for addressing
key outstanding issues. The white paper will be published on the NSF website. Up
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Key Issues
- How will investments in cyberinfrastructure spur major advances
in engineering research and education?
- For what types of research and education activities (provide examples)
will cyberinfrastructure be critical, and what characteristics will be required
of the cyberinfrastructure. Where are the major challenges?
- How can an
effective partnership between computer scientists and engineering researchers
and educators be developed to best provide the needed cyberinfrastructure?
- Develop a general road map for future investments in cyberinfrastructure.
What investments need to come first and why? What payoffs can be expected?
Provide input on cost estimates to implement the road map.
- What organizational
structure is needed to provide long-term support for cyberinfrastructure
development?
- What should be the path forward regarding future workshops
and other activities? What information is needed to address outstanding
questions and knowledge
gaps
important for decisionmaking about NSF’s cyberinfrastructure
investments?
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Agenda with presentations.
Note: Links pull up
MS PowerPoint files.
June 5, 2003 (in 1235 at NSF)
5:00 to 7:30 “The NSF Advisory Committee
on Cyberinfrastructure," (2.7 MB) Kelvin Droegemeier, University
of Oklahoma
June 6, 2003 (in 1235 at NSF)
8:30-10:15 Plenary Session #1
8:30 Welcome and the View from NSF (85
KB) – John
Brighton, Assistant Director, ENG
8:40 Introduction/Goals for the Workshop (2.63
MB) – Priscilla
Nelson, Senior Advisor, ENG.
8:50 Cyberinfrastructure as a priority
area (426 KB) – Deborah Crawford, Deputy
Assistant Director, CISE
9:10 Cyberinfrastructure (13.91 MB) – Kyran Mish, University
of Oklahoma
9:30 Cybercommunity Growth in Geoscience (16.96
MB) – Stephen
Meacham, GEO
9:50 Disasters and Response (1.21 MB) – Yigal Arens, ISI/USC
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Plenary Session #2
10:30 George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation (NEES) (1.01 MB) or (13.5
MB with annimations) – Cherri
Pancake, Oregon State University
10:55 Network for Computational Nanotechnology
(1.2 MB) – Mark Lundstrom, Purdue University
and Jose Fortes, (1.14
MB) University of Florida
11:25 Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental
Research (CLEANER) (4.26 MB) – Patrick Brezonik, University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
11:45-1:45 Lunch and Concurrent Breakout Session A:
Session A Topic: Defining Needs and Opportunities for the Engineering
Research and Education Communities
·
Breakout #1: Data: Collecting, Accessing, Using
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Breakout #2: Analysis, Modeling and Simulation
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Breakout #3: Collaboration Tools for Research and Education
Each breakout session will address the following set of common questions:
- How will investments in cyberinfrastructure spur major advances
in engineering research and education?
- For what types of research and education activities (provide examples)
will cyberinfrastructure be critical, and what characteristics will
be required of the cyberinfrastructure? Where are the major challenges?
- How can an effective partnership between computer scientists and engineering
researchers and educators be developed to best provide the needed cyberinfrastructure?
1:45-2:15 Reassemble into Plenary Session: Reports from Breakout Groups
2:15-2:30 Break and move to next breakout sessions
2:30-4:15 Concurrent Breakout Session B
Session B Topic: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
·
Breakout #1: Data: Collecting, Accessing, Using
·
Breakout #2: Analysis, Modeling and Simulation
·
Breakout #3: Collaboration Tools for Research and Education
Each breakout session will address the following set of common questions:
- Develop a general road map for future investments in cyberinfrastructure.
What investments need to come first and why? What payoffs can be expected?
Provide input on cost estimates to implement the road map.
- What organizational structure is needed to provide long-term support
for cyberinfrastructure development?
-
What should be the path forward regarding future workshops and other activities?
What information is needed to address outstanding questions and knowledge
gaps important for decisionmaking about NSF’s cyberinfrastructure
investments?
4:15-4:45 Reassemble into Plenary Session: Reports from Breakout Groups
4:45-5:00 Summary and Closure
· Workshop Summary Document – Kyran Mish, University of Oklahoma
· Closing thoughts –
John Brighton, Assistant Director for Engineering
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