tag:crc.nd.edu,2005:/news-events/newsCenter for Research Computing | News2024-03-12T09:55:00-04:00tag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1605032024-03-12T09:55:00-04:002024-03-12T10:03:44-04:00CRC director, faculty take part in biannual CI Compass Cyberinfrastructure for Major Facilities workshop<figure class="image image-right"><img src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/561626/fullsize/ci_compass_01.24_ci4mf_conference_185_v2.jpg" alt='Jarek Nabrzyski, co-PI of CI Compass, and Miron Livny, of OSG, led the CI4MF 2024 breakout session:"Use of National Cyberinfrastructure for Major Facilties and Their Users." Photo/Angie Hubert, NDR.' width="1020" height="680">
<figcaption>Jarek Nabrzyski, co-PI of CI Compass, and Miron Livny, of OSG, led the CI4MF 2024 breakout session:"Use of National Cyberinfrastructure for Major Facilties and Their Users." Photo/Angie Hubert, NDR.</figcaption>
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<p>A computer scientist working in high throughput computing crossed a room at the networking event with a fresh coffee to speak with another scientist focused on optimizing infrastructure on research vessels that spend months on the ocean. A member of a supercomputing center found himself discussing challenges with a computer scientist at a major research observatory over lunch. Each of these conversations took place between members of the cyberinfrastructure community working with <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/">U.S. National Science Foundation</a>…</p><figure class="image image-right"><img src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/561626/fullsize/ci_compass_01.24_ci4mf_conference_185_v2.jpg" alt='Jarek Nabrzyski, co-PI of CI Compass, and Miron Livny, of OSG, led the CI4MF 2024 breakout session:"Use of National Cyberinfrastructure for Major Facilties and Their Users." Photo/Angie Hubert, NDR.' width="1020" height="680">
<figcaption>Jarek Nabrzyski, co-PI of CI Compass, and Miron Livny, of OSG, led the CI4MF 2024 breakout session:"Use of National Cyberinfrastructure for Major Facilties and Their Users." Photo/Angie Hubert, NDR.</figcaption>
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<p>A computer scientist working in high throughput computing crossed a room at the networking event with a fresh coffee to speak with another scientist focused on optimizing infrastructure on research vessels that spend months on the ocean. A member of a supercomputing center found himself discussing challenges with a computer scientist at a major research observatory over lunch. Each of these conversations took place between members of the cyberinfrastructure community working with <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/">U.S. National Science Foundation</a> (NSF) <a href="https://ci-compass.org/about/nsf-major-facilities/">Major Facilities</a> (MFs) at <a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/cyberinfrastructure-for-nsf-major-facilities-2024/">CI Compass’s 2024 Cyberinfrastructure for NSF MFs worksop (CI4MF)</a> in Long Beach, California, in January. The theme for the 2024 CI4MF workshop, “Collaboration in Action,” ring true throughout the event.</p>
<p>The event brought together around 60 cyberinfrastructure (CI) practitioners, cybersecurity experts, computer scientists, researchers, FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data experts, and more, to have discussions that impact the research and discoveries made by the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/">NSF’s</a> <a href="https://ci-compass.org/about/nsf-major-facilities/">MFs</a>. The opportunity to collaborate with others outside of each scientist’s specific discipline is one of the key things that made this event valuable to the facilities that participated.</p>
<h4>Collaboration in Action</h4>
<p>Katie Antypas, office director, NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, helped kick off the CI4MF workshop as the keynote speaker. Antypas spoke of “Leveraging NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure to Support Major Facilities Research.”</p>
<p>“With large scientific instruments and facilities producing increasing amounts of data that need to be moved, analyzed, curated, and shared, it is absolutely critical to form deep partnerships with the cyberinfrastructure community and the major facilities community in order to advance scientific discoveries,” said Antypas. “Workshops like CI4MF are crucial to bring together multiple communities to share best practices, expertise, and lessons learned across a wide range of science domains and experiments.”</p>
<p>In other words, when the scientists and developers at the NSF MFs work together, they often find new and innovative ways to apply and improve technology in their own research communities.</p>
<p>The workshop was structured to give speakers from a diverse range of disciplines the opportunity to connect and find new ways to solve challenges in research infrastructure. <a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/cyberinfrastructure-for-nsf-major-facilities-2024/agenda-and-materials/">During the workshop</a>, there was one keynote speaker, two invited talks, two moderated panel discussions, two breakout sessions, seven lightning talks, one data visualization demo, and plenty of time in between sessions for attendees to connect and network.</p>
<p>The lightning talks were led by <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/nicole-virdone/">Nicole Virdone</a>, CI Compass project manager and director of outreach. Virdone also played a key role in organizing speakers, guests, and the agenda itself. Because of that organization, guests in attendance were encouraged to engage with panelists and speakers, gaining new insights into how to pivot the cyberinfrastructure strategy at their own institutions.</p>
<p>“CI Compass aims to build the community around cyberinfrastructure,” said <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/ewa-deelman/">Ewa Deelman</a>, director of CI Compass and research professor and director of scientific automation technologies at the University of Southern California. “Since the center’s establishment by the NSF in 2021, and its pilot in 2019, we have been working together to advise Major Facilities on their data lifecycle make connections and partnerships with research facilities and people who have expertise in technologies and approaches that they can share with facilities that may be looking to update or restructure a portion of their cyberinfrastructure."</p>
<h4>Breaking out, together</h4>
<p>The workshop included a wide variety of ways to engage with the audience and attendees on broad topics that impact the CI community.</p>
<p>Moderated panels and guided discussions included:</p>
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<p>Two moderated breakout sessions ran concurrently. One breakout session, “Making MF Data More Accessible: Data Visualization and Analytics,” was guided by <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/valerio-pascucci/">Valerio Pascucci</a>, CI Compass co-principal investigator and professor at the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, along with Dan Stanzione, associate vice president for research at the University of Texas-Austin and executive director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).</p>
<p>This session included dialogue from researchers associated with the Large Hadron Collider, CyVerse, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the newer mid-scale facility - Compact X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (CXFEL), and more. The topics guiding the conversation included “What are your main CI data visualization and analytics needs that are preventing you from accomplishing your tasks or causing waste of time or other resources?” and “If you had a limited budget increase, what would be the top need that you would want to address to improve Data Visualization and Analytics in your operations?” The discussion turned to the challenges and opportunities of visualizing data at each facility.</p>
<p>Another session, “Use of National CI for MFs and Their Users,” was guided by <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/jaroslaw-nabrzyski/">Jarek Nabrzyski</a>, co-principal investigator of CI Compass, founding director of the Center for Research Computing and concurrent professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and Miron Livny, chief technology officer and professor at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.</p>
<p>The conversation led by Nabrzyski and Livny had multiple guiding questions, though the breakout session began by first defining what advanced CI was, including NSF-funded advanced computational resources, scientific clouds, storage resources, and software/systems support, among others. Dialogue from researchers included input and questions from NoirLab, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), IceCube, and ORCID. The conversation made its way to include the broad scope of issues, such as the current usage of CI, challenge identification, aspirations, requirements in CI for MFs, finding collaborations and support, gaining feedback on current structures, building future-ready infrastructure, and engaging with user communities to understand the needs the CI must serve.</p>
<p>“Our discussion was dominated by conversations about the need for long-term data storage and archives. This is a huge need in the NSF MFs, and is a problem that is not yet solved on a national scale,” said Nabrzyski of the breakout session after it ended. “Assessing the needs of the MFs with regard to long-term storage and data archive will be an important task for CI Compass going forward.”</p>
<p><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/don-brower/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ci-compass.org/people/don-brower/&source=gmail&ust=1710338030650000&usg=AOvVaw1BD8iqFJNaaoTPFBXjLxwC" rel="noopener">Don Brower</a>, CI Compass FAIR data expert and research assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame, led a panel titled "Major Facilities Approach to Open sciences: FAIT Data, Persistent Identifiers, etc."</p>
<h4>Post-CI4MF activities</h4>
<p>CI Compass leadership has sent a post-workshop survey to registered attendees of the 2024 CI4MF workshop. These results, paired with a summary of each session submitted into a formal workshop report, will be evaluated by the center’s leadership. The workshop report will be released to the community when completed and approved.</p>
<p>Recorded sessions of the workshop will be made available in the coming weeks on the <a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/cyberinfrastructure-for-nsf-major-facilities-2024/">CI Compass 2024 CI4MF workshop website page</a>, with announcements and further articles posted on the CI Compass <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ci-compass/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CiCompass">X</a> accounts as the material is published.</p>
<p>Stay up to date with CI Compass’s events and activities by visiting <a href="https://ci-compass.org/">ci-compass.org</a>.</p>
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<p>About CI Compass</p>
<p>CI Compass is funded by the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering under grant number 2127548. Its participating research institutions include the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Utah.</p>
<p>To learn more about CI Compass, please visit<a href="https://ci-compass.org/"> ci-compass.org.</a></p>
<p>Contact: Christina Clark, Research Communications Specialist<br>CI Compass / Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=cclark26@nd.edu">cclark26@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.2665<br>ci-compass.org / @cicompass</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/collaboration-in-action-2024-making-connections-improving-cyberinfrastructure/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">February 29, 2024</span>.</p>Christina Clarktag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1602162024-02-27T15:04:33-05:002024-02-27T15:04:33-05:00AI among us: Social media users struggle to identify AI bots during political discourse<p>Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted a study using AI bots based on large language models and asked human and AI bot participants to engage in political discourse. Fifty-eight percent of the time, the participants could not identify who the AI bots were.</p><p>Artificial intelligence bots have already permeated social media. But can users tell who is human and who is not?</p>
<p>Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted a study using AI bots based on large language models — a type of AI developed for language understanding and text generation — and asked human and AI bot participants to engage in political discourse on a customized and self-hosted instance of Mastodon, a social networking platform.</p>
<p>The experiment was conducted in three rounds with each round lasting four days. After every round, human participants were asked to identify which accounts they believed were AI bots.</p>
<p>Fifty-eight percent of the time, the participants got it wrong.</p>
<p>“They knew they were interacting with both humans and AI bots and were tasked to identify each bot’s true nature, and less than half of their predictions were right,” said <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, a faculty member and director in the <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/">Center for Research Computing</a> at Notre Dame and senior author of the study. “We know that if information is coming from another human participating in a conversation, the impact is stronger than an abstract comment or reference. These AI bots are more likely to be successful in spreading misinformation because we can’t detect them.”</p>
<p>The study used different LLM-based AI models for each round of the study: GPT-4 from OpenAI, Llama-2-Chat from Meta and Claude 2 from Anthropic. The AI bots were customized with 10 different personas that included realistic, varied personal profiles and perspectives on global politics.</p>
<p>The bots were directed to offer commentary on world events based on assigned characteristics, to comment concisely and to link global events to personal experiences. Each persona’s design was based on past human-assisted bot accounts that had been successful in spreading misinformation online.</p>
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<p>The researchers noted that when it came to identifying which accounts were AI bots, the specific LLM platform being used had little to no impact on participant predictions.</p>
<p>“We assumed that the Llama-2 model would be weaker because it is a smaller model, not necessarily as capable at answering deep questions or writing long articles. But it turns out that when you’re just chatting on social media, it’s fairly indistinguishable,” Brenner said. “That’s concerning because it’s an open-access platform that anyone can download and modify. And it will only get better.”</p>
<p>Two of the most successful and least detected personas were characterized as females spreading opinions on social media about politics who were organized and capable of strategic thinking. The personas were developed to make a “significant impact on society by spreading misinformation on social media.” For researchers, this indicates that AI bots asked to be good at spreading misinformation are also good at deceiving people regarding their true nature.</p>
<p>Although people have been able to create new social media accounts to spread misinformation with human-assisted bots, Brenner said that with LLM-based AI models, users can do this many times over in a way that is significantly cheaper and faster with refined accuracy for how they want to manipulate people.</p>
<p>To prevent AI from spreading misinformation online, Brenner believes it will require a three-pronged approach that includes education, nationwide legislation and social media account validation policies. As for future research, he aims to form a research team to evaluate the impact of LLM-based AI models on adolescent mental health and develop strategies to combat their effects.</p>
<p>Additionally, the research team is planning for larger evaluations and is looking for more participants for its next round of experiments. To participate, email <a href="mailto:llmsamongus-list@nd.edu">llmsamongus-list@nd.edu</a>.</p>
<p>The study “LLMs Among Us: Generative AI Participating in Digital Discourse” will be published and presented at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence 2024 Spring Symposium hosted at Stanford University in March. In addition to Brenner, study co-authors from Notre Dame include Kristina Radivojevic, doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and lead author of the study, and Nicholas Clark, research fellow at the Center for Research Computing. Funding for this research is provided by the Center for Research Computing and AnalytiXIN.</p>
<p><em><strong>Contact: </strong>Brandi Wampler, associate director of media relations, 574-631-2632, <a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a></em></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Wampler</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/ai-among-us-social-media-users-struggle-to-identify-ai-bots-during-political-discourse/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">February 27, 2024</span>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1590542024-01-08T10:03:54-05:002024-01-08T10:09:46-05:00CRC Director Jarek Nabrzyski Co-chairs Third International Workshop on the Future of Computing<figure class="image image-left"><img src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/552985/crc_gridlab_workshop_2023.jpg" alt="Crc Gridlab Workshop 2023"></figure>
<p>Just before the holiday season, the international scientific community convened to explore the horizons of computational science at the third GridLab Workshop.</p>
