2i2c

A 🇨🇦 nonprofit corporation with a mission to support people engaged in interactive computing.

International Interactive Computing Collaboration

Thought Experiment

Should any entity own email?

FedEx? UPS? US Postal Service? Microsoft?

Who should own Interactive Computing?

Vision

2i2c

A 🇨🇦 nonprofit corporation with a mission to support people engaged in interactive computing.

International Interactive Computing Collaboration

2i2c Vision Principles

• Ubiquitous interactive computing
• Align with university mission
• Openly share best practices and code
• Collaborate instead of compete
• Cloud infrastructure agnostic

Scenarios

Scenarios

1. Universities
2. Teams

Scenario 1: Universities

• Campus-wide interactive computing
• LMS, SSO, research data integrations
• Last mile for computing in courses
• Train the trainers strategies

Example: Syzygy

Example: UC Berkeley

• Berkeley Institute for Data Science
• Berkeley Division of Data Sciences
• Data8

Lessons Learned

• Transdisciplinary transformation is underway
• Scalability strategy has been identified
• Curriculum redesign challenge remains
• Who should own interactive computing stack?

Scenario 2: Teams

• Curated interactive HPC
• Perfect-barrier data integrations
• Explosively collaborative
• Accelerate knowledge mobilization

Examples

• Pangeo
• MyBinder
• QuantEcon
• bcdata
• Data Science for Albertans
• UBC Scientific Software Seminar
• iReceptor
• 2018 Calgary PIMS Datathon
• Phytoplankton Photophysiology Workshop
• Many, many, many more examples….

Lessons Learned

• Interactive computing is a nexus for collaboration
  • Academy-Industry
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Academy-Government
  • Teams mobilize knowledge
• Requirements for teams are heterogenous
  • SSO, IP, data privacy,…
  • CPU, GPU, FPGA, storage, memory,…
  • Hub lifetimes: ephemeral to enduring

Partners

Funding

Possible Funding Sources

• 🇨🇦 New Frontiers Research Fund
• 🇨🇦 CFI 2020 Innovation Fund
• 🇨🇦 Strategic Innovation Fund Stream 5 (SIF5)
• 🇨🇦 Budget 2018 DRI Transformation?
• 🇨🇦 NSERC Alliance Grants
• 🇨🇦 Digital Technology Supercluster
• 🇺🇸 NSF Convergence Accelerator
• 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇺…?
• Philanthropic Organizations

Value

Value Propositions

• Interactive-Computing-as-a-Service provider
• Perfect SLA for universities and teams
• Open source curator
• Cloud infrastructure advisor
• Research networks catalyst
• Training programs provider

Sustainability

Revenue Streams

• Interactive-Computing-as-a-Service (Fair pricing)
• Collaborating subcontractor on research grants
• Training programs (Fair pricing)