Grid as a platform for e-Science: the experience of EELA as e-Infra-structure in Latin America

1. Grid as a platform for e-Science: the experience of EELA as e-Infra-structure in Latin America Roberto Barbera University of Catania and INFN REUNA e-Science Conference Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

2. Outline Introduction E-Infrastructures in Europe The EELA Project A look into the future Summary and conclusions REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

3. The Grid: networked data processing centres and ”middleware” software as the “glue” of resources. Researchers perform their activities regardless geographical location, interact with colleagues, share and access data Scientific instruments and experiments provide huge amount of data The Grid Vision for e-Science REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

4. Mobile Access G R I D M I D D L E W A R E Supercomputer, PC-Cluster Workstation Data-storage, Sensors, Experiments Visualising Internet, networks The Grid Metaphor REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

5. , the present, … • CPU - Memory • Disc - Input/Output G R I D M I D D L E W A R E 01011010110 The Grid Revolution The past REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

6. virtual services virtual services virtual services virtual services virtual services virtual services The Grid Revolution …the future: The Grid! REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

7. Towards a new generation of e-Infrastructures Flexible control and sharing of distributed resources End-user view: “unlimited” access to ICT-resources distributed world-wide, simplification Developer view: abstraction, effective service creation Infrastructure-provider view: Integration, pervasive virtual organisations, streamlining and longer-term protection of investment REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

8. The European Research Area Collaboration Operations, Support and training Pan-European Grid Network infrastructure(GÉANT) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . operational support Digital Libraries Biomedics networking certification High Energy Physics one stop shop specific services GRID . INFRASTRUCTURE joint research activities networking security specific services Technology testbeds middleware global filing system GÉANT . INFRASTRUCTURE joint research activities User testbeds research results EU policies e-Infrastructures: implementation blocks REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

10. Today’s e-Infrastructure in Europe grid of EU supercomputers networked at Gbps, focus on global filing systems,>40 Tflop/s, several user communities (€15M - CNRS) . Production quality grid, HEP, Biomed..., int. links (€35M – CERN) DEISA GÉANT EGEE A Grid infrastructure for SE-Europe SEE-GRID GRID . INFRASTRUCTURE GÉANT . INFRASTRUCTURE Pan-European Research Network, 3700 institutes, IPv6 enabled (93 M€ - DANTE) • €250M in FP6 REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

11. EGEE: The Project(http://www.eu-egee.org) • Coordinated by CERN • 12 Federations • 32 countries • 90+ partners • 35+ M€ budget REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

12. EGEE: the Infrastructure > 24/7 service > 192 sites, 40 countries, 11 ROCs > 28,000 processors ~ 2,500 TB storage > 20,000 concurrent jobs per day REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

13. ATLAS CMS LHCb High Energy Physics Applications ~10-15 PetaBytes /year ~108 events/year ~103 concurrent users REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

14. Biomedical Applications: GATE • Geant4 Application to Tomographic Emission (GATE) OpenGate Collaboration (http://www-lphe.epfl.ch/GATE) GATE is an Environment for the Monte-Carlo Simulationof Particle Physics Emission in the Medical Fields: • Simulation of gamma-cameras and PET-scanners. • Simulation of dosimetry on radiotherapy treatments in oncology REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

15. Biomedical Applications: WISDOM • WISDOM (Wide In-Silico Docking Of Malaria) is a Deployment of a High-Throughput Virtual Screening Platform in the Perspective of In-Silico Drug Discovery for Neglected Diseases. • The In-Silico Docking is Faster and Much Cheaper than the Experimental Docking, Which is Restricted to the Most Successful Ligands Obtained After the Simulation Process. • The Initial Objective of WISDOM is the Proposition of New Inhibitors for a Familyof Proteins Produced by a Protozoa Parasite (Plasmodium Falciparum ) that Causes Malaria. • However is Being Applied to Other Diseases, such as H5N1 (Avian Flu). REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

16. The “global” network coverage REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

17. BalticGrid NAREGI SEE-GRID-2 OSG EUChinaGrid EUMedGrid EUIndiaGrid EELA The “global” grid coverage EU projects Other projects REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

