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NATIONAL AERONAUTICSAND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Technology Infusion Working Group
Karen Moe, NASA/ESTORob Raskin, NASA/JPL
2nd Earth Science Data Systems Working GroupJoint Working Group Meeting
Greenbelt, MD October 18 – 19, 2004
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Agenda
• Mission & Scope• Activities & Accomplishments• Draft Capability Vision Storyboard• Breakout Session Agenda
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Tech Infusion Working Group
• Mission– Enable NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise to reach its research,
application, and education goals more quickly and cost effectively through widespread adoption of key emerging information technologies
• Scope– Information technologies that...
• Provide capabilities critical to the ESE mission & vision
• Have been substantially developed (TRL6-9) but have not been widely deployed
• Cannot be obtained simply through reuse of mature subsystems or software
• May be slow to be adopted because of the unique characteristics of Earth science (e.g., high data volumes)
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Working Group Members
NAME AFFILIATION
Don Atwood Alaska Satellite Facility
Karl Benedict Earth Data Analysis Center
Yuechen Chi George Mason University
Jim Closs NASA/GSFC-SSAI
David Cordner NASA/LaRC
Peter Cornillon University of Rhode Island
Liping Di George Mason University
Elaine Dobinson JPL
Stefan Falke Washington U. in St. Louis
James Frew University of California
Kerry Handron Carnegie Museums
Michael Hodgson U. of South Carolina
NAME AFFILIATION
Rudolf Husar Washington U. in St. Louis
David Isaac Business Performance Sys.
Thomas Kalvelage LP DAAC / USGS
Erick Malaret Applied Coherent Tech.
Karen Moe NASA/ESTO
Neal Most Intelview
Rob Raskin JPL
Vince Troisi NSIDC
Fred Watson Cal State U. Monterey Bay
Brian Wilson JPL
Wenli Yang George Mason University
Tom Yunck JPL
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FY04 Activities
• Elected Co-Chair (Rob Raskin)• Created working group charter and rules of operation• Established infrastructure for telecons and Web
collaboration• Conducted 31 telecons and two face-to-face meetings
including workshop at August ESIP Federation meeting• Developed visionary use cases• Developed vision “snippets” to capture key capabilities• Integrated vision snippets into a common scenario• Explored infusion barriers and strategies
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FY04 Accomplishments
• Capability Vision– Defined in detail ten capabilities comprising an Earth science
information system capability vision– Achieved a shared understanding of the capability vision within
the working group– Created a draft “storyboard” for a vision presentation– Identified technologies critical to achieving the vision
• Infusion Processes– Identified barriers to infusing critical technologies– Identified project and enterprise-level infusion strategies
Note: capability vision is intended to help focus technology infusion, reuse, and standards efforts.
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Capability Vision Focus
Interactive Algorithm
Construction
Interoperable Information
Services
Seamless Data Access
Assisted Information Selection
Assisted Knowledge
Building
Community Modeling
Frameworks
Responsive Information
Logistics
Verifiable Information
Quality
Evolvable Technical Infrastructure
Scalable Collaborative
Analysis
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Infusion Process Focus
Barrier Infusion Strategies
Lack of critical mass • Encourage merging of similar/complimentary technologies
Interoperability problems • Promote open standards• Specify interoperability requirements in solicitations
New technologies not operationally robust
• Fund technology maturation & deployment
Lack of awareness • Foster communication & education • Technical workshops, “opportunity fairs”, community bulletin board, Earth Science Informatics conference, etc.
