NSF CyberInfrastructure Linkages with IT Issues in the FDA Critical Path Initiative

1
NSF CyberInfrastructureLinkages with IT Issues
in the FDA Critical Path Initiative

• Sangtae Sang Kim, PhD
• National Science Foundation
• presented at the
• FDA Science Board Advisory Committee Meeting
• Apr. 15, 2005 Rockville, MD
• Also Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished
  Professor, Purdue University (on loan to NSF)

2
Goals for Today

• In 10 minutes or less, outline to the Science
  Advisory Board the linkages between NSF
  activities and IT issues in the FDAs Critical
  Path Initiative
• Brief overview of most salient points that set
  the stage for inter-agency collaborations
• Additional background materials for the record,
  including current activities at two centers
• Some highlights
• NSF track record and emerging trends of interest
  to FDA
• FDA RFID mandate as an example of driver for
  middleware
• Digital archiving encouraging inter-agency
  collaborations

3
Track Record of NSF Activities in CI
4
CyberInfrastructure Tipping Point Information
Flow Reversal
5
Big Picture Strategy

• Impact Enabling role of CyberInfrastructure for
  SE Research has a parallel paradigm for the
  trans-formative power of the next wave of the e
  revolution immediate economic, societal impact
• Drivers Massive data generation at the
  periphery, High End Computing (HEC) at the core,
  and a new architecture linking the core to the
  periphery - these are driving the central
  elements of CI
• What Success Looks Like As we transition to next
  generation CI (e.g. RFID), continue tradition of
  U.S. leadership in deployed CI (strategic
  advantage)

6
Background Information
7
Background on Sang Kim

• Computational research in fluids, particulate and
  biological systems, UW-Madison, over 15-year span
  (elected to National Academy of Engineering,
  2001)
• Served as V.P.for IT (CIO of RD Labs) at two
  large pharmaceutical companies, 1997-2003
• Public Service Advisory Boards/Councils
• NRC Board on Chem. Sciences Technology
  2000-2003
• NSF Engineering Directorate 2002-2004
• Others pending (deferred due to NSF service)
  NIH/NIGMS
• On loan to NSF from Purdue, Feb. 2004 to
  present, active research programs in informatics,
  RFID and self-assembly

8
Guiding Principles for SharedCyberInfrastructure
at NSF

• Serve all of science engineering
• Firm and continuing commitment to providing the
  most advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI), with
  high-end computing (HEC) at the core
• Tag line HEC X
• Encourage emerging CI while maintaining and
  transitioning extant CI
• Provide balance in CI equipment
• Strong links to ongoing fundamental research to
  create future generations of CI

9
Cyberinfrastructure the future consists of

• Computational engines (supercomputers, clusters,
  workstations capability and capacity)
• Mass storage (disk drives, tapes, ) and
  persistence
• Networking (including optical, wireless,
  ubiquitous)
• Digital libraries/data bases
• Sensors/effectors (includes RFID)
• Software (operating systems, middleware, domain
  specific tools/platforms for building
  applications)
• Services (education, training, consulting, user
  assistance)

All working together in an integrated fashion.