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The Minority-Serving Institutions
(MSI) Cyberinfrastructure (CI)
Empowerment Coalition [MSICIEC]
Providing the “human middleware”
to build and enhance the social
and technological mechanisms for
meaningful engagement of MSIs
in Cyberinfrastructure
Hispanics
Largest and fastest growing minority
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Currently 14.5% of the nation
1 out of 5 (20.7%) Americans by 2035
1 out of 4 (25.5%) by 2055
1 out of 3 (33.3%) by 2100
U.S.18-24 Year Olds: 1990 to 2050
Top 10 States by
Hispanic Population: 2000
10,967
6,670
2,868
2,683
1,530
1,296
1,117
765
736
442
Population in thousands
California
Texas
New York
Florida
Illinois
Arizona
New Jersey
New Mexico
Colorado
Washington
Top 10 States by
Hispanic Percent Change: 1990 to
2000
394
337
300
278
217
211
208
173
166
155
Percent change
N. Carolina
Arkansas
Georgia
Tennessee
Nevada
S. Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Minnesota
Nebraska
College attainment rates for Hispanics
and non-Hispanic whites
30
25
26.1
27.2
10.6
11.1
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20
17.1
15
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11.3
5
4.5
7.6
9.2
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1970
1980
Hispanics
1990
2000
2002
Non-Hispanic Whites
Two trends jeopardizing the
U.S. lead in STEM:
1) Intensification of global competition for this
workforce lessening the effectiveness of the US
strategy of importing talent to meet the needs;
and
2) “The number of native-born S&E [Science &
Engineering] graduates entering the workforce is
likely to decline unless the Nation intervenes to
improve success in educating S&E students from
all demographic groups, especially those that
have been underrepresented in S&E careers
(NSB, 2003, p. 1).”
Impact of HSIs on STEM
• HSIs produce nearly 30% of Hispanic S&E
bachelor’s degrees while representing only
about 5% of all colleges and universities.
• Seven of the top 20 universities enrolling
Hispanics in S&E in 2000-2004 were HSIs.
We are entering a second revolution in information
technology, one that may well usher in a new
technological age that will dwarf, in sheer
transformational scope and power, anything we have
yet experienced in the current information age….
The engine of change for the next revolution is
CyberInfrastructure…
- Arden L. Bement, Director, NSF.
“Cyberinfrastructure: the Second Revolution.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education, v53(i18),
p. B5 (issue dated January 5, 2007).
The Atkins Report
Source: Peter Freeman, NSF Assistant Director for Computer and Information
Science & Engineering (CISE)
Daniel E. Atkins, Chair
University of Michigan
Kelvin K. Droegemeier
University of Oklahoma
Stuart I. Feldman
IBM
Hector Garcia-Molina
Stanford University
Michael L. Klein
University of Pennsylvania
David G. Messerschmitt
University of California at Berkeley
Paul Messina
California Institute of Technology
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Princeton University
Margaret H. Wright
New York University
http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/reports/toc.jsp
Evolution of the Computational
Infrastructure
Source: Dr. Deborah Crawford
Chair, NSF Cyberinfrastructure Working Group (CIWG)
Cyberinfrastructure
Terascale
PACI
TCS, DTF,
ETF
NPACI and
Alliance
NSF Networking
Prior
Computing
Investments
Supercomputer Centers
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SDSC, NCSA,
PSC, CTC
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2010
“The Panel’s overarching finding is that a new age
has dawned in scientific and engineering research,
pushed by continuing progress in computing,
information, and communication technology, and
pulled by the expanding complexity, scope , and
scale of today’s [scientific] challenges. The
capacity of this technology has crossed thresholds
that now make possible a comprehensive
‘cyberinfrastructure’ on which to build new types of
scientific and engineering knowledge environments
and organizations and to pursue research [and
allied education] in new ways and with increased
efficacy.”
From Revolutionizing Science and Engineering through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National
Science Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure, or the Atkins’ report.
Cyberinfrastructure: A Definition
“The comprehensive infrastructure needed to
capitalize on dramatic advances in information
technology has been termed
cyberinfrastructure.”
From “NSF’S Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century
Discovery,” NSF Cyberinfrastructure Council, September 26th,
2005, Ver.4.0, pg 4.
 Application of IT to problems in science and
engineering…and in other areas
 “Comprehensive infrastructure”, i.e. hardware,
software, and expertise (people)
Integrated Cyberinfrastructure
Cyberinfrastructure =
resources
(computers, data storage,
networks, scientific
instruments, experts, etc.)
+ “glue”
(integrating software,
systems, and
organizations).
MSIs and Cyberinfrastructure
“An important goal of the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Program
(ACP) must be to more effectively include Minority Serving Institutions
(MSIs)…Few of these institutions were involved in discussions leading
to the original NSF supercomputing centers, and collaboration efforts
to date, though well intentioned…have for the most part fallen short of
their goals for a variety of reasons…. [Various] limitations have
perpetuated the so-called digital divide, reflected by a 20+ year gap in
capability between mainstream institutions and many MSIs…The
PITAC emphasized the importance of reaching MSIs, and we
underscore it again here. The ACP therefore must support strategic IT
planning for underserved communities…Significant efforts must be
directed toward engaging underserved communities directly, rather
than as programmatic add-ons (p.28, italics added).”
- The Atkins Report
Our Mission
Meaningfully engage MSIs in Cyberinfrastructure
Advisory Team
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Charles Catlett, TeraGrid
Fran Berman, SDSC
Thomas Dunning, NCSA
Jay Boisseau, TACC
Dan Reed, UNC, RENCI
Mark Ellisman, UCSD, BIRN
Kelvin Droegemeier, Oklahoma, LEAD
Ian Foster, Chicago, Argonne, Open Science Grid
Malcolm Atkinson, NESC (UK National e-Science Center),
ICEAGE (EU Grid Education)
• Larry Smarr, CalIT2
• Juan Meza, LBNL
Richard Tapia, Rice
MSI-CIEC Components
• Broadening VO Infrastructure
• Awareness, Education & Training:
CI Education & Curriculum Empowerment Team
• Building the CI-enabled MSI Research Capability:
CI Research Empowerment Team
• Institutional Capacity Building for CI – Model
Institutions:
CI Access Empowerment Team
Figure 1 illustrates Polar Grid’s major components and concept of operations.