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Contract Year 1 Review Enabling Technologies

Contract Year 1 Review Enabling Technologies. Robert J. Moorhead II Mississippi State University May 15, 2002. FA Technical Overview. Overview of FA strategy

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Contract Year 1 Review Enabling Technologies

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  1. Contract Year 1 ReviewEnabling Technologies Robert J. Moorhead II Mississippi State University May 15, 2002

  2. FA Technical Overview • Overview of FA strategy • To determine, transition, and advance appropriate and applicable codes, tools, and systems to enable DoD HPC scientists and engineers to do their job faster, easier, and more accurately. • To train DoD HPC scientists and engineers how to use those codes, tools, and systems. Contract Year 1 Review

  3. FA Technical Overview • Overview of Efforts for Contract Year 1 • Appointed to replace Reagan Moore (SDSC) about November 1, 2001. • Met with many HPCMO and PET people at SuperComputing 2001 to try to begin to understand my job. • Scheduled visit to ASC ASAP to talk with the Component 2 TA, Jeff Graham, about desired directions; meeting occurred on Dec 18, 2001. • During that day 3 focal issues were identified: • ASC/MSRC desire to assist SIMAF • Ruth Pachter (ASC MSRC Chief Scientist/Government CCM Lead) desire to see some bio-informatics work initiated • The fact that only 3 ET projects had been funded Contract Year 1 Review

  4. FA Technical Overview • Overview of Efforts for Contract Year 1(cont) • Next day (Dec 19, 2001) visited with group of 4 OSU scientists/ engineers who had 1 funded ET project and 1 pending-final-approval ET project (Agrawal, Saltz, Machiraju, and Kurc) • Convinced them to contact Tim Menke et al to see if they couldn’t modify their pending project to assist the SIMAF. • The meeting was arranged with the assistance of many at ASC and the results seemed to be positive. However, ET011/012 was never funded and Agrawal’s white paper for a Yr2 project has been rejected. • Dr. Pachter’s bioinformatics and toxicology interests were communicated to a capable scientist, but the scientist never made contact. Contract Year 1 Review

  5. FA Technical Overview • Overview of Efforts for Contract Year 1(cont) • On or about Jan 25, 2002, it was discovered that approvals for the 4 additional ET projects (beyond the first 3) got lost somewhere between Jeff Graham and the program office. • Efforts were made to get all 4 funded, but due to the NOW effort and the budget reductions, only 2 got funding, and 1 of those was subsequently cut considerably. • In consultation with Jeff Graham, created a UAP (Jan/Feb 2002) • Developed a new ET Strategic Plan (Jan/Feb 2002) • A second (first at ARL) ET-onsite was to be hired (at ASC), but weeks after OSC got the position approved and advertised, the budget reduction froze the position. Contract Year 1 Review

  6. Technical (Metrics) • User Codes Impacted by PET • SGI VizServer (via NAVO/MSRC) • HYCOM visualization Contract Year 1 Review

  7. Technical (Metrics) • User Contacts and Assistance • Tim Menke – assistance in trying to develop common repositories for test data, data mining techniques, tools for comparing historical data with new simulation and analysis records, and intelligent remote access • Dr. Ruth Pachter – tried to assist in finding someone interested in bioinformatics and toxicology • Joe Crepeau, DTRA – assisted slightly with getting some SHAMRC data visualized with Ensight by the ERDC on-site staff (Richard Walters) • NRL/SSC (Wallcraft, Blain, Keen, et al) – assisted in trying to figure out why their ability to utilize the NAVO/MSRC vislab resources had been curtailed and what would be mutually-beneficial to both groups • NAVO/MSRC Vislab – delivered VizServer software optimized for low bandwidth connections Contract Year 1 Review