<p>This event, a once-in-a-decade gathering, was a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://crc.nd.edu">Center for Research Computing</a>…</p><figure class="image image-left"><img src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/552985/crc_gridlab_workshop_2023.jpg" alt="Crc Gridlab Workshop 2023"></figure>
<p>Just before the holiday season, the international scientific community convened to explore the horizons of computational science at the third GridLab Workshop.</p>
<p>This event, a once-in-a-decade gathering, was a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://crc.nd.edu">Center for Research Computing</a> (CRC) and the <a href="https://www.psnc.pl">Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center</a> (PSNC). Co-chaired by <a href="https://research.nd.edu/people/jarek-nabrzyski/">Jarek Nabrzyski</a>, the director of the CRC and concurrent professor in the <a href="https://cse.nd.edu">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</a>, and <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Krzysztof-Kurowski-2">Krzysztof Kurowski</a>, the deputy director of PSNC, the workshop was held in the scenic town of Zakopane, Poland.</p>
<p>Despite the GridLab project's official conclusion over two decades ago, its network of researchers continues to reunite every decade in Zakopane and bring other globally renowned computational scientists to continue a tradition of knowledge exchange and collaborative progress. This year marked the third such reunion, successfully assembling a distinguished ensemble of specialists from both sides of the Atlantic.</p>
<p>In a festive atmosphere with a view of the Tatras Mountains, more than 40 scientists from Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States were setting the direction for the future of computing. Together, they showcased and deliberated the forefront of computing innovation, highlighting supercomputing applications, advancing quantum technology frontiers, and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>“The GridLab Workshops are a beacon of progress, lighting the way for computational technology's next decade in academia,” said Nabrzyski. “Our dialogues and joint efforts chart the future's challenges and prospects, reinforcing our dedication to innovation. This workshop's timing is propitious, resonating with Notre Dame's strategic direction and our 10-year strategic framework, making it integral in positioning Notre Dame at the vanguard of scientific computing."</p>
<p>Kurowski explained that the workshop featured both current challenges as well as emerging challenges that will shape the coming decade of computing. It especially offered a detailed look, he said, at “the development of the scientific computing infrastructure and the new and numerous applications of computer simulations.”</p>
<p>The workshop focused on the future of computing and e-Science, targeting academics, industry leaders, and visionaries. During the three days of the event, there were 21 presentations, and key topics included the global evolution of cyber/e-infrastructures, the role of AI in computing, and the impact of computing on society. Discussions also centered on the challenges and future of grid computing, addressing integration of diverse cyberinfrastructure elements, future-proofing against emerging tech demands, and fostering international collaboration for a unified approach in computing and e-Science.</p>
<p>The workshop also featured contributions from two doctoral students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Notre Dame, <a href="https://sites.nd.edu/tasha-januszewicz/">Tasha Januszewicz</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-joyce/">Ellen Joyce</a>.</p>
<p>Januszewicz discussed the future of cryptography. She pointed out that the future of cryptography is poised to be deeply influenced by advancements in quantum computing, which threaten current encryption methods but also offer the potential for developing new, quantum-resistant algorithms. As digital security concerns grow with increasing online data exchange, there will likely be a surge in the adoption of advanced cryptographic techniques, such as homomorphic encryption, to enhance data privacy and security. Furthermore, the integration of cryptography in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies is expected to revolutionize not just financial transactions but also fields like supply chain management, voting systems, and identity verification, underscoring its expanding role in securing diverse digital interactions.</p>
<p>Joyce discussed the future of AI education. She emphasized the importance of AI education across all disciplines, suggesting that while not everyone needs to code, a relationship with technology is essential. Joyce also advocated for a holistic approach to teaching AI, integrating it early and thoroughly into education to align with Notre Dame's vision of leading in AI for good. Furthermore, she stressed the need to understand AI's societal impact and develop critical skills to assess its technology from the earliest stages of education.</p>
<p>The workshop report will be published in the next two months. The next GridLab workshop will be held in Zakopane in 2032. For more details, please see the workshop website at <a href="https://gridlab.psnc.pl">https://gridlab.psnc.pl</a></p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong></p>
<p>Brett Beasley / Writer and Editorial Program Manager<br>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame<br>bbeasle1@nd.edu / +1 574-631-8183<br>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>
<p><strong>About the Center for Research Computing</strong></p>
<p>The Center for Research Computing (CRC) at the University of Notre Dame is an innovative and multidisciplinary research environment that supports collaboration to facilitate multidisciplinary discoveries through advanced computation, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and other digital research tools. The Center enhances the University’s innovative applications of cyberinfrastructure, provides support for interdisciplinary research and education, and conducts computational research. Learn more at crc.nd.edu.</p>
<p><strong>About Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center</strong></p>
<p>The Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, stands as a distinguished node within the European Research Area, specializing in IT infrastructure for science. As a hub for e-Infrastructure development, PSNC has made significant strides in designing and constructing key projects. These include the Metropolitan Network POZMAN, the High-Performance Computing Center, and the national broadband network PIONIER. Notably, PSNC continues to maintain and further develop these crucial infrastructural elements, reinforcing its status as an essential R&D center in ICT.</p>
<p><strong>About Notre Dame Research</strong></p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.</p>CRC Stafftag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1585632023-12-06T11:10:00-05:002023-12-06T11:10:14-05:00Notre Dame joins IBM, Meta, other partners in founding new AI Alliance<p>The AI Alliance is a broad, international coalition of organizations that are working across numerous aspects of artificial intelligence education, research, development, deployment and governance. Its aim is to enhance the social benefits of AI by supporting open innovation and ensuring that AI systems are safe, secure and trustworthy.</p><p>On Tuesday (Dec. 5), the University of Notre Dame joined with partners around the world to launch the AI Alliance. The AI Alliance is a broad, international coalition of organizations that are working across numerous aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) education, research, development, deployment and governance. Its aim is to enhance the social benefits of AI by supporting open innovation and ensuring that AI systems are safe, secure and trustworthy.</p>
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<p>“Innovations in artificial intelligence offer, at the same time, the promise of serving the common good and the threat of undermining it. It is critical that we engage serious ethical questions about AI alongside the technological,” said University President <a href="https://president.nd.edu/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a> “Notre Dame has long been a place for researching and reflecting on the ethical implications of science and technology, and we are pleased that through the AI Alliance we will be able to lend a distinctive voice and perspective to the conversation about building technologies that are both innovative and ethical.”</p>
<p>Led by IBM and Meta, the AI Alliance also includes builders of hardware and software such as AMD, as well as creators of open-source AI tools and models. In addition to Notre Dame, university partners in the AI Alliance include Cornell University; Dartmouth College; Imperial College London; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Technical University of Munich; the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society; University of Illinois; University of Tokyo; Yale University; and others.</p>
<p>Through the range and diversity of its partners, the AI Alliance plans to “shape the evolution of AI in ways that better reflect the needs and the complexity of our societies.” With this approach to AI development, the AI Alliance “stands in contrast to a vision that aims to relegate AI innovation and value creation to a small number of companies with a closed, proprietary vision for the AI industry.”</p>
<p>“The technologies that will truly move our world forward will be the ones that emerge from an inclusive, interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem,” said <a href="https://research.nd.edu/people/jeffrey-rhoads/">Jeffrey F. Rhoads</a>, vice president for research and professor in the <a href="https://ame.nd.edu/">Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering</a>. “As a founding partner in the AI Alliance, Notre Dame’s engineers, data scientists, ethicists and other researchers will be able to collaborate to build that ecosystem, joining both with AI labs around the world and with the industry partners who get new technologies into the hands of users.”</p>
<p>Rhoads added, “This will bring an unprecedented opportunity to our faculty and our students as they help steer innovations that bring benefits to society.”</p>
<p>AI Alliance members will participate in working groups to develop the following:</p>
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<p>As it participates in the AI Alliance, Notre Dame builds upon its commitments in its recently announced <a href="https://strategicframework.nd.edu/">Strategic Framework</a> and will draw upon its established strengths in <a href="https://techethics.nd.edu">technology ethics research</a>, <a href="https://techethicslab.nd.edu">applied technology ethics</a>, <a href="https://reilly.nd.edu">values-based technology education</a>, <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/news-events/news/a-recipe-for-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/#:~:text=The%20six%20dimensions%20are%3A%201%20Explainability%20-%20Can,will%20be%20held%20safely%20and%20confidentially%3F%20More%20items">trusted AI</a> and <a href="http://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/">data science as a force for good</a>.</p>
<p>To learn more about the AI Alliance, visit <a href="https://thealliance.ai/">thealliance.ai</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>Contact</strong>: Brandi Wampler, associate director of media relations, 574-631-2632, <a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a></em></p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-joins-ibm-meta-other-partners-in-founding-new-ai-alliance/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">December 05, 2023</span>.</p>Brett Beasleytag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1585642023-12-06T11:10:00-05:002023-12-06T11:10:41-05:00Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., elected 18th president of the University of Notre Dame<p>The Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame has elected <a href="https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/council/rev-robert-a-dowd-csc/">Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.,</a> as the University’s 18th president, effective July 1. He will succeed <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a>, who announced in October that he will step down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year after serving as president for 19 years.…</p><p>The Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame has elected <a href="https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/council/rev-robert-a-dowd-csc/">Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.,</a> as the University’s 18th president, effective July 1. He will succeed <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a>, who announced in October that he will step down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year after serving as president for 19 years.</p>
<p>“We are thrilled that Father Dowd will be Notre Dame’s next leader,” said Jack Brennan, chair of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees. “His character and intellect, along with his broad academic and administrative experience and his deep commitment to Notre Dame, make him an ideal person to lead the University into the future. Since its founding, Notre Dame has been led by a priest-president from the Congregation of Holy Cross, the religious order to which Father Sorin, the University’s founder, belonged. The University has had only three presidents in the last 70 years, each exceptional in their own right — Father Jenkins, Father Edward Malloy, C.S.C., and Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C. Father Dowd continues in this rich tradition.”</p>
<p>“I am deeply humbled and honored by the Board’s decision,” Father Dowd said. “We can all be grateful for Father Jenkins’ selfless and courageous leadership for almost two decades. Working together with others, his efforts have positioned the University extremely well in every way. We will build on those efforts. Informed by our Catholic mission, we will work together so that Notre Dame is an ever-greater engine of insight, innovation and impact, addressing society’s greatest challenges and helping young people to realize their potential for good.”<br><br>“I thank and congratulate our Board of Trustees on selecting Father Dowd as Notre Dame’s next president,” Father Jenkins said. “An accomplished scholar, a dedicated teacher and an experienced administrator, Father Bob is also a faithful and generous priest. He will lead the University to being even more powerfully a force for good in the world.”</p>
<p>Father Dowd currently serves as vice president and associate provost for interdisciplinary initiatives at Notre Dame, a position he has held since 2021. He is also an associate professor of political science and serves as a Fellow and Trustee of the University and religious superior of the Holy Cross community at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>A native of Michigan City, Indiana, Father Dowd graduated from Notre Dame in 1987, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and economics, and entered Moreau Seminary in the fall of that year to explore his vocation to religious life and priesthood. During his time in the seminary, he asked to be assigned to East Africa and spent 18 months there. After professing final vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1993 and being ordained a priest in 1994, he worked in Campus Ministry at Notre Dame, serving as associate rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and as an assistant rector in one of the University’s residence halls.</p>
<p>He began his graduate studies at UCLA in 1996, earning an M.A. in African studies in 1998 and a doctorate in political science in 2003. In 2004, Father Dowd joined Notre Dame’s political science department as a member of the faculty. Specializing in comparative politics, his research has focused on how Christian and Islamic religious communities affect support for democratic institutions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published articles in leading academic journals and a book with Oxford University Press.</p>
<p>In his current role, Father Dowd oversees several institutes, centers and other academic units at Notre Dame, including the Center for Social Concerns, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate, iNDustry Labs, Institute for Educational Initiatives, Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, McGrath Institute for Church Life, Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center, Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, ROTC programs and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. He also directs the approval and review process of institutes and centers.</p>
<p>He was previously an assistant provost for internationalization with Notre Dame International, where his primary responsibilities included overseeing the Dublin Global Gateway and Kylemore Abbey Global Centre in Ireland and the São Paulo Global Center in Brazil, and establishing an office in Nairobi, Kenya, to promote and support Notre Dame’s research and educational partnerships in Africa.</p>
<p>He is the founder of Notre Dame’s Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, which is animated by Catholic social teaching and dedicated to forging community-engaged research partnerships in the Global South. He is a fellow of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies in the University’s Keough School of Global Affairs. He also serves as a trustee of Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and a board member of Brother Andre Hospital in Nairobi.</p>