Unique Earth science requirements
• Provide technology configuration & deployment guide tailored for Earth science applications
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Draft Capability Vision Storyboard
(10 min presentation)
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TIWG Breakout Session Agenda
• Monday 2:30 – 3:15– Capability vision presentation (with detail)
• Monday 3:30 – 5:00– Joint Reuse WG recommendation discussion
• Tuesday 10:30 – 12:00– Capability vision discussion
• Consolidating capability themes• Prioritizing key technologies
• Tuesday 1:30 – 3:00– Infusion process discussion
• Potential TIWG, ESDS, and NASA activities• Infusing key technologies• Geospatial Web services roadmap
– Planning• FY05 working group activities• Meeting format and frequency
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More Information
• Working group home page– http://lennier.gsfc.nasa.gov/seeds/WG/TI
• Working group collaboration site– http://www.sciencedatasystems.org/seeds/wg/infusion/
• Working group telecons– Thursday 4:00 EST– Dial in: 888-677-7890 Passcode: 82333
• Working group co-chairs– Karen Moe: [email protected]– Rob Raskin: [email protected]
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What is Technology Infusion?
• Technology Infusion– The gradual process of
identifying, understanding, adapting, and incorporating new but fully developed technologies into a set of systems
• Capability Vision– A high-level, user-oriented
description of the key future capabilities of ESE data systems
– Used to guide technology infusion efforts
New Technologies
Community Data Systems
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• One of four groups established by the REASoN CAN– Standards & Interfaces
– Metrics Planning & Reporting
– Reuse Frameworks
– Technology Infusion
• Outgrowth of SEEDS– Strategic Evolution of ESE
Data Systems
– Explored ways to support ESE strategy
• More PI production processing
• Measurement-oriented systems
REASoN = Research, Applications, and Education Solutions NetworkCAN = Cooperative Agreement NoticeESDSWG = Earth Science Data System Working Groups
What is the Technology Infusion Working Group?
SEEDS
REASoN CAN
ESE Strategic
Plan
ProjectsProjects
Projects
• • • Data Life Cycle
ESDSWG• Standards• Metrics• Reuse• Infusion
New in 2005
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Summary of SEEDS Study Recommendations
• Improve technology infusion– Deliver needed
capabilities– Prevent orphaned
technologies
• Define a capability vision– Focus technology
infusion efforts
• Extend strategic technology planning processes– Incorporate systems
vision into the process– Fund technology
infusion projects
INFUSIONPilots
IncentivesOutreach
Enablement
INFUSIONPilots
IncentivesOutreach
Enablement
CapabilityNeeds Identification
•ESE Visions, Roadmaps•ESTO Workshops
•SEEDS Workshops•ESIP Workshops
•REASoN Workshops?•Etc.
TechnologyProjection
* ESTO Workshops
TechnologyRoadmaps
Gap Analysis•ESTO Support
•New Mission Formulation•SEEDS PMO & Support?
Priority Weighting
Matrix
ESE Research Funding Process
•NASA HQ analysis•ESIS recommendations
Technology Infusion
•REASoN CAN•SEEDS Initiatives
Technology Development•REASoN CAN
•ESTO/CT Project•AIST NRA Topic 4
•CICT/IS NRA•Many Others
Needs/ Investment
Matrix
SEEDS Capability
Vision
ESTO Capability
Needs Database
ESTO Capability
Needs Database
New
New
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Effective Technology
Infusion
Enterprise Context• Constrained budgets• Broad data service provider community
Pragmatic Infusion Approaches
• Information sharing• Demonstration testbeds
Emerging Technologies
• Tech program results• Web and grid computing
• Linux clusters
Organizational Goals• Increased community
participation• Lower system costs
• Increased flexibility & responsiveness
Internal
Opportunities
Drivers
External
Why is Technology Infusion Important?Drivers and Opportunities
• Need to meet organizational goals in the context of constrained budgets
• Opportunity to increase benefit from existing technology programs using pragmatic infusion approaches
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Why is Technology Infusion Important?Meeting ESE Goals Requires Tech Infusion
• Science and application needs– Faster & better models– Near-real-time data – Easier data fusion
• Science community needs– Open distributed architecture
for PI processing• Current systems are lacking
needed capabilities
New Research
New Applications
New System Capabilities
System Capability
Vision
Technology Infusion
Technology Identificatio
n / Developmen
t
Science & App Needs
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Capability Needs
Technology
Projections
Technology Roadmaps
Technology DevelopmentTechnology
Infusion
Operational Systems Identified
Gaps
Solicitation Formulation
Peer Review & Competitive Selection
Capability Vision
Technology Infusion is Part of a Larger System Evolution Process
• Think globally, act locally– How can we improve technology infusion across the community?