  8. Technical (Metrics) • User Contacts and Assistance (cont) • Janet Lacetera group, ARL-WMRD Weapons Analysis Branch – delivered Active Protection System (APS) visualization system • SMART conference visualization of the Virtual Tanker – automated it to run in a PowerPoint slide that shows video explain it then starts the visualization • Peter Plostins (ARL-WMRD) and Mark Costello (Oregon State University) – visualizations of Hit to Kill rounds • Mark Thomas (ARL) – helped move DI-SIM software over to the Vision Station Dome PC • Tom Biddlecome, Senior Vis Specialist at ERDC/MSRC – assisted in determining source for some training • James Rigney, Steve Haeger, Dr. Rob Lorens, and Dr. John Blaha (NAVO) – discussed how they could exploit PET ET for their efforts. Contract Year 1 Review

  9. Technical (Metrics) • Tools introduced to community: • EnVis software – new version and training course • UTPROJ – conservative projection algorithm for coupling flow and transport • Example visual applications that work in the Collaboratorium at Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), including 3D stereo sound • Open Dynamics Engine – to add more realism to visualization simulations • Maya with Shockware – to improve conceptual animations • Groove Collaboration Software – to improve collaboration between distant users Contract Year 1 Review

  10. Technical (Metrics) • Conference Presentations: • Z. Liu and R. Moorhead, Eurographics – IEEE Symposium on Visualization, Barcelona, Spain, May 26-28, 2002 (accepted). • H. Hagen, Y. Guan, and R. Moorhead, IPT 2002 Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2002. • J. Vickery, T. R. Keene, R. J. Brou, D. W. Carruth, R. J. Moorhead, and S. M. Doane, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 20-25, 2002. • Y. Guan and R.J. Moorhead, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 20-25, 2002. • P.J. Fitzpatrick, A. Mehra, J. Corbin, J. McCaffrey, T. Haupt, P. Bangalore, G. Henley, R. Moorhead, J. van der Zwaag, and M. Bettencourt, 82nd AMS Annual Meeting, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL. • D. Lu, P. Croft, R.S. Reddy, S. Ziegeler, and R. Moorhead, AMS Annual Meeting, January 2002, Orlando, FL. • S. Ziegeler, R. Moorhead, P.J. Croft, and D. Lu, DoD HPCMO User’s Group Conference, Biloxi, MS, June 18-21, 2001. • M. Chupa and R. Moorhead, DoD HPCMO User’s Group Conference, Biloxi, MS, June 18-21, 2001. Contract Year 1 Review

  11. Technical (Metrics) • Technical Reports • R. Hand and R. Moorhead, “Triton User’s Manual,” Dec. 2001. • R. Hand and R. Moorhead, “Triton Technical Overview,” Nov. 2001. • S. Ziegeler and R. Moorhead, “MetVR User’s Guide,” Oct. 2001. • P. Neal, G. Morris and R. Moorhead, “Naval Oceanographic Visualization Application (NOVA) User’s Manual,” Oct. 2001. • P. Neal, G. Morris and R. Moorhead, “Naval Oceanographic Visualization Application (NOVA) -- Technical Overview,” Sept. 2001. • Training • EnVis shortcourse at ERDC on February 8, 2002 (5 attendees) • Technical Reports and Articles: • S. Ziegeler, R. Moorhead, P.J. Croft, and D. Lu, “MetVR: Using Virtual Reality for Meteorological Visualization,” NAVO MSRC Navigator, Fall 2001, pp. 7-9. Contract Year 1 Review

  12. ET005: Scalable Data Intensive Computing Environment for Composite Modeling • Funding Status • $150,000 • 01/25/02 to 09/30/02 • P.I.: Gagan Agrawal • Objective: effectively use and further enhance existing tools for liquid molding process simulations using ADR • Deliverables • Runtime system support based on the ADR framework (green) • Demonstration of the runtime system for post-analysis of output produced by liquid molding simulation codes (green) • Assistance for the deployment and use of the runtime system at DoD labs through technical meetings and tutorials (green) • Initial implementation of methods for imaging metrics for gradient analysis. (green) • Report describing the methods and tools developed in the project and their application on post-analysis and gradient analysis. (green) Contract Year 1 Review