<p>Father Dowd’s research has focused on African politics, identity politics, and religion and politics. His research has also explored the effects of religious beliefs and institutions on the integration of migrants/refugees in Europe and the effects of faith-based schools on citizenship and civic engagement in Africa. He is the author of the book “Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa.”</p>
<p>Over his 19-year tenure as president, Father Jenkins is credited with advancing Notre Dame’s mission as a Catholic research university; attracting and supporting superb faculty; fostering dramatic growth in research at the University; securing Notre Dame’s admission in the Association of American Universities; ensuring the University’s financial strength; admitting a talented, diverse student body; promoting continued excellence in undergraduate instruction; expanding Notre Dame’s global engagement; and offering students an in-person education during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longtime member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, he is recognized nationally as an advocate of civil discourse, and he is a leading voice on the future of college athletics.</p>
<p>A video announcement is available <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NskCBvWjOms">here</a> and a history of the University’s presidency is available <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/history-of-the-presidency/">here</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Notre Dame News</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/rev-robert-a-dowd-c-s-c-elected-18th-president-of-the-university-of-notre-dame/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">December 04, 2023</span>.</p>Notre Dame Newstag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1580762023-11-16T12:30:00-05:002023-11-16T12:12:28-05:00Notre Dame CI Compass researchers help lead the national cyberinfrastructure conversation<p>Over the last few months, CI Compass center leadership traveled across the United States to share their research and lead conversations on research and cyberinfrastructure.</p>
<p>The leaders engaged in multiple cyberinfrastructure (CI) and research events that continued to shape discussions around knowledge and practices on significant areas of work like artificial intelligence (AI), data governance, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interperable, Reusable) data, and bringing more students into the CI community.…</p><p>Over the last few months, CI Compass center leadership traveled across the United States to share their research and lead conversations on research and cyberinfrastructure.</p>
<p>The leaders engaged in multiple cyberinfrastructure (CI) and research events that continued to shape discussions around knowledge and practices on significant areas of work like artificial intelligence (AI), data governance, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interperable, Reusable) data, and bringing more students into the CI community.</p>
<h4>Washington D.C.: Cyberinfrastructure Workshop - NSF 2023 Research Infrastructure Workshop</h4>
<p>CI Compass researchers traveled from Texas Tech University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Southern California to lead the Cyberinfrastructure Workshop at the <a href="https://researchinfrastructureoutreach.com/2023-research-infrastructure-workshop/">NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop</a> on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 and participate in the Cybersecurity Workshop and poster session on Wednesday, June 28.</p>
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<figcaption>Ewa Deelman, Director of Ci Compass and Research Director, Science Automation Technologies Division at USC Information Sciences Institute, leads a plenary at the 2023 NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop.</figcaption>
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<p>During the workshop, <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/ewa-deelman/">Ewa Deelman</a>, director of CI Compass and professor at the University of Southern California, led a plenary session titled “<a href="https://ci-compass.org/resource-library/2023-nsf-research-infrastructure-workshop-engaging-with-nsf-research-infrastructures-and-the-cyberinfrastructure-community/">CI Compass: Engaging with NSF Research Infrastructures and the Cyberinfrastructure Community</a>.” Deelman described CI Compass, its mission to provide expertise and active support to CI practitioners at NSF Major Facilities in order to accelerate the data lifecycle (DLC), and to continually support and improve the CI that scientific research and discovery depend on.</p>
<p>“Throughout the data lifecycle, there are also cross-cutting issues that we address, in particular FAIR data and data movement and identity management,” Deelman said. “In terms of things we can do with the data lifecycle, we can evaluate CI plans, help architect new solutions and identify the technologies that are appropriate for a particular stage. We also help figure out which technologies would work best in a particular environment.”</p>
<p>Of particular focus during Deelman’s talk were a CI and network plan review for a Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV), the center’s efforts to bring FAIR data practices to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) and other NSF Major Facilities.</p>
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<figcaption>Jarek Nabrzyski, CI Compass Co-PI and Director of the Notre Dame Center for Research Computing, moderates a panel discussion at the 2023 NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop.</figcaption>
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<p>The moderated discussions included “<a href="https://ci-compass.org/resource-library/2023-nsf-research-infrastructure-workshop-a-discussion-on-different-models-of-data-governance/">A Discussion on Different Models of Data Governance</a>,” moderated by <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/jaroslaw-nabrzyski/">Jarek Nabrzyski</a>, CI Compass co-principal investigator (PI) and professor and director of the <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/">Center for Research Computing</a> at the University of Notre Dame. Nabrzyski defined research data governance as all of the policies, practices, and processes that guide the management, care, and use of research data throughout its lifecycle.</p>
<p>“It’s been over 10 years since NSF set research data governance requirements, and many research and CI practitioners still struggle with it,” Nabrzyski said. “We need effective data governance strategies because it fosters data-driven research collaboration and helps move research forward.”</p>
<p>On Nabrzyski’s panel were Chad Trabant, of EarthScope (formally SAGE/GAGE facilities); Jim Wilgenbusch, of the Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Minnesota; Christopher Bontempi, of the Network for Advanced NMR (NAN); Amy Pienta, of Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research and the National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program.</p>
<p><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/charles-vardeman/">Charles Vardeman</a>, CI Compass knowledge engineering and AI expert, and research</p>
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<figcaption>Charles Vardeman, CI Compass Knowledge Engineering and AI Expert and Research Assistant Professor at the Notre Dame Center For Research Computing, moderates a panel at the 2023 NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop.</figcaption>
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<p> assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame, moderated a separate panel titled “<a href="https://ci-compass.org/resource-library/2023-nsf-research-infrastructure-workshop-the-expanding-use-of-ai-in-research-infrastructure-applications/">The Expanding Use of AI in Research Infrastructure Applications.”</a> Vardeman introduced “AI as co-pilots.” He presented examples, such as researchers who can use AI co-pilots as computer programmers, and AI co-pilots that can help assist in making data more secure by automating the process.</p>
<p>“We are already seeing examples of AI as co-pilots in Windows 11. We are seeing it in terms of research infrastructure that the AI co-pilots are being used as programmers. It’s being used in terms of security, and the co-pilots can help make your data more secure,” Vardeman said.</p>
<p>On Vardeman’s panel were Pete Beckman of the Northwestern Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory; Kate Dagon of the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Philip Harris,of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Dan Stanzione, of the Texas Advanced Computing Center.</p>
<h4>Santa Fe, New Mexico: ACM/IEEE JCDL 2023</h4>
<p><a href="https://2023.jcdl.org/">The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)/Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)</a> was hosted on June 26-30, 2023, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. With the conference’s 2023 theme “Rethinking Digital Records,” two members of <a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-topical-working-group-leads-efforts-on-fair-data-principles-for-nsf-major-facilities-to-host-workshop-in-june/">CI Compass’ FAIR Data Working Group</a> led a workshop “FAIR Data for Large Research Facilities.” <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/don-brower/">Don Brower</a>, CI Compass FAIR data expert and research assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame, and David Butcher, research faculty at MagLab, facilitated the half-day workshop.</p>
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<figcaption>Don Brower, CI Compass FAIR data expert and research assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame, stands with David Butcher, research faculty at MagLab, during ACM/IEEE JCDL 2023.</figcaption>
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<p>Brower and Butcher brought together their years of experience and forward-thinking research to discuss challenges research facilities are facing with research data and discussed approaches to dealing with them through tools and policy.</p>
<p>“There are increasing calls for data openness and sharing, such as with the (NSF) Nelson memo from last fall, and this is balanced by the complexity to store and manage this amount of research data,” Brower said. “The discussions touched on many topics relevant to data management in large facilities, including strategies for federal open data mandates; data security; and the feasibility of unifying common infrastructure between facilities.”</p>
<p>Joining Brower and Butcher for the workshop were Biran Minihan, engagement lead, global consortia at ORCID, who presented “FAIR Data for large research facilities: Public Access Memo and ORCID;” Christine Laney, data scientist III, at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), presented “Providing FAIR data from a long-term NSF facility;” and Laurel E. Winter, deputy director, user program director, pulsed field facility at MagLab, presented “Data Management Efforts at the MagLab Pulsed Field Facility.” Butcher presented “Cybersecurity and FAIR Data.”</p>
<h4>Portland, Oregon: PEARC 2023</h4>
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<figcaption>CI Compass Associate Director and Assistant Director of RENCI Anirban Mandal (center) and CI Compass Senior Personnel and Virginia and Choc Hutcheson Endowed Professor at the College of Media and Communication at TTU, speak to an attendee at PEARC 2023 about the poster published at the conference.</figcaption>
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<p><a href="https://pearc.acm.org/pearc23/">PEARC 2023</a>, or Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, was hosted on July 23-27, 2023, in Portland, Oregon. The 2023 conference was themed “Computing for the Common Good,” and was a launching space for researchers’ work in the CI arena.</p>
<p>Several CI Compass leadership and researchers authored “<a href="https://ci-compass.org/resource-library/broadening-student-engagement-to-build-the-next-generation-of-cyberinfrastructure-professionals/">Broadening Student Engagement to Build the Next Generation of Cyberinfrastructure Professionals</a>,” which was accepted and published in the ACM Digital Library after being accepted by PEARC 2023. Angela Murillo, Brower, Sarowar Hossain, Kerk Kee, Anirban Mandal, Nabrzyski, Erik Scott, Nicole Virdone, Rodney Ewing, and Deelman share the authorship of the paper that outlines the CI Compass Fellowship Program (CICF)’s development to broaden undergraduate student participation in CI research, development, and operations. The paper, published after the second CICF cohort completed the Spring program, speaks of the program’s quick growth and strategy of engaging students with NSF MF CI practitioners.</p>
<p>At PEARC 2023, the authors published an <a href="https://ci-compass.org/resource-library/poster-broadening-student-engagement-to-build-the-next-generation-of-cyberinfrastructure-professionals/">accompanying poster</a> to discuss CICF and CI Compass’ work to broaden participation in the CI field with attendees.</p>
<h4>Fall Center Research</h4>
<p>As CI Compass faculty, researchers, and students returned from the busy summer, the center finalized its Year Three planning with the NSF. Connect for news on engagements with NSF MFs, updates for the CI Compass Fellowship program, and more at <a href="http://www.ci-compass.org">ci-compass.org</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>About CI Compass</strong></p>
<p>CI Compass is funded by the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering under grant number 2127548. Its participating research institutions include the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Utah.</p>
<p>To learn more about CI Compass, please visit<a href="https://ci-compass.org/"> ci-compass.org.</a></p>
<p>Contact: Christina Clark, Research Communications Specialist<br>CI Compass / Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=cclark26@nd.edu">cclark26@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.2665<br>ci-compass.org / @cicompass</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-researchers-help-lead-the-national-cyberinfrastructure-conversation-at-a-number-of-high-profile-conferences/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">November 15, 2023</span>.</p>Christina Clarktag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1580062023-11-14T11:40:00-05:002023-11-14T11:41:58-05:00KDnuggets - Expert Insights on Developing Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI Frameworks<p><a href="https://www.kdnuggets.com/expert-insights-on-developing-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-ai-frameworks">KDnuggets Post - Expert Insights on Developing Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI Frameworks</a>…</p><p><a href="https://www.kdnuggets.com/expert-insights-on-developing-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-ai-frameworks">KDnuggets Post - Expert Insights on Developing Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI Frameworks</a></p>Dr. Charles Vardeman, Dr. Christ Sweet, and Dr. Paul Brennertag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1531232023-10-10T16:00:00-04:002023-10-10T15:55:59-04:00Picturing a world on the move<p><em>Global migration is accelerating and bringing with it new challenges. One Notre Dame economist is designing digital tools to help students, scholars, leaders, and nations visualize migration and prepare for it more effectively.</em></p><p><a href="https://economics.nd.edu/faculty/eva-dziadula/">Eva Dziadula</a> and <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, co-authored an article titled "<a href="https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s42001-023-00226-7?sharing_token=Q9FnVK3YP5jjm-NXTkDx-Pe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY4SQcRbtYUzhXOV3vYrLRt7eO0F521RnK-PdTZEHtypmTSnUPfSbRhS6O3VyXdhnKPdzlWa73pe0J0cTWofdNbAORrkWgk5y8PB3Mw4K9lzJL9gFAmVmVQLJSCVueUbLqg%3D">Modeling economic migration on a global scale</a>," published in the Journal of Computational Social Science. Their research uses Python and Jupyter to equip social scientists with powerful tools that can enhance our understanding of global migration.</p>
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<p class="lede"><em>Global migration is accelerating and bringing with it new challenges. One Notre Dame economist is designing digital tools to help students, scholars, leaders, and nations visualize migration and prepare for it more effectively.</em></p>
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<figcaption>A visualization of the immigration patterns of highly skilled workers. Darker shades of green indicate higher levels of immigration. Hashed texture indicates incomplete data.</figcaption>
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<p>Researchers often study the flow of things like rivers, electricity, or blood. <a href="https://economics.nd.edu/faculty/eva-dziadula/">Eva Dziadula</a> studies the flow of something very different: people. A teaching professor in the University of Notre Dame's <a href="https://economics.nd.edu/">Department of Economics</a>, Dziadula works to identify and understand patterns in migration.</p>
<p>Global migration is accelerating and bringing with it new challenges. In 2020, 281 million people migrated away from their home country—a 62 percent increase from 20 years ago. As a result of this acceleration, more people than at any point in history are living in a country they were not born in.</p>
<p>In 2015, a sudden influx of refugees from Syria led to a humanitarian crisis at the borders of several European countries. The same year, many migrants from Africa and the Middle East arrived in Italy and Greece to find critical shortages of shelter, food, education, and work.</p>
<p>The key to solving these problems, Dziadula says, is better prediction. But modeling migration patterns in a world of eight billion people across nearly two hundred separate nations is a daunting task that requires several different types of expertise.</p>
