it at argonne (nlit 2008)
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information technology at Argonne National
Laboratory
Charlie CatlettCIO, Argonne National Laboratory
Senior Fellow, University of Chicago/Argonne Computation Institute
National Laboratories Information Technology SummitMay 12, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
a multi-program labUChicago Argonne, LLC
3,000 employees
4,250 facility users, visiting scientists, students
9,000 badged users
energy matter
complex systems
user facilities
science & engineering
characterization of matter at the
nuclear level
understanding complex systems
through leadership computing
characterization of matter at the
atomic and molecular levels
Advanced Photon SourceCenter for Nanoscale Materials
Electon Microscopy Center
Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System
user facilities
business systems
IT support(helpdesk, desktop,lan, email,calendar, etc.)
cybersecurity
lab networks& telecom
hpc &user facilities
operations programs
lab
lab division
lab
lab
lab
lab divisionlab
division
mixed
IT is peoplescience
collaborationbusiness
a digital laboratory
computing, datanavigating
web 2.0 lab services
science / engineering
ALCF Intrepid556 Teraflops IBM BG/P
163,840 processors,80TB memory
Image (Supernova simulated at ALCF): UChicago FLASH Center
science / engineering
new core backbonefree storage services
lab computing resource
navigating
new document servicesinternal social networks
web 2.0 map by Markus Angermeier
doing business“I am increasingly
overloaded by the
amount of information I have to deal with”
strongly agreesomewhat agreesomewhat disagreestrongly disagree
LexisNexis / WorldOne Research
exploit routines
calendar (subscriptions)browser (RSS)
doing business
services
infrastructure
applicationsinteraction/notification interface
application service interface
architecture
infrastructure
application services
servicesau
thor
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auth
entic
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data
base
wor
kflow
data
sto
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web services standards
messaging
calendar
safety management
performance appraisalcontracting
purchasing
(travel) expense mgmt job hazardcybergatepass
facilities management
training managementgatepass
time
chemical management
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safety management contracting facilities
management
chemical management
expert interface
time
legacy third party
messaging
calendar
open client in-house
applications
exam
ples
one login(once)
intuitive navigation
consistent interface
experience
peoplescience
collaborationbusiness