  13. ET017: EnVis and BMRT -- Distributed High Performance Batchmode Visualization • Funding Status • $124,975 • 11/02/01 to 09/30/02 • P.I.: Robert Moorhead • Objective: to create a distributed HPC batchmode geospatial visualization system • Deliverables • Installation of existing EnVis code (Irix/Solaris) in NRL/SSC and NAVO (10/31/01)  • Tufts for Vector Vis and Parallel executing version (12/31/01)  • Technical report on load balancing issues (3/31/02) (yellow due to login problems) • Texture-based vector visualization (3/31/02) (yellow due to changed priorities) • Installation of unstructured grid vis system using BMRT/Renderman at NAVO/MSRC (3/31/02) (red due to lack of need) • Linux version (6/31/02)  • Stereo pair generation (6/31/02)  • HYCOM native visualization (6/31/02) (green) • Numerous example runs (09/30/02)  (and green) Contract Year 1 Review

  14. ET022: Development of an Integrated Simulation Environment • Funding Status • $50,000 • 11/02/01 to 09/30/02 • P.I.: Ralph Noack • Objective: Development of a GUI environment to manage the flow of information between various tools utilized for complex simulations • Deliverables • Technical reports documenting the user interface and programming interfaces (green) • Code for the ISE infrastructure and initial implementation (green) • Training class (green) Contract Year 1 Review

  15. ET003/004: Mathematical & Algorithmic Issues in Multiphysics Couplings & a posteriori Error Estimators • Objective: Investigation of multiphysics couplings based on different physical processes occurring within the same physical domain and different physical regimes interacting through interfaces. • Funding Status • $63,336 (reduced) • 03/01/02 to 09/30/02 • P.I.: Mary Wheeler • Milestones/Due Dates/Status: • UTPROJ conservative projection code delivered March 2002 (green) • UTPROJ speedup April 2002 (green) • Papers on mortar and mortar methods accepted for publication (green) • Deliverables: • Written progress reports (green) • Mortar and mortar-free methods investigated (green) • Technical report on projection algorithm (green) Contract Year 1 Review

  16. ET019: GGTK: A Geometry-Grid Toolkit • Funding Status • $100,000 • 03/01/02 to 09/30/02 • P.I.: Bharat Soni • Objective: development of, delivery of, and training in a geometry-grid and adaptation toolkit • Deliverables • Release of alpha version of GGTK including suitable documentation (green) • Alpha Version of the GGTK Library (green) • WEB-Base Documentation (green) Contract Year 1 Review

  17. ET Invoice Status Contract Year 1 Review

  18. ET Budget March - 56% of Plan Forecast 98% of Plan Contract Year 1 Review

  19. ET Budget March - 58% of Plan Forecast 57% of Plan Contract Year 1 Review

  20. Staffing • 100% turnover in FAPOC (Nov 2001) • Reagan Moore -> Robert Moorhead • 50% of positions allocated are filled • Onsite at ARL (Kelly Kirk) was retained • Onsite at ASC is vacant • 100% of authorized positions are filled • Onsite position at ASC was frozen due to budget cuts Contract Year 1 Review

  21. Summary • Much time and effort spent trying to get pending projects approved and funded • Funding issues have made planning difficult • Projects going well • ET005 suffered from non-funding of ET011/012 • ET017 and ET022 going very well • ET003/004 and ET019 approved late, yet have produced results already (and ET003/004 has been cut) • Onsite at ARL is working closely with DoD users; need onsites at all MSRCs • Diversity of ET blurs focus and splinters resources Contract Year 1 Review

  22. Enabling Technologies Enabling technologies involves advancing the state of the tools, algorithms, and standards for generalized run-time and pre- and post-processing analysis on enormous datasets. At a minimum, this function will entail visualization, data mining and knowledge discovery, image analysis, grid generation, problem-solving environments, and computational techniques and methods for the intelligent extraction of useful information from data. Contract Year 1 Review

  23. ET User Advisory Panel • Alan Walcraft (NRL/SSC) • John E. West (ERDC) • Jerry Clarke (ARL) • Frank Witzeman (AFRL) • Dan Kedziorek (Army TACOM) • Aram Kevorkian (SSCSD) • Pete Gruzinskas (NAVO/MSRC) Contract Year 1 Review