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<figcaption>Eva Dziadula</figcaption>
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<p>With support from the National Science Foundation, Dziadula partnered with <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, a professor of the practice and the senior associate director of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/">Center for Research Computing</a> (CRC). Dziadula and Brenner were also joined by three student researchers: John O’Hare and Marie Clay in the CRC as well as Carl Colglazier, a PhD student in Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern University.</p>
<p>Together, the team was able to create the first-ever open source tool for visualizing and predicting global migration. The tool allows users to simulate shocks, obtain estimates, and visualize the impact. By simulating global flows of migrants, it could help researchers and policymakers prepare more proactively for migration.</p>
<p>The basic economic premise that guides the tool is simple: People will migrate when and where the benefits of migrating outweigh the costs. But translating this simple economic logic into a model requires complex calculation. Some costs and benefits are obvious. Travel expenses are an obvious cost. The potential for higher wages is an obvious benefit. But often, the costs and benefits are more subtle. Dziadula and her team built a model that includes a wide array of factors to model both costs and benefits. It includes not just monetary losses and gains but also factors like the loss of family and community connections, the difficulty of learning a new language, the destination country’s openness to immigration, and political freedoms migrants can expect to find when they arrive.</p>
<p>Dziadula uses this model regularly in her Economics of Immigration class on campus. Her students are exposed to the Python programming language and are tasked with altering the parameters of the economics model based on hypothetical shocks to foreign economies and then interpreting the model’s prediction of future flows of migrants.</p>
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<figcaption>Eva Dziadula with students at the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) in Puebla, Mexico</figcaption>
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<p>Dziadula recently taught a workshop on Women in Migration at the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), a Catholic university in Puebla, Mexico, where she unveiled the team’s interactive visualization tool to actively engage her students with the theoretical models she discussed.</p>
<p>The tool will eventually be available online and will be free to access for anyone with an internet connection and a standard internet browser. This level of accessibility, the researchers say, will help the tool have a positive impact while also enabling other researchers to build on their work.</p>
<p>Dziadula explains, “Global migration is one of the defining issues of our time. We are pleased that through this collaboration, we have been able to develop a tool that gives us a better visualization of what global migration looks like. It allows users to interactively see the impact of different events on global migration flows so they can see what happens when they change the importance of certain factors. It is a practical teaching tool that brings theoretical math models to life and deepens students' understanding.”</p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/picturing-a-world-on-the-move/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">May 09, 2023</span>.</p>Brett Beasleytag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1565682023-09-19T15:38:00-04:002023-09-19T15:41:05-04:00Trusted AI needs trusted data<p><em>In the buzz around AI, let’s not ignore the role of data for developing AI we can trust, says one Notre Dame computational scientist.</em></p>
<p>Two years ago, Notre Dame <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/news-events/news/nswc-crane-iu-notre-dame-and-purdue-team-up-to-provide-trusted-ai-workforce-development-and-research/">launched</a> the Trusted AI project with collaborators at Indiana University, Purdue University, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane).…</p><p><em>In the buzz around AI, let’s not ignore the role of data for developing AI we can trust, says one Notre Dame computational scientist.</em></p>
<p>Two years ago, Notre Dame <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/news-events/news/nswc-crane-iu-notre-dame-and-purdue-team-up-to-provide-trusted-ai-workforce-development-and-research/">launched</a> the Trusted AI project with collaborators at Indiana University, Purdue University, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane).</p>
<p>In the time since the project launched, AI has undergone an important change. Not only has it developed technologically, but it has also become a matter of public interest. For example, since it launched less than a year ago, Open AI’s chatbot ChatGPT has gained over 100 million users, and six-in-ten U.S. adults say they know about the technology.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/charles-vardeman/">Charles Vardeman</a>, a computational scientist and research assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing, the buzz surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) can sometimes draw attention away from a crucial element that determines whether we can trust AI or not: <em>data</em>.</p>
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<figcaption>Charles Vardeman, research assistant professor at the Center for Research Computing, presents during a Trusted AI event on the campus of the University of Notre Dame</figcaption>
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<p>“In AI development, much of the attention is given to fine-tuning model architectures, experimenting with different layers, activation functions, and optimization algorithms,” Vardeman explains. “While this approach has driven many innovations, it may sometimes overlook the central role of data in AI success.”</p>
<p>Vardeman illustrates the problem with a cartoon called “<a href="https://m.xkcd.com/2494/">Flawed Data</a>” by XKCD:</p>
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<figcaption>We trained it to produce data that looked convincing, and we have to admit the results look convincing!</figcaption>
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<p>For Vardeman, the message is simple: Trusted AI needs trusted data, and “irrespective of their complexity, models are only as good as the data they learn from.”</p>
<p>Vardeman leads the <a href="https://nd-crane.github.io/Projects/Frameworks/framework.html">Frameworks Project</a>, a part of the larger Trusted AI project that provides research, methodologies, and tools to enable trusted and ethical AI. He says he and his collaborators find inspiration in the <a href="https://datacentricai.org/">Data Centric AI</a> movement, championed by tech leaders like Andrew Ng and others. The movement emphasizes the importance of tools and practices that systematically improve the data used to build an AI system.</p>
<p>“By prioritizing data quality, encompassing aspects such as cleanliness, relevance, diversity, and contextual richness, AI systems can achieve better performance with potentially simpler architectures,” Vardeman says. He points out that the shift toward a data-centric approach is “not just a technical reorientation; it’s a recalibration of AI development’s very essence, placing data at the heart of the innovation process.”</p>
<p>According to Vardeman, a data-centric approach aligns well with the military’s <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/08/2002514180/-1/-1/0/DOD-DATA-STRATEGY.PDF">requirements</a>.</p>
<p>“In complex environments where variability and uncertainty are common, the depth and quality of data can make a significant difference,” he explains. “A well-annotated dataset that captures the intricacies of real-world scenarios allows AI models to learn more effectively and generalize better to unseen situations.”</p>
<p>The Frameworks Project commits to data-centric goals that align with the Department of Defense’s data <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2091996/dod-adopts-ethical-principles-for-artificial-intelligence/">goals</a> and <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/08/2002514180/-1/-1/0/DOD-DATA-STRATEGY.PDF">strategies</a>. It focuses on making data:</p>
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<strong>Visible</strong>: Ensuring that data is discoverable by those who need it fosters transparency and helps build a foundation of trust in AI systems.</li>
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<strong>Accessible</strong>: Making data readily available to authorized users enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of AI, providing the right information at the right time.</li>
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<strong>Understandable</strong>: Clear documentation and metadata contribute to the explainability of AI, a core dimension of trust.</li>
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<strong>Linked</strong>: Connecting related data sets facilitates more coherent AI analysis, ensuring robustness and reliability in decision-making.</li>
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<strong>Trustworthy</strong>: Maintaining the integrity and quality of data ensures that AI systems are dependable, echoing the Trustworthy dimension in our trust framework.</li>
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<strong>Interoperable</strong>: Enabling data to be used across different systems and platforms fosters collaboration and integration, key aspects of our community engagement efforts.</li>
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<strong>Secure</strong>: Implementing strong data security measures safeguards privacy and aligns with the ethical considerations central to trusted AI.</li>
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<p>Vardeman says that by recognizing data as a strategic asset and prioritizing these seven goals, the Frameworks Project is “nurturing an environment where trusted AI can flourish.”</p>
<p>As the Frameworks Project enters its third year, it will continue to emphasize data quality, Vardeman says, and by leveraging the momentum of the data-centric AI movement, the next phase of the project will focus on further refining data quality and context.</p>
<p>For the Trusted AI (TAI) Frameworks Project, a data-centric philosophy serves as an essential cornerstone, recognizing that robust data management practices can lead to more reliable, interpretable, and trusted AI systems. This perspective does not diminish the value of innovative modeling but places it in the context of a balanced and well-considered AI development strategy, where data and models work in harmony.</p>
<p>Vardeman says, “The data-driven journey of the Trusted AI Frameworks Project illuminates the vital role of data in enhancing the trustworthiness and success of AI deployment within the Navy and Marine Corps. With a vision rooted in collaboration, ethical excellence, and technological innovation, the path forward promises to be an exciting and transformative adventure.”</p>
<p>“Together,” he says, “academia, industry, and the military will continue to forge a data-centric future that not only serves the needs of the present but anticipates the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.”</p>
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<p><strong>Contact</strong></p>
<p>Brett Beasley / Writer and Editorial Program Manager</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p>bbeasle1@nd.edu / +1 574-631-8183</p>
<p>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>
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<p><strong>About the Center for Research Computing</strong></p>
<p>The Center for Research Computing (CRC) at the University of Notre Dame is an innovative and multidisciplinary research environment that supports collaboration to facilitate multidisciplinary discoveries through advanced computation, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and other digital research tools. The Center enhances the University’s innovative applications of cyberinfrastructure, provides support for interdisciplinary research and education, and conducts computational research. Learn more at crc.nd.edu.</p>
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<p><strong>About Notre Dame Research</strong></p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.</p>Brett Beasleytag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1559372023-08-18T17:15:00-04:002023-09-05T17:20:47-04:00Notre Dame undergraduate student among CI Compass Fellows to have transformative summer experience at NCAR, NEON<p>This year, seven students from the <a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/">CI Compass Fellowship Program (CICF)</a> spent the summer learning alongside researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in Boulder, Colorado, and the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts as part their CICF summer program experience.…</p><p>This year, seven students from the <a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/">CI Compass Fellowship Program (CICF)</a> spent the summer learning alongside researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in Boulder, Colorado, and the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts as part their CICF summer program experience.</p>
<p>This year’s summer fellows included:</p>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/raja-allmdar-tariq-ali/">Raja Allmdar Tariq Ali</a>, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, CICF 2023, worked with NCAR</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/edward-lin/">Edward Lin</a>, University of Southern California, CICF 2022, worked with NCAR</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/eddie-mayor/">Eddie Mayor</a>, University of Notre Dame, CICF 2023, worked with NCAR and NEON</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/gareth-oram/">Gareth Oram</a>, Louisiana State University, CICF 2023, worked with OOI</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/bhagya-ram/">Bhaghya Ram</a>, University of California San Diego, CICF 2023, worked with NCAR</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/mahee-shah/">Mahee Shah</a>, University of Iowa, CICF 2023, worked with NCAR</li>
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<a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/calloway-sutton/">Calloway Sutton</a>, Indiana University, CICF 2023, worked with OOI</li>
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<p>Prior to their summer programs, the students participated in <a href="https://ci-compass.org/assets/516589/example_syllabus_cicf_2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the CICF Spring Program</a>.</p>
<h4>Transformative Summer Experiences</h4>
<p>Fellows who participated in summer programs came away with new perspectives, knowledge, and appreciation for the research and cyberinfrastructure fields.</p>
<p>“This summer at NCAR has been nothing but transformative for me,” said Ali. “I have been involved in enhancing the Ionosphere Dynamo Model, a sizable Fortran codebase set to be incorporated into WACCM-X, an advanced Earth atmosphere model. It's been an eye-opening journey learning the ins and outs of working in a research setting at a place as significant as NCAR.”</p>
<p>For Shah, the dedication of the teams at NCAR made an impression.</p>
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<figcaption>Raja Ali, CICF 2023, and Brian Dobbins, Sr. Software Engineer at NCAR, stand in front of Ali's final poster.</figcaption>
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<p>“I talked to numerous people during my month in Colorado - from scientists, researchers, software developers, to the marketing team and statisticians. One thing stayed true among everyone I talked to: their passion and love for their work and NCAR,” said Shah, CICF 2023. “As a freshman in college I often worry if I chose the right major, if I will be happy in my future job and enjoy my work, so seeing this was really reinforcing for my journey as a student and inspiring. I am so fortunate to have had such an amazing summer experience with truly wonderful people.”</p>
<p>While Ali and Shah spent time at NCAR in-person, Mayor worked remotely with the facility.</p>
<p>“I have been observing and participating in the NCAR and NEON projects, which connect powerful models with NEON's measurement network, bringing together ecology and earth science,” said Mayor. “The goal is to predict how Earth's systems will impact ecosystems. I have learned how NCAR gathers NEON data sets, processes them for model input, and uses data analysis and visualization techniques so that various audiences can understand their research.”</p>
<h5><em><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-links-atmospheric-and-ecological-science-communities/">Read more</a> about CI Compass’ engagement with NCAR and NEON to connect their databases.</em></h5>
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<p>For Sutton, the remote OOI program was an opportunity to work with the institute’s document management systems, including testing them and working on a search engine for its video library and datasets.</p>
<p>“Working on the document management systems, I learned a lot about different databases like Cassandra, MongoDB, and Postgres and how to get telemetry data from them in order to do benchmarks,” said Sutton. “I also got to explore the various popular document management systems (DMS) on the market right now such as Alfresco and Mayan EDMS.”</p>