18. The EELA Project(http://www.eu-eela.org) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

19. EELA Objectives (1/2) Main purposes: Build a bridge between consolidated e-Infrastructure initiatives in Europe and emerging ones in Latin America Reinforce collaboration between Latin America and Europe Objectives: Establish a human collaboration network between Europe and Latin America: Setting up the structure of the collaboration network Establishing adequate support mechanisms Adopting policies regarding the shared use of e-Infrastructure Evaluating new areas of collaboration and relevant partners, both in Europe and Latin America REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

20. EELA Objectives (2/2) Build a pilot e-Infrastructure in Latin America: Implementing basic mechanisms for an interoperable e-Infrastructure, adopting a security policy, establishing Certification Authorities and defining basic tools middleware Setting up a Pilot Testbed, establishing Virtual Organizations and supporting application developers and users Supporting advanced network services Promote a sustainable framework for e-Science: Identifying research communities and applications Supporting dissemination efforts Coordinating participation in possible new projects Defining a map for a future consolidated e-Infrastructure in LA REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

21. The EELA Consortium EUROPE Italy: INFN Portugal: LIP Spain: CIEMAT (coordinator), CSIC, RED.ES, UC, UPV INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CERN CLARA LATIN AMERICA Argentina: UNLP Brazil: CEDERJ, RNP, UFF, UFRJ Chile: REUNA, UDEC, UTFSM Cuba: CUBAENERGIA Mexico: UNAM Peru: SENAMHI Venezuela: ULA REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

22. EEAL Time Frame and Budget From 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2007 • Total Budget: 2568.32 K€ • EC contribution: 1700.00 K€ • Special CIEMAT funds for LA: 400.00 K€ • Partners contribution: 468.32 K€ REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

23. WPNo Work package title Lead contractor Person-months DeliverableNo EELA Activities and Human Resources 1 Project administrative and technical management CIEMAT (E) 29 7 2 Pilot Testbed Operation and Support UFRJ (BR) 297 12 3 Identification and support of grid enhanced applications CIEMAT (E) 576 8 4 Dissemination activities INFN (IT) 207 11 TOTAL 1109 REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

24. The Network Infrastructure in L.A.(http://alice.dante.net) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

25. The EELA e-Infrastructure 01/2006 08/2006 REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

26. EELA Usage REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

27. EELA Applications: BiG • BLAST in Grid (BiG) is a Grid-enabled BLAST Interface. • BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is a Bioinformatics Procedure Applied to Identify Compatible Protein and Nucleotide Sequencesin Protein and DNA Databases. • BLAST can be Applied, Among Other Uses, to Annotate the EstimatedFunction of UnknownSequences. • BLAST is ComputationallyIntensive. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

28. BiG Architecture • Users Access the Service Through a Web Portal. • Access to the EELA Grid is Performed Through the Gate-to-Grid. • Gate-to-Grid is an EELA Grid Node Which Provides a WSRF-Based Web Interface. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

29. Current BiG Tests on EELA • BiG Application has Been Installed on ULA Computers. • Tests Have Been Performed Successfully on a Dataset of Around 3000 Sequences of the Plasmodium Falciparum. • Integration in the BioinformaticsPortal is Completed. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

30. Climate Applications in EELA CLIMATE (SENAHMI, UNICAN, UDEC) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

31. EELA Applications: CAM • Create a system of stationary analysis and prediction for the rain and the cycle of water (El Niño-La Niña phenomena) • Plus humidity, basins of main rivers and their tributaries, lakes, etc • Project also shared with other national and international institutions (France, UK) and projects • Lots of data concerning monthly rainings from several institutions collected and corrected with their respective errors from 1990 • From 1992, these data are daily collected (rain, temperature, wind) from 128 weather stations • Krigging Bayesian methods for the different regions for the prediction of basins, caudals and lakes capacities • Dynamic prediction useful to be compared with traditional approaches • Studies will be made for different phenomena with different timescale (day to century) in order to understand them locally and their influence in the studied processes • Hope to understand slow or quick variations in the national climate (specially for high-risk situations) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

32. EELA Applications: CAM REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

33. e-Education Applications: VoD REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

34. e-Education Applications: VoD REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

