CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH FOR HOMELAND SECURITY 2527 February 2003 La Jolla, California

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CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH FOR HOMELAND
SECURITY 25-27 February 2003 La Jolla,
California
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Janet Thot-Thompson
• Associate Director, NCSA ACCESS
• Executive Director, MSCMC

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Program Overview

• ACCESS

• MSCMC

Mission to advance scientific research in
computational science through the creation of
Global Distributed Centers Explore the
development and use of advanced
technologies Foster national and international
partnerships between academic, government,
public, and private sectors Accelerate technology
transfer
Mission Promote global Development and
Deployment of advanced IT Strategies and tools
for Crisis Management and Emergency Response
Communities for all phases (planning, response,
mitigation and recovery) including virtual
reality environments over all modes of
communications.
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ACCESS
Global Distributed Centers

• ACCESS-DC is a prototype center
• Domestic and international program of Global
  Distributed Centers
• Designed to enhance demonstrations, training,
  distance learning, multimedia teleconferencing
  and collaborative work
• Interactive gateway for communications physical
  and virtual with international and national
  leaders
• Provides demonstration test beds
• Emerging and advanced university and private
  sector technologies
• Training environment for private sector
  initiatives
• Convening forum for economic development and
  stability

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ACCESS

The Facility

• Multiple Broadband Connections
• Digital cable modem
• T1 (1.5 megabits per second, mbps) for Internet
  access
• Gigabit Ethernet (1000 mbps)
• Access to DARPAs Supernet (OC 192)
• Multiple AccessGrid nodes
• Interactive Video over the internet
• Hundreds of nodes and applications

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ACCESS

Global Distributed Centers
Washington, DC Mississippi Chicago Moscow
Manila
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Global Distributed Centers Model
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ACCESS, MSCMC and the AccessGrid
Model Example

• AccessGrid enables group to group collaboration
  and communications

• An ACCESS Centers model offers a Virginia-wide
  system of Centers connected by a high speed
  network to deliver collaborative government
  sessions, meetings and events.
• When not scheduled by the Government for
  meetings and events these Centers can be used
  for educational (K-12) activities to bridge the
  Digital Divide.
• These Centers can also be used in times of
  Crisis Management to facilitate Emergency
  Responselike the TOPOFF exerciseillustrated.

National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA) http//www.ncsa.uiuc.edu Alliance Center
for Collaboration Education Science and Software
(ACCESS) http//calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS Multi-
Sector Crisis Management Consortium (MSCMC)
http//www.mscmc.org Contact jtt_at_ncsa.uiuc.edu
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Access Grid

• Access Grid for distributed collaboration
• enables group interaction with the Grid
• streaming multicast audio/video
• shared presentations
• Tremendous Growth153 Reported Grid nodes
  (national, international, academic, and private)
• Open Source Interactive tutorial
• http//webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu8900/public/AGIB/

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ACCESS
Multi-Sector Representation
2002

• 1312 visitors
• 372 different organizations
• 54 major meetings/events

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Program Overview

• ACCESS

• MSCMC

Mission to advance scientific research in
computational science through the creation of
Global Distributed Centers Explore the
development and use of advanced
technologies Foster national and international
partnerships between academic, government,
public, and private sectors Accelerate technology
transfer
Mission Promote global Development and
Deployment of advanced IT Strategies and tools
for Crisis Management and Emergency Response
Communities for all phases (planning, response,
mitigation and recovery) including virtual
reality environments over all modes of
communications.
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MSCMC
Multi-Sector Crisis Management
Consortium

• Consortium for Crisis Management
• Non-profit Funded by participating members
• Neutral convening forums
• ACCESS Centers and Technology
• The terrorist events of September 11th 2001
• Emphasized need
• Host emergency exercises
• US Weapons of Mass Destruction Drill TOPOFF

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MSCMC International Membership Russia

• Academician Evgeny Pavlovich VelikhovPresident
  of the Kurchatov Institute
• First Honorary International Member of theMulti
  Sector Crisis Management Consortium

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MSCMC International Membership Uzbekistan
Saidakhror S. GulyamovMinister of Higher and
Specialized Education Republic of Uzbekistan
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MSCMC International Participation
Australia
Syed Qadir, MSCMC Acting Chair with Alan Hodges,
GDIN 2001 Committee Chair, Australia
GDIN 2001 Canberra, Australia March
2001
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MSCMC International Participation
Italy
Syed Qadir MSCMC Chair
GDIN 2002 Rome, Italy June 2002
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MSCMC GDIN Russian/US Demonstration Project
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ACCESS TOPOFF Exercise Homeland
Security
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Anywhere, Anytime, Any Size, Any SignalScalable
Remote Information Sensing and Communication
Systems
MSCMC Wireless Workshop

• Anywhere, Anytime, Any Size, Any Signal
• Scalable Remote Information Sensing and
  Communications Systems

Workshop Presented by the MSCMC Multi-Sector
Crisis Management Consortium ACCESS Center -
January 14-15, 2002
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MSCMC ARC Network
Multi-Mode Access
Response Centers

• ACCESS centers in all 50 states
• Four mobile systems per state
• Multi-sector collaboration
• Peace and Prosperity Centers
• Multiple use
• Emergency response
• Economic development
• Life long learning

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MSCMC
Multi-Sector
Activities

• 30 meetings/events
• Outreach meetings
• Demonstrations
• Workshops
• Training
• 69 presentations
• 303 organizations represented

MSCMC Sector Representation

• Infectious Disease
• Gujarat Earthquake
• Olympics Security
• Pervasive Sensing
• 9/11 Response

• GIS Information Mgmt
• Data Mining
• Global Grid Fiber
• Virtual Reality
• Antiterrorism Assist. Prog.

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Contact Information
Janet Thot-Thompson jtt_at_ncsa.uiuc.edu ACCESS
AD http//calder.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/ Executive
Director, MSCMC www.mscmc.org