Presentation I gave at Cybera Summit 2010 in Banff, AB (September 21 - 22, 2010). Discusses different Web 2.0 / social networking technologies that can enable collaborative science and example uses of these technologies as part of collaborative science portals/gateways. Examples include a few projects that the Grid Research Centre at the University of Calgary is involved in including: GeoChronos, CyberSKA and WaterCloud - all of these projects make use of the Elgg open source social networking platform.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
CFP: GCE 2010 (Gateway Computing Environments)
CALL FOR PAPERS - GCE 2010
***Submission Deadline - September 5, 2010***
Gateway Computing Environments
(Workshop at SC 2010)
November 14, 2010
New Orleans, LA, USA
Scientific portals and gateways are important components of many large-scale Grid and Cloud computing projects. They are characterized by Web-based environments, which include, but are not limited to, user interfaces and services that securely access Grid and Cloud resources, data, applications, and collaboration environments for communities of scientists. As a result, the scientific portals and gateways provide both a user-centric and a community-centric view (with social networking) of the cyber infrastructure.
Web technologies evolve rapidly, and trends such as Cloud Computing are changing the way many scientific users expect to interact with cyberinfrastructure resources. Academic clouds are being created using open source cloud technologies. Important Web standards such as Open Social, OpenID, and OAuth are changing the way Web portals are built, shared, and secured. It is the goal of the GCE workshop series to provide a venue for researchers to present pioneering, peer-reviewed work on the above discussed and other related topics to the international science gateway community.
Topics of interest include the following:
* Integration of Web 2.0 technologies with science gateways;
* Gateways to cloud computing services;
* Applications of virtual world technologies to science and education gateways;
* Social networks for scientific communities;
* Grid portals and gateways deployments, including User Portals, Application Portals, Science Gateways, Education Portals, User interface/usability studies;
* Design and architecture of Grid portals, portal containers, and gateways;
* Tools and frameworks that make developing Grid Portals and gateways easier;
* Portal security models and solutions;
* Middleware solutions in support of scientific portals and Gateways including Web Services, workflow and mashup composers and engines, and similar capabilities;
* Non-browser gateways: desktops and mobile computing gateways; and
* Summary and survey papers.
See http://www.collab-ogce.org/gce10 for additional information.
***Submission Deadline - September 5, 2010***
Gateway Computing Environments
(Workshop at SC 2010)
November 14, 2010
New Orleans, LA, USA
Scientific portals and gateways are important components of many large-scale Grid and Cloud computing projects. They are characterized by Web-based environments, which include, but are not limited to, user interfaces and services that securely access Grid and Cloud resources, data, applications, and collaboration environments for communities of scientists. As a result, the scientific portals and gateways provide both a user-centric and a community-centric view (with social networking) of the cyber infrastructure.
Web technologies evolve rapidly, and trends such as Cloud Computing are changing the way many scientific users expect to interact with cyberinfrastructure resources. Academic clouds are being created using open source cloud technologies. Important Web standards such as Open Social, OpenID, and OAuth are changing the way Web portals are built, shared, and secured. It is the goal of the GCE workshop series to provide a venue for researchers to present pioneering, peer-reviewed work on the above discussed and other related topics to the international science gateway community.
Topics of interest include the following:
* Integration of Web 2.0 technologies with science gateways;
* Gateways to cloud computing services;
* Applications of virtual world technologies to science and education gateways;
* Social networks for scientific communities;
* Grid portals and gateways deployments, including User Portals, Application Portals, Science Gateways, Education Portals, User interface/usability studies;
* Design and architecture of Grid portals, portal containers, and gateways;
* Tools and frameworks that make developing Grid Portals and gateways easier;
* Portal security models and solutions;
* Middleware solutions in support of scientific portals and Gateways including Web Services, workflow and mashup composers and engines, and similar capabilities;
* Non-browser gateways: desktops and mobile computing gateways; and
* Summary and survey papers.
See http://www.collab-ogce.org/gce10 for additional information.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Slides from GeoChronos Presentation at #bcnet10
Presentation I gave at BCNET/CANARIE Conference 2010 (May 4-5, 2010) in Vancouver. It gives an overview of GeoChronos - and on-line collaborative portal for earth observation scientists built on social networking and cloud computing technologies. The presentation is primarily composed of a mix of slides from previous GeoChronos presentations that I have given.
