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High Performance Computing at the City University of New York

Explore the evolution of CUNY, its diversity, science initiatives, and plans for future cyber infrastructure growth. Learn about notable alumni and the university's commitment to HPC. Discover CUNY's impact on research and education.

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High Performance Computing at the City University of New York

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  1. High Performance Computing at theCity University of New York Paul C. Muzio Director CUNY HPC Center College of Staten Island-CUNY paul.muzio@csi.cuny.edu 718-982-3413

  2. AGENDA • Introduction • City University of New York (CUNY) • Background • Demographics • Decade of Science • Cyber Infrastructure • Historical perspective • Future directions • Selected CUNY Domain Application Areas

  3. City College of New York - 1847 Tuition-free college Based solely on merit Economically disadvantaged and those precluded from attending the leading universities of the day because of ethnicity or gender. Hunter College - 1870 Tuition-free teacher-training school, based solely on merit, for young women. Incorporated an elementary and high school for gifted children. CUNY-Background

  4. Senior Colleges (1847) City College (1870) Hunter College (1919) Baruch College (1930) Brooklyn College (1937) Queens College (1946) New York City College of Technology (1955) College of Staten Island (1964) John Jay College of Criminal Justice (1966) York College (1968) Lehman College (1970) Medgar Evers College CUNY-Background Public university located totally within the 300 sq miles of the City of New York • Community Colleges • (1957) Bronx Community College • (1958) Queensborough Community College • (1963) Borough of Manhattan Community College • (1963) Kingsborough Community College • (1968) LaGuardia Community College • (1970) Hostos Community College • Graduate and Professional Schools • (1961) CUNY Graduate Center • (1973) Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education • (1983) School of Law • (2005) William E. Macaulay Honors College • (2006) Graduate School of Journalism • (2006) School of Professional Studies • (2008) School of Public Health

  5. Twentieth Century “City University of New York” Established in 1961 and incorporated the pre-existing City public colleges. 23 Institutions. NYC’s 1975 financial crisis End of free tuition Open enrollment Tuition - current $4,600 per year at senior colleges $3,200 at community colleges CUNY college campuses do not have infrastructure facilities to support HPC

  6. Decade of Science • Enhance CUNY’s position as a research university • Hire 1,200 new faculty • Upgrade admission standards while upholding CUNY’s mission of expanding educational opportunities • Ended open admissions policy for the senior colleges • Provided “immersion” programs at the Community College level • Upgrade research facilities • Cyber Infrastructure/High Performance Computing Initiative • Ab ova • Prove its worth the investment

  7. CUNY-Background • Largest urban university in the United States. • Third largest university system in the United States. • Faculty • 6,700 full-time • 3,500 adjunct • 231,000 degree program students. • 230,000 adult, continuing and professional education students. • College Now • Academic enrichment program for 32,500 high school students. • Offered at CUNY campuses and more than 300 high schools. • University Teacher Academy • Free tuition for highly motivated mathematics and science majors who commit to teach in New York City.

  8. CUNY-Background • William E. Macaulay Honors College • Graduated its first class in 2005. • 3,200 students applied for 360 slots in 2008. • 630 more than 2007. • 2,400 more than 2001. • First-year students have an average SAT score of 1399. • University Scholars. • Free tuition. • Laptop. • "cultural passport" for free or reduced-admission to various cultural institutions and venues in New York City. • $7,500 expense account that may be used for research and/or study abroad.

  9. CUNY Demographics • Gender • 61% female • 39% male • Ethnicity • 0.2% American Indian/Native Alaskan • 15.8% Asian/Pacific Islander • 27.1% Afro-American • 25.7% Hispanic • 31.2% White • 68% attended New York City public high schools

  10. 12 Nobel prize winners Many Pulitzer Prize Winners More CEOs and top executives in America graduated with first degrees from CUNY than any other degree-granting institution in the nation (Standard & Poors) 3 Rhodes Scholars in the last 4 years CUNY-Alumni • Dr. Jonas Salk, Polio Vaccine • Bernard Baruch, Financier • Sidney 'Paddy' Chayefsky, Author • Felix Frankfurter, US Supreme Court Justice • General Colin Powell, former Commander, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State • Upton Sinclair, Author • Robert Kahn, Co-developer of TCP/IP • Andy Grove, co-founder and former CEO, Intel Corp.