<p>Sutton’s work on the search engine project was originally geared toward finding specific “problem videos and frames” in their dataset, using machine learning techniques so they could be labeled for researchers to easily find and use. However, Sutton proposed a more generalized approach.</p>
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<figcaption>Gareth Oram, CICF 2023, stands in front of his poster about his internship at the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) at the 2023 National Science Foundation Research Infrastructure Workshop.</figcaption>
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<p>“It seemed the videos were not being used because of the fact that it was just hard to find useful data in them. Through this, I got a ton of experience in using many different Python libraries like NumPy, PyTorch, Pandas, TensorFlow, and SciKit as well as experience in scaling software to use multiple systems, computer vision, and data structure optimization,” he said. “I’m still continuing on with this project for fun afterwards because it is pretty cool and I’m learning other new things like the Dask Python framework to scale it even further.”</p>
<p>In addition to facilitating and funding internships, CI Compass also funds CICF students to attend one professional conference of their choice. <a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/student-fellows/nardine-s-ibrahim/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nardine S. Ibrahim</a>, Indiana University, CICF 2023, chose to attend the <a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/2023/06/27/nsf-research-infrastructure-workshop/">2023 NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop in Washington D.C.</a>, along with Oram. Oram presented a poster during the workshop of his work with CICF and OOI.</p>
<h4>Training the Next Generation of Cyberinfrastructure Practitioners</h4>
<p>Through immersive summer program experiences at Major Facilities CI Compass Fellows are able to continue learning and obtaining experience in cyberinfrastructure applications and development.</p>
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<figcaption>Raja Ali stands with interns at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.</figcaption>
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<p>To prepare the fellows for their internships, the students attend the virtual CICF Spring program. Fellows receive technical training and research training. During the technical training sessions, fellows hear from experts on software engineering, cloud computing, data workflows, as well as applications of coding languages in research cyberinfrastructure settings. Students also perform research on NSF Major and Mid-scale facilities and their cyberinfrastructure, using the knowledge they gained throughout the semester.</p>
<p>In addition to CI Compass lecturers, the program includes guest speakers. These speakers include NSF Major Facilities cyberinfrastructure practitioners, such as: Shawna Sadler, head of outreach and partnerships at ORCID; Dan Stanzione, associate vice president for research and executive director at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC); Brian Dobbins, software engineer at NCAR; Paul Ruth from FABRIC and Chameleon Cloud from the Renaissance Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David S. Butcher, Research Faculty at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Maglab); as well as CI experts within the CI Compass center.</p>
<p>Students interested in participating in CICF, and NSF MF CI practitioners who would like to continue to foster the next generation of CI professionals, are encouraged to reach out to CI Compass with any questions. Questions about CICF can be sent to: <a href="mailto:cicf@ci-compass.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cicf@ci-compass.org</a>.</p>
<p>"Through opportunities like these summer programs, students are able to take what they have learned in their courses and through the CICF Spring program, and see how it directly impacts scientific research," said <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/angela-murillo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Angela Murillo</a>, Director of CICF. "These learning experiences will help grow the next generation of cyberinfrastructure practitioners."</p>
<p>Find information about the upcoming 2024 CI Compass Fellowship program here: <a href="https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/">https://ci-compass.org/student-fellowships/</a></p>
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<p><strong>About CI Compass</strong></p>
<p>CI Compass is funded by the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering under grant number 2127548. Its participating research institutions include the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Utah.</p>
<p>To learn more about CI Compass, please visit<a href="https://ci-compass.org/"> ci-compass.org.</a></p>
<p>Contact: Christina Clark, Research Communications Specialist<br>CI Compass / Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=cclark26@nd.edu">cclark26@nd.edu</a> / <a href="tel:574.631.2665">574.631.2665</a> <br>ci-compass.org / @cicompass</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/fellows-have-transformative-experiences-throughout-summer-with-ncar-neon-and-ooi/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">August 17, 2023</span>.</p>Christina Clarktag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1548962023-08-15T10:00:00-04:002023-08-15T10:11:42-04:00New search warrant generator standardizes cell phone searches to ensure privacy and improve criminal investigations<p>The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution safeguards against unreasonable searches. It mandates that search warrants must be based on probable cause and must specifically describe the items to be seized.</p>
<p>However, applying this constitutional requirement to cell phones is a significant challenge. Cell phones are repositories of vast amounts of detailed information about a person’s daily activities and lifestyle. Determining which pieces of data are relevant to an investigation becomes a critical issue.…</p><p>The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution safeguards against unreasonable searches. It mandates that search warrants must be based on probable cause and must specifically describe the items to be seized.</p>
<p>However, applying this constitutional requirement to cell phones is a significant challenge. Cell phones are repositories of vast amounts of detailed information about a person’s daily activities and lifestyle. Determining which pieces of data are relevant to an investigation becomes a critical issue.</p>
<p>Additionally, questions arise about the time frame covered by a search warrant. For instance, can a warrant be issued to access data from a phone dating back two years when the crime occurred today? And since text messages and photos are ubiquitous on cell phones, questions arise about whether there is probable cause to access such personal content.</p>
<p>Also complicating matters is the inconsistency of rulings across jurisdictions. What may be permissible in one state, like Indiana, might not be allowed in another, such as California. Even within a local jurisdiction like St. Joseph County, variations in judicial review can lead to differences in warrant approval and execution, including the editing or crossing out of items on the warrant.</p>
<p>To tackle these issues, the Center for Research Computing (CRC) and the Cybercrimes Investigations, Research, and Education (CIRE) initiated a project to standardize cell phone search warrants.</p>
<p>Working collaboratively, local judges, magistrates, and CIRE personnel engaged in discussions about search warrant requirements. CIRE took into account current case law and identified weaknesses that had led to the suppression of evidence in the past.</p>
<p>Following these discussions, CIRE developed a standardized template for cell phone search warrants. Programmers with the CRC used this template to create an online search warrant generator. The tool's input fields guide officers through the process. The tool ensures that the office provides the necessary information for a warrant that aligns with the Fourth Amendment, protects the phone owner’s privacy, and supplies law enforcement only with relevant evidence related to the investigation. The generator enables officers to limit the scope of a warrant while establishing probable cause specifically for information pertinent to the case.</p>
<p>Overall, the tool reduces the risk of electronic evidence suppression while also safeguarding each individual’s right to privacy.</p>
<p>To refine the search warrant generator, CIRE conducted a phased implementation. Initially, it provided the warrant generator to the South Bend Police Department. Based on their feedback, CIRE made improvements to enhance the user experience. Subsequently, CIRE rolled out the generator to all law enforcement agencies in St. Joseph County and then to eight counties in Northern Indiana.</p>
<p>Finally, the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC) distributed the generator statewide, making it the standard method for producing Fourth Amendment-compliant cell phone search warrants for all IPAC High Tech Crimes Units in the State of Indiana.</p>
<p>“The search warrant generator represents a substantial step forward in standardizing cell phone search warrants throughout the state,” says CIRE Director Mitch Kajzer. “The uniformity achieved ensures the protection of privacy rights while simultaneously equipping law enforcement with relevant evidence necessary for their investigations.”</p>CRC Stafftag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1539122023-06-09T08:00:00-04:002023-06-09T08:23:34-04:00Notre Dame researchers lead CI Compass Topical Working Group on FAIR data principles for NSF Major Facilities, to host workshop in June<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Scientific knowledge is advanced often one step at a time, and all research builds on what has been done before. With many repositories and platforms utilized by researchers, institutions, and laboratories throughout the national and the international science community, it is an ongoing challenge to ensure that information can be located, accessed, and properly credited. Having interoperable and reusable data will mean research and datasets are documented in ways that means others can not only recreate the science, but also that the materials can be utilized in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives as well. Being able to use datasets that are optimized for AI is an important consideration, and this can lead to faster processing and discovery in the process.</span></span>…</p><p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Scientific knowledge is advanced often one step at a time, and all research builds on what has been done before. With many repositories and platforms utilized by researchers, institutions, and laboratories throughout the national and the international science community, it is an ongoing challenge to ensure that information can be located, accessed, and properly credited. Having interoperable and reusable data will mean research and datasets are documented in ways that means others can not only recreate the science, but also that the materials can be utilized in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives as well. Being able to use datasets that are optimized for AI is an important consideration, and this can lead to faster processing and discovery in the process.</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">These traits — findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability—are known as FAIR data practices. Creating data that is FAIR is an intentional decision of those who publish research and make datasets available.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">At the end of the day, FAIR is about recognizing the value of the research data and taking efforts to be able to find and reuse it,” said </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/don-brower/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Don Brower</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">,</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> CI Compass FAIR Data Expert and research assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame. "</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">This is essential for extending results, and for running increasingly sophisticated computational simulations. It also recognizes that our analysis algorithms are improving and sometimes data can be reused in entirely different disciplines or contexts such as with the rise of large AI models.”</span></span></p>
<p><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">FAIR Data and the Year of Open Science</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">While FAIR data practices are not new, having been in discussion in the information and computer science communities since the late 1990s, the year 2023 has been designated as a "year of open science" with a broader push for adoption of the practices by federally funded research centers, including those funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). These facilities were given an expedited direction release, titled <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/ostp-issues-guidance-to-make-federally-funded-research-freely-available-without-delay/">"Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research"</a> by </span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">A</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">londra</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> Nelson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Science and Society Performing the Duties of Director, from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). It is commonly referred to as the “Nelson Memo,” which was released in August 2022.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The memo asks federally funded research centers to update their public access policies “as soon as possible, and no later than December 31, 2025,” to make research and supporting data available publicly without any embargo or cost on its release, have transparent procedures to preserve scientific and research integrity, and coordinate with OSTP to make sure that there is an “equitable delivery” of the results and data.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“A federal public access policy consistent with our values of equal opportunity must allow for broad and expeditious sharing of federally funded research–and must allow all Americans to benefit from the returns on our research and development investments without delay,” the memo says. “Upholding these core U.S. principles in our public access policy also strengthens our ability to be a critical leader and partner on issues of open science around the world.”</span></span></p>
<p><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">CI Compass takes steps to facilitate FAIR solutions</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/about/working-groups/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">CI Compass FAIR Topical Working Group (TWG)</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> has been </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/working-group-formed-by-ci-compass-for-nsf-major-facilities-to-help-make-data-fair/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">meeting since August 2022</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, when the memo was released. The TWG is led by members of CI Compass including Brower, <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/charles-vardeman/">Charles Vardeman</a>, research assistant professor and computational scientist at the University of Notre Dame and CI Compass member, and <a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/angela-murillo/">Angela Murillo</a>, assistant professor at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University - Indianapolis and co-principal investigator for CI Compass, and is regularly attended by cyberinfrastructure practitioners from NSF Major Facilities (MFs) who are seeking discussions on ways to push FAIR data practices further in their own work. ORCID, a platform that provides a persistent identifier to researchers and publications, also has a representative regularly attending the meetings. In addition to their collaborative efforts with ORCID, CI Compass is also actively engaged with several FAIR data organizations including GoFAIR.us, the Research Data Alliance, Earth Science Information Partners, and CODATA, to further globalize and strengthen their data management practices. The goal of the FAIR Data TWG is to identify ways NSF MFs can work to implement these policies, and discuss new practices as they look ahead to how data will be used in the future. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“Large research facilities are an integral part of global research infrastructure that have a profound impact on scientific research. Unfortunately, they face a variety of technical, social, and practical challenges to implementation of FAIR data and public access policies,” said </span></span><a href="https://nationalmaglab.org/research/research-groups/center-for-fair-open-science/staff/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">David Butcher</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, research faculty, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and CI Compass FAIR TWG member. “We look forward to bringing together personnel from large research facilities to discuss how we can address these challenges and transition to more modern, secure, and FAIR data management strategies.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">This June, the group will participate in the </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/2023/06/26/acm-ieee-joint-conference-on-digital-libraries/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">ACM/IEEE Joint Conference Digital Libraries 2023 (JCDL)</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> by hosting a workshop titled “FAIR Data for Large Research Facilities.” The sessions will feature much of the findings of the working group since its inception. The workshop will be led by Don Brower and David Butcher. The workshop will include discussions of the findings from the CI Compass TWG.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The FAIR TWG is also led by Murillo and Vardeman.</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> The TWG will also be discussing the findings of the survey that was distributed throughout spring 2023</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Learn more about the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference Digital Libraries 2023 workshop here: </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/2023/06/26/acm-ieee-joint-conference-on-digital-libraries/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/events/2023/06/26/acm-ieee-joint-conference-on-digital-libraries/</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Learn more about the FAIR Data Topical Working Group: </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/working-group-formed-by-ci-compass-for-nsf-major-facilities-to-help-make-data-fair/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/working-group-formed-by-ci-compass-for-nsf-major-facilities-to-help-make-data-fair/</span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p><strong>About CI Compass</strong></p>
