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Midscale Infrastructure Investments for Computing Research


March 1, 2013

Washington, DC
1828 L Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States



Event Contact

Ann Drobnis
adrobnis@cra.org


Event Type

2013 Events, 2013 Visioning Activities, Visioning Activities


Event Category

CCC

Overview

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is seeking community input to better understand the potential needs and payoff for additional investments in mid-scale infrastructure for computing research.

The National Science Foundation spends significantly less on shared research infrastructure for computing research than it does for many other fields. By “shared research infrastructure” we mean experimental hardware and/or software and associated instrumentation that serves a significant portion of the research community (versus a small set of investigators). In other fields, such shared research infrastructure includes equipment such as telescopes, ocean observatories, supercomputers, and field stations.

We specifically are interested in “mid-scale” infrastructure investments, defined as investments of over $4 million but under $100 million. Infrastructure investments in the $100,000 – $4 million range are accommodated by NSF’s Major and Computing Research Instrumentation (MRI and CRI) programs. Infrastructure investments of $100 million or more fall under NSF’s Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) Program. GENI, PlanetLab, Orbit, FutureGrid, and Emulab are examples of mid-scale infrastructure investments with significant impacts on our field.

While it is possible that the current level of investment is appropriate and our field does not require additional investment in shared research infrastructure, it seems equally likely that we are underinvesting and that there are some potential investments that would significantly enhance the research capabilities of our field. We would like to solicit your opinions and ideas, in the form of short white papers. What sort of investment in mid-scale infrastructure can you envision that would drive computing research forward? What research infrastructure do you think is most appropriate (and for which broad class of research questions) and why? To what extent can such infrastructure be shared (and at what level)? How should such infrastructure be administered? How would technical standards be developed by the community? Is federation of resources possible? How should the research community organize to utilize such infrastructure most effectively and to provide input on its operation and technical evolution? How do you see the infrastructure being funded? Will the infrastructure be used for relatively short-lived activities, long-term projects, or a mix? How can the design of the infrastructure enable effective transfer of research results to the broader community, including industry and students?

White papers should not exceed 10 pages in length (shorter is better!) and are due by April 15, 2013. Depending on the level of interest generated by this call for white papers, a follow-on workshop may be held at which papers may be presented. In either case, it is our intention to approach the NSF and other funding agencies with the results of this effort.

White papers (pdf) should be emailed to CCC’s Director, Ann Drobnis: adrobnis [at] cra.org

A note concerning the privacy of submission

Participants

Steve Corbató
University of Utah

Ed Lazowska
University of Washington
Computing Community Consortium

Bruce Maggs
Duke University
Akamai Technologies

Dipankar (Ray) Raychaudhuri
Rutgers University

Resources

Slides on Midscale Infrastructure Idea Solicitation Exercise

Call for White Papers on Mid-Scale Infrastructure Investments for Computing Research

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