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E-Science Applications in Thailand

Explore the evolution of E-Science in Thailand, from the first supercomputer to grid computing. Discover the significant projects and collaborations shaping the country's e-science landscape.

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E-Science Applications in Thailand

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  1. E-Science Applications in Thailand Putchong Uthayopas Thai National Grid Center, Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) Ministry of Information and Communication Panjai Tantasanawong Uninet Ministry of Education

  2. Outline • E-Science development in Thailand • Grid Computing in Thailand • Example Applications

  3. E-Science in Thailand: A brief timeline • 1994 NECTEC put Thailand's first vectorised multiprocessor supercomputer, the Cray EL98 • Computational Chemistry • Computational Physics • 1996 Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) use IBMSP • NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction) project • 1997 the Computational Science and Engineering Programme Consortium was established as a cooperative effort among Thai universities and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). • 1999 Kasetsart University built 72 nodes Beowulf Cluster “Pirun” • Academic and research applicaiton • Start of the booming of Beowulf Cluster in Thailand • 2001 Thailand transition into Grid Era

  4. Statistic from ANSCSE (Annual national Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering) 1997-2005 showing the number of papers in each major e-science area Source: Sornthep Vannarat, NECTEC, “Computing and Information Grid Development in Thailand, ISGC2006 Presentation, May 2-4,2006,Taipai, Taiwan.

  5. Grid Computing Development2000-2005 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ThaiGrid project Start National Grid project approved PRAGMA participation by NECTEC/KU Virtual Screening On Grid Linking KMITNB-KU National Grid project started ThaiGrid link more than 100 processors from 5 universities Forming National Grid project proposal ThaiGrid has 5 members ThaiGrid Join SCGlobal2004

  6. Thai National Grid Project • A 4 years project under Ministry of Information and Communication Technology • 5.5 Million US$ program • Start from 13 universities and 1 government organizations • Extending rapidly

  7. Partners Institutes Chaingmai University (CMU) Khonkhan University (KKU) Bangkok Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) Chulalongkorn University (CU) Kasetsart University (KU) King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok (KMITNB) King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) Mahidol Unversity (MU) Silpakorn University (SU) The Meteorological Department Of Thailand (TMD) Walailak University (WU) Prince of Songkla University (PSU)

  8. เชียงราย แม่ฮ่องสอน พะเยา น่าน เชียงใหม่ ลำปาง ลำพูน หนองคาย แพร่ อุตรดิตถ์ นครพนม สกลนคร เลย อุดรธานี หนองบัว สุโขทัย ลำภู ตาก มุกดาหาร กาฬสินธุ์ กำแพงเพชร พิจิตร เพชรบูรณ์ มหาสารคาม ชัยภูมิ อำนาจ ยโสธร ร้อยเอ็ด เจริญ นครสวรรค์ อุทัยธานี อุบลราชธานี ลพบุรี นครราชสีมา สิงห์ ศรีสะเกษ บุรี บุรีรัมย์ สุรินทร์ สุพรรณ สระบุรี กาญจนบุรี บุรี พระนครศรี นครนายก ปทุมธานี ปราจีนบุรี นนทบุรี สระแก้ว ฉะเชิงเทรา ราชบุรี สมุทรปราการ สมุทรสาคร สมุทรสงคราม จันทบุรี ระยอง เพชรบุรี ประจวบ ตราด คีรีขันธ์ ชุมพร ระนอง สุราษฏร์ธานี พังงา นครศรีธรรมราช กระบี่ ภูเก็ต ตรัง พัทลุง สตูล สงขลา ปัตตานี ยะลา นราธิวาส Inter-University Network (UniNet) Commission on Higher Education (Center) 24 Public Universities 29 IT Campus 39 Rajabhat Universities 8 Private Universities 13 Mahachulalongkorn Rajawitayalai 9 Other agencies 9 Rajamangala Institue of Technology (44 Campus) Ministry of Education (for Under Higher Education) 2.5 Gbps- STM16 Internet - 622 Mbps (to Internet 2 155 Mbps) SUT 1 Gbps CMU 155 Mbps- STM1 34 Mbps - E3 8 Mbps - 4*E1 2 Mbps - E1 64 k – 2Mbps Domestic 1Gbps SU_NMJ MUA BU THAISARN 1Gbps MOEnet (K-12) 1Gbps (coming soon) PSU Update on 24 Jan 2006

  9. Thai Research & Education Networks ThaiRen: UNINET ThaiSARN (NECTEC) 1 Gbps

  10. ThaiREN Internet2 155 M TEIN2 155M 1G UniNet ThaiSarn 310 M CAT International 1G Research Institutes Universities THNIX Domestic

  11. Internet2(USA) 45Mbps ThaiSarn NOC UniNet NOC 2.5 Gbps 310Mbps JGN II (JP) ThaiREN PoP ThaiREN PoP 155Mbps via Singapore TEIN2

  12. Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN2)

  13. International Research and Education Networks • UniNet to USA 310 Mbps • UniNet to ThaiREN 1 Gbps • ThaiREN to TEIN2 155 Mbps • ThaiREN to JGN2 45 Mbps EUROPE UniNet JGN2 (Via ThaiSarn) TEIN2

  14. Capability • Production Grid and Cluster infrastructure • Rich set of services • Computational Grid • Enterprise analysis Grid • Data and knowledge Grid • Collaborative Grid • Broad commercial adoption • Stable Grid and Cluster infrastructure • Interoperable Middleware and basic services • Basic computational Grid • Basic Data Grid • Grid Portal • Grid applications • R&E • Non production enterprise app • Broad academic adoption • Limited commercial adoption • Pilot Grid and Cluster infrastructure • Interoperable Middleware • Basic computational Grid • Basic Data Grid • POC applications Time 2007 2008 2009 2006 Enterprise Grid Pilot Grid R&E Grid

