UC San Diego Research

CyberInfrastructure Strategy

Charlotte KlockCSG MeetingJune 15-17, 2011

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Research @ UC San DiegoWhy invest in RCI

Current fiscal situationRCI Core Elements

Next steps/Challenges

RCI @ UC San Diego

Research @ UC San Diego

Fiscal 2010 - > $1 billion in fundingNew Vice Chancellor – July 2010Rework Compliance & Ethics processesRework COEUS system (Contracts & Grants)Budget constraints-Require Collaboration, Cooperation, & Communicationhttp://rci.ucsd.edu & http://research.ucsd.edu

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Why We Are Investing in RCIKey Considerations:1. Enhancing faculty’s research competitiveness and

grant-generating activities2. Complying with increasing Federal data stewardship

obligations3. Generating institutional cost savings (energy

conservation & cost abatement)4. Rapid growth of data and computation-intensive

research demands5. Trend toward automated, instrument-based data

collection & analysis from remote locations6. Medical Centers, libraries, ORUs, MRUs and Centers

have an increasing need for collection and storage of digital data

7. Allow faculty, post-docs and students to devote more time to their research

8. Sharing computing power on a time-distributed basis will allow more efficient use of computing capacity

14,000 sq ft.

RCI Core Elements Investment

Campus co-location facility

Extensible centralized data storage

Digital curation resources and services

HPC cluster condominium

Expansion of campus 10 Gbs research network

Coordination of CI expertise between SDSC, CalIT2, ACT, UCSDL

HPC Cluster Condo

digital curationDigital Curation

Cost EstimatesSTART-UP ANNUAL STEADY-STATE ONGOING OPERATIONS

One-time Equipment S&E

Salary & Benefits

Staff FTE

Co-Location prev funded $1,409 k $642 k $767 k 9.4

Centralized Storage $1,080 k $1,607 k $527 k $1,080 k 9.0Data Curation $850 k $1,285 k $445 k $840 k 7.0Condo Clusters $0 k $873 k $333 k $540 k 4.5

Research Network $2,818 k $625 k $100 k $525 k 3.0

TOTALS $4,748 k $5,799 k $2,048 k $3,752 k 32.9

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Next StepsEncourage/facilitate use of RCIRedirect energy savings to support Co-LocationCampus support ($) for a storage/curation pilotDevelop std. language for proposals for RCI feesMove forward with network enhancementsReview all future CI investments to capture synergies for UCSD RCI

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Our Biggest ChallengesDemonstrate positive impact of RCI investments to administration

Increased ICRCost savings

Demonstrate value & promote adoption of RCI to researchers

Unmet needs (e.g., data management)Colo and condo

Smooth transition to user fees

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How do you show value/justify your RCI?

Have your researchers adopted resources provided similar to the ones presented?

If not, why not?

How are campuses handling the power consumption funding issue?

Other questions?

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digital curation

Digital Curation

Digital Curation

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Current UCSD Network