Cyberinfrastructure is the organized aggregate of technologies that enable us to access and integrate today's information technology resources -- data, computation, communication, visualization, networking, scientific instruments, expertise -- to facilitate science and engineering goals. Cyberinfrastructure captures the culture of science and engineering research and provides the technological foundation for significant discovery, synthesis, and dissemination In this talk, we focus on both the opportunities and challenges of building and delivering Cyberinfrastructure and the key elements required to make Cyberinfrastructure/e-Infrastructure a reality.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Francine Berman is Professor and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair at UC San Diego and Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Dr. Berman is a pioneer in Grid Computing and has worked extensively in parallel computing, scheduling, and adaptive environments. Her current interests include social, economic, organizational and policy issues for dynamic, distributed, multi-user environments. Dr. Berman serves as Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center where she leads a staff of 400+ scientists and technologists, and participates on numerous editorial boards, steering committees, and program and conference committees in the areas of Parallel and Grid Computing.

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