Big Data, Big Network: US/Mexico Collaboration

The Big Data, Big Network workshop was held October 10-11, 2013, at the Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education, CICESE). The purpose of the workshop was to enhance cross-border science and engineering research and education applications enabled by the AmLight West 10G connection operated by CENIC in collaboration with Mexico’s Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet (University Corporation for Internet Development, CUDI).

During the workshop, investigators from the US and Mexico showcased and discussed applications and science drivers that will benefit from the use of the 10G connection. Areas of focus included but were not limited to science gateways, oceanography, seismography, astronomy, nano-materials sciences, digital media, scientific instruments, and supercomputing centers.

A second follow-up workshop was held in February 2014 at the Qualcomm Institute, the UC San Diego branch of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2).

Presentations

• Keynote #1: Big Data, Big Networks, Big Displays: The Next WAVE (T. DeFanti) (Slides)
• Keynote #2: Federico Graef Ziehl, Director General, CICESE

Science Gateways:

• The Science Gateway Institute and Opportunities for International Collaboration (N. Wilkins-Diehr) (Slides)
• HUBzero: an Open Source Platform for Buiding Science Gateways (M. McLennan) (Slides)
• A Standards-based Science Gateway Framework to Seamlessly Access HPC, Grid, and Cloud Resources Worldwide (R. Barbera) (Slides)
• Towards a Long-Term e-Science Infrastructure in Latin America (J. Cruz Guzman) (Slides)

Science Gateway Tool/sPolicies:

• nanoHUB: A Science Gateway with Global Usage and Impact (G. Klimeck) (Slides)
• AmLight, Simulation Datasets, and Global Data Sharing (J-B. Minster et al.) (Slides)
• The Open Science Data Cloud (R. Grossman) (Slides)
• Big Data-aware Scheduling with Uncertainty in Cloud Computing (A. Tchernyk, J. Lozano Rizk) (Slides)

Life Sciences:

• Comparative Human Microbiome Analysis (L. Smarr) (Slides)
• Protein-protein Interactions in Viral Self-Assembly Analysis (M. Carrillo Tripp) (Slides)

Seismography:

• Earthquake Monitoring and Sharing Data in Real Time in Baja California (V. Wong) (Slides)
• Permanent GPS Network in Northern Baja California (J. Gonzales Garcia) (Slides)
• Enhancement of Caltech Cross-Border Collaborations in Geology (J. Stock) (Slides)
• Enhancement of UABC’s Cross-Border Collaborations in Seismology (O. Lazaro Mancilla) (Slides)

Digital Media:

• Big Data, Big Networks (L. Herr) (Slides)

Geodata:

• Numerical Modeling for Tropical Cyclone Landfall in Mexico (L. Farfan) (Slides)
• Integrating Distributed LiDAR Data Repositories into OpenTopo (V. Nandigam) (Slides)
• Transport and Dispersion of Hydrocarbons in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries (A. Valle Levinson) (Slides)

Space and Materials Sciences:

• 1H-MoS2 Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene and 1h-BN Monolayers (D. Galvan)
• Space Image Repository (E. Pacheco Cabrera) (Slides)
• The Present and Future Development of the National Astronomical Observatory in San Pedro Martir (W. Lee) (Slides)