  15. Teraflop Server at TNGC NECTEC TMD 2.5Gb CMU ThaiRen (Uninet/ThaiSarn) CU KMITL MU KMUTT KKU SU AIT KU KMITNB SUT WU PSU 2006 Grid Infrastructure • 14 geographically distributed sites • 400-600 processors • 10+ Terabyte storage • 15-20 research group • 100+ researchers

  16. Life Science Digital Media Enterprise Computing Computational Science and Engineering Education Grid Infrastructure and Middleware 5 Initial Focus Areas • Life Science • Drug Design • Digital media • Rendering • Enterprise computing • WS/SOA Enterprise computing application • Industrial Simulation and Modeling • Financial analysis • Medical/Health care • Computational Science and Engineering • Geoinformatics, CFD • Education • E-learning, collaborative environment • Grid education

  17. ThaiGrid Drug Discovery Infrastructure • Partners: • Dr. Jak Saengma, KU • Somsak Sriprayoonsakul, TNGC • IBM Thailand • Challenges • From over 10000 active compounds available from Thai medicinal plants database, find a smallest set of compounds that has a potential to be used as a drug • Very compute intensive. Several month of computing time • Solution: Use grid to increase computing power to 10-100 times • Distributed screening process to hundred of hosts on the Grid • Benefit • Speeding up time to results • Allow scientists to spend more time analyzing results

  18. Implicit Narrowband Level Set Method for Fire Spread Model Dr. Pallop Huabsomboon Mahidol University • Challenges • Simulation of large scale firespred for forest fire • Very time consuming process • Solution • Distribute the computation on the Grid • Benefit • Expect 10x faster simulation speed • Ability to model much larger problem within a reasonable time • Part of TNGP/ Hewlett Packard Join Research Program

  19. The Parallel Simulation Model for Thin Film Deposition Using the DSMC Method Dr. Rardchawadee Silapunt Dr. Tiranee Achalakul KMUTT, Thailand • Thin film deposition process is used for many manufacturing industries including very large scale integrated circuits, optics, magnetic, hard and corrosion resistant coatings, micro-mechanics. • Grid system will be used to accelerate the computation and simulation process • Part of TNGP/ Hewlett Packard Join Research Program

  20. Grid based data assimilation using RS data • Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, AIT • Dr. Putchong Uthayopas, THNC • Challenges • Using GA based data assimilation for agricultural monitoring • Very long computation time from months to years • Large amount of RS data needed to be moved around and process • Solution: • Using Grid to harvest more computing power • Hide data assimilation process behind the service using MPI, GridRPC (ninf-g) • Benefit • Speeding up the calculation

  21. GRID Services XML IMAGE Data Agent Service Registry Meta Data (HL7) Medical Grid Suwachai Sieanoon, Somkiat Chatchuenyot, Dr. Panjai Tantasnawong Computer Science Department, Silpakorn University • To build and develop a distributed information management system using DataGrid technology. • Apply the distributed information management system to test on exchanging and managing the Patient Records System, which is record complexity and, different format and large size of data.

  22. NECTEC Information Grid Project Source: Sornthep Vannarat, NECTEC, “Computing and Information Grid Development in Thailand, ISGC2006 Presentation, May 2-4,2006,Taipai, Taiwan.

  23. Access Grid • Access Grid are Being used Regularly to support e-science activities • Provide access to local conference (NECTEC) • ANSCSE10, NAC2006 • International Link • SEAGF-MEETING • Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand • SCGlobal 2005,2004,2003 • First APEC Virtual Symposium on Pandemic Preparedness using Access Grid, January 20, 2006 • Presentation from Medical Organization in many economies: China, Taiwan, USA, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Philippine, and more

  24. More Projects • There are more projects from • Government Agency • NECTEC, BIOTEC, MTEC, TMD • Universities • More information are being collected

  25. Summary • Thailand are moving into more e-science practice due to • Better computational and grid infrastructure • More software solution • More awareness • Community building is still critical to success • Building awareness, partnership increasing the interest • TGCC (Thai Grid Computing Conference 2006) August 29-30 2006 • All of you are invited

  26. Thank You Q&A

  27. Dec 2000 ThaiGrid founded with 5 labs from 4 organizations Dec 8,2000 NWCC2000 at Thamasart University Sept 24-28,2001 Grid Demo in HPC ASIA 2001 2001-2002 building KU/KMITNB test bed Jan 2002 ThaiGrid Talk in APAN Phuket Appendix: ThaiGrid: A Brief History2000-2003 • Feb 4,2003 • Joint ApGrid Demo in APAN, Shianghai, China • March 10, 2003 • NWCC2003 at AIT • June 5-6, 2003 • KU Joining PRAGMA • November 2003 • KU join SC Global 2003

  28. Jan 2004 ThaiGrid Talk in APAN Hawaii Feb 20,2004 First Access Grid Training in KU March 15,2004 First cluster workshop May 2004 Start the discussion of building National Grid Project June 2004 First Generation Drug Design Grid is demonstrated Sept 1-2, 2004 Thai Grid and Cluster Computing Conference TGCC2004 October 2004 Grid expanded to 5 universities November 2004 KU join SCGlobal 2004 December 28 Cabinet approve Thailand National Grid Project Jan24-28,2005 APAN Presence Access Grid Tutorial Presentation: Drug Design Grid, CFD, Remote Sensing May 2-6,2005 Grid Asia and PRAGMA participation June,2005 Budget for Thailand National Grid has been approved. ThaiGrid: A Brief History2004-2005

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