<p>CI Compass is funded by the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering under grant number 2127548. Its participating research institutions include the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Utah.</p>
<p>To learn more about CI Compass, please visit<a href="https://ci-compass.org/"> ci-compass.org.</a></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Christina Clark, Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>CI Compass / Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=cclark26@nd.edu">cclark26@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.2665</p>
<p>ci-compass.org / @cicompass</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-topical-working-group-leads-efforts-on-fair-data-principles-for-nsf-major-facilities-to-host-workshop-in-june/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">June 08, 2023</span>.</p>Christina Clarktag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1537822023-06-02T07:45:00-04:002023-06-02T11:28:08-04:00A recipe for trustworthy artificial intelligence<p class="lede"><em>Notre Dame researchers share a new model for developing artificial intelligence systems users can trust.</em></p>
<p>This week, a group of tech industry leaders issued an open letter <a href="https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk">warning</a> of the looming threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI), comparing them to the risk of "pandemics and nuclear war."…</p><p class="lede"><em>Notre Dame researchers share a new model for developing artificial intelligence systems users can trust.</em></p>
<p>This week, a group of tech industry leaders issued an open letter <a href="https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk">warning</a> of the looming threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI), comparing them to the risk of "pandemics and nuclear war."</p>
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<p>The open letter is just one of many recent attempts to draw attention to situations in which AI cannot be trusted and to raise questions about AI’s potential unfair or harmful effects.</p>
<p>A group of researchers at the University of Notre Dame say it is important to ask a slightly different question: What would it look like to develop artificial intelligence we <em>can</em> trust?</p>
<p>Working alongside technology experts within the U.S. military as well as with researchers at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Indiana University, they are developing in a comprehensive, systematic approach to creating trustworthy AI.</p>
<p>Their project, called “Trusted AI,” has identified six widely shared values they call the “dimensions of Trusted AI.” The six dimensions are:</p>
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<strong>Explainability</strong> - Can we explain how the AI arrives at inferences?</li>
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<strong>Safety and robustness</strong> - Will the AI will work as expected—not just in the lab but in real, live contexts?</li>
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<strong>Fairness</strong> - Can we ensure the AI will not reproduce patterns of bias and discrimination?</li>
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<strong>Privacy</strong> - Are we confident that the data the AI uses will be held safely and confidentially?</li>
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<strong>Environmental wellbeing</strong> - Can the AI be trained and developed with minimal negative environmental impact?</li>
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<strong>Accountability and auditability</strong> - Can we identify who is responsible, and can we confirm that the AI is working as expected?</li>
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<p>The key challenge in developing trustworthy AI, the researchers say, is to ensure that each of the dimensions informs every stage in the process, from the initial collection of data to the output, or “inference,” the AI provides. Only when there is an unbroken “chain of trust” can we be sure the end result is trustworthy.</p>
<p>The lead principal investigator behind the Trusted AI project is <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/christopher-sweet/">Christopher Sweet</a>, the CRC’s associate director for cyberinfrastructure development.</p>
<p>Sweet, who has a concurrent appointment as an assistant research professor in the <a href="https://cse.nd.edu/">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</a>, emphasizes that the process of developing Trusted AI is more a cycle than a one-and-done effort.</p>
<p>“It is an iterative process,” Sweet explains. “These technologies are constantly evolving—as are the data sets they depend on and the social contexts in which they are used. It is not about declaring victory. It is about showing that Trusted AI is an ongoing practice that requires that all stakeholders are involved and engaged.”</p>
<p><a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/charles-vardeman/">Charles Vardeman</a>, a computational scientist at the CRC and a research assistant professor in the <a href="https://cse.nd.edu/">Department of Computer Science and Engineering</a>, leads a sub-project of Trusted AI. Vardeman says the team is working to prevent harm by AI far beyond the technologies and applications that receive public attention.</p>
<p>“People are aware that AI powers things like Alexa and ChatGPT, but that is really just the tip of the iceberg,” he says. “Most people are interacting with AI regularly without knowing it. It is shaping their purchasing decisions online, and it is even helping to determine the medical care they receive.”</p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/adam-czajka/">Adam Czajka</a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is leading a Trusted AI sub-project that focuses on ways humans and machines, when paired together, can arrive at highly trustworthy decisions. He and his colleagues have developed a way of training AI to recognize fake images by training it to mimic human perception.</p>
<p>Another Trusted AI subproject, led by CRC senior associate director and professor of the practice <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, applies the Trusted AI recipe to create technology for the U.S. Navy.</p>
<p>Brenner, who is a faculty affiliate of <a href="https://industrylabs.nd.edu/">iNDustry Labs</a>, <a href="https://energy.nd.edu/">ND Energy</a>, and the <a href="https://wireless.nd.edu/">Wireless Institute</a>, explains, “If a mission or weapon system fails, there is often more data available about that failure than any one person could read. New machine learning tools like natural language processing and knowledge graphs could help mine the data to identify the underlying cause of the failure.”</p>
<p>The obstacle, Brenner says, is that most commercially available machine learning tools are a “black box.” They create inferences on the basis of large sets of data. What they do not provide is an explanation about how or why they arrived at a particular inference.</p>
<p>Brenner’s team is developing a new approach for military applications that goes beyond the “black box.” In collaboration with the U.S. Navy installation near Crane, Indiana (Crane NSWC), Brenner and a group of ten Notre Dame undergraduate student researchers are building machine learning tools that are trained with a set of special, pre-labeled data for more accurate and more explainable outcomes.</p>
<p>Brenner emphasizes that in addition to the new tools and techniques his project develops, it will also include broader impacts that will continue to reverberate through the coming decades.</p>
<p>“We are looking forward to sharing what we learn with a broad group of students,” Brenner says. In addition to training the students directly involved in the research, the team will also educate younger students in the principles of Trusted AI through presentations and by welcoming 40 high school students to Notre Dame’s campus for the CRC’s Summer Scholars program.</p>
<p>“We are developing a new approach to AI that is urgently needed,” Brenner says, “and at the same time, we’re developing people—the future military officers, scholars, and tech industry leaders who will make trusted AI a reality.”</p>
<p>Trusted AI is part of the Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement (SCALE) workforce development program funded by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Trusted & Assured Microelectronics program.</p>
<p><strong>About the Center for Research Computing</strong></p>
<p>The Center for Research Computing (CRC) at University of Notre Dame is an innovative and multidisciplinary research environment that supports collaboration to facilitate multidisciplinary discoveries through advanced computation, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and other digital research tools. The Center enhances the University’s innovative applications of cyberinfrastructure, provides support for interdisciplinary research and education, and conducts computational research. Learn more at crc.nd.edu.</p>
<p><strong>About Notre Dame Research:</strong></p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.</p>
<p><strong>Contact:</strong></p>
<p>Brett Beasley / Writer and Editorial Program Manager</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p>bbeasle1@nd.edu / <a href="tel:+1%20574-631-8183">+1 574-631-8183</a></p>
<p>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>Brett Beasleytag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1527932023-04-26T10:00:00-04:002023-04-26T09:24:05-04:00Opportunities to Support Research on Notre Dame Day<p>Notre Dame Day, the University's annual day of giving, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. From April 25th to 26th, alumni, parents, students, and friends of Notre Dame will have the chance to support the causes, clubs, and residence halls that inspire them—including the University’s research centers and facilities.…</p><p>Notre Dame Day, the University's annual day of giving, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. From April 25th to 26th, alumni, parents, students, and friends of Notre Dame will have the chance to support the causes, clubs, and residence halls that inspire them—including the University’s research centers and facilities.</p>
<p>As part of this year's Notre Dame Day celebration, Notre Dame Research (NDR) is proud to showcase the research and innovation efforts that align with our mission to advance human understanding through research, scholarship, and creative endeavor. Your support helps researchers foster knowledge and innovation to address some of the world's most pressing challenges.</p>
<p>Several of NDR’s reporting units can be supported during Notre Dame Day, and each has a unique focus and expertise. Gifts to these units can help support cutting-edge research and provide valuable resources for Notre Dame's researchers, faculty, and students. Below is a list of the units that can be supported:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/analytical-sciences-and-engineering-at-notre-dame-asend" target="_blank">Analytical Sciences and Engineering at Notre Dame (ASEND)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/institute-for-precision-health" target="_blank">Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/center-for-research-computing" target="_blank">Center for Research Computing (CRC)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/eck-institute-for-global-health" target="_blank">Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/environmental-research-center-underc" target="_blank">University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/harper-cancer-research-institute" target="_blank">Harper Cancer Research Center (HRCI)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/institute-for-advanced-study" target="_blank">Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/notre-dame-energy" target="_blank">Notre Dame Energy (NDE)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/notre-dame-integrated-imaging-facility" target="_blank">Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (ND-IIF)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/ndnano-center-for-nano-science-technology" target="_blank">Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/notre-dame-radiation-laboratory" target="_blank">Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory (NDRL)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/notre-dame-turbomachinery-laboratory" target="_blank">NDTL Propulsion & Power (Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/w-m-keck-center-for-transgene-research" target="_blank">W.M Keck Center for Transgene Research</a></li>
</ul>
<p>To contribute, please visit the <a href="https://notredameday.nd.edu/" target="_blank">Notre Dame Day website</a> and donate to the specific research unit they wish to support. Donors can also track progress on the Notre Dame Day website and social media pages, and participate in various events and activities related to the days of giving.</p>
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<p><strong>About Notre Dame Research:</strong></p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="http://research.nd.edu">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Courtney Sniadecki</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/opportunities-to-support-research-on-notre-dame-day/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 25, 2023</span>.</p>Courtney Sniadeckitag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1527872023-04-25T17:00:00-04:002023-04-25T16:54:33-04:00From Ship to Shore: CI Compass supports researchers in accelerating scientific discovery<script id="asp-embed-script" data-zindex="1000000" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://express.adobe.com/page-embed.js"></script>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">For scientists and researchers like those soon to be working with the U.S. Academic Research Fleet’s (ARF) newest ships, the </span></span><a href="https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/regional-class-research-vessel-rcrv"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Regional Class Research Vessel</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> (RCRVs), exploring the marine environment while remaining connected to their critical research and social infrastructures is imperative to the success of their findings.</span></span>…</p><script id="asp-embed-script" data-zindex="1000000" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://express.adobe.com/page-embed.js"></script>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">For scientists and researchers like those soon to be working with the U.S. Academic Research Fleet’s (ARF) newest ships, the </span></span><a href="https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/regional-class-research-vessel-rcrv"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Regional Class Research Vessel</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> (RCRVs), exploring the marine environment while remaining connected to their critical research and social infrastructures is imperative to the success of their findings.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">However, inadequate vessel designs, high satellite service costs, and technological and administrative complexity have all contributed to the challenge of enabling operations in a connected mode. If scientists cannot reliably move data captured at sea from a research vessel into the processing pipeline while the vessel is at sea, then the ability to begin working with the information on shore is reduced. The time lost can mean updates on climate science, marine biology, oceanography and more are delayed, and data can be at risk while being collected and transferred quickly on-site, or at the edge.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In early 2022,</span></span><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> </span></strong><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">CI Compass, the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence, embarked on an engagement with the U.S. Academic Research Fleet and RCRV in order to work together to identify ways to minimize the time between data capture and analysis.</span></span></p>
<p><strong>Read More:</strong></p>
