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Radha Nandkumar EU-Med Event 2 National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Sustaining e-Infrastructures
Radha Nandkumar, Ph.D., MBA
Senior Research Scientist &
Director, ICARE- International & CAmpus Relations
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
radha@illinois.edu
Panel session: Role of EU, governments and private sector in
sustaining e-Infrastructures in the Mediterranean region
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Introducing Myself
• In a nutshell
– At NCSA since inception & a UIUC Physics Department graduate
– Participant and contributor in NCSA’s evolution
• Current Activities
– Directing the Faculty Fellows Program
• Working with NCSA Staff and a wide community of Campus Faculty
• Working with non-UIUC faculty interested in NCSA Activities
– Directing the International Affiliates Program
• Enabling International partnerships and collaborations for NCSA
– Enabling and monitoring interdisciplinary computational science research at NCSA
– Active involvement SCxx Tech Pgm, Diversity in Computing, and Women in Computing, Grid/ HPC/CI Forums
– Advisory Boards of Multiple Institutions nationally and internationally
• Professional preparation
– Ph.D. (Astrophysics) from the Department of Physics, UIUC
• Condensed Matter Physics in Astrophysical Systems (neutron stars) – Thesis Advisor – Prof. David Pines
– Completed an Executive MBA in May 2002 – Cosmic ray physics (Univ. of Chicago & in India), Observational X-ray Astronomy
(in India) and Solid State Physics and X-ray crystallography (in India) prior to the above.
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Where in the world is NCSA?
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NCSA’s Strength of Innovation
NCSA Telnet
NCSA Image
Mosaic
PSP Program
Scientific Visualizations
Virtual Director
HDF, D2K, Open source software, CAVElib
“In-a-Box” Software Suite
LES for Alliance and the TeraGrid
SCC, PACI, SCI, DTF, ETF, TG
High End Computing – Top 500 Lists
MyProxy, ECID, CyberIntegrator, MAEviz etc. etc.
Innovative Systems
Petascale Computing
Applications Breakthroughs
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• NCSA
– a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 200+ staff
– a U.S. NSF HPC center started in 1985 with international collaboration, in its 22nd year
• federal, state, university, and industry funded
– Transition from SCC & HPCC (12 yrs) to PACI Center (7 yrs) to OCI Center (now)
– a globally recognized leader in high end computing and computational science, scientific visualizations, innovative software and systems
– Leading edge site for the Alliance and TeraGrid in the past
– NSF Funded Petascale Computing Award
• Mission
– providing access to leading computing and information technologies
• academia and industry; Imaginations Unbound
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Engagements with Academia & Industry
• IACAT (Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies) – Significantly integrates applied research at NCSA with basic research on campus
– Themes Established; Projects funded now
• Advanced Information Systems – Virtual Environmental Observatories
• Center for Petascale Computing
– Synergistic Research on Parallel Programming for PetaScale Applications
– Next-Gen Accelerator Systems for Advanced Science and Engineering
– Multiscale Modeling in Science and Engineering
• Computing and Creativity
– Cultural Informatics
http://www.iacat.uiuc.edu
• Private Sector Partners Program – 16+ companies (Fortune 100/500, smaller technology companies)
– Partners include: ACNielsen, Boeing, Caterpillar, John Deere, Dell, ExxonMobil, IBM, JPMorgan, Microsoft, Motorola, and State Farm
• International Affiliations
– 20+ institutions from 12+ countries
– Faculty and student exchanges, joint projects, workshops, technology sharing; International Fellowships (to be initiated in 2008)
– Nationally/internationally recognized for our level of functional interaction, technology transfer, affiliate engagement
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NCSA’s Focus (23 years’ experience)
* Developing and deploying powerful, reliable computing, data, and
networking resources that enable researchers to solve the most demanding science and engineering problems in a timely manner. We
develop and explore innovative architectures and techniques to achieve petascale science.
