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Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Fall 2010 Project Briefings / Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering

December 6, 2010

Alan Blatecky
Acting Direction, Office of Cyberinfrastructure
National Science Foundation

 

Every discipline of science and engineering is undergoing a revolution, transformed by the widespread use and deployment of cyberinfrastructure. Data volumes, computing power, software and network capacities are all on exponential growth paths, and research collaborations are expanding dramatically. All forms of cyberinfrastructure, along with multiple communities spanning international domains, must be brought together to address today’s and tomorrow’s complex grand challenge problems to advance science and engineering, to promote the development of a global workforce, and to address important societal needs. All of these developments are part of an innovative approach to scientific discovery in which advanced computational facilities (e.g., data systems, computing hardware, high speed networks) and instruments (e.g., telescopes, sensors, mobile and embedded devices, sequencers) are coupled to the development of quantifiable models, algorithms, software and other tools and services, as well as people and organizations to provide unique insights into multifaceted problems in science and engineering. This dramatic change in the culture and conduct of science requires a bold national scale strategy to develop an integrated, comprehensive, secure and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that supports and accelerates activities in computational and data-enabled science and engineering needed for 21st century research. This national strategy is being called Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21).

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Filed Under: CNI Fall 2010 Project Briefings, Cyberinfrastructure
Tagged With: CNI2010fall, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Thursday, August 25th, 2011

 

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