EPSCoR CI WORKSHOP:

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• EPSCoR CI WORKSHOP
• A CONCISE RETROSPECTIVE
• SHERRY FARWELL
• HEAD OF NSF EPSCoR OFFICE

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ACI STATEMENT ON RESEARCH FUNDING FOR 2007-2016
NSF is the primary source for academic research
in the physical sciences and engineering, funding
potentially transformative basic research in
areas such as nanotechnology, biotechnology,
advanced networking and information technology,
physics, chemistry, materials science, sensors,
and mathematics.
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NSF CI
Cyberinfrastructure Is Ever-Increasing.Dr.
Bement, April 2006

• Computer Hardware
• System Software Middleware
• Networking GRIDS
• Data Mining/Visualization
• Large Sensor-based Observing Systems
• Shared Instrumentation
• Collaboratory Research/Education
• Etc.

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• SOME WORKSHOP QUOTES

CI IS DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES, DISTRIBUTED
DATA, DISTRIBUTED USERS. (MIRIAM) THE
VALUE-ADDED NATURE OF CI FOR COLLABORATIVE
SCIENCE IS KEY. (JOHN) NATIONAL SCALE
OPTICAL NETWORKING CONTINUES TO BE IN FLUX. BY
THE TIME THIS MEETING IS OVER, THIS TALK WILL BE
OUTDATED. (JOE) CI IS AN ENABLER AND IS
FUNDAMENTALLY A HUMAN PROBLEM. (CHERRI)

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• MY WORKSHOP QUOTE

IN CASE WE HAD NOT YET FULLY RECOGNIZED IT,
THE PAST TWO DAYS AT THIS WORKSHOP HAVE FURTHER
DEMONSTRATED THAT ANOTHER INTERNET-STYLE
REVOLUTION IS RAPIDLY OCCURING. FURTHERMORE,
THIS CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE-BASED REVOLUTION IS NOT
ONE, BUT MANY.

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• CI HELP WORKSHOP

• HEARD
• EXPLORED
• LEARNED
• PLAN

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• PROVIDE FURTHER INPUT ON YOUR JURISDICTIONS
  CI-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND/OR PLANS TO EITHER

GEORGE at ggarriso_at_utsi.edu MICAH at
mbeck_at_cs.utk.edu By MAY 22, 2006
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• A SINCERE THANK YOU!!

• WORKSHOP SPEAKERS
• PANEL CHAIRS/MEMBERS
• BREAKOUT FACILATORS
• EPSCoR PARTICIPANTS
• WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
• GEORGE GARRISON
• MICAH BECH
• DAN MARCUM

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