Computers accelerate our ability to achieve scientific
breakthroughs. As technology evolves and new research
needs come to light, the role for cyberinfrastructure as
“knowledge” infrastructure continues to expand. This
article defines and discusses cyberinfrastructure and the
related topics of science gateways and campus bridging;
identifies future challenges in cyberinfrastructure;
and discusses challenges and opportunities related to
the evolution of cyberinfrastructure, “big data” (datacentric,
data-enabled, and data-intensive research and
data analytics), and cloud computing.This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under grants 0504075,
0451237, 0723054, 1062432, 0116050, 0521433,
0503697, and 1053575, and several IBM Shared University
Research grants and support provided by Lilly
Endowment, Inc. for the Indiana University Pervasive
Technology Institute. Any opinions, findings and
conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the supporting agencies