<p><a class="asp-embed-link" href="https://express.adobe.com/page/VeIW7NxBlly2N/" target="_blank"><img alt="From Ship to Shore - CI Compass" border="0" src="https://express.adobe.com/page/VeIW7NxBlly2N/embed.jpg?buster=1682109462179" style="width:100%"></a></p>
<p>Prefer a PDF? <a href="https://ci-compass.org/assets/513795/from_ship_to_shore_ci_compass_supports_researchers_in_accelerating_scientific_discovery_.pdf">From Ship To Shore Ci Compass Supports Researchers In Accelerating Scientific Discovery</a></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/from-ship-to-shore-ci-compass-supports-researchers-in-accelerating-scientific-discovery-2/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 25, 2023</span>.</p>Christina Clarktag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1523902023-04-06T09:00:00-04:002023-04-12T14:27:49-04:00Hesburgh Libraries announces 2023 Hackathon winners<p>15 teams of undergraduate students competed in the <a href="https://hackathon.library.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2023 Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon</a> at the <a href="https://www.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Notre Dame</a>, which took place from March 31 to April 2.</p><p>15 teams of undergraduate students competed in the <a href="https://hackathon.library.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2023 Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon</a> at the <a href="https://www.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Notre Dame</a>, which took place from March 31 to April 2.</p>
<p>Teams were charged with developing projects that leverage technology to discover, visualize, or create solutions to everyday problems related to this year’s theme, <em>Hacking for Harmony</em>. The final presentations, raffle, and award ceremony were held in the Hesburgh Library Carey Auditorium, with teams working in the Hesburgh Library throughout the weekend-long event.</p>
<p>During the competition, Hackathon coaches were available via Zoom to support the teams if they had questions about strategy, coding, methodology, usability, design, or presentation preparation.</p>
<p>On the final day of the event, students presented their projects to a panel of judges and their peers. The Hackathon judges evaluated final project submissions on five key areas: innovation, impact, usability, technical merit, and presentation. Prizes were awarded to teams who excelled in the criteria on the judging rubric.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the 2023 Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon winners.</p>
<h2 id="1st-place--3000-award">1st Place – $3,000 Award</h2>
<h3 id="tribe">TRiBE</h3>
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<p><strong>Edson Augustin</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Bright Dikko</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Gerry Migwi</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Nathan Russom</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science</p>
<p>Students currently lack a safe and secure platform for connecting, interacting, sharing resources, and carrying out transactions with the campus community. TRiBE offers a solution by providing a centralized and trustworthy hub for students. The platform is a web application comprised of four main features. The <em>Campus Marketplace</em> includes a trust scoring system and offers secure and dependable transactions. <em>Ride Sharing</em> provides a convenient and secure option for students to share rides. The <em>Finding Talent</em> feature helps students connect with freelancers and entrepreneurs within the Notre Dame community. The <em>Charity</em> feature provides opportunities to volunteer and make donations within the Notre Dame community.</p>
<h2 id="2nd-place--2000-award">2nd Place – $2,000 Award</h2>
<h3 id="bite-buds">Bite Buds</h3>
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<p><strong>Astrid Do</strong>, College of Arts and Letters, Visual Communication Design<br>
<strong>Eva Gorzkiewicz</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Julia Kim</strong>, College of Business, Finance</p>
<p>College students are often under stress and many tend to neglect their eating habits. Certain foods like omega-3 fats and vegetables can help regulate your body’s response to stress. Bite Buds enables students to seamlessly track their nutrition and maintain healthy habits in a new, fun way. When a user snaps a picture and adds their meals, the app alerts them if they are on track or deficient in a certain nutrient. Through gamification, this app promotes a healthy and balanced diet, which is essential to reducing stress and improving your lifestyle.</p>
<h2 id="3rd-place--1000-award">3rd Place – $1,000 Award</h2>
<h3>OnCampus</h3>
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<p><strong>Kristen Friday</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Carlo Preciado</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Gavin Uhran</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science</p>
<p>Due to overwhelming sources of information on campus, it can be difficult for students to find events and activities of interest. OnCampus is a tool that consolidates large quantities of campus data into one resource. It offers a tailored experience for individual students and has an easy-to-use interface. The app leverages machine learning and natural language processing to learn the interests of each user so it can provide recommendations. After creating your profile and selecting your interests, OnCampus displays a chronological list of activities for a day, week, and month. It also allows you to favorite certain events, follow individual hosts, or submit an event.</p>
<h2 id="honorable-mention--500-award">Honorable Mention – $500 Award</h2>
<h3 id="learn-the-lingo">Learn the Lingo</h3>
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<p><strong>Victoria Mendez</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Axel Nunez</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Cody Walsh</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Claire Yin</strong>, College of Arts and Letters, Political Science and Computer Science</p>
<p>Learn the Lingo is a platform that helps users learn country-specific lingo (or slang) through an interactive website. Users select a country and the site will populate a list of useful slang you might hear from a native speaker. Users can also use the site to search for a specific word. The platform provides the definition, audio pronunciation, and phonetic spelling of each word. It also includes a Word of the Day feature. This website allows for cross-cultural exchange and an opportunity to better connect with local people and cultures around the world.</p>
<h2 id="honorable-mention--500-award">Honorable Mention – $500 Award</h2>
<h3 id="varisong">Varisong</h3>
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<p><strong>Steven Baranko</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science<br>
<strong>Drew Lair</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Engineering<br>
<strong>Jeremy Stevens</strong>, College of Engineering, Computer Science</p>
<p>Varisong’s mission is to empower people to explore different cultures through music. Using machine learning, Varisong takes a list of the users' favorite songs and curates a playlist of music from other cultures and languages. The algorithm pulls information about the origin of each song and the culture. This service would be valuable for language professors, prospective abroad students, or anyone looking to expand their musical palette.</p>
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<h2 id="2023-hackathon-judges">2023 Hackathon Judges</h2>
<p>A special thank you to our judges. </p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://cds.library.nd.edu/about/staff/agostini/index.shtml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caterina Agostini</a></strong>, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship<br>
<strong><a href="https://oit.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helen Hockx-Yu</a></strong>, Enterprise Architect, Office of Information Technologies<br>
<strong><a href="https://cse.nd.edu/faculty/shreya-kumar/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shreya Kumar</a></strong>, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Engineering<br>
<strong><a href="https://studios.nd.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Varela</a></strong>, Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies, Office of Information Technologies</p>Hesburgh Librariestag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1515622023-03-08T10:45:00-05:002023-03-08T11:21:47-05:00Stopping Cyber Crimes Before they Start<h4><em>A new initiative is helping local organizations respond proactively to the threat of cyber attacks.</em></h4>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Cydney Howard (left) and Libby Messman (right), both seniors, conduct forensic acquisitions on an infected server. Although the owner was unaware the computer’s security had been compromised, Howard and Messman detected several malicious programs and activity." height="338" src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/507122/howard_and_messman_cire.jpg" width="600">
<figcaption>Cydney Howard (left) and Libby Messman (right), both seniors, conduct forensic acquisitions on an infected server. Although the owner was unaware the computer’s security had been compromised, Howard and Messman detected several malicious programs and activity.</figcaption>…</figure><h4><em>A new initiative is helping local organizations respond proactively to the threat of cyber attacks.</em></h4>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Cydney Howard (left) and Libby Messman (right), both seniors, conduct forensic acquisitions on an infected server. Although the owner was unaware the computer’s security had been compromised, Howard and Messman detected several malicious programs and activity." height="338" src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/507122/howard_and_messman_cire.jpg" width="600">
<figcaption>Cydney Howard (left) and Libby Messman (right), both seniors, conduct forensic acquisitions on an infected server. Although the owner was unaware the computer’s security had been compromised, Howard and Messman detected several malicious programs and activity.</figcaption>
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<p>Cyber attacks—including data breaches, identity theft, and phishing—are becoming more frequent and more sophisticated every day. For most organizations, the only response is a defensive one: The organization opens an investigation after the attack has occurred. Unfortunately, many organizations do not detect the attacks right away and may not realize their computer systems have been compromised until after much damage has been done.</p>
<p>The Cybercrime Investigation, Research, and Education Initiative (CIRE), developed by Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing, is partnering with local industries and law enforcement agencies to foster a new approach. It is conducting <em>proactive</em> responses to cyber incidents in an effort to transform cybersecurity in our region.</p>
<p><strong>CIRE’s Proactive Approach</strong></p>
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<figure class="image-right"><img alt="This Map Displays Indicators Of Compromise IOCs Detected By Cire Allowing For Real Time Monitoring Of Potential Cyber Incidents Within The Region" height="346" src="https://crc.nd.edu/assets/507123/this_map_displays_indicators_of_compromise_iocs_detected_by_cire_allowing_for_real_time_monitoring_of_potential_cyber_incidents_within_the_region.png" width="600"></figure>
<p>Using a custom web-based interface provided by an industry partner, CIRE detects Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) within computer systems. Examples of IOCs might include IP addresses used by malware, hashes of malicious files, sites used for phishing or malware distribution, and patterns in network traffic that suggest an intrusion has taken place.</p>
<p>The IOCs are then plotted on a map so CIRE can review them in real time.</p>
<p>CIRE uses the map to actively monitor incidents in the region. When it locates one, it initiates an investigation.</p>
<p>The example below shows an IP address that exhibited IOCs in the area of South Bend, IN.</p>
<figure class="image-default"><img alt="This map pinpoints an Indicators of Compromise (IOC) detected by CIRE in the South Bend, IN area, aiding in the identification and mitigation of potential cyber threats. CIRE's real-time monitoring capabilities enable it to detect and investigate potential cyber incidents in the region." height="346" src="https://cire.nd.edu/assets/507118/cire_ioc_south_bend_map.png" width="600"></figure>
<p>In this example, CIRE used open-source investigative techniques to determine that this IP address was hosting a strain of malware known as NanoCore.</p>
<p>NanoCore is a Remote Access Trojan that enables attackers to remotely execute code on a victim’s system. CIRE determined that the malware was uploaded to the compromised computer once and that it had been distributed 196 times.</p>
<figure class="image-default"><img alt="This screenshot displays evidence obtained by CIRE through open-source investigative techniques, revealing an IP address hosting a strain of malware known as NanoCore." height="367" src="https://cire.nd.edu/assets/507117/cire_nanocare.png" width="572"></figure>
<p>Using information of this kind, CIRE can work with local law enforcement partners and obtain a search warrant for the account associated with the IP address. After it identifies the account, CIRE works with law enforcement to obtain a search warrant authorizing the electronic search of the compromised computer.</p>
<p>CIRE uses customized software to forensically extract data from the compromised computer. Then the information can be forensically analyzed in the lab.</p>
<p><a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/mitch-kajzer/">Mitch Kajzer</a>, an associate professor of the practice within the Center for Research Computing and managing director of CIRE says, “This project is a novel method to proactively address the growing problem of cyber attacks.” Kajzer, who is executive director of the St. Joseph County Cyber Crimes Unit, added, “The project would not be possible without our partnerships with industry and law enforcement.”</p>
<p>Recently, there have been calls for universities to partner with industry and law enforcement in developing a “<a href="https://www.npcc.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/publications/publications-log/2020/national-digital-forensic-science-strategy.pdf">digital forensic science strategy</a>.” Kajzer says CIRE’s new project answers that call by taking a “whole-system approach” to addressing the growing problem of cyber crime.</p>
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<p><strong>About The Center for Research Computing:</strong></p>
<p>The Center for Research Computing (CRC) at University of Notre Dame is an innovative and multidisciplinary research environment that supports collaboration to facilitate multidisciplinary discoveries through advanced computation, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and other digital research tools. The Center enhances the University’s innovative applications of cyberinfrastructure, provides support for interdisciplinary research and education, and conducts computational research.</p>
<p><strong>About Notre Dame Research:</strong></p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://cire.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/stopping-cyber-crimes-before-they-start/">cire.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 08, 2023</span>.</p>Brett Beasleytag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1507862023-01-17T13:30:00-05:002023-02-06T13:44:22-05:00Jeffrey F. Rhoads appointed vice president for research<p>Jeffrey F. (Jeff) Rhoads, a leading mechanical engineering researcher and pioneer in engineering education, has been appointed vice president for <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research</a> at the University of Notre Dame by <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a>, University president.</p><p>Jeffrey F. (Jeff) Rhoads, a leading mechanical engineering researcher and pioneer in engineering education, has been appointed vice president for <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research</a> at the University of Notre Dame by <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a>, University president. His appointment, effective July 1, was based on the recommendation of <a href="https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/council/john-t-mcgreevy/">John T. McGreevy</a>, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University, and an eight-person search committee.</p>
<p>Rhoads joins Notre Dame from Purdue University, where he currently serves as executive director of the Purdue Institute for National Security and as a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering. He previously served as the director of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, associate director of the Purdue Energetics Research Center and director of practice for the Mechanical Engineering Education Research Center at Purdue. He has attracted more than $75 million in sponsored research funding across his various academic roles — garnering extensive support from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and industry.</p>
<p>He is also the co-founder and chief operating officer of Next Offset Solutions Inc. and Level 6 Engineering LLC, startup companies that provide engineering and technical solutions for industry and the defense, energy and national security sectors.</p>
<p>“The research of our faculty has been a point of emphasis and an area of remarkable growth at Notre Dame, and we are delighted to welcome Jeff Rhoads to help lead us in the next stage,” Father Jenkins said. “Jeff is an accomplished researcher and administrator, and well-suited to continue the exciting trajectory of Notre Dame research.”</p>
