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Scientific Collaboration Cyberspace for China State Key Labs

Scientific Collaboration Cyberspace for China State Key Labs. TieJian Luo Ph.D tjluo@gucas.ac.cn. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Agenda. Research Models Challenges & Collaboration Services Scientific research Projects Lessons from the SCC development.

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Scientific Collaboration Cyberspace for China State Key Labs

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  1. Scientific Collaboration Cyberspace for China State Key Labs TieJian Luo Ph.D tjluo@gucas.ac.cn Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  2. Agenda • Research Models • Challenges & Collaboration Services • Scientific research Projects • Lessons from the SCC development

  3. New Science Paradigms • Thousand years ago: Experimental Science - description of natural phenomena • Last few hundred years: Theoretical Science - Newton’s Laws, Maxwell’s Equations … • Last few decades: Computational Science - simulation of complex phenomena • Today: e-Science or Data-centric Science - unify theory, experiment, and simulation - using data exploration and data mining • Data captured by instruments • Data generated by simulations • Processed by software • Scientist analyzes databases/files (Credit to Jim Gray)

  4. The Problem for the e-Scientist Experiments & Instruments facts questions facts ? Other Archives facts answers Literature facts Simulations • Data ingest • Managing a petabyte • Common schema • How to organize it? • How to reorganize it? • How to coexist & cooperate with others? • Data Query and Visualization tools • Support/training • Performance • Execute queries in a minute • Batch (big) query scheduling

  5. Basic Research Paradigm data Verify model （1）problem model （2）experiment, data collection