internet2 and global collaboration

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Internet2and

Global Collaboration

APAN 33 Chiang Mai14 February 2012

Stephen WolffInternet2

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Definition

An ecosystem isa community

of living and non-living thingsthat work together

-- Natureworks,New Hampshire Public Television

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Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem

DiscoveryCollaborationEducation

Organizations Universities, schools Government labs, agencies Research and Medical Centers Libraries, Museums Virtual Organizations Communities

Expertise Research and Scholarship Education Learning and Workforce Development Interoperability and operations Cyberscience

Networking Campus, national, international networks Research and experimental networks End-to-end throughput Cybersecurity

Computational Resources Supercomputers Clouds, Grids, Clusters Visualization Compute services Data Centers

Data Databases, Data repositories Collections and Libraries Data Access; storage, navigation management, mining tools, curation

Scientific Instruments Large Facilities, MREFCs,telescopes Colliders, shake Tables Sensor Arrays - Ocean, environment, weather, buildings, climate. Etc Remote teaching laboratories

Software Applications, middleware Software development and supportCybersecurity: access, authorization, authentication

Source: NSFUsed withpermission

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The growth of virtual organizations

• Within our community, collaboration is increasingly global and VOs are found in– Physical and social sciences– Biomedical and health sciences– Liberal arts and humanities– Performing arts

• The cyberinfrastructure ecosystem is global - CyberGaia

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Today’s talk

• Two elements of the global CI– Connectivity– Collaboration tools

• Which illustrate two principles– Openness– Federation

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Connectivity

• Global connectivity is increasingly being provided by– autonomous lightpaths and– autonomous lightpath exchanges– in purpose-built topologies– that may be ephemeral– to suit the needs of data-intensive science or

short-lived collaborations

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Connectivity

• Lightpath exchanges should be open– ⇒ all connectors treated equally– engineering flexibility– usage

• Provisioning by OSCARS, DRAGON, AutoBAHN, DRAC,…

• Instances of Software-Defined Networking• NDDI and OS3E is another (and more general)way…

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Connectivity

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Connectivity

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Connectivity

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Connectivity

We invite international partners

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Collaboration tools

• As virtual organizations proliferate, the need for effective collaboration tools is growing

• Traditionally, some VOs have developed their own tools– Sloan Sky Survey– MonaLisa in the HEP community

• When disparate (actual or virtual) organizations work together, “one size fits all” does not work!

• Interoperability glue and federated trust structures are the answer

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Tools – real and potential

• framework(s)• workflow • connectivity with R&E networks

worldwide. • low delay environment• low jitter environment• incrementally growing circles of

sharing, with complex federated identity

• content management• cloud services• CaaS• bulk data movement• videoconferencing• email

• real-time collaborative idea development - brainstorming

• asynchronous collaboration • note taking• white board• proposal development• document development• publication support• document sharing• experiment development• steering of computation• remote instrumentation and

monitoring• simulation or experiment automation

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A platform for innovation

• Universities have a record of Internet innovation (VTC, tele-immersion, Facebook,…)

• Some collaboration tools are bandwidth hungry (video walls, CAVEs,…)

• Innovation must not be shackled by lack of bandwidth

• The Internet2 initiative “Platform for Innovation” aims to push 100 Gb/s into campuses

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Collaboration tools

• Innovation tends to happen when independent initiatives both co-operate and compete with each other

• Innovation cannot be centrally controlled• Federated governance and open systems are

the best breeding ground for innovation• Openness, neutrality and diversity should be

the guiding principlesSource: e-IRG

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Summary and conclusion

connectivity

collaboration

openness

federation

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Thank you!

swolff@internet2.edu