Cyberinfrastructure in Canada: challenges, opportunities, and threats
Location
Forney Hall (FRNY) G140
Session Number
Session 09
Start Date
23-6-2010 1:00 PM
End Date
23-6-2010 2:00 PM
Description
Cyberinfrastructure is used variously to encompass a wide variety of developments, including-infrastructure, cloud computing, cyberenvironments, grid computing, virtual research environments, e-research and e-science. Cyberinfrastructure has been used in Canada to describe the various underpinnings of data acquisitions, data storage, data management, data mining and other online manipulations of data. Another layer has been added by the need to link researchers around the globe and to provide the means for collaborative activity to advance knowledge. This paper presents an overview of recent cyberinfrastucture initiatives within Canada and compares Canadian activity with developments elsewhere in the world. Is Canada behind, ahead, or about in the same place as others? What are the challenges and the opportunities?
Canada’s developments are being facilitated by CANARIE’s investments through its network-enabled platform program (NEP) which is providing the platforms for analysis of data. Are Canadian libraries seizing the opportunities provided by these new challenges? Initiatives like ODESI and Synergies are helping and the paper will address additional efforts which could be made by research libraries to deal with the data deluge.
Cyberinfrastructure in Canada: challenges, opportunities, and threats
Forney Hall (FRNY) G140
Cyberinfrastructure is used variously to encompass a wide variety of developments, including-infrastructure, cloud computing, cyberenvironments, grid computing, virtual research environments, e-research and e-science. Cyberinfrastructure has been used in Canada to describe the various underpinnings of data acquisitions, data storage, data management, data mining and other online manipulations of data. Another layer has been added by the need to link researchers around the globe and to provide the means for collaborative activity to advance knowledge. This paper presents an overview of recent cyberinfrastucture initiatives within Canada and compares Canadian activity with developments elsewhere in the world. Is Canada behind, ahead, or about in the same place as others? What are the challenges and the opportunities?
Canada’s developments are being facilitated by CANARIE’s investments through its network-enabled platform program (NEP) which is providing the platforms for analysis of data. Are Canadian libraries seizing the opportunities provided by these new challenges? Initiatives like ODESI and Synergies are helping and the paper will address additional efforts which could be made by research libraries to deal with the data deluge.