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BBiological iological SSciences: ciences: CIBS & Strategic PlanningCIBS & Strategic Planning
Michael R. WilligDivision of Environmental Biology
CIBSWorking Group
Chris Greer & Manfred Zorn, PDs DBI
Jim Morris & Alan Tessier , PDs DEB
Bill Zamer & Cole Gilbert, PDs IOB
Kamal Shukla & Matt Kane, PDs MCB
K-lyn Smith, SA BIO
Liz Blood, Juan Carlos Morales, & Michele Kelleher
CYBERINFRASTRUCTUREAn integrated system of state-of-the-art computing, communications and information resources, tools and services that is transforming science and engineering research and education.
Critically dependent on educated and trained workforce.
2121stst Century Biology Century BiologyDispersionHeterogeneityQuantity
HierarchicalDynamicalEvolving
Non-linearContext-Dependent
Cyberinfrastructure
Splendid Isolation
Written prior to Foundation-wide activity to produce an NSF Strategic Plan
Limited implementation until adjustments are made in light of the evolving NSF
Strategic Plan
Focus on the essential elements of the BIO Plan that are related to unique characteristics of the disciplinary workforce and NSF-BIO scientific workforce
Strategic PlanStrategic PlanVision & Goals
Strategy -- External ActivitiesWorkforceResources
AccessInteroperability
Strategy -- Internal ManagementProfessional Staff
Interagency ActivitiesFrontiers of Integrative Activities
VISIONWe envision an era in biological research & education in which cyberinfrastructure serves as a universal integrator. In this new era, individuals from all areas of science and education will have effective access to information from all areas of biology. All individuals desiring to participate will have the opportunity to contribute to the limits of their own abilities and creativity, without artificial limitations imposed by geography, institutional setting, career status, cultural constraints related to sex, ethnicity, or race, physical disability, or any of the other factors that currently form barriers to full participation.
GOALSEnsure that individuals at all levels and in
all settings can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to use cyberinfrastructure in the biological sciences.
Ensure that information in the biological sciences – including the latest results of cutting-edge research and the most innovative educational resources – is made readily available in usable form through advanced cyberinfrastructure to all who wish to participate.
Ensure that the community possesses the means for readily receiving, broadly distributing, fully recognizing and acknowledging, and reliably preserving the contributions of all who participate in the biological research and education enterprise.
Organizational Organizational SchemaSchema
Focal Topic
Outline of Targeted Activities
Low-Hanging Fruit(uncertain or declining
budgets)
Strategic PlanStrategic PlanWorkforce
Mid-Career ScientistsPostdoctoral Scientists
Graduate StudentsUndergraduate Students
Teacher ProgramsFaculty at Undergraduate
InstitutionsHistorically Underrepresented
Groups
WorkforceWorkforceLow Hanging FruitLow Hanging Fruit
Dear Colleague Letter that focuses (e.g., post-doctoral or
graduate student) or re-focuses (e.g., REU, RET, ROA) supplement
opportunities on cyberinfrastructure
CommunicateSupport
Maximally Inclusive
Strategic PlanStrategic PlanResources
Long-Lived DataData Centers
Grid Computing
ResourcesResourcesLow Hanging Fruit
Community coalescence through workshops and RCN
mechanisms
Data Management Plans
Final Project Reports
Strategic PlanStrategic Plan
Access
Basic ResourcesHigh End Computing
Resource Location & ArchivingIntellectual Property Rights
AccessAccess
Low Hanging Fruit
Virtual Clearing House (www page) for information
regarding the BIO-CI interface
PDs attend CI Workshops and provide out-reach to
disciplinary communities
Strategic PlanStrategic Plan
InteroperabilityPhysicalLogical
Semantic
InteroperabilityInteroperability
Low Hanging Fruit
Expand development of standards of
interoperability via RCN mechanisms and activities at BIO-supported Centers
Strategic PlanStrategic Plan
Professional StaffProfessional StaffProgram Directors
Relationship with CISEInteragency Awareness
Workload
Professional StaffProfessional StaffLow Hanging FruitLow Hanging FruitCyberinfrastructure Forum
Internal Town HallsWorkshops on CI-BIO Interface
Recruitment of cyber-savvy PDs
Directorate-levelDivision-level
Strategic PlanStrategic Plan
Interagency Interagency ActivitiesActivities
Leadership RolesEngaged Participants
Interagency Interagency ActivitiesActivities
Low Hanging FruitLow Hanging FruitStrategic placement of cyber-
savvy PDs on interagency committees
Strategic PlanStrategic PlanFrontiers of Integrative Frontiers of Integrative
ActivitiesActivities
Biosphere Simulator ProjectEnvironmental Microbial
GenomicsPhenomics
National Systematics CI Project
Frontiers of Integrative Frontiers of Integrative ActivitiesActivities
Low Hanging FruitLow Hanging Fruit
Develop an “incubation strategy” for initiatives
(workshops, symposia, RCNs) that is sensitive to
developmental state of activities