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Developing a CoherentCyberinfrastructure from LocalCampus to National Facilities:Challenges and Strategies
A Workshop Report and Recommendations
EDUCAUSE Campus Cyberinfrastructure Working GroupandCoalition for Academic Scientific Computation
February 2009
 
 
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Developing a CoherentCyberinfrastructure from LocalCampus to National Facilities:Challenges and Strategies
Table of Contents
Preface...........................................................................................................................................3
 
 July 2008 Workshop Organizing Committee...............................................................................3
 
Executive Summary.......................................................................................................................4
 
1. Toward a Coherent Cyberinfrastructure................................................................................7
 
2.
 
Recommendations from the Workshop..............................................................................10
 
2.1
 
Harnessing Campus and National Resources............................................................10
 
2.2
 
Information Life Cycle: Accessibility, Usability, and Sustainability.........................12
 
2.3
 
Identity Management, Authentication, and Authorization.....................................13
 
2.4
 
Human Resources and Broader Impact.....................................................................13
 
3.
 
Building Blocks of Cyberinfrastructure: Issues and Opportunities.....................................15
 
3.1 Harnessing Campus and National Resources............................................................15
 
3.1.1 Relevant technology trends............................................................................153.1.2 Flexible Use of Campus and National Computing Resources........................223.1.3 Escalating Power, Air Conditioning, and Support Demands.........................233.2
 
Information Life Cycle: Accessibility, Usability, and Sustainability.........................24
 
3.2.1 Managing Data for Information Content.......................................................253.2.2 The Data Life Cycle.........................................................................................25
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