Slidedeck presented at SuperComputing 2013 in Denver, CO.

1. Dutch Cyberinfrastructure
Harold Teunissen
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2. Netherlands
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3. All in one hand
• All ICT activities for Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands
are under the SURF umbrella
eScience Collaboration
and Tools
National Research &
Education Network
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Commercial ICT
Products & Services
Scientific Computing
& Data
Shared Professional
Services
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4. Changeing Behaviors
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5. Researchers are knocking on our door
EYR GLOBAL 2013
EYR4 2013
EYR3 2012
Radio Astronomy — Pulsar
Research
Climate Modeling for Scientist
and Decision Makers
CineGRID — 4K+ Video Distribution
Testbed
Centralized Imaging for Large Scale
Population Imaging
Jungle Computing
Next Generation DNA Sequencing
EYR2 2011
EYR 2010
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6. Big Data — when size does matter
• More is not less...
- Large scale and global research
- Collaboration in Virtual Organizations
- Shared resources
- High dependence on ICT
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7. Big Data Challenge
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8. Big Mess
Amount of Data
Max. Available
Processing Power
TOO BIG
DATA
KNOWLEDGE
CHAOS
Required Processing Power
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9. Big Bigger Biggest
2005
2010
2015
2020
130 EB
2000
1,227 EB
7,910 EXABYTE
1,000 ZETABYTE?
Source: EMC
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10. Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration
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11. Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration
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12. Eco-system and supply chain
Research Data Storage
Collaboration Portal
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DNA Sequencer
Bandwidth on demand
Virtual
Collaboration
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13. Multi-Domain Service Delivery
Domain I
Domain VII
Virtual Collaboration A
S3
What
happens if
domain is
removed or
added?
Domain II
Domain III
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Domain IV
Domain V
Domain VI
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14. Fusion between users and services
Virtual Collaboration
BoD Admin Group
BoD Physical Ports
Bandwidth on
Demand Service
Admin
Ports are
allocated to
Institutes...
Physical Resource
Group Y
Physical Resource
Group X
Physical Resource
Group Z
Users
Institute’s
Admin
Institute’s
Admin
Institute’s
Admin
Institute
Institute
Institute
+
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Virtual Resource
Group
=
Virtual
User Group
...and can be
combined into a
Virtual Resource
Group and then used
by the collaboration
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15. Big Chasm
Customers either want...
# of customers
...technology and
performance
...solutions
and convenience
Chasm
Techies
Visionaries
Pragmatics
Conservatives
Laggards
time
Source: Geoffrey A. Moore c.s.
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16. Big Tail a Big Fail?
Big Data Scale
Really Really
Big Data
LONG TAIL OF SCIENCE
Little
Big Data
# of researchers
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17. Big Query
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18. harold.teunissen@surfnet.nl
haroldteunissen