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The final report of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure which evaluates current major investments in cyberinfrastructure and its use, recommends new areas of emphasis relevant to cyberinfrastructure, and proposes an implementation plan for pursuing them. Through individual interactions with researchers, surveys, testimony, review of prior relevant reports, requests for comments, participation in workshops, and extensive deliberation, the Panel found that “a new age has dawned in scientific and engineering research, pushed by continuing progress in computing, information, and communication technology, and pulled by the expanding complexity, scope, and scale of today.s challenges. The capacity of this technology has crossed thresholds that now make possible a comprehensive “cyberinfrastructure” on which to build new types of scientific and engineering knowledge environments and organizations and to pursue research in new ways and with increased efficacy. Such environments and organizations, enabled by cyberinfrastructure, are increasingly required to address national and global priorities, such as understanding global climate change, protecting our natural environment, applying genomics-proteomics to human health, maintaining national security, mastering the world of nanotechnology, and predicting and protecting against natural and human disasters, as well as to address some of our most fundamental intellectual questions such as the formation of the universe and the fundamental character of matter. The panel recommended that NSF should establish and lead a large-scale, interagency, and internationally coordinated Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Program (ACP) to create, deploy, and apply cyberinfrastructure in ways that radically empower all scientific and engineering research and allied education. We estimate that sustained new NSF funding of $1 billion per year is needed to achieve critical mass and to leverage the coordinated co-investment from other federal agencies, universities, industry, and international sources necessary to empower a revolution.
In a presentation to CENDIin December 2002, Dr. Freeman explained the need for cyberinfrastructure to enhance and revolutionize the research activities of scientists. In addition to covering the major development components of the infrastructure, he discussed several trends that are predicted to converge and dramatically change the infrastructure for science over the next 10 years. These include: the power and capacity of technology; the transformative power of computational resources for science and engineering; and the increased understanding of computation among policy makers within agencies, the Administration, and Congress. The objective of cyberinfrastructure for science and engineering is to provide an integrated environment in which all scientists can work on advanced problems. In closing, Dr. Freeman made some observations on what this infrastructure could mean for the government.
Access to and Services for Federal Information in the Networked Environment is a white paper whose goal is to guide higher education and other institutions, such as state and public libraries, in the development of strategies for providing access to and services for federal information by their constituencies using the powerful and rapidly expanding global information infrastructure. It addresses issues of service, access, collections, preservation, and infrastructure at the enterprise-wide or institutional level.
Offers industry perspective on program planning and implementation of Next Generation Internet R&D. Critiques the federal R&D programs that support the development of the Next Generation Internet. Offers recommendations and research areas that should be pursued.
The Metadiversity Symposium held at Natural Bridge, VA on November 9-12, 1998 was sponsored by the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services and the Biological Resources Division of the US Geological Survey as a means of identifying research directions in the area of metadata for biodiversity and ecosystem sciences. This is part of the National Biological Information Infrastructure. This site provides links to preprints of the symposium papers, notes from the symposium, and the preliminary program. The final report is available from NFAIS in hard copy.
The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project provides a neutral, interdisciplinary forum for addressing emerging policy issues related to the development and use of the information infrastructure. Links are provided to key publications of the Project, the annual report, staff, faculty, and sponsors. The site also provides access to the HIIP Policy Gateway, a guide to information infrastructure resources on the web.
This site provides a collection of stories that describe the transformational potential of high performance networks such as the Internet. According to the site the goal was to "document the positive affects the Internet was having upon the provision of services in education, research, manufacturing or other areas. Fifty-one of these stories were published as a booklet and provided to the Congress and Administration. The site provides not only the stories, but a form through which additional stories can be submitted.
XIWT is a multi-industry coalition defining the architecture and key technical requirements for a powerful, sustainable information infrastructure. Offers calendar of upcoming events, membership information, and papers and reports. Lists member companies and institutions. The goals and bylaws or the group are also included.
Minutes from a presentation by Dr. Ed Oliver, Associate Director for Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) at the CENDI meeting on October 3, 2000 in Germantown, MD. Budget constraints at OSTI have prevented them from taking advantage of many computer related opportunities. There is bipartisan interest in interagency collaboration and he believes that CENDI is a perfect vehicle for doing this. He feels that a direct analysis of the impact of access to information and the success of technology transfer is needed. He predicts that in the information future, computing will not be the problem because networks will be cheap. However, problems may arise as to how manage the content.
Minutes from a presentation by Dr. Robert Kahn, President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) at the CENDI meeting on March 14, 2000. Dr. Kahn expects that the information architecture of the future will be flexible enough to accommodate changing forms of creativity and open enough to allow for third-party, value-added services. It will also continue to be a distributed one. The components of the future information architecture will include a framework for digital objects, key aspects of distributed database access, semantics and knowledge-based systems, rights management, and multiple user interfaces. All of these technologies will operate with common repository designs, federated testbeds, and metadata standards. User interface will become more important. Privacy will be a pervasive issue Dr. Kahn also highlighted some of CNRI's activities. These include receiving a grant from DARPA to create a means of federating digital libraries of documents; building a system for registering for copyright, developing a system for music publishers, and building the metadata system for CrossRef.
The National Information Infrastructure (NII) developed by the Clinton Administration is a policy which includes federal programs to enhance and support the development of relevant technologies and a wide range of applications which demonstrate the uses and benefits of the technologies. This paper provides an in-depth background and analysis of the NII and examines the role of the federal government in this effort.
First Monday is one of the first peer-reviewed journals on the internet that focuses on original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. Some of the topics written about in past issues are Internet content, standards, Internet use in specific communities, political and regulatory issues affecting the Internet, Internet software and hardware reviews, and digital preservation projects. The journal is indexed in LISA and PAIS. First Monday is published monthly and can be received free of charge as a monthly electronic mail posting .
The author summarizes the Library of Congress's (LC) efforts to create a national strategy to collect, archive, and preserve digital content. The Library's plan has three phases: a preliminary phase that will result in a master plan to request Congress to approve the release of funds; the development of partnerships with the archival community and the content distributor/creator community; and a testing and evaluating phase that will enable LC to go back to Congress in five to seven years to discuss the most viable options for long-term preservation.
The NDIIPP was begun as a collaborative effort by the U.S. Congress and the Library of Congress in 2000 provides news about the development of digital preservation policies, standards and technologies. Reports, presentations, meeting reports, commissioned studies, digital television, e-journals and other resources on digital preservation are available on the website.
This web site, sponsored by the Defense Information Systems Agency, serves as a clearinghouse for information assurance (IA) information. Some information is restricted to *.mil and *.go users, however the public can access the policy and guidance sections which includes executive orders, national directives, standards and policies. The site also has a public key infrastructure (PKI) section that contains links to policy documents, other web site links (some sections in this area are not publicly available). Also of interest is the site's "What's New" section, most of which is publicly available.
The IATAC is hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton and is a U.S. Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). The IATAC serves as the Department of Defense's central access point for information on Information Assurance emerging technologies in system vulnerabilities, research and development, models and analysis to support the development and implementation of effective defense against information warfare attacks. The site provides access to reports on vulnerability analysis, intrusion detection, review of products, and related information. Newly added information can easily be found by checking the "What's New" page. The site provides a recommended reading list, a list of their upcoming conference and training programs, and access to their newsletter.
At the August 11-12, 2004, CENDI meeting, Ms. Carroll discussed how the E-government bill will affect Agency STI Management, and how proposed guidelines will influence existing CENDI sites. It is determined that there is not yet enough information to predict how CENDI will be affected.
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