CyberInfrastructure
in the
Biological Sciences:
CIBS Working Group
Michael R. Willig
Division of Environmental Biology
21st Century Biology
Dispersion
Heterogeneity
Quantity
Hierarchical
Dynamics
Context-Dependent
Evolution
Non-linearities
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
An integrated system of state-of-theart computing, communications and
information resources, tools and
services that is transforming science
and engineering research and
education.
Critically dependent on educated and
trained workforce.
CIBS CHARGE
• Assessment & update of CI
baseline data
• Review of CI programs
• Develop a strategic plan
Vision
Goals
Recommendations
Near-term Opportunities
History of Activity
2003
July
BIO-AC Workshop
2004
March
April
April - June
July - Dec
CIBS WG formed
Internal NSF Workshop
Portfolio Review
Strategic Planning
2005
Jan – March
March
March
April-???
Document Writing
CIBS Strategic Plan (Draft)
CIIWG Formed***
Draft Comments from BIO-AC
CIBS
Working Group
Chris Greer & Manfred Zorn, PDs DBI
Jim Morris & Alan Tessier , PDs DEB
Bill Zamer & Cole Gilbert, PDs IOB
Kamal Shukla & Matt Kane, PDs MCB
K-lyn Smith, SA BIO
Liz Blood, Juan Carlos Morales
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO
Programs
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AToL
BIO-ITR
Biological Databases & Informatics Program
Biophysics Program
Synthesis Centers: NCEAS & NESCent
LTER Program
NEON
Plant & Microbial Genome Programs
DIVERSE PORTFOLIO
Focal Activities
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Preserve and curate data
Identify data
Retrieve data
Integrate heterogeneous data (metadata)
Visualize data and relationships
Advanced analyses
Advanced simulations
People
Synthesis
Strategic Plan
Vision & Goals
Strategy -- External Activities
Workforce
Resources
Access
Interoperability
Strategy -- Internal Management
Professional Staff
Interagency Activities
Frontiers of Integrative Activities
VISION
We envision an era in biological research &
education in which cyberinfrastructure serves as
a universal integrator. In this new era, individuals
from all areas of science and education will have
effective access to information from all areas of
biology. All individuals desiring to participate will
have the opportunity to contribute to the limits of
their own abilities and creativity, without artificial
limitations imposed by geography, institutional
setting, career status, cultural constraints related
to sex, ethnicity, or race, physical disability, or
any of the other factors that currently form
barriers to full participation.
GOALS
Ensure that individuals at all levels and in all settings
can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to
use cyberinfrastructure in the biological sciences.
Ensure that information in the biological sciences –
including the latest results of cutting-edge research
and the most innovative educational resources – is
made readily available in usable form through
advanced cyberinfrastructure to all who wish to
participate.
Ensure that the community possesses the means for
readily receiving, broadly distributing, fully
recognizing and acknowledging, and reliably
preserving the contributions of all who participate in
the biological research and education enterprise.
Strategic Plan
Workforce
Mid-Career Scientists
Postdoctoral Scientists
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Teacher Programs
Faculty at Undergraduate Institutions
Historically Underrepresented Groups
Strategic Plan
Resources
Long-Lived Data
Data Centers
Grid Computing
Strategic Plan
Access
Basic Resources
High End Computing
Resource Location & Archiving
Intellectual Property Rights
Strategic Plan
Interoperability
Physical
Logical
Semantic
Strategic Plan
Professional Staff
Program Directors
Relationship with CISE
Interagency Awareness
Workload
Strategic Plan
Interagency Activities
Leadership Roles
Engaged Participants
Strategic Plan
Frontiers of Integrative Activities
Biosphere Simulator Project
Environmental Microbial Genomics
Phenomics
National Systematics CI Project
NSF – Wide Effort
C I I WG
CyberInfrastructure Initial WG
NSF Roles and Goals
NSF Investments
NSF Management Structure for CI
Multi-Agency Context
Timeline: Mid-March to End of April
NSF – Wide Effort
CICIP
CI Coordination & Implementation Panel
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Council (A D s)
Policy
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Guidance
Plans
CICIP
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Biological
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RESEARCH
EDUCATION
Collaboratories
Observatory
Networks
Information
Resources
Synthesis Hubs
and Nodes
Fundamental Research
Strategic Investments:
Cost
Which apples do we choose?
Low Hanging Fruit
CI Investment Opportunity
LARGE BIO-ITR GRANTS
• AToL: A National Resource for
Phyloinformatics and Computational
Phylogenetics
• SEEK: Science (Semantic) Environment for
Ecological Knowledge
(www.ecoinformatics.org)
• Bio-Molecular Imaging and Information
Discovery
OTHER GRANTS
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Phylogenetics
Environmental Sensors & Networks
Natural History Museum Collections
Ecological Modeling
Biomolecular Data
Metabolic Pathways
Biodiversity Informatics
Strategic Investments:
Which apples do we choose?
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Low Hanging Fruit
CI Investment Opportunity