The Innovation Machine and the Role of Research Infrastructure - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Diane Baxter, Ph.D. Associate Director - Education San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) University of California, San Diego dbaxter@ucsd.edu www.sdsc.edu

• www.xsede.org
• The Innovation Machine and the

Role of Research

• Infrastructure Investment:
• Part 3

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SDSC : Enabling Scientific Discovery since 1985

• SDSC Then –
• Founded in 1985 with a staff of 70
• One of five original supercomputer

centers, funded by the National Science Foundation

• One of first 5 nodes on NSF-net (1986),

a precursor to the Internet

• SDSC’s first supercomputer -- Cray X-

MP – 800 megaflops – equivalent to today’s Xbox

SDSC Now –

• 200+ researchers, scientists, educators,

technologists, etc.

• >$40,000,000 in research funding each year
• One of the largest academic data centers in the

world

• More than 100 research data collections
• Funding from NSF, DOE, NIH, Library of

Congress, DHS, industry, and the University of California

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Cyberinfrastructure (high-performance data and technology tools, services, and connections)

• Is: a technological and sociological solution to the problem
• f efficiently connecting laboratories, sensors, major

equipment, data, computers, and people with the goal of enabling and catalyzing innovation and discovery.

• Includes: distributed, web-accessible research environments

to support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services beyond the scope of a single institution.

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21st Century Problems Require 21st Century Solutions Supercomputing tools are essential to research

Coordinated information technologies provide critical tools to address research and innovation 
 at their frontiers

• Will California’s levees hold

in a large-scale earthquake?

• How will Global

Warming affect OUR lives?

• What therapies are

most likely to cure or control cancer?

• Can financial data

be used to accurately predict market outcomes?

• How can

we use plant waste for bio-fuels?

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Research depends upon connections among many kinds of technology tools.

• High-Performance

Computing Tools

• Collaboration

Tools

• Local Resources

Remote 
 Resources and Services

• Instruments

Libraries High-speed data networks

Connections make research happen

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Cyberinfrastructure supports research with:

– Digital data – Computers (many sizes and designs) – Networks – Personal digital devices – Scientific instruments – Storage – Software – Protocol – Sensors – People …

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Talents, skills, knowledge include:

• High-­‑performance ¡and ¡

data-­‑intensive ¡grid ¡and ¡ cluster ¡compu7ng ¡

• Supercomputer: ¡ ¡

research, ¡design, ¡building, ¡ and ¡opera7ons ¡in ¡a ¡ produc7on ¡environment ¡

• Tes7ng, ¡benchmarking ¡

and ¡applica7ons-­‑tuning ¡

• Security ¡ ¡
• Networking ¡
• Computa7onal ¡science ¡and ¡

engineering ¡research ¡ ¡

• Data-­‑Intensive ¡compu7ng ¡
• Data ¡and ¡knowledge ¡systems ¡ ¡
• Data ¡mining ¡ ¡
• Predic7ve ¡data ¡analy7cs ¡
• Data ¡Visualiza7on ¡
• Workflow ¡management ¡
• Training, ¡Educa7on, ¡and ¡

Outreach ¡to ¡new ¡communi7es ¡

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SDSC supports research in a wide variety of disciplines

Astronomy Physics Life 
 Sciences Modeling and Simulation Data 
 Management
 and Mining

GAMESS

Geosciences

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Q: Does investment in research infrastructure really foster innovation?

• Historical background (very brief)
• Innovation Metrics
• Economic Consequences:
• CONNECT Innovation Report 2012
• SanDAG Economic Prosperity Strategy
• Conclusions and Discussion

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S.D. history: foundations of innovation

• Agriculture
• Tourism
• Ocean Science
• Military
• Universities
• Medicine
• Transportation
• Communication
• Research

Infrastructure

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How do we measure innovation?

• Tech start-ups
• 230 new innovation

companies in Q.1-3

• Employment
• 171 in Q.1
• 235 in Q.2
• 366 in Q.3
• Avg. wages ($112k) =

more than 2x average 
 non-tech wages ($49k)

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More Innovation metrics

• Investments
• $1B venture capital investment in first 3 quarters of 2012
• 8 San Diego companies raised more than $260M in follow-
• n public equity offerings
• Patents
• Highest patents per capita in Southern CA
• 3rd highest county in state in new patent applications

published

• 3th highest country in state in patents granted
• Grant funding (2012)
• NIH funding: $870 M
• NSF funding: $127 M (3 qtrs)

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What does that mean to the economy?

• The innovation

tech sector in 
 San Diego County represents:

• 5% of total

companies

• 10% of total

employment

• 25% of total

payroll.

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Collaborations foster innovation

• CONNECT brings together entrepreneurs to

support new innovation http://connect.org

• Solicit venture funding for new start-ups
• Review and critique new start-up proposals
• Provide internships for students at all levels
• Vitalize a culture of innovation across the

region through enhanced professional and intellectual connections

• http://vimeo.com/57710606

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Education supports innovation

• San Diego Association of Government’s

current Regional Economic Prosperity Strategy notes:

Our colleges and universities play a dual role in our economy; they are both a wellspring of new emerging growth technology companies and are committed to the lifelong education and training of our residents.

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How do we teach innovation skills?

• Create opportunities for TEACHERS to

innovate

• Build curriculum for students at EVERY age

that includes collaboration, communication, creativity, and discovery

• Encourage ALL students to look “under the

hood” and become creators, not just consumers of new technologies.

• Introduce ALL students to computational

thinking skills that they can use in any field

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Computational Thinking Practices

• Creating

Computational Artifacts Using Abstractions and Models Analyzing Effects of Computation Analyzing Problems and Artifacts Communicating Processes and Results Working Effectively In Teams

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Learning experiences with cutting-edge research infrastructure teach research, innovation, and communication skills that foster creativity

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Questions?