E-Science: Achievements, Challenges and new Opportunities

Supercomputing ‘06UK e-Science Stand

Malcolm Atkinson

Director e-Science Institute & e-Science Envoy

www.nesc.ac.uk13th November 2006

Overview

Celebrate Five Years of SuccessThree Great Strengths Established

Welcome New Projects

E-Science: Systematic Support for Collaborative Research

Multi-disciplinary, Multi-Site & Multi-NationalAll disciplines contribute & benefitEnabling wider engagementBuilding with advances in Computing Science

Commitment to e-Infrastructure

A shared resourceThat enables science, research, engineering, medicine, industry, …It will improve UK / European / … productivity

Lisbon Accord 2000 e-Science Vision SR2000 –

John Taylor

Commitment by UK government

Sections 2.23-2.25

Always there c.f. telephones, transport,

power

UK e-Science Success

Thriving CommunityAll disciplines & all Research CouncilsIndustry & AcademiaMany universities & research institutesUK e-Science All Hands MeetingsProductive collaboration

Workshop 1: Kyra Norman and Orchestra Cube; Photo: Rob Bristow, June 2006 Slide: Angela Piccini

National Centre for e-Social ScienceNational Centre for e-Social ScienceNational Centre for e-Social ScienceNational Centre for e-Social Science

ColchesterColchester

University of EssexUniversity of EssexLancasterLancaster

BristolBristol

LeedsLeeds

University of ManchesterUniversity of Manchester

ManchesterManchester

NottinghamNottingham

LondonLondonOxfordOxford

AberdeenAberdeen

e-Science Institutee-Science Institutee-Science Institutee-Science Institute

EdinburghEdinburghWe are here

ThemesWorkshopsVisitorsSummer Schools

The Primary Requirement …The Primary Requirement …

Encouraging People to Work Together on Challenges: Science, Engineering & Medicine

All Hands Meetings

UK e-Science Success

Significant outputs from projectsResearch resultsCommercial impactOutreach and international influence

Using GRID Resources

ScientificInformationScientific

InformationScientific Discover

y

In Real Time

Literature

Literature

Databases

Databases

OperationalData

OperationalData

Real Time Data

Integration

Dynamic ApplicationIntegration

Discovery Services

Integrative Knowledge Management

Service Workflow

DAME http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/dame/

› Aims to manage >1Tb per year of Aero Engine vibration and maintenance data.

› Interlinks with search and reasoning services.

› Defined and evaluated a distributed search system.

› GSI enabled secure engine performance simulation

› CBR advisor for diagnostic engineer› A data architecture defined based

on Globus and SRB.

› BROADEN DTI Project (£3.9M)› Spun out technology exploited

through Cybula Ltd., Oxford Biosignals and DS&S.

› Successful mid-term demonstrator well received by Rolls Royce

› White Rose Grid: experience of building & using production Grids

› In Grid Blue Print 2 edition 2

• Jim Austin (Comp Sci, York)• 4 Universities and institutes• 3 Companies

Aircraft healthcare diagnosis

climateprediction.net Users Worldwide>300,000 users total (90% MS Windows): >60,000 active~17 million model-years simulated (as of September '06)

~180,000 completed simulations

The world's largest climate modelling supercomputer!(NB: a black dot is one or more computers running climateprediction.net)

UK e-Science Success

Reliable e-Infrastructure 24*7Foundations well establishedExtending in Function, Scale & UbiquityNGSE-Science CentresSpecialised support centres

AHRC Support @ Kings, Text Mining, 2*NERC centres, NCeSS

Data ServicesOMII-UKE-Science InstituteDCCJISC Virtual Research EnvironmentsJISC e-Framework

National Grid Service and partnersNational Grid Service and partnersNational Grid Service and partnersNational Grid Service and partners

CCLRC RALCCLRC RAL

EdinburghEdinburgh

CCLRC DaresburyCCLRC DaresburyManchesterManchester

LancasterLancaster

LondonLondonCardiffCardiff BristolBristol

LeedsLeedsYorkYork

SheffieldSheffield

UK e-Infrastructure

LHC

I SI S TS2

HPCx + HECtoR

Users get common access, tools, inf ormation, Nationally supported services, through NGS

I ntegratedinternationally

VRE, VLE, IE

Regional and Campus grids

Community Grids

e-Science Centres in the UKe-Science Centres in the UKe-Science Centres in the UKe-Science Centres in the UK