  11. CUNY Commitment • CUNY HPC Facility at College of Staten Island • 4,500 sq. ft. of warehouse space • $3 million allocated for facility renovation • 2.25 MW • Chilled water • Raised floor • $6.5 million allocated for design of a 90,000 square foot Computational Science Facility • 2014-15 planned completion • Expected cost of $75 million • CUNYnet links all campuses • WDM between some campuses, at present • 1 Gbit between HPC and CUNYnet, at present • Faculty hiring

  12. 2009 interim upgrade to the interim upgrade 2007

  13. CUNY HPC Philosophy • What doesn’t work • One size DOES NOT fit all • Can’t compete for $ with the largest NSF sites • Cheap FLOPS is not necessarily the answer • Multi-core has its limitations • Power and heat • Scalability • Programmability • Is HPC going in the wrong direction (architectural issues)? • Don’t put all one’s eggs in one basket • MPI? • Learning curve • Limitations • Better alternatives in the future?

  14. CUNY HPC Philosophy • Be unique • Establish a capability and reputation for work in key disciplines • Bring in new architectures with external funding • Demonstrate that investment in HPC is worthwhile • Produce external funding for research and students • CUNY Central will fund O&M, replenishment and upgrades (including generic cluster systems)

  15. MPI+GPU ** Spring 2010 delivery NSF funded PGAS Fall 2010 (hopefully) 2011 Others-to be determined **Note: Adds 384 nehalem cores and 24 Nvidia Fermi GPUs to an existing 384 core nehalem SGI ICE system Why MPI+GPU? Certain key algorithms require minimal communications and map well to GPUs Familiarity with vectors Anticipating future HPC chip directions X86 plus vectors on a chip Anticipating future compiler technology CUNY HPC Philosophy

  16. MPI-GPU Cluster

  17. MPI-GPU Cluster

  18. MPI-GPU Cluster • Environmental science • WRF and WRF-chem • NCAR + PGI development • Urban traffic and air pollution issues • Monte Carlo simulations • Finance • Condensed matter • Photonics • Creative media • Genomics

  19. MPI-GPU Application Areas • Weather, climate, and pollution studies(CCNY-NOAA CREST Center) • Study of air pollution in urban areas including: • Development of algorithms for sensing atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles, surface temperature, cloud geometric and optical properties, and aerosol and ozone and CO2 concentrations. • Analyze sensor noise to facilitate a cost-benefit analysis of lossless versus near-lossless compression and develop suitable analysis metrics, which balance cost, speed, and accuracy. • Existing facilities include: • Satellite downlinks from weather observational satellites including NOAA EAST GEO Satellite, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS9 on TERRA and AQUA platforms), CloudSat, and Cloud-Aerosol Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observatory (CALIPSO). • Developmental activities: • Development of advanced data collection and data analysis capabilities. • Visualization. • Electrical engineering, FPGAs, etc.

  20. MPI-GPU Application Areas • Computational Finance, Economics, and Mathematics (Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, College of Staten Island) • Critical technologies for New York City’s economic base • Wall Street • Computational Finance and Economics • Baruch College is the largest Business School in the United States • Programs in Computational Finance • Strong Working Relationships with Wall Street • Mathematics • Highly Ranked Program in Mathematics

  21. MPI-GPU Application Areas • Creative Media and Computational Arts (New York City College of Technology) • Critical technologies for New York City’s economic base • Performing Arts • Media Arts • Advertising Industry • Comprehensive programs at the Senior College and Community College Level • Architecture • 3-D Visualization (including Scientific Visualization) • Computer Engineering and Advanced Programming Techniques • Digital Multi-media • Motion Capture • Autism Studies (with the Institute for Basic Research into Behavioral Disabilities) • Kinesiology (Physical Therapy, Sports Programs, Performing Arts)

  22. Native PGAS System • Expected Fall 2010 delivery • Native support in hardware for PGAS languages • Co-arrays in Fortran • Unified parallel C • Engineering applications • Heart modeling • Blast damage • Computational fluid dynamics • Why? • Easier to program • Facilitates new approaches/solutions

  23. Why PGAS?

  24. Why PGAS?

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