– How can you successfully infuse technology in your own projects?
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How Can You Help & Benefit?
• Technology infusion process– Suggest changes to NASA and ESIP Federation processes that
would enable you to deploy key technologies more broadly– Share strategies that can help you and others successfully
deploy new technologies
• Capability vision– Ensure the capability vision reflects your priorities– Focus on key capabilities that help meet ESE goals– Share & adopt technologies that provide key capabilities
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What Capabilities are Needed?
Capability BenefitAssisted information discovery Identify needed data quickly and easily
Seamless data access Enable access to any data from anywhere
Assisted knowledge building Provide research and operations assistance
Interactive algorithm construction Reduce research algorithm implementation from months to hours
Scalable collaborative analysis Provide computing power and data storage on demand
Interoperable information services Increase synergy within the ESE community through service chaining
Community modeling frameworks Enable linked and ensemble models for improved predictive capability
Responsive information logistics Ensure research priorities are met and enable new uses of ESE data
Verifiable information quality Provide confidence in products and enable community data providers
Evolvable technical infrastructure Exploit emerging technologies quickly
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What are Common Barriers to Technology Infusion?
• Technical– Technologies are too complicated to deploy– Too many system interdependencies & incompatibilities
• Informational & Sociological– Insufficient awareness of key emerging technologies– Unclear cost/benefit ratio– Risk of problems and unexpected costs– Scientists don’t understand a technology’s potential– Technologists don’t understand science needs– IT support group lacks the time or commitment– General resistance to change
• Financial & Policy– Lack of funding for technology deployment & support– Risk of licensing fees being imposed after adoption– Difficulty obtaining approval for software distribution
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• Technical– Harden prototypes through testbeds
• Participate in a relevant testbed to demonstrate operational readiness
• Current/past examples include OGC Web Services 2 testbed, NOAA/Navy/NASA Joint Hurricane Testbed, Proposed OGC Earth Science-Driven Testbed, NSF Middleware Initiative Testbed
• Others focused on Earth science needed– Facilitate experimentation through Web-accessible services
• Provide your technology as a Web-accessible service to let others experiment easily with your technology
• Removes the startup barrier, and helps potential users understand the capabilities & value offered
• Can be provided on an experimental or permanent basis– Promote open standards, open APIs, and open source solutions
• Viable standards can accelerate adoption of components/products that implement them
• Open source and open APIs allows a broad community to adopt and adapt software-based technologies for their specific needs
What are Some Strategies for Successful Technology Infusion?
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What are Some Strategies for Successful Technology Infusion?
• Informational & Sociological– Focus on key emerging technologies
• You can accomplish more if you don’t dilute your efforts
• Start with science/application goals, identify needed capabilities, and focus on technologies that provide those capabilities
– Clarify return on investment for key technologies• Users will adopt a technology if the value proposition is clear
• Needs to be more than hand waving
– Participate in early deployments• Hands-on experience is often the most convincing
– Promote partnering between scientists and technologists• Include partnering as an explicit evaluation criterion in solicitations
• Provide forums that make interaction possible (e.g., yesterday’s opportunity fair)
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What are Some Strategies for Successful Technology Infusion?
• Financial & Policy– Fund initial deployments and user support
• Technology development funds often do not cover these activities, which are critical to infusion
• Infusion will be slower if the first users bear all risks and costs• Possible role for your organization, ESIP Federation, and NASA
– Develop ROI and funding models for new technology deployments
• Technology deployment can be self-funding in some cases• Note: share-in-savings contracts are gaining ground as a way to get
over the hurdle of initial cost of changing to a new technology
– Promote appropriate data rights policies• Commercial acquisition of university-held licenses has made some
users unwilling to adopt certain technologies• Potential role for ESIP Federation to develop a position on data
rights language in solicitations• Technology developers should examine their own licenses in light of
the potential impact to adoption and infusion