NEES Tsunami Wave Basin Cyberinfrastructure for Tsunami Research

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NEES Tsunami Wave Basin Cyberinfrastructure
for Tsunami Research

• Cherri M. Pancake
• Northwest Alliance for Computational Science
  Engineering (NACSE)
• Oregon State University

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The Concept of Cyberinfrastructure

• Infrastructure that enables distributed,
  real-time collaboration requiring large-scale,
  dynamic information
• Examples of components to be integrated
• Unique experimental facilities
• Networks of data collection devices
• Major computational processing capabilities
• Computational models and model components
• High-speed networks
• Tele-participation and tele-operation tools
• Data/metadata storage and curation
• Data analysis and information extraction tools

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NEES Distributed Resources and Users
NEES Consortium
K-14 Education
NEEScentral (SDSC partners) IT manager at each
site
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Why Cyberinfrastructure Is Needed

• Experimental research on tsunamis is typically
• Based on individual efforts
• Linear in nature (tackles individual subproblems)
• Slowed by long delays in publication of results
• Narrowed by inability to share data easily and
  effectively

• Minimal effect on design guidelines and codes
• Wave and soil substructure research isolated from
  that on built structures
• Experiments too small in scale to inspire
  confidence

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How Cyberinfrastructure Changes Research

• Single research group
• Results delayed by publication
• Data not available
• No computational model

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Local Remote Researchers
Remote participation, document data sharing
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What Was Different about Our Proposal

• Goal exploit IT advances so tsunami researchers
  can
• Control and observe experiments from remote sites
• Reduce requirement for on-site presence
• Gain more from experiments
• Exploit technology to enhance human observation
• Share experiments with colleagues/students
• Broaden participation
• Extend useful lifetime

• Leverage other experiments
• Facilitate re-use of previous experimental
  results
• Support integration with computational modeling

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Tsunami Cyberinfrastructure at OrSt

• Shared access to models, input data, results
• Tsunami Computational Portal (co-hosted by ARSC)
• Preservation of tsunami survey data
• Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository (hosted at
  SDSC)

• Archive of tsunami and coastal engineering
  experiments
• Tsunami Experiment Databank
• Remote participation in experiments
• Tsunami Wave Basin Experimental Notebook

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How-tos for Prospective Researchers

• Start by getting familiar with our site
  specifications
• Available for all sites through NEEScentral
  website (http//central.nees.org)
• Facilities section includes basic information
  on each site
• Provides contact names and numbers
• Most important section is Training
  Certification
• How to propose a project
• Scheduling policies
• User fee structure
• Contact us we want to help make your proposal
  successful (and realistic)

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Conforming to NEES Policies

• NEESinc establishes data sharing policies for all
  projects
• Defined in policy available at NEESinc website
• Key elements
• Data sharing plan forms part of Research
  Participation Agreement
• Data must be registered with NEES data
  librarian by 6 months after experiment runs
• Data becomes public 12 months after experiment
• Process defined in NEES data pipeline

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5 Publish
4 Curate
3 Encapsulate
2 Post-process (after experiment)
1 Acquire (during experiment)
0 Plan (before experiment)
-1 Pre-award
Equipment Site
3.1
1.1 Record
1.4b Backup Store
1.2 Synchronize
Data Archiving Sharing Plan
Negotiable
1.4a Initial Store
0.3 Build
1.3 Organize
By 6 months from end of experiment or simulation
0.2 Design
Encapsulate
Repeat for each Trial
4.1 Register
Researcher
Repeat for each Experiment
0.1 Goals
4.2 Assign Tags
4.3 Certify
4.4 Release
Data Librarian
Repository curated
Researcher responsible for ensuring completion
direct data
stored data
process
predefined process
docu- ment
Data Librarian responsible for ensuring completion
Scope negotiable as part of Research
Participation Agreement
Equipment Site responsible for ensuring completion
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How It Works at the Tsunami Wave Basin

• Once your project is approved, we work closely
  with you at every step
• Research Participation Agreement still governs
  the process, but
• We help you understand what metadata is needed
  and when
• We help you put your experiment design info in
  the Databank
• We put calibration experiment data in for you
  and make it easy for you to download analyze
• We assist you to review data for completeness
• At the proper time, we upload metadata data to
  the NEES archive for you and initiate the
  formal curation process
• (i.e., we handle the negotiable parts of the
  pipeline, and we assist you in the researchers
  portions)

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Why Put NEES Data in Two Places?

• NEEScentral official NEES archive
• Archives NEES projects from all sites
• Info becomes public all at once after curation
  is complete
• Public means accessible to anyone with login
• Tsunami Experiment Databank OrSts data
  repository
• All NEES projects at TWB are represented
• Non-NEES projects as well (e.g., coastal
  engineering studies carried out at OrSt)
• Project records accumulate, starting with the
  design phase and continuing through analysis
• Non-critical info is publicly available (to
  anyone) at all times
• Critical info requires login

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Stepping Through the Process

• Web-based Experiment Notebook is the way to
  access TWB data and activities
• For anyone
• Learn about past or ongoing projects
• Participate remotely in TWB experiments
• For NEES researchers
• Document your project (for collaborators, and to
  meet NEES requirements)
• Participate remotely in TWB experiments
• View and download your experimental data
• Document your analysis and results

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