Friday, November 20, 2009
#SC09 Highlights - Thursday Nov. 19th and Friday Nov. 20th
Another SC has come and gone, and overall I really enjoyed it again this year. It is one of my favorite conferences to attend each year.
In this posting I will provide some highlights for Thursday Nov. 19th and Friday Nov. 20th.
Highlights from previous days of the conference can be found at the below links:
Thursday Nov. 19th, started out with the keynote by Al Gore on climate change. He is a very good speaker. At times he was quite humorous, and at other times he was quite serious. Some quotes from his talk are below:
On Friday November 20th, I attended the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) Workshop.
In the afternoon of the workshop I presented a paper co-authored by Roger Curry, myself and Rob Simmonds entitled "Social Networking and Scientific Gateways". The paper describes different approaches for integrating social networking in scientific gateways, and highlights our experiences using Facebook, Ning and Elgg in developing the GeoChronos scientific gateway. Slides for that presentation are available here. Being the afternoon of the last day I had anticipated not many being in attendance. However, there were still about 40 people in the room which I thought was pretty good. Wireless was still running, even though we were told it was going to be cut off at 12:00, so I was able to give a brief live demonstration of GeoChronos at the end of the presentation.
Overall, the day was full of many excellent papers. I was quite interested by several of the papers that were making use of iGoogle and OpenSocial gadgets. There was also an interesting paper on a TeraGrid user portal designed for mobile phones. A list of the papers I found most interesting is below. Slides for these and other papers from the workshop can be found here.
In this posting I will provide some highlights for Thursday Nov. 19th and Friday Nov. 20th.
Highlights from previous days of the conference can be found at the below links:
Thursday Nov. 19th, started out with the keynote by Al Gore on climate change. He is a very good speaker. At times he was quite humorous, and at other times he was quite serious. Some quotes from his talk are below:
- As much urban habitat will be developed in the next 35 years than has ever been developed.
- In the last 100 years the earth's population has quadrupled from 1.6 billion to 6.8 billion.
- By beginning of next year there will be 1 billion transistors for each of the 6.8 billion people on earth.
- Climate crisis is not a political issue. It is a moral issue.
- > 300 million users
- 200 billion monthly page views
- 1 billion chat messages per day
On Friday November 20th, I attended the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) Workshop.
In the afternoon of the workshop I presented a paper co-authored by Roger Curry, myself and Rob Simmonds entitled "Social Networking and Scientific Gateways". The paper describes different approaches for integrating social networking in scientific gateways, and highlights our experiences using Facebook, Ning and Elgg in developing the GeoChronos scientific gateway. Slides for that presentation are available here. Being the afternoon of the last day I had anticipated not many being in attendance. However, there were still about 40 people in the room which I thought was pretty good. Wireless was still running, even though we were told it was going to be cut off at 12:00, so I was able to give a brief live demonstration of GeoChronos at the end of the presentation.
Overall, the day was full of many excellent papers. I was quite interested by several of the papers that were making use of iGoogle and OpenSocial gadgets. There was also an interesting paper on a TeraGrid user portal designed for mobile phones. A list of the papers I found most interesting is below. Slides for these and other papers from the workshop can be found here.
- Lan Zhao, Shuang Wu, Rakesh Veeramacheneni, Carol Song and Larry Biehl. "Delivering Real-time Satellite Data to a Broader Audience"
- Rion Dooley, Stephen Mock, Praveen Nuthulapati, Patrick Hurley and Maytal Dahan. "Evolving Interfaces to Impacting Technology: The Mobile TeraGrid User Portal"
- Wenjun Wu, Thomas Uram and Michael E. Papka. "Web 2.0 Based Social Informatics Data Grid"
- Zhenhua Guo, Raminderjeet Singh and Marlon Pierce. "Building the PolarGrid Portal Using Web 2.0 and OpenSocial"
Slides from "Social Networking and Scientific Gateways" presentation at #SC09
Presentation I gave as part of the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) Workshop at SC09 in Portland on Nov. 20, 2009. Describes different approaches for integrating social networking in scientific gateways, and highlights our experiences using Facebook, Ning and Elgg in developing the GeoChronos scientific gateway. Paper can be found here.
