The Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Institute [MSI C(I)2]

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The Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI)
Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Institute MSI C(I)2

• Providing a scalable mechanism for developing a
  CI-enabled science and engineering workforce

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The MSI C(I)2 Partners
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MSI C(I)2 Components

• International grid community partnership
• Cyberinfrastructure/e-Science training series for
  MSI faculty
• MSI Grid Portal http//www.educationgrid.org
• Training and Education via Internet, workshops
  and summer schools
• Distributed research, education, and innovation
  support and mentorship

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Advisory Team

• Fran Berman, SDSC
• Dan Reed, UNC, Renaissance Computing
• Mark Ellisman, SDSC, BIRN
• Kelvin Droegemeier, Oklahoma, LEAD
• Ian Foster, Chicago, Open Science Grid Globus etc
• Dan Atkins, Michigan
• Malcolm Atkinson, NESC (UK National e-Science
  Center), ICEAGE (EU Grid Education)

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Key Objectives

• Mobilize the MSI faculty and student
  communityMinority Serving Institutions starting
  with a few but eventually reaching the over 335
  in AIHEC HACU and NAFEO
• Provide access to physical infrastructure needed
  to support participation
• Support curriculum development, research,
  mentoring, and teaching teams
• Engage key Cyberinfrastructure (Grid) resources
• Identify best practices through evaluation

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Our Goal
Support the development of computing
professionals, interdisciplinary teams, and new
organizational structures, such as virtual
communities, needed to achieve the scientific
breakthroughs made possible by advanced CI,
paying particular attention to the opportunities
to broaden the participation of underrepresented
groups. Atkins CI report
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Proje\ct Venues

• Project Activities
• Planning and Education (train the trainer)
  meetings at SC05 SC06 Global Grid Forum and
  National Centers
• January 30-31 Planning SDSC
• General Summer School (June?) SDSC
• Supporting your own CI (August?) NCSA
• All Access Grid enabled
• Internet Seminars, Tutorials and semester Classes
• Grid Portal and Community Tools (Need volunteers
  to develop content)

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Jan 30 Setting the Cyberinfrastructure Scene

• 0830-0900 am Welcome
• 0900-1000 am Introduction to Cyberinfrastructure
  and Grids - Fran Berman
• 1000-1030 am Welcome to TeraGrid - Scott
  Lathrop
• 1045-1130 am Bioinformatics - Mark Ellisman
• 1130-1230 pm Grid Technology - Karan Bhatia
• 0145-0215 pm Virtual Infrastructure - Kate
  Keahey
• 0215-0300 pm Data Grids and Data Management -
  Reagan Moore
• 0315-0345 pm Security and Shared
  Cyberinfrastructure - Victor Hazlewood
• 0345-0430 pm Cyberinfracture in Earth Science
  for LEAD - Jay Alameda
• 0430-0445 pm Tapping into National
  Cyberinfrastructure Resources - Don Frederick
• 0445-0500 pm Wrap-up discussion Evaluation
  Forms - Julie Foertsch

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Jan 31 Planning the MSI Cyberinfrastructure
Future

• 0830-1000 am Panel on Developing a
  Cyberinfrastructure Curriculum - Geoffrey Fox
  (Moderator)
• 1030-1200 am Panel on Practice and Experience
  in Cyberinfrastructure for MSIs - Karl Barnes
  (Moderator)
• 0100-0230 pm Panel on Institutional, Policy and
  National issues in engaging MSI in
  Cyberinfrastructure - Alex Ramirez (Moderator)
• 0300-0430 pm Wrapping up Panel on Developing a
  White Paper with Strategy Recommendations for
  including MSI's in Cyberinfrastructure - Al
  Kuslikis (Moderator)