Discussion of Highlevel Strategies for Developing a Future eScience Program

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DiscussionofHigh-level Strategies for
Developinga Future eScience Program

• Breakout Group 4, 12/2/2004

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Articulate the Big National, Societal Goals

• Staying competitive in a changing environment (as
  in the natural environment)
• Warming, agriculture, flooding in coastal areas,
  insurance
• Bootstrapping American competitiveness and
  ingenuity to create New Industries
• Nanotechnology, towards a knowledge economy
• Improving the Human Condition - Health
  information, Care Resources, Disaster Response
  and Management
• Energy, Water, Nutrients
• Defense Security Support Systems
• Education

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The Big Goals
EDUCATION
Interdisciplinary Knowledge!
Small to Big
Better Science
for
via
Democratization
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Pitching A Future eScience Program

• Consider our program relative to the scope and
  funding of U.K., EU, Asia
• Current DOE level of 34M is about 1 of OS
  budget of 3.4B - Can we double?
• We would need a great Program Name
• Its important and hard to come up with one
• Cyberinfrastructure is somewhat vague
• Encompasses collaboratories, Grid, etc.
• eScience is taken, so
• Identify the Grand Challenges, translate to the
  Big Goals, drive the eScience thrusts, cost the
  program