• * Working with research communities to develop the tailored
cyberenvironments that provide the means to fully exploit the
extraordinary resources available on the Internet (computing systems, data sources and stores, and tools).
• * Researching and developing software, techniques, and tools to
improve national cybersecurity and to help law enforcement better respond to cyberattacks.
• * Providing insights into complex systems and sharing the thrill of
scientific discovery with the broadest possible audience through artful visualizations of scientific phenomena.
• * Preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers to
effectively use the growing national cyberinfrastructure.
• NCSA is at the heart of the Institute for Advanced Computing
Applications and Technologies at the University of Illinois.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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What is the TeraGrid?
18.8 Petabytes
Storage
500+ Teraflops
Computation
40gigabit/second
cross-country network
Data Memory Intensive
Resources
Computation
Visualization
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NCSA’s Science Thrusts
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Biological and Biomedical Informatics
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Geosciences
• Material and Nanosciences
• Weather and Climate
International Affiliations are in sync and focused on science driven activities in the above areas supported with cyberenvironments and technologies & Multi-Inter-Trans disciplinary activities.
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Recent Scientific Studies at NCSA
Computational Biology Weather Forecasting
Molecular Science Earth Science Astronomy
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Modeling and Visualizing a Tornado
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International Engagements
• NCSA’s Current Affiliates – ANU, VPAC, Monash in Australia
– COPPE, LNCC, CPTEC in Brazil
– CNIC, CAS, China
– CENAT, Costa Rica
– Cyprus Institute/UIUC, Cyprus
– INRIA, France
– CDAC, SSSU, U of Hyderabad in India
– Osaka University, Japan
– KISTI, Korea
– Kurchatov Institute, Russia (up for renewal)
– PRAGMA Membership – The Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly
– A*STAR/UIUC, IHPC in Singapore
– CHPC, South Africa
– NCHC, Taiwan
– CCLRC, UK e-Science Program, OMII in UK
Plus our involvements in OGF, OSG, IVOA, SKA, CARMA, etc.
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ASIA
United
Kingdom
Americas
Africa
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NCSA International Affiliate Institutions
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GLIF Map of European Region & World
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Our EU-Med Connections
• Cyprus Institute & CSTRC
• LinkSCEEM and its Partners
• Knowledge Exchange; Visitors’ Program
• Workshops and Training
• Distance Learning
• Extending Virtual School Efforts in CSE
• Future HD Transmission of Virtual
School Lessons
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Concluding Messages
• Universal Issues
– Societal advancement
– Overcoming digital divide
– Education for all
– Eliminating Brain Drain
– Building local expertise
– ICT Affordability & Sustainability
– Disaster management
– Climate change, human health, large sciences, HPC
• Newer modes
– Communication, collaboration and cooperation
– G/U/I Relationships
– eLearning
– eGovernment
– Virtual Schools
• Networking is a must for all these. National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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Grand Thought, In Conclusion
“The Universe is a University,
The World a School.
Education is the Bridge
Between Earthhood and Heavenhood.”
Chancellor, Sri Sathya Sai University.
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Parallel Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Simulations
micro meso
10-10 m 102 m
10-15 s 106 s
macro
macro
Source: Keshav Pingali, UT,Austin
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Systems Biology: Exaflop Challenges
DNAsequence
Proteinstructure
Homology basedprotein structure
prediction
Protein sequence and regulation
SequenceAnnotation
Q
Y
RCGT
TAC
CAG
TATA
Pro
mo
ter
Mes
sag
e
Protein/enzymefunction
Molecularsimulations
Bacteria and cells
Pathwaysimulations
Metabolic pathwaysand regulatory networks
Networkanalysis
Multi-proteinmachines
Dataintegration
Organs, Organisms and Ecologies
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Modern Day Miracles in Ancient Lands
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Additional Information
Details on NCSA
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu
International Affiliations & Fellowships:
http://fellowships.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Contact radha@illinois.edu
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