APAN e-Science TrackUpdate on National Grid in Singapore

5 July 2004

Jon LauAssistant Head, NGO

UpdateLast presented @ APAN in Busan (Korea) in August 2003Since thenNGPP launched, governance setup, applications developed, training courses conductedPlanning for NG Phase 2 industry focusedAccess Grid node setup & more adoptionMore international collaboration

National Grid Visionto facilitate the seamless use of an integrated cyber infrastructure in a secure, effective and efficient manner to advance scientific, engineering & bio-medical R&D,

with the longer term goal of transforming the Singapore economy using grid

National Grid Steering Committee Chairman Mr. Peter HoFacilitates & coordinates activitiesNational GridOffice(NGO)SecurityMiddleware & ArchitectureGovernance & PolicyApplicationsNetworkWorking GroupsVirtual Grid CommunitiesSystem AdministratorsAccess GridSIGsPhysical SciencesLife SciencesDigital MediaNational Grid Operations Centre (NGOC)National Grid Competency Centre (NGCC)MTI(A*STAR,EDB, RIs)MINDEF (DSTA, DSO)MITA(IDA, MDA)MOH(Hospitals)MOE (Schools,NUS, NTU)Industry (Lilly, Philips.SCS, StarHub)National GridGovernance Council(NGGC)

ActivitiesFormulate the framework & policiesPlan & develop a secure platformAdopt common open standardsEncourage the adoption of Grid ComputingDemonstrate the commercial viability of compute-resource-on-tapLay the foundation for a vibrant Grid Computing economy

Stakeholders[listed in alphabetical order]

EntityOSPlatformIHPCAIXIBM RegattaOne-North (BII & GIS)LinuxSolarisCompaq Alpha ClusterSunNUSLinuxIntel Xeon ClusterNTUSolaris LinuxSun FireIntel Pentium 4SMALinuxItanium 2

Official Launch

Industry PartnersPlatinum Partners

Gold Partners

Classic Partners

Governance CouncilRolesDevelop & promulgate policies forManagement & operation of NGPP, Sharing of resources on NGPP, Assess rights & privileges of authorized users, Preventive actions & contingency plans for risk management, Security, Service continuity, Disruptive recovery & Code of conduct for usersDevelop a framework for service level management to ensure that NGPP service levels meet desired objectivesMonitor & review performance & utilization of NGPPDevelop a framework for economic model for next phase of NGPP

Physical Sciences VGC ActivitiesDistributed Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) Simulation

Temasek LabsDistributed Simulation of Flow over Dimpled SurfacesSkewed Satellite ImageGeo-rectified Satellite ImageGeo-rectification of Satellite ImagesDiagnostics & Repair Scheduling

Collaborative Engineering Design & SimulationComplex Design & Modeling

Organized by :Supported by :Sponsored by :

Life Sciences VGCGridBlastE-Cell & Gene SimulationEncyclopedia of Life

Life Science DB MirroringIssue identified: various entities in Singapore downloading huge Life Sciences databases from overseas sites over limited bandwidth, resulting in infrequent updatedness.Solution: To rationalise the overseas download of common databases, provision these databases for local sharing, and failovers.

Sponsored byBrought to you byOrganised by

Auto In-betweeningA fully integrated 2D animation production system where many parts of 2D animation production pipeline are automated to free artists from mundane jobs to concentrate on creative tasks. This project performs distributed cel animation from providing auto in-betweening to auto-coloring & take advantage of a large number of clusters & nodes in a grid to greatly reduce the production time & improve the quality of animation production. Distributed Computer Assisted Cel Animation

Promoting Grid Computing

Grid Technology as Competitive Weapon by Dr. Andrew Grimshaw (Avaki Corp., USA)Gridbus Toolkit for Grid & Utility Computing by Dr. Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne, Australia)Challenges in High Performance Computing using Clusters & Grid by Dr. Dave Scott (Intel Corp., USA)PBS Pro as a Grid Enabler by Michael Humphrey (Altair Engineering, Inc., USA)The UK e-Science Programme by Dr. Anne Trefethen (e-Science Core Program, UK)Grid Computing at IBM by Dr. Jean Pierre Prost (IBM Grid Design Center, France)ThaiGrid by Dr. Putchong Uthayopas (Kaserat University, Thailand)eScience Projects at Edinburgh eScience Centre by Derek Waddell (Edinburgh Research & Innovation, UK)Grid Computing & e-Science from Design to in-Service Support by Dr. Peter Cowley (Rolls-Royce plc, UK) The MicroGrid Enabling Scientific Study of Dynamic Grid Behavior by Dr. Andrew Chien (UCSD, USA)Grid The Real Thing by Dr. Dejan Milojicic (HP Labs, USA)

