Working groups support the interest and activities of OCC Members. The current working groups include:
The Open Science Data Cloud (OSDC) Working Group
This is a working group that manages and operates a large data cloud for scientific data. Members of this working group include: the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology at the University of Chicago, which uses the OSDC as the basis for Bionimbus, a cloud for genomics and related data; Johns Hopkins University, which uses the OSDC to distribute astronomical data; iCAIR at Northwestern University, which is using the OSDC to help develop next generation Internet protocols. Partners of the OSCD include: the Moore Foundation, which is providing the hardware infrastructure for Phase 1 of the OSDC (2011-2013); Yahoo, which contributed the equipment for the Proof of Concept OSDC (2008-2010); and Cisco, which is providing the Cisco C-Wave to connect the several geographically distributed OSDC data centers. Funding to connect international partners to the OSDC is provided by NSF.
Project Matsu
This working group is developing a cloud that can assist at times of natural disasters by providing an elastic capability to process geospatial data. A rack providing cloud-based storage and compute services is available to the project and can be used, for example, to assist with image processing so that up to date images can be made available to those providing disaster assistance.
OCC Virtual Network Testbed
The OCC Virtual Network Testbed is a wide area distributed testbed for virtual networking. The initial focus will be on comparing and contrasting several technologies for creating and managing virtual networks, including Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), OpenFlow, and related technologies.
The Open Cloud Testbed Working Group
This working group manages and operates the Open Cloud Testbed. The Open Cloud Testbed uses the Cisco C-Wave and various U.S. and international research networks to test different technologies for wide area clouds. Membership in this working group is limited to OCC members who contribute computing, networking, or other resources to the Open Cloud Testbed.