Collaborative Research: An EPSCoR Desktop to Teragrid Ecosystem

EPS-0919440，南卡罗来纳州研究机构，James R.Bottom，链接到EPS-0919436(田纳西诺克斯维尔大学)合作研究：EPSCoR桌面到TeraGrid生态系统该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公共法律第111-5条)资助。南卡罗来纳州(SC)和田纳西州(TN)之间的伙伴关系建立在先进材料和系统生物学研究以及计算科学正在推动新方法和洞察力的知识领域现有和计划的合作基础上。项目？S的目标是构建连接网络基础设施(CI)的社区特定知识环境，体现从桌面到TeraGrid的生态系统。在这个生态系统中，地区性研究机构的校园网络基础设施是连接教师研究人员与TeraGrid等国家资源的重要桥梁。该提案旨在开发成功弥合桌面和TeraGrid.Intelligence优点之间当前差距的模式。研究人员将创建一个TeraGrid生态系统的桌面模型，该生态系统以基于校园的CI层为基础，最终指定为？Track 3？区域研究资源将校园调查人员与TeraGrid联系起来。EDUCAUSE校园网络基础设施工作组和学术科学计算联盟已经确定了对这种模式的需求(研讨会未发表的报告，2008年7月)。研究人员定义并演示了校园如何通过启用系统生物学和先进材料应用程序来成功利用TeraGrid计划。预计它将通过与本科生和历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)建立伙伴关系，在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)多样性方面取得进展。研究人员计划推进TeraGrid Track 2站点？S在国家中间件计划方面的经验和理解，同时建立通过科学门户无缝访问区域和TeraGrid资源的机制。广泛影响解决技术和通信挑战对于扩展TeraGrid的使用至关重要。这一努力将大大有助于将TeraGrid？S的活跃用户群增加到目前的1,000名用户的稳定水平之上。SC/TN联盟包括伙伴本科大学(查尔斯顿学院、城堡)和HBCU(克拉夫林大学和南卡罗来纳州立大学)，为该地区提供参与和培训外展机会，以及创新的传播计划。这项建议利用联邦、州和私人在网络基础设施方面的联合资金1亿美元。建议的目标侧重于特定领域的合作，有足够的计算支持人员，以及区域组织和通信计划，以实现由研究人员主导的发现成果。

EPS-0919440, South Carolina Research Authority, James R. Bottum, linked to EPS-0919436 (University of Tennessee Knoxville)Collaborative Research: An EPSCoR Desktop to Teragrid EcoSystemThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The partnership between South Carolina (SC) and Tennessee (TN) is based on existing and planned collaborations in advanced materials and systems biology research, and in knowledge domains where computational science is driving new approaches and insights. The project?s goal is to build cyberinfrastructure (CI) linked community specific knowledge environments that embody the desktop to TeraGrid ecosystem. In this ecosystem, the campus-based cyberinfrastructure at regional research institutions is an essential bridge for connecting faculty investigators to national resources such as the TeraGrid. The proposal aims to develop models that successfully bridge the current gap between desktop and TeraGrid.Intellectual Merit. The researchers will create a model desktop to TeraGrid ecosystem anchored by a campus-based CI layer that eventually designated a ?Track 3? regional research resource bridging campus investigators to TeraGrid. The need for such a model has been identified by the EDUCAUSE Campus Cyberinfrastructure Working Group and the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computing (unpublished report from workshop, July 2008). The researchers define and demonstrate how campuses can successfully leverage the TeraGrid program by enabling the systems biology and advanced materials applications. It is expected to achieve progress in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) diversity through partnerships with undergraduate and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The researchers plan to advance a TeraGrid Track 2 site?s experience with, and understanding of, the national middleware program while building mechanisms to access regional and TeraGrid resources seamlessly through a Science Gateway.Broader ImpactsSolving technical and communication challenges is essential to scaling use of the TeraGrid. This effort will significantly contribute to increasing the TeraGrid?s active user base above its current 1,000 user plateau. The SC/TN consortium includes partner undergraduate universities (College of Charleston, the Citadel) and HBCUs (Claflin University and South Carolina State University) engagement and training outreach opportunities for the region, and an innovative dissemination plan. This proposal leverages $100 M in combined federal, state and private funding in cyberinfrastructure.The proposed objectives focus on domain-specific collaborations with adequate computational support personnel, and a regional organization and communication plan, to achieve research-faculty led discovery outcomes.