Enhancing Infrastructure Support for Data Intensive Science

Universities and national laboratories are making major investments in facilities-based optical networking, driven by the need to support high-end research activities. New, high-throughput research instruments, such as genomic sequencers, and the increasing use of computational simulation and modeling will drive a greater influx of data transfer over these networks. This event examines the current landscape from the perspective of researchers, federal R&D leads, and campus/lab CIOs.  After examining potential models for delivering these advanced network requirements, the community will develop a white paper summarizing the consensus recommendations with particular reference to input from CIOs and federal funding agencies.

Event structure:       
One full day at Joint Techs, Baton Rouge – Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Post-Meeting of Focus Group – Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Agenda:

• Moderator Welcome and Invited talks -- Jim Bottum, Clemson
• Keynote Speaker -- Bill St. Arnaud, Green IT
• Scientists (60 minutes), “Need well-architected networks”
• Climate (20 minutes) -- Don Middleton, NCAR
• Genomics (20 minutes) -- Matthew Trunnell, Broad Institute
• NSF XSEDE (20 minutes) -- Dan Stanzione, TACC/UT Austin
• Funding Agency Panel (30 minutes), “Need consistent support for science”
• Mike Ackerman, NIH
• Kevin Thompson, NSF
• Rich Carlson, DoE
• “Bootstrapping institutional capability "Money, Compliance, Expertise, Opportunity Cost”
• Gwen Jacobs, UHI
• Ruth Marinshaw, UNC
• Gary Jung, LBL
• Success stories
• ESnet leadership experience -- Eli Dart, ESnet
• National Lab experience -- Brent Draney, NERSC
• Campus experience
• Joe Breen, UofUtah
• Ron Hutchins, GATech
• Tad Reynales, Calit2/UCSD
• Moderator Report & Audience Engagement -- Jim Bottum, Clemson