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Pan-American Advanced Studies
Institute (PASI) Program
Grid Computing and Advanced
Networking Technologies for e-Science
Mendoza, Argentina
May 15-21, 2005
Julio Ibarra, PI
Heidi Alvarez, Co-PI
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About the Pan-American Advanced
Studies Institute (PASI) Program
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The "Pan American Advanced Studies
Institutes" (PASI) Program, is a jointly
supported initiative between the
Department of Energy (DOE), and the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
PASIs are short courses involving
lecturers of international standing at the
advanced graduate and postgraduate
level from the Americas
PASIs aim to disseminate advanced
scientific and engineering knowledge and
stimulate training and cooperation among
researchers of the Americas
About CIARA
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CIARA is the Center for Internet Augmented
Research and Assessment at Florida
International University
The center is uniquely designed to leverage
technology resources and research activities
to benefit FIU and partner institutions:
 Augmenting the rate of discovery for all
investigators
 Invigorating scholarship for graduate
students, undergrads, and students of the
community
 Providing leadership in international
networking
 Developing culturally diverse distributed
learning and knowledge creation
communities
 Enabling interdisciplinary research activities
mediated through advanced information and
communications technologies
How does CIARA work?
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CIARA provides leadership linking research,
education and outreach with technology
driven projects like Internet2, and NSF
projects, such as AMPATH, CHEPREO and
WHREN-LILA
Universities, working with industry and
government, develop and deploy advanced
network applications and technologies for
research and higher education, accelerating
the creation of tomorrow's Internet
CHEPREO is an exemplar of an integrated
program of research, cyberinfrastructure
development, and education outreach
CHEPREO is an international collaboration
with FIU, Caltech, University of Florida,
Florida State University, University of Sao
Paulo and the State University of Rio de
Janeiro
Joint funding by NSF (MPS-0312038) and
State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation
(FAPESP)
Model of the Phenomena:
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Pan-American Advanced Studies
Institute
• NSF sponsored program to offer a series of lectures at
the advanced graduate and postgraduate level involving
domain researchers, students and practitioners. Award#
0418366, OISE Americas Program
• Aims to disseminate advanced scientific and
engineering knowledge, stimulate collaborative learning
and cooperation among the research communities of the
Americas
Mendoza Argentina
• CIARA, along with collaborators from the U.S., Argentina and Brazil, is organizing a
PASI to offer a series of lectures on the role of Grid Computing and Advanced
Networking for High-Energy Physics and Astronomy
•Our PASI is scheduled for May 15-20, 2005 in Mendoza, Argentina
•Approximately 40 students from the Americas will learn of the major experiments, Grid
and advanced networking technologies and how the growing interdependence
between the science and the technologies are forming global collaborations
http://ciara.fiu.edu/pasi/
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Goals and Objectives
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Understand current issues and challenges
involving e-Science collaborations that span
beyond national boundaries
Improve our understanding of the role of
technology, in particular research networks and
Grids, in e-Science
Understand how research faculty, students and
practitioners are collaborating in e-Science
Learn from the high-energy physics and astronomy
communities about how they use Grids and
advanced networking technologies for e-Science
Understand how Grids and advanced networking
technologies are being applied for international eScience collaborations
Methodology
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Create an environment that brings together
research faculty, students and practitioners
Share knowledge through lectures, focus groups
and informal discussions
 Result will be used to establish a baseline
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Document anecdotal information
Collect data from survey forms at the end of the
week
Conduct survey at 12 months after the PASI
Assess the types of ties that are formed and
sustained as a result of this PASI
Program Committee
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Paul Avery, University of Florida, High-Energy
Physics Research Faculty
Jim Kennedy, Gemini, Astronomy Research
Faculty
Tereza Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo,
Computer Science Research Faculty
Anibal Gatonne, RETINA Argentina, High-Energy
Physics Practitioner
Kuldeep Kumar, Florida International University,
Information Systems Research Faculty
Heidi Alvarez, Florida International University,
Research Technology Practitioner, Co-PI
Julio Ibarra, Florida International University,
Research Technology Practitioner, PI
Thank You!
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This PASI is made possible by funding and
support from National Science Foundation
(NSF) OISE-0418366
Sponsorship from Cisco Systems, Juniper
Network and International Business
Machines (IBM)
CIARA staff at Florida International
University (Heidi, Ikam and Ernie)
RETINA of Argentina (Anibal)
Research faculty, students and
practitioners from the US and Latin
America who have taken time from busy
schedules to join us for this PASI
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The Participants
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