NRC/CISTI April 30, 2003
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NRC/CISTIApril 30, 2003
Western Canada Research Computing Grid
PART III
Presentation to
The Vision
Grid Storage
Scientific Visualization
Advanced Collaboration
Computational Resources
LEGEND
Computational Facilities
High Performance Computing Large shared memory system
(256cpu SMMP) Cluster of multi-processors
(144cpu CluMP) Commodity Cluster (1500cpu)
Distributed storage (25TB+75TB)
Local and centralized Test storage wide area networks
Collaborative Environments GridRooms; GridStations, AccessGrid,
Grid_Collaboration and visualization
flexible acquisition strategies
The challenge Many Research Teams with Diverse Needs
Computer science, Chemistry, Earth and Ocean science, Engineering, Life sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Visualization & Remote Collaboration
SMMP, CluMP, Cluster (capacity vs capability computing)
Rapidly Changing Environment Growing & changing demand (new media, biocomputing) Changing HPC Solutions (distributed storage,
heterogeneous grid)
Increasing need for enhanced collaboration tools
Individual institutions cannot meet these needs
Computational Design of Catalysts (Ziegler)
Olefin Polymeriztion
• Design of transition metal catalysts that can transform hydrocarbons, olefins, O2
and N2 into valuable chemicals and new materials.
• WestGrid facilities will allow a major step forward with the inclusion of all factors into the simulation (solvent, dynamics and steric bulk)
• Example: Polymerization of olefin to produce plastics with different structures and properties.
Subatomic Physics (Vetterli, Rodning, …)• The goal of Subatomic Physics
is to identify the building blocks of Matter and to determine their interactions.
• Explosion of data from new experiments at TRIUMF & abroad x10 increase in computing & storage.
• Search for new physics “Beyond the Standard Model”
• State-of-the-art measurement of the decay parameters of the muon
• 70 Terabytes/year of data; 20 Terabytes/year of simulations 125 cpu’s for analysis & simulation
Example: TWIST
Black Hole Collisions (Choptuik)Research: Accurate simulation of the gravitational wave signals produced by colliding black holes.
Such signals are apt to be detected in the near future by gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO.
Example: The animation shows the head-on collision of two equal-mass black holes which are formed from the gravitational collapse of blobs of matter early on in the simulation.
Realistic case requires an increase in cpu power by orders of magnitude
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Optimal Multiple Sequence Alignment (Schaeffer) Research
Analysis of proteins in a cell can identify similarities and differences among species
Heuristic methods approximate a good alignment for multiple DNA sequences, such as 10 sequences with 1000 base pairs which requires 10^30 computations
Biologists are interested in longer sequences
HPC Requirements The program is memory intensive and
most effective on a parallel, shared memory computer
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Now testing the program for a variety of researchers, including Toronto’s Sick
Children’s Hospital
Internet Modeling & Design (Unger) Research
parallel & distributed simulation on SMP, MIMD, … simulation & emulation of advanced internets
HPC requirements spectrum of multiprocessor platform architectures exclusive access to small through very large HPC platforms is
required an average of 4 hours per week Evidence of research significance
Total research funding over the past 5 years: $1.4M with $520,000 in cash from industry
ASTECH Award for "Innovation in Science & Technology” Spinout company: "Jade Simulations International"
Internet Modeling & Design (Unger) Research
parallel & distributed simulation on shared and distributed memory
simulation & emulation of advanced internets HPC requirements
spectrum of multiprocessor platform architectures exclusive access to small through very large HPC
platforms is required an average of 4 hours/week
UofA Immersive Virtual Meeting (Boulanger)
Collaborative ObjectAnd Data Manipulations and Interactions
Virtual Actuators
Live Stereo Texture and sound
CAD Model orScientific Data
Goal: create a general human-machine interface allowing engineers and scientists to communicate their design and visualize remote data, producing the equivalent of a virtual meeting place.
The WestGrid Solution ( May 8 Launch) Working together: 8 institutions, 2 provinces,
250+ faculty researchers Institutional commitments: cash, infrastructure and
high level support staff Contributions by industry (28m CFI/Prov; 20m Ind.) Complementary and cost-effective resources Researchers supported by collaboration,
visualization and highly qualified personnel Build on a strong track record of sharing, resource
utilization and project management
Grid Infrastructure Uniform access to HPC resources
single sign-on, common submission interface system wide accounting distributed computing
Uniform access to data support file-catalogues and GridFTP
Common grid infrastructure consistent environment supporting grid-
applications and application portals e.g., Abacus, Gaussian, Matlab, Maple, ADF, …
Summary Leadership
Collaboration
Outstanding research and researchers
Attract, retain and train HQP
Unique regional facility with Grid Infrastructure
Cost-effective shared facilities
Comprehensive, diversified, and adaptable
The Vision
Grid Storage
Scientific Visualization
Advanced Collaboration
Computational Resources
LEGEND
Management
Governing Council
Executive Committee
Management Committee
Management Committee
Management Committee
Resource Allocation
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MACI Achievements Richard Levy (UofC) - Virtual Reconstruction of Historical Monuments:
a case study highlighting the potential uses of computer visualization as a tool in heritage resource management. (SiggGraph 2001 Animation Festival)
Robert Rankin (UofA) is a specialist in space physics, and one of the heads of the university’s Space Weather Program. He is the driving force behind magnetic storm research in Canada and works extensively with the Canadian Space Agency.
Keramat Ali (UofL) new approaches in dynamics, classical and quantum, to broaden the efficiency & scope of artificial recurrent neural networks. These networks are unavoidable & necessary in real biological systems.
Robert Hayes (UofA) in collaboration with industry, new design methodologies for automotive catalytic converters. Spearheading what has become the most advanced research group in the world in this area.
Arturo Sanchez (UofA) tropical dry forest management and environmental preservation in response to the impacts of free trade and globalization in Latin America. MACI computers provide the capacity needed to host this biodiversity database and myriad of GIS mapping images
Virtual Reconstruction of Historical Monuments (Levy) Dr Richard Levy is leading the development of 3D computer visualizations in urban planning. Simulating the reconstruction of urban sites through high performance computer visualizations, Dr Levy has been able to successfully reconstruct the twelfth century temple site of Phimai, Thailand.
A case study highlighting the potential uses of computer visualization as a tool in heritage resource management.
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Leadership in HQP
Attracting and retaining high-quality faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and support staff
Training HQP for the knowledge-based economy
Supplying HQP to Canadian industry
A world first --- top 50 private GigE network
In production use by July, 2003