<p>As vice president for research, Rhoads will assume oversight of Notre Dame’s research infrastructure of more than 30 core facilities along with support programs for all disciplines of research, scholarship and creative endeavor. The University is one of the fastest-growing research institutions in the nation, with research award funding for fiscal year 2022 reaching $244 million. He succeeds Robert J. Bernhard, who announced in September 2021 that he would step down from his role, a position he has held since 2007.</p>
<p>Rhoads will also hold an appointment as a full professor in the <a href="https://ame.nd.edu/">Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering</a>. His research interests include dynamics and vibration, energetic materials, additive manufacturing and micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems.</p>
<p>“Jeff is both a visionary and a problem-solver who strongly believes in the power of research to unlock new knowledge and develop compelling solutions to real-world challenges,” McGreevy said. “He has successfully led research programs in academia and the public sector, developing crucial partnerships along the way, and he is perfectly suited to guide this next phase of the University’s research enterprise.”</p>
<p>Recognized extensively for excellence in his discipline and teaching, Rhoads is the recipient of the inaugural American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ C. D. Mote Jr. Early Career Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the American Society for Engineering Education’s Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, as well as the Charles B. Murphy Award, Purdue’s highest undergraduate teaching honor. He holds a number of patents and is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, including a widely used undergraduate textbook.</p>
<p>“The growth of Notre Dame’s research portfolio, both in scale and, more importantly, global impact, over the past decade has been tremendous,” Rhoads said. “This is a true testament to the faculty, staff and students of the University, its strong leadership and its clear sense of purpose. I am truly excited, and frankly humbled, by the opportunity to work with this strong internal team, as well as our government, corporate, academic and nonprofit partners, to build upon this firm foundation. We will think big, not shy away from global challenges, and work together, across the entire breadth of the University, to make a tangible and positive difference in society.”</p>
<p>Rhoads is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Defense Industrial Association. Rhoads earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a doctoral degree, each in mechanical engineering, from Michigan State University.</p>
<p><strong><em>Contact: </em></strong><em>Joanne D. Fahey, director of research communications, <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=fahey.17@nd.edu" target="_blank">fahey.17@nd.edu</a>, 574-631-9762</em></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Cidni Sanders</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/jeffrey-f-rhoads-appointed-vice-president-for-research/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">January 17, 2023</span>.</p>Cidni Sanderstag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1495302022-11-30T08:57:00-05:002022-11-30T08:57:42-05:00Paul Brenner: Building a career of service<p><a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, a ’98 graduate of Notre Dame, joined the Air Force ROTC program at the University while studying engineering as an undergraduate. Brenner has served on multiple deployments around the world, and from 2008 to 2009 he engineered and built Air Force bases in Afghanistan. He currently serves as senior associate director and professor of the practice at Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing. </p><p><a href="https://crc.nd.edu/about/people/paul-brenner/">Paul Brenner</a>, a ’98 graduate of Notre Dame, joined the Air Force ROTC program at the University while studying engineering as an undergraduate. In his senior year, he had to decide: go active duty or stay in the reserves and continue his education. He chose the latter. Since making that decision 24 years ago, Brenner has served on multiple deployments around the world. From 2008 to 2009 he engineered and built Air Force bases in Afghanistan. When he returned stateside, he helped build Notre Dame’s <a href="https://crc.nd.edu/">Center for Research Computing</a>, where he currently serves as senior associate director and professor of the practice. </p>
<p>With a small but mighty staff of 50 people, Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing supports $27 million in funding for research in advanced computing, computational biology, cybersecurity, data science, software and systems engineering and artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>Brenner broadened his expertise to include cybersecurity and cyberinfrastructure — which led to new opportunities with the United States Air Force. Brenner now serves as a reserve adviser to the USAF’s Air Education and Training Command, providing cybersecurity and cyberinfrastructure training for the largest educational organization in the United States — all part of a career of service to country, community and the classroom. Below is a Q&A with Brenner.</p>
<p><strong>What does service mean to you?</strong></p>
<p>I think of it as serving something bigger than yourself. Having a belief that there’s something bigger than our individual needs. Notre Dame does that. We believe, through faith and through service to the world — to do good is often to do something altruistic. I think there’s something altruistic to saying, “OK, I’m willing to go and follow orders and if need be, I’ll go into harm’s way, because I appreciate where I’m at today, I appreciate what I’ve been given, and I hope our children and our neighbors and the rest of our democratic country will also have those opportunities.”</p>
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<p><strong>Do you see that message resonate with your students and airmen? </strong></p>
<p>Absolutely. I think in some regard, it’s the students we attract and the students we develop. There’s a student body here that wants to give back, wants to leave the world better than they found it, wants to make sure everybody has a home, make sure our cars are environmentally efficient, etc. ... There’s balance and prioritization — not just in a particular crisis but in all our life decisions. They’re able to say, “I can prioritize some basic necessities for myself but after that, let’s serve our country and the community.”</p>
<p>Many of our airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines today come from a humble background, and working with these young men and young women with very different life experiences and even some hardships — I’m inspired that they’re still passionate about service and they’re passionate about doing good. They’re all looking to grow and succeed.</p>
<p><strong>What aspects of your military service stand out to you?</strong></p>
<p>Certainly, the leadership opportunity as far as the number of young men and women that we get to help in the defense of the nation. We get to lead them and get to grow them. Leadership in mission critical situations has given me a lot of opportunities for growth. I’m very thankful for the Department of Defense. I care about our country and participating in the defense of our democratic institution. </p>
<p>As far as my personal development, I’ve learned how to work within and be productive within a massive organization. The Air Force has given me the opportunity to travel and meet people from around the world. In the last five years alone, I’ve given cybersecurity briefings for the Department of Defense of the Philippines, was in Romania working with some of their senior folks in NATO cyber collaborations, trained allies in England on cyber mission analysis and supported managing our nuclear infrastructure. </p>
<p><strong>How would you compare experiences in the military to campus?</strong></p>
<p>There are absolutely some parallels. One example would be, you know, when we were in Afghanistan, there were times when an individual, an airman might feel isolated. They’re living in a plywood hut, they don’t have as much communication with family. They feel isolated from each other. So, your role is to help them be present in that time, and be productive. </p>
<p>And then years later, I had students here during COVID facing similar issues. We weren’t able to get out and see each other as much. People were feeling isolated. People weren’t able to communicate. Their normal was gone. Helping people through those moments of non-normal is one example. That certainly has been very helpful on both sides of the equation. </p>
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<p><strong>Starting out in ROTC as an undergrad, did you imagine the path your career would take?</strong></p>
<p>I’m very thankful for this path. I think the correct path for me was always feeling like I was providing service to the betterment of the community. There are lots of ways to do that. For me it was faith that drove me to say, I will keep trying to serve in the capacities that are presented to me. I have certain things that I feel I’m good at, that I find interesting — STEM and technology has always been that for me. </p>
<p>To provide service in your career path, you look at your skill set. You work hard. My skill set leaned toward the technical. The doors were open to serve in the military, to come back and serve at Notre Dame, to build the Center for Research Computing — to use technology to aid all the great discoveries Notre Dame’s trying to make, whether that be next-generation energy sources or medical breakthroughs or even studying theological and philosophical texts. I’ve kept those doors open and balanced those opportunities with family. I tend to say — God, family, country, Notre Dame.<br>
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<p class="attribution"><em>Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Jessica Sieff</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/paul-brenner-building-a-career-of-service/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">November 29, 2022</span>.</em></p>Jessica Siefftag:crc.nd.edu,2005:News/1495312022-11-22T08:59:00-05:002022-11-30T08:59:27-05:00CI Compass Fellow presents research paper, poster at IEEE eScience 2022<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">On behalf of the CI Compass Fellowship (CICF) Summer 2022 cohort, student fellow </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/edward-lin/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Edward Lin</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> presented the poster and research “Application of Edge-to-Cloud Methods Toward Deep Learning” at the </span></span><a href="https://www.escience-conference.org/2022/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">IEEE eScience 2022</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.</span></span>…</p><p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">On behalf of the CI Compass Fellowship (CICF) Summer 2022 cohort, student fellow </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/edward-lin/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Edward Lin</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> presented the poster and research “Application of Edge-to-Cloud Methods Toward Deep Learning” at the </span></span><a href="https://www.escience-conference.org/2022/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">IEEE eScience 2022</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Lin is a student at the University of Southern California studying computer science. He gave a formal presentation at the conference on the research conducted during the CICF program, and he was present for further discussion of the poster and research conducted by the cohort. In addition to Lin, the Summer 2022 cohort of the CICF included </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/khushi-choudhary/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Khushi Choudhary</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, student at the University of Southern California studying computer science and business administration, and </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/nona-nersisyan/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Nona Nersisyan</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, student at the University of Southern California studying computer science.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">IEEE eScience 2022’s theme throughout October 10-14 was “Democratizing Science.” According to the eScience Conference website, “The objective of the eScience Conference is to promote and encourage all aspects of eScience and its associated technologies, applications, algorithms and tools with a strong focus on practical solutions and challenges.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Throughout Summer 2022, CI Compass Fellows utilized tools and were given support in using professional cyberinfrastructure tools such as the </span></span><a href="https://www.chameleoncloud.org/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Chameleon Cloud</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> testbed, </span></span><a href="https://pegasus.isi.edu/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Pegasus</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> Workflow Management System, and </span></span><a href="https://htcondor.org/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">HTCondor</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">. Fellows detailed how they utilized these tools to classify lake zooplankton.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Within the paper, the authors state: “By analyzing plankton, it is possible to learn about the health of ecosystems and how they have been affected by environmental changes.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“This was my first time at a science conference and I had a great time,” Lin said. “I was able to attend some interesting talks and meet a lot of other people interested in research. Of course, presenting my own paper and poster was one of the highlights of the trip.”</span></span></p>
<p><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/ewa-deelman/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Ewa Deelman</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, Principal Investigator (PI) of CI Compass, and </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/angela-murillo/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Angela Murillo</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, co-PI of CI Compass and co-director of the CICF, were present for Lin’s presentation.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“The CICF program is a critical part of CI Compass. We want to be able to engage with undergraduate students as early as possible and expose them to the opportunities offered by work within the cyberinfrastructure space. Because of our close collaboration with the NSF Major Facilities, CI Compass Fellows can see the direct impact of CI on science,” said Deelman.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The poster, and research paper by the same title, were authored by CI Compass Fellows Khushi Choudhary, Nona Nersisyan, and Edward Lin, as well as CI Compass leadership and team members </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/shobana-chandrasekaran/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Shobana Chandrasekaran</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/rajiv-mayani/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Rajiv Mayani</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/loic-pottier/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Loic Pottier</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, Angela P. Murillo, </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/nicole-virdone/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Nicole K. Virdone</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/kerk-kee/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Kerk Kee</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, and </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/people/ewa-deelman/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Ewa Deelman</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Learn more about the paper accepted into the IEEE eScience Conference 2022: </span></span><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-student-fellows-to-present-at-escience-2022/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">here.</span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p><strong>About CI Compass</strong></p>
<p>CI Compass is funded by the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering under grant number 2127548. Its participating research institutions include the University of Southern California, Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Utah.</p>
<p>To learn more about CI Compass, please visit<a href="https://ci-compass.org/"> ci-compass.org.</a></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Christina Clark, Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>CI Compass / Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=cclark26@nd.edu">cclark26@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.2665</p>
<p>ci-compass.org / @cicompass</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christina Clark</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ci-compass.org/news-and-events/news/ci-compass-fellow-presents-research-paper-poster-at-ieee-escience-2022/">ci-compass.org</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">November 21, 2022</span>.</p>Christina Clark