CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: ASCED -- An Advanced Scientific Collaboration Environment and DMZ

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NSF CC-NIE Network Infrastructure ASCED - An Advanced Scientific Collaboration Environment and DMZM.K. Gardner, S.W. Ellingson, K.R. Bisset, R.B. Knapp, and E.J. BrownCollaboration in scientific discourse is as much about buildingcommunity as it is about data sharing. It is about discipline-specificweb portals to ease data discovery and to facilitate access. It isabout validated tools for working with the data and about the meansfor replicating results. It is about data curation and management. Itis about controlling access to the data in order to obey regulatoryrequirements. And it is about the social interactions betweenscientists. Successful collaborations already address these issues,but in ad hoc ways. New collaborations must tackle the same challengesover and over gain. It would be much more productive if a standardinfrastructure existed for building and hosting collaborationenvironments and communities.The Advanced Scientific Collaboration Environment and DMZ (ASCED) is astandardized infrastructure, based upon open source components, forbuilding and hosting scientific communities. It is built upon theScience DMZ, an infrastructure for efficiently sharing data, byincluding a private cloud for hosting collaboration environments. Itsupports role-based access control, facilitates data management, andprovides PIs with tools for abiding by regulatory requirements. It isa standard base upon which scientific communities can be built,allowing future proposals to focus on the specifics of their research.It is also envisioned that ASCED will be used as a platform foreducators to engage students at all levels. And it can be a platformfor engaging the public, both in the dissemination of results and inparticipating in research.