CI Overview

Date: March 17, 2025  Time: 1-3 PM CT /  2-4 PM ET / 11 AM - 1 PM PT

This session will provide an overview of the essential components and practical applications of cyberinfrastructure, starting with an introduction to its definition and key components including compute, data, software, networking, and people in the context of the NSF ACCESS program. Participants will learn the importance and benefits of integrating cyberinfrastructure into their research processes. The session will then explore various computational resources available to researchers, such as high-performance computing (HPC), to help participants identify the best options for their needs. To illustrate the real-world application of cyberinfrastructure, examples of successful research projects will be presented.

Presenters:

Stephen Deems

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)
Director of Strategic Initiatives

Stephen has over a decade of experience working directly with the research computing and educational communities that PSC serves. He leads the center’s Project Management team on center-wide and sponsor-specific endeavors. Stephen is the Principal Investigator of NSF-2138259, “Track 1: ACCESS Resource Allocations Marketplace and Platform Services (RAMPS)“, which provides a welcoming and democratized environment for researchers and instructors to gain access to advanced computing, visualization, data storage, and associated cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources necessary to accomplish their objectives. Check out allocations.access-ci.org for more on the NSF-funded ACCESS program.

View the slides for National Cyberinfrasture presentation

View David Bock's webpage of his visualizations