  24. Technical (Metrics) • Conference Presentations: • Z. Liu and R. Moorhead, “AUFLIC – Accelerated Unsteady Flow Line Interval Convolution,” Eurographics – IEEE Symposium on Visualization, Barcelona, Spain, May 26-28, 2002 (accepted). • H. Hagen, Y. Guan, and R. Moorhead, “Interactive Surface Interrogation Using IPT Technology,” IPT 2002 Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2002. On CD. • J. Vickery, T. R. Keene, R. J. Brou, D. W. Carruth, R. J. Moorhead, and S. M. Doane, “Volume Visualization of 5D Sediment Models,” Visualization and Data Analysis Conference, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 20-25, 2002. • Y. Guan and R.J. Moorhead, “Contour-based Progressive Transmission of Cutting Plane Data,” Visualization and Data Analysis Conference, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 20-25, 2002. • P.J. Fitzpatrick, A. Mehra, J. Corbin, J. McCaffrey, T. Haupt, P. Bangalore, G. Henley, R. Moorhead, J. van der Zwaag, and M. Bettencourt, “The Distributed Marine Environment Forecast System (DMEFS),” The 18th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, 82nd AMS Annual Meeting, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL. • D. Lu, P. Croft, R.S. Reddy, S. Ziegeler, and R. Moorhead, “Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Study Two Hurricane Cases,” Paper #25844, Eleventh Symposium on Education, AMS Annual Meeting, January 2002. Contract Year 1 Review

  25. Technical (Metrics) • Conference Presentations (cont): • S. Ziegeler, R. Moorhead, P.J. Croft, and D. Lu, “Meteorological Visualization in an Immersive Virtual Environment,” DoD HPCMO User’s Group Conference, Biloxi, MS, June 18-21, 2001. • M. Chupa and R. Moorhead, “EnVis: A METOC Visualization Tool for HPC Environments,” DoD HPCMO User’s Group Conference, Biloxi, MS, June 18-21, 2001. • Technical Reports • Randall E. Hand and Robert Moorhead II, “Triton User’s Manual,” TR# MSSU-COE-ERC-01-15, Dec. 2001. • Randall E. Hand and Robert Moorhead II, “Triton Technical Overview,” TR# MSSU-COE-ERC-01-14, Nov. 2001. • Patrick Neal, Gary Morris and Robert Moorhead II, “Naval Oceanographic Visualization Application (NOVA) User’s Manual,” TR# MSSU-COE-ERC-01-09, Oct. 2001. • Sean Ziegeler and Robert Moorhead II, “MetVR User’s Guide,” TR# MSSU-COE-ERC-01-08, Oct. 2001. • Patrick Neal, Gary Morris and Robert Moorhead II, “Naval Oceanographic Visualization Application (NOVA) -- Technical Overview,” TR# MSSU-COE-ERC-01-07, Sept. 2001. • Training • EnVis shortcourse at ERDC on February 8 (5 attendees) Contract Year 1 Review

  26. Technical (Metrics) Technical Reports and Articles: S. Ziegeler, R. Moorhead, P.J. Croft, and D. Lu, “MetVR: Using Virtual Reality for Meteorological Visualization,” NAVO MSRC Navigator, Fall 2001, pp. 7-9. Contract Year 1 Review

  27. Project ET019: GGTK-Geometry-Grid Tool Kit • Funding Status • $100K • 3/1/02 – 9/30/02 • P.I.: Bharat Soni • Develop a modular and portable tool kit consisting validated functions for generating static and dynamic/adaptive parametric geometry and structured, unstructured, & hybrid grids to facilitate automation and timely response needed in multidisciplinary simulations and design applications. • Release Alpha Version by September 1, 2002 with Documentation • Deliverables • Alpha Version of the GGTK Library(Green) • WEB-Base Documentation (Green) Contract Year 1 Review

  28. http://www.erc.msstate.edu/ccs/research/GGTK Contract Year 1 Review

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  31. ET003/004 Results For a test of UTPROJ, a mass-correction of a single TABS-3D velocity for the RIPRAP model, which has a prism mesh of about 16,0000 cells, was run. The original code took 140 minutes, and the current code took 10.4 minutes.The current code had the following profile on the Cray T3E at NAVO: Contract Year 1 Review

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