Social Networking and Scientific Gateways
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Slides from GeoChronos demonstration at #SC09
Presentation shown as part of the GeoChronos Demonstration at the Compute Canada - CANARIE booth (#142) at SC09 in Portland on Nov. 17th and Nov. 18th, 2009. (Similar to the GeoChronos - CANARIE NEP Showcase Presentation with a few minor revisions.)
GeoChronos - SC09 Demo Presentation
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Friday, November 13, 2009
#SC09 demo schedule for the @GeoChronos scientific gateway (Visit booth 142)
I will be demonstrating the GeoChronos scientific gateway (http://geochronos.org/) at SC09 in Portland. GeoChronos, which is funded as part of the CANARIE Network Enabled Platforms (NEP) program, is an on-line collaborative platform for earth observation scientists that leverages social networking, cloud computing and Semantic Web technologies.
Demonstrations will take place at the Compute Canada - CANARIE booth (#142) at the following times:
Tuesday Nov. 17th: 2pm - 3pm
Wednesday Nov. 18th: 2pm - 3pm
Note that on Friday Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. I will be presenting a paper entitled "Social Networking and Scientific Gateways" as part of the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) workshop at SC09. It is a paper co-authored by Roger Curry, myself and Rob Simmonds that compares several approaches for integrating social networking into scientific gateways. It highlights our experience using Facebook, Ning and Elgg in the development of GeoChronos.
Demonstrations will take place at the Compute Canada - CANARIE booth (#142) at the following times:
Tuesday Nov. 17th: 2pm - 3pm
Wednesday Nov. 18th: 2pm - 3pm
Note that on Friday Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. I will be presenting a paper entitled "Social Networking and Scientific Gateways" as part of the Grid Computing Environments (GCE) workshop at SC09. It is a paper co-authored by Roger Curry, myself and Rob Simmonds that compares several approaches for integrating social networking into scientific gateways. It highlights our experience using Facebook, Ning and Elgg in the development of GeoChronos.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Slides from GeoChronos Demonstration at CANARIE NEP Showcase Reception at #banff #summit09 #ogf27
Presentation shown as part of the GeoChronos Demonstration at the CANARIE NEP Showcase Dinner Reception at Summit 09 in Banff on Oct. 14, 2009.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Slides from Cloud Challenge Demonstration at #banff #summit09 #ogf27
Presentation I gave as part of a demonstration highlighting cloud computing and social networking efforts of the Grid Research Centre at the Cloud Challenge at Summit 09 in Banff on October 13, 2009.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Schedule of GRC Presentations/Demonstrations at Summit 09
I will be giving several presentations/demonstrations on behalf of the Grid Research Centre (GRC) at Summit 09 in Banff from Oct. 12 - Oct. 16, 2009. Below is the schedule. Please come check them out if you will be at Summit 09!
- 6:30p.m., Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 - Dynamic Provisioning of Service Environments with ASPEN as part of the Summit 09 Cloud Challenge
- I will demonstrate a cloud-based infrastructure for dynamically provisioning virtualized resources called the Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) , which we developed at the GRC in collaboration with HP Labs. I will showcase two different dynamically provisioned service environments that we are hosting in an ASPEN instance running on the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary. One is a comprehensive user environment for the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that allows users to upload and edit input files, submit simulations, interactively visualize results and share results via a Facebook based interface. The other, developed as part of a Cybera funded pilot project, is a graphical rendering environment built on top of the Elgg open source social network platform that enables users to render and share animations/movies. Virtual resources running the services for these environments are dynamically provisioned/reclaimed based on user demand.
- I will demonstrate a cloud-based infrastructure for dynamically provisioning virtualized resources called the Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) , which we developed at the GRC in collaboration with HP Labs. I will showcase two different dynamically provisioned service environments that we are hosting in an ASPEN instance running on the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary. One is a comprehensive user environment for the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that allows users to upload and edit input files, submit simulations, interactively visualize results and share results via a Facebook based interface. The other, developed as part of a Cybera funded pilot project, is a graphical rendering environment built on top of the Elgg open source social network platform that enables users to render and share animations/movies. Virtual resources running the services for these environments are dynamically provisioned/reclaimed based on user demand.