OxfordOxford

EdinburghEdinburgh

BelfastBelfast

CambridgeCambridge

CCLRC DaresburyCCLRC Daresbury

ManchesterManchester

LondonLondon

NewcastleNewcastle

SouthamptonSouthampton

CardiffCardiff

CCLRC RALCCLRC RAL

GlasgowGlasgow

e-Science Centrese-Science Centres

LeicesterLeicester

LondonLondonBirminghamBirmingham

BristolBristol

LancasterLancaster

ReadingReading

e-Science Centres of Excellencee-Science Centres of Excellence

Access GridSupport Centre

Access GridSupport Centre

Digital Curation CentreDigital Curation Centre

National GridService

National GridService

National Centrefor e-Social

Science

National Centrefor e-Social

Science

National Centre forText Mining

National Centre forText Mining

National Institutefor Environmental

e-Science

National Institutefor Environmental

e-Science

Open MiddlewareInfrastructure Institute

Open MiddlewareInfrastructure Institute

Other centresOther centres

Coordination & Leadership:NeSC & e-Science

Directors’ Forum

LeedsLeedsYorkYork

SheffieldSheffield

OMII-UK nodesOMII-UK nodesOMII-UK nodesOMII-UK nodes

SouthamptonSouthampton

ManchesterManchester

University of ManchesterUniversity of Manchester

School of Electronicsand Computer Science

University of Southampton

School of Electronicsand Computer Science

University of Southampton

EdinburghEdinburgh

EPCCNational e-Science Centre

EPCCNational e-Science Centre

Software• Provide guidance to the broad UK e-Science community• Disseminate your e-Science software to a global communitySupport• Software support and training in using e-Science software• Provide collaborative mechanisms to support the community• Define, contribute and disseminate best practice and standardsSustainability• Provide a best of breed software solution• Partner to provide a sustainable future.

‘software and support to enable a sustained future for the UK e-Science community and its international collaborators’

Digital Curation Centre and partnersDigital Curation Centre and partnersDigital Curation Centre and partnersDigital Curation Centre and partners

GlasgowGlasgow

Humanities Advanced Humanities Advanced Technology and Technology and

Information Institute Information Institute

Humanities Advanced Humanities Advanced Technology and Technology and

Information Institute Information Institute

BathBathUKOLN (formerly UK Office UKOLN (formerly UK Office for Library Networking) for Library Networking)

UKOLN (formerly UK Office UKOLN (formerly UK Office for Library Networking) for Library Networking)

CCLRC DaresburyCCLRC Daresbury

CCLRC RALCCLRC RAL

Rutherford Appleton and Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury LaboratoriesDaresbury Laboratories

Rutherford Appleton and Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury LaboratoriesDaresbury Laboratories

EdinburghEdinburgh

Database Research Group, School of Informatics

AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual

Property and Technology Law

EDINANational e-Science Centre

Database Research Group, School of Informatics

AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual

Property and Technology Law

EDINANational e-Science Centre

Three Strengths

Enthusiastic researchers, Many interacting communities & Breadth

Projects: Pioneering methodsDemonstrating resultsInfecting academia &Industry

e-Infrastructure: DeliveringResources & Services

Connecting & SupportingCommunitiesMutual

Dependence&

Growth

Three New EPSRC Projects

CARMEN Understanding the brain – £4.5m – led by Professor Colin

Ingram, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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neurone 3

Geometryvariation

Strainvariation

OPC Strain

Layout induced variabilityTechnology - design link

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Statistical and novel design

Device Circuit

malfunctioningvariability

Three New EPSRC ProjectsNanoCMOSGrid

Designing nano-circuits – £5.2m – led by Professor Asen Asenov at Glasgow University

Three New EPSRC Projects

PMESG (Pervasive Mobile Environmental Sensor Grids) project

Environmental impact of traffic Jointly funded with the Department for Transport the

Department for Transport £3.5m – led by Professor John Polak at Imperial College

Opportunities

Shape Future e-InfrastructureBalance international & local requirementsEmbrace diversity & maintain consistencyIntegrate effort & resources

Exploit e-Science methodsTo do new researchUsing e-Infrastructure

Embed in Educational ProgrammesCreativity & energy of the young

Engage Industry & Commerce

Thanks to:Those who made UK e-Science happen.Carole Goble, Neil Geddes, Steven Newhouse, Jo Newman & Chris Rusbridge for slides.Alison McCall & Carol Becker for pictures.