Award Abstract #0636031

CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Global CyberBridges (GCB); A Model Global Collaboration
Infrastructure for e-Science between US and International Partners

NSF Org: ACI
Division of Advanced CyberInfrastructure
Initial Amendment Date: September 27, 2006
Latest Amendment Date: July 2, 2009
Award Number: 0636031
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Joan M. Peckham
ACI Division of Advanced CyberInfrastructure
CSE Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Start Date: October 1, 2006
Expires: September 30, 2010 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date: $791,273.00
Investigator(s): Heidi Alvarez heidi@fiu.edu (Principal Investigator)
Kuldeep Kumar (Co-Principal Investigator)
Julio Ibarra (Co-Principal Investigator)
Seyed-Masoud Sadjadi (Co-Principal Investigator)
Thomas DeFanti (Co-Principal Investigator)
Peter Arzberger (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Chi Zhang (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor: Florida International University
11200 SW 8TH ST Miami, FL 33199-0001 (305)348-2494
NSF Program(s): CI-TEAM, EAPSI
Program Reference Code(s): 0000, 9217, OTHR, 9251, 9178, SMET, 5913, 5977, 5978, 9200, HPCC, 7477
Program Element Code(s): 7477, 7316

ABSTRACT
Heidi L. Alvarez, Florida International University, Center for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment (CIARA)

Proposal Number: OCI-0636031
Proposal Title: CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Global CyberBridges (GCB); A Model Global Collaboration Infrastructure for e-Science between US and Int'l Partners

Project Abstract
The Center for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment project 'Global CyberBridges' is a new model for the research workforce to develop competency in using CI. Global CyberBridges is not a locus for fundamental CI research; it does create a new generation of scientists and engineers who are capable of fully integrating CI into the whole educational, professional, and creative process of their diverse disciplines. Global CyberBridges has the potential to increase the rate of discovery for science faculty by empowering them with CI, to foster inter-disciplinary and international research, to improve the effectiveness of minority graduate education, and to institutionalize this change process. The hypothesis is that augmenting graduate student education to include a foundation of understanding in research and education CI will bridge the divide between the information technology communities and the disciplines. This will result in an improved system for the effectiveness, penetration, and utilization of CI with an underrepresented sector of our society. Broader Implications: At the core of CyberBridges is an  opportunity for bringing together graduate students of diverse disciplines, and disparate academic communities. The larger the number of graduate fellows collaboratively building their understanding in research and education CI, the greater the opportunities are for cross discipline communication. Global CyberBridges amplifies this impact by involving students from around the world, including the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, City University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Global CyberBridges project is jointly funded by the Office of Cyberinfrastructure and the Office of International Science and Engineering.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
Chi Zhang, Bin Liu, Xun Su, Heidi Alvarez, and Julio Ibarra.. "Integrating heterogeneous network monitoring data.," Telecommunication Systems, v.Februar, 2008.

BOOKS/ONE TIME PROCEEDING
David Villegas, Ivan Rodero, Liana Fong, Norman Bobroff, Yanbin Liu, Manish Parashar, and S. Masoud Sadjadi. "Handbook of Cloud Computing, chapter The Role Of Grid Computing Technologies in Cloud Computing", 10/01/2009-09/30/2010, 2010, "Springer, 2010. (in press; 35 pages; single-spaced)".

Kasturi Chatterjee, S. Masoud Sadjadi, and Shu-Ching Chen. "Multimedia Services in Intelligent Environments - Integrated Systems, chapter A Distributed Multimedia Data Management over the Grid", 10/01/2009-09 /30/2010, 2009, "Springer, 2009. (in press; 23 pages; single-spaced)".

Selim Kalayci, Gargi Dasgupta, Liana Fong, Onyeka Ezenwoye, and S. Masoud Sadjadi. "Distributed and adaptive execution of Condor DAGMan workflows", 10/01/2009-09/30/2010, "In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2010)", 2010, "In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2010)San Francisco Bay, CA, July 2010".