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NSF GeoData Workshop June 17-19, 2014 Boulder, CO Sara J. Graves, Ph.D.

Social, Political and Financial Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Governmental Agencies. NSF GeoData Workshop June 17-19, 2014 Boulder, CO Sara J. Graves, Ph.D. Director , Information Technology and Systems Center Board of Trustees University Professor

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NSF GeoData Workshop June 17-19, 2014 Boulder, CO Sara J. Graves, Ph.D.

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  1. Social, Political and Financial Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Governmental Agencies NSF GeoData Workshop June 17-19, 2014 Boulder, CO Sara J. Graves, Ph.D. Director, Information Technology and Systems Center Board of Trustees University Professor Professor of Computer Science University of Alabama in Huntsville +1-256-824-6064 sgraves@itsc.uah.edu http://www.itsc.uah.edu

  2. Social Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Government Agencies • Advice/Directive from Congress and Advisory groups • Impacts of ‘cultures’ of agencies on collaboration, funding mechanisms, etc. • Encourage collaboration with other agencies and groups • Interpretation of mission of agency • Discovery, access and use of data by researchers/ decision makers/ policy makers/public • ConvincingCongress to fund new as well as continuing programs • People aspects offer more challenges than the technical aspects • ‘No interest in/support of data’ – but then present research results from analyzing data • Entire ‘Data Community’ responsible for impact and sustainability • US agencies are leaders in international data and science but we cannot take that valuable asset for granted • Interest in geodata by wide segment of population – exploit wisely • International aspects

  3. Financial Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Government Agencies • Funding mechanisms – grants, contracts, etc (open to new mechanisms) • Funding timetables – constraints/flexibility • Funds for HW/SW/networks/clouds as well as labor • Funds for sustainability of data infrastructure • Large investments by specific agencies – leverage in and between • RFPs for innovative ideas but also for enhancements/transition to next phase/operations • Convince Congress to fund new as well as continuing programs • In and between agencies funding for collaborations and supplementary funding • Funding uncertainty • Budgeting implication for broad community of interest in geodata

  4. Political Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Government Agencies • Advice/Directive from Congress and Advisory groups • Policies of agencies - impacts on collaboration, funding, etc • Interpretation of mission of agency • Policies with regard to discovery, access and use of data • Policy and budgeting implications of providing/consuming data for researchers/ decision makers/ policy makers/public • Convince Congress to fund new as well as continuing programs • Internal and External pressures on many topics such as timeliness and openess • Understand and respect boundaries • Restrictions on data access and use – ITAR, SBU (sensitive but unclassified) • Interoperability issues – cultural and legal • Political environments exist not only in legislative bodies

  5. Infrastructure Challenges • Science • Larger teams, more disciplines, more countries • Data • Size, complexity, rates all increasing rapidly • Need for interoperability (systems and policies) • Systems • More cores, more architectures (GPUs), more memory hierarchy • Changing balances (latency vs bandwidth) • Changing limits (power, funds) • System architecture and business models changing (clouds) • Network capacity growing; increase networks -> increased security • Software • Multiphysicsalgorithms, frameworks • Programing models and abstractions for science, data, and hardware • V&V, reproducibility, fault tolerance • People • Education and training • Career paths • Credit and attribution • Daniel Katz - NSF

  6. THANKS!!

  7. SciDataCon2014, 2-5 Nov 2014 • New Delhi, 2-5 November 2014, co-organised by CODATA and ICSU-WDS (World Data System). • Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability • Considering data challenges for international science. • Data to underpin robust science to inform decision-making around sustainability. • Big Data and data integration. • Address challenges for Future Earth and other international science programmes. • Announcement: http://www.scidatacon2014.org • Themes, invitation to contribute to discussion and call for papers . • Save the date and join the discussions! See you in New Delhi!

  8. http://www.scidatacon2014.org

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