APSTC Grid Initiatives in Asia Pacific by Dr. Simon See (Sun Microsystems)AIST Grid Initiatives in Japan & Asia Pacific by Dr. Yoshio Tanaka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Japan)Grids for Real: Experiences from Operational Public & Enterprise Grids by Sravish Sridhar (United Devices, Inc., USA) Digital Media VGC Kick-off Symposium (H2 2004)

SuperComputing Global 2004 AG Site

Grid Innovations & Applications CompetitionTarget:Students at Institutes of Higher LearningDate: 1 Jun 2003 - 10 Jan 2004Jointly organised by:

Sponsored by:

TopicsProblem solving environments, workflow & development tools Grid programming models, languages, debugging & compilation techniques Grid Tools, Middleware & Fabrics Scheduling & resource management Grid applications & system solutions in science & engineering Novel uses of grid computing concepts & technologiesGrid Security 30 June 1 July 2004

Hotel Grand Copthrone Waterfront, Singapore

Singapore to host in 2006 (with NTU)

Other forthcoming eventsPRAGMA 2005 (with BII)LSGrid 2005 (with NUS) - tbaAPAN 2006 (with SingAREN) - tba

NGCC Training CoursesIntroduction to Grid Computing & National Grid Pilot PlatformIntroduction to Globus Toolkit for AdministratorsSetting up an Access Grid (PIG)From Cluster to Grid Building a User-Friendly Grid-enabled ClusterGrid-Enabling of Applications

NGCC Training Map

National Grid Phase 2The 4 Beyonds

Beyond R&D

to IndustryWorking withInfocomm Development AuthorityMedia Development AuthorityEconomic Development BoardPrivate sector MNCs & SMEs

Use the Grid infrastructure as an enhancement of the business ecosystem for corporations & businesses

Beyond Computational Grid

to Access GridAn ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format displays, presentation & interactive environments, & interfaces to Grid middleware & to visualization environments.Support group-to-group interactions across the Grid.For exampleAG is used for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, virtual workshops, education sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, & training. Group conferences of dozens of people at six or seven different sites are common.

AG SessionsNGO-AIST MOU Signing (14 May 2004) @ I2RNGO-KISTI on project collaboration (1 June 2004) @ I2RKeynote speeches @ Graphite (16 - 18 June 2004) @ NTUComing:AG Sessions between NTU & Birmingham University, UK More AG Sessions between NGO & KISTITo participate as a site in SC Global 2004AG Special Interest GroupIMCB, IHPC, NTU & NUS

to Data GridSurprising few data intensive grid applications

Rationalizing Life Sciences database download, mirroring & maintenance as well as hosting of locally generated databases (ala NCBI)

Participation in CERN LCG project

Beyond Singapore

to International CollaborationThe Grid extends beyond national boundariesThe Singapore National Grid wants to be plugged in to the global network throughWorking with organizations like SingAREN, APAN & other such bodies; andAdvanced network infrastructure that APAN & others are building.Promotion of e-Science type projects

Operational Grid with SINGAPORECERN

PSC

SDSC

ANL

NCSAPurdue

Caltech

CERN LCG [Courtesy of Hewlett Packard]

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MOU Signing & Seminar14 May 2004

Beyond Bilateralism

to Multi-LateralismCurrent projects tend to involve 2 parties

Need to involve more than 2 parties to address larger sized problems

End

In Aug 2003 at APAN in Pusan, I presented on the National Grid in the e-Science Track coordinated by Chris For those who were not present at the previous presentation, let me do a quick introduction of the National Grid effort

Objective.We would start with Digital Media vertical. Rendering Grid.

Other verticals: manufacturing, engineering design, bioinformatics.This MOI will enable the NGPP to move to a new level of activities and connectivity.

Firstly, it will help to greatly enhance the capability of the NGPP in terms of computational resources, tools and middleware.

Secondly, we can learn from CERN and HPs experience in grid computing.

Thirdly, this collaboration helps to link up Singapore-based researchers with researchers in Europe and USA. In other words, we will see more grid-enabled R&D collaboration between Singapore and the other parts of the world.