35. EELA Applications: volcano eruption forecasting • Currently no definitive method to predict the eruption of a volcano has been discovered or implemented (yet). • Scientists monitor • seismic waves • number of earthquakes and the intensity of a specific type of quake (harmonic tremors) in the run up to eruptions. • changes in the shape of the volcano or concentrations of gases emitted from the cone. • By correlating spectra and melodies with precise stages of volcanic activity we hope to discover a sort of “signature tune” of an imminent eruption or earthquake. • By identifying musical patterns that warn of an eruption it would be possible to implement civil protection measures, days or even hours before the event REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

36. Data Audification and its Motivations • Data audification can be considered as the acoustic counterpart of data graphic visualization, a mathematical mapping of information from data sets to sounds. • Data audification is currently used in several fields, for different purposes: • science and engineering, • education and training, mainly as data analysis and interpretation tool. • Although most data analysis techniques are exclusively visual in nature, data presentation and exploration systems could benefit greatly from the addition of sonification capabilities. • Sonic representations are particularly useful when dealing with complex, high-dimensional data, or in data monitoring tasks where it is practically impossible to use the visual inspection, or for pattern detection. • Research has shown that people are quite more confident in recognizing patterns audibly rather then visually. • Music theorists and researchers have carried out in centuries of history lots of techniques and methods to detect, study and classify musical phrases. • Main idea: Music as a language and music analysis as a tool to inspect scientific data.

37. Sound form volcanoes • Sonified data were geophysical data collected by digital seismographs placed on the Etna volcano in Catania (Italy)… … and on Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador. Etna Volcano Tungurahua Volcano  (Picture: M. Monzier IRD/IG-EPN)

38. Oscillation pattern variations are clearly visible in the pattern Tungurahua Waveform and Sonogram REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

39. Questionnaire for new applications(http://www.eu-eela.org/public/eela_application_questionnaire.php) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

40. The Questionnaire for New Communities(http://www.eu-eela.org/private/eela_new_communities_form.php) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

41. (Very) Preliminary Results • 27 answers received so far: REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

42. (Very) Preliminary Results Scientific Sector There is whole world of new disciplines! REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

43. (Very) Preliminary Results Have you heard about and/or used Grid technologies? Grid uptake and use is minimal ! Grid dissemination must play a major role. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

44. (Very) Preliminary Results Is there a National Grid Initiative in your country ? There is a lot of dis- and mis-information. Awareness of existing NGI’s is small. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

45. (Very) Preliminary Results Are you interested in participating in a national project that involves middleware development or local grid site installation and configuration ? There is a big opportunity here to create/expand NGI’s in LA! REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

46. (Very) Preliminary Results If you are not using Grid infrastructure, would your research group benefit from it ? There is a big opportunity here to expand e-Science in LA! REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

47. (Very) Preliminary Results Would access to a grid infrastructure encourage you to tackle larger or more complex problems? There is a big opportunity here to increase the number of applications running on the EELA e-Infrastructure. REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

48. EELA Dissemination Events • EELA Conferences: • 1st, Chile (4-5/09/2006) • 2nd, Brasil (05/2007) • 3rd , Spain (09-10/2007) • EELA Workshops: • 1st, Venezuela (24-26 April 2006) • 2nd, Brasil (24-25 June 2006) • 3rd, Peru (December 2006) • 4th, Spain (Jan-Feb 2007) • 5th, Cuba (April 2007) • 6th, Argentina (July 2007) • 7th, Mexico (October 2007) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

49. EELA Training Events • EELA Tutorials • 1st, Spain (20-25 February 2006) • 2nd, Venezuela (27-29 April 2006) • 3rd, Brasil (26-30 June 2006) • 4th, Mexico (28 August – 1 September 2006) • 5th, Chile (6-7 September 2006) • 6th, Spain (16-20 October 2006) • EELA Grid Schools • EGRIS-1, Rio de Janero, Brasil (4-15 December 2006) • EGRIS-2, Merida, Venezuela (July/August 2007) REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006

50. EELA Training Statistics More than 575 participants·days delivered so far ! REUNA e-Science Conference, Santiago of Chile, 07.09.2006