Information Infrastructure for the Ocean Research Community

海洋研究界的信息基础设施M. R. Abbott OSUT。M. Powell推进海洋科学的信息技术基础设施（ITI）计划报告于2002年1月完成，这是NSF和海军研究办公室（ONR）赞助的社区规划过程的结果。 该报告主要侧重于计算需求，以支持海洋研究人员的建模、数据分析和可视化需求。 该报告还指出，海洋研究机构长期需要获得当地的国际贸易倡议。 最近的社区会议强调了对高性能计算服务的持续需求，这些服务除了通过超级计算机中心等集中式系统之外，还可以通过本地分布式源提供。 建议开展若干活动，以完成海洋科学国际热带倡议的规划。 第一项活动将是一个25-35人的研讨会，重点是当地的分布式设施需求，并提出创新的解决方案。这些调查结果是对现有报告的补充和延伸。 第二项活动将设立一个科学指导委员会，为执行报告中的建议开展进一步规划。 SSC将与联邦机构的倡议，特别是在NSF，以确保基础设施的建议是科学驱动的。 为便利上述活动，将成立一个小型规划小组，以组织讲习班并挑选南南合作的首批成员;一旦南南合作开始运作，规划小组的职责将由南南合作承担。

AbstractInformation Infrastructure for the Ocean Research CommunityM. R. Abbott OSUT. M. PowellThe Information Technology Infrastructure (ITI) Plan to Advance Ocean Sciences report was completed in January 2002 as the result of a community planning process sponsored by NSF and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The report focused primarily on the needs for computing to support the modeling, data analysis and visualization needs of ocean researchers. The report also noted the long-term needs for access to local ITI at ocean research institutions. Recent community meetings have emphasized the continuing needs for high performance computing services that can be delivered through local, distributed sources in addition to centralized systems such as supercomputer centers. Several activities are proposed to complete the ITI planning for ocean sciences. The first activity will be a 25-35-person workshop to focus on the local, distributed facilities needs and to suggest innovative solutions. These findings are a compliment and extension to the existing report. The second activity will institute a Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) to initiate further planning for implementation of the recommendations in the report. The SSC will work in conjunction with federal agency initiatives, especially at NSF, to insure that infrastructure recommendations are science-driven. To facilitate the above activities, a small planning group will be formed to organize the workshop and to select the initial members of the SSC; once the SSC is functional the planning groups duties will be assumed by the SSC.