Minisymposium Presentation

The Integrated Research Infrastructure (IRI) program stands out with its innovative strategy to more effectively enable science across the United States Department of Energy (DOE) user facilities at scale. It is set to radically accelerate discovery and innovation within the DOE with a unique approach that empowers scientists to seamlessly and securely combine DOE research tools, infrastructure, and user facilities into their orchestrated workflows. A key component of this approach is the introduction of collaborative interfaces for users and orchestration tools, enabling workflows that run seamlessly across multiple user facilities. Today, despite the use of common toolchains and similar HPC providers, the landscape of novel HPC interfaces is still rather fragmented, with no common interface emerging that functions across all user facilities. This is a major hurdle for scientists aiming to build resilient workflows with multiple facilities in mind, locking them into one specific computing and data environment and exposing them to risks like major interruptions. Hence, the success of IRI hinges on the delivery of collaborative interfaces that scientists can use to build resilient and performant cross-facility workflows. This presentation will provide an overview of the DOE IRI program with a focus on the activities in the interfaces subcommittee.