- 10:30a.m., Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009 - Integration and Management of Diverse Environmental Data Sets as part of the New Frontiers in Data Integration Session
- I will give a presentation discussing some projects that the GRC is working on that involve managing and integrating a variety of environmental data sets. I will discuss the use of Semantic Web technologies such as the Resource Description Framework (RDF) for linking and mapping data and associated metadata and also provide some demonstrations of initial prototypes we have developed.
- I will give a presentation discussing some projects that the GRC is working on that involve managing and integrating a variety of environmental data sets. I will discuss the use of Semantic Web technologies such as the Resource Description Framework (RDF) for linking and mapping data and associated metadata and also provide some demonstrations of initial prototypes we have developed.
- 6:00p.m., Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009 - GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Environment for Earth Observation Scientists as part of the CANARIE Network Enabled Platforms Exhibition
- We will demonstrate a platform called GeoChronos that we are developing as part of a CANARIE funded Network Enabled Platforms (NEP) project. It is an on-line platform leveraging social networking, cloud computing and Semantic Web technologies that is aimed at enabling earth observation scientists to access and share scientific data and applications more easily and to collaborate more effectively.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Cyberinfrastructure and its Role in Science
I recently gave a presentation entitled "Cyberinfrastrucutre and its Role in Science" at IAI International Wireless Sensor Networks Summer School held at the University of Alberta on July 6th, 2009. This presentation examines some of the challenges scientists face and describes various cyberinfrastructure technologies that help address these challenges. Example projects employing cyberinfrastructure technologies that we have worked on at the Grid Research Centre, including the GeoChronos project, are also presented.
Friday, June 26, 2009
GeoChronos Presentation/Demonstration given at SpecNet Workshop 2009.
I gave a presentation and demonstration of the GeoChronos platform at the SpecNet Workshop on June 22, 2009 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada as part of the 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing. GeoChronos is an on-line platform for earth observation scientists, being developed by the Grid Research Centre, that is aimed at promoting collaboration and sharing of data and applications. The project is being funded as part of the CANARIE Network Enabled Platforms (NEP) Program. SpecNet builds on the existing capabilities of the flux tower network (FLUXNET) by adding spectral measurements to existing flux tower sites at a range of ecosystems around the world. It is a contributing organization to the GeoChronos project.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
GeoChronos Presentation/Demonstration Given at CANARIE NEP-1 Synergy Workshop
One of the projects that the Grid Research Centre (GRC) is working on is GeoChronos (http://geochronos.org/), an on-line platform for earth observation scientists that facilitates collaboration, sharing of data and sharing of applications. It leverages social networking (Elgg) and cloud computing (ASPEN - another GRC project) technologies and is being funded as part of the CANARIE Network Enabled Platforms (NEP) Program.
Below is a presentation that a gave at the CANARIE NEP-1 Synergy Workshop in Winnipeg on April 21, 2009.
GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists
Below is a presentation that a gave at the CANARIE NEP-1 Synergy Workshop in Winnipeg on April 21, 2009.
GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
GRC to Give Cloud Computing/Social Networking Demo at SC08
I will be giving a demonstration of some of the research the Grid Research Centre (GRC) is working on at SC08 in Austin next week. Below are the details.
Where: Compute Canada Booth #2439 (at SC08 in Austin, Texas)
When:
Abstract: Social networking and cloud computing technologies are revolutionizing the way computing resources are accessed and managed. At the Grid Research Centre at the University of Calgary, and in collaboration with HP Labs, we are exploring how these technologies can be leveraged to develop comprehensive and collaborative computing environments. We have developed a cloud-based infrastructure called the Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) that dynamically allocates virtualized resources to different services based on demand. Two prototype collaborative computing environments will be demonstrated. One uses the Facebook social networking platform to provide users with one-stop shop access to the Fire Dynamics Simulator and affiliated services. The other uses the Ning social networking platform to provide access to an animation rendering service. Services for both environments are hosted on the ASPEN cloud-based infrastructure.
Where: Compute Canada Booth #2439 (at SC08 in Austin, Texas)
When:
- Tuesday November 18, 2008: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Wednesday November 19, 2008: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Abstract: Social networking and cloud computing technologies are revolutionizing the way computing resources are accessed and managed. At the Grid Research Centre at the University of Calgary, and in collaboration with HP Labs, we are exploring how these technologies can be leveraged to develop comprehensive and collaborative computing environments. We have developed a cloud-based infrastructure called the Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment (ASPEN) that dynamically allocates virtualized resources to different services based on demand. Two prototype collaborative computing environments will be demonstrated. One uses the Facebook social networking platform to provide users with one-stop shop access to the Fire Dynamics Simulator and affiliated services. The other uses the Ning social networking platform to provide access to an animation rendering service. Services for both environments are hosted on the ASPEN cloud-based infrastructure.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
GRC at Cybera Summit 08
I recently attended Cybera Summit 08 in Banff (September 29-30, 2008) where I gave a couple of presentations on projects we are working on at the Grid Research Centre (GRC). The presentations were as follows:
- Cloud Computing on the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary
- This presentation gave an overview of cloud computing and highlighted the GRCs cloud computing research efforts on the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary. We are working on the development of ASPEN, an Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment. It is aimed at effectively utilizing virtual machine technologies to enable data centre automation and to support dynamic and scalable provisioning of cloud services. We are also exploring the use of social networking platforms in providing access to cloud services. This work is being done in collaboration with HP Labs.
- Rendering on the Cloud: A Cybera Industry Pilot Project with EDM Studio
- This presentation gave an overview of a Cybera Industry Pilot Project with EDM Studio Inc. that the GRC is working on. The goal of the project is to create an on-demand cloud-based rendering service for generating animations. In the completed phase 1 of the project a static environment in the HP Labs Data Centre at the University of Calgary for rendering images was created. Phase 2 of the project, currently in progress, is aimed at the development of an on-demand, dynamic rendering service that will be supported using ASPEN described above. Other aims of phase 2 include the use of data management tools to more efficiently move and manage data and the development of a collaborative user portal, that leverages social networking technologies, for accessing the data management and rendering services.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Using Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 Technologies to Create Comprehensive User Environments
At the Grid Research Centre at the University of Calgary, and in collaboration with HP Labs, we have been exploring how cloud computing and Web 2.0 technologies can be used in academic and enterprise settings to provide users with comprehensive and transparent environments for accessing applications. Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking platforms (e.g., Facebook) allow users to keep connected and provide easy access to a wide variety of applications. We feel that the use of social networking platforms in academia and enterprise will allow researchers and employees to more easily collaborate and share information with each other. They could also provide a more unified and transparent interface for accessing applications. As demand for applications can vary significantly and is difficult to determine before they are deployed, it would be advantageous to run applications on cloud computing infrastructures where they can be scaled easily according to demand.
To illustrate the effectiveness of this approach we have developed a demonstrator that provides users with a comprehensive and transparent environment for accessing the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) , an application developed by NIST. Facebook was used as a social networking platform to provide access to FDS. Users are able to upload and edit input files, submit and resubmit simulations, visualize results, share and discuss results with other users, etc., all in a single integrated environment. Virtual machine technology was used to develop a cloud computing infrastructure to host the simulations and visualizations. The infrastructure is able to dynamically adapt and scale according to demand.
Below is a video of the demonstrator including some introductory slides. A version of the video in much larger resolution is available here.
Some papers we have published related to this work include:
To illustrate the effectiveness of this approach we have developed a demonstrator that provides users with a comprehensive and transparent environment for accessing the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) , an application developed by NIST. Facebook was used as a social networking platform to provide access to FDS. Users are able to upload and edit input files, submit and resubmit simulations, visualize results, share and discuss results with other users, etc., all in a single integrated environment. Virtual machine technology was used to develop a cloud computing infrastructure to host the simulations and visualizations. The infrastructure is able to dynamically adapt and scale according to demand.
Below is a video of the demonstrator including some introductory slides. A version of the video in much larger resolution is available here.
Some papers we have published related to this work include:
- R. Curry, C. Kiddle, N. Markatchev, R. Simmonds, T. Tan, M. Arlitt, and B. Walker. ASPEN: An Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment for Data Centres. In Proceedings of the 15th HP Software University Association Workshop (HP-SUA), 2008.
- R. Curry, C. Kiddle, N. Markatchev, R. Simmonds, T. Tan, M. Arlitt, and B. Walker. Facebook Meets the Virtualized Enterprise. To appear in Proceedings of the 12th International IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC), 2008. (An extended version of this paper appears as an HP Labs Technical Report: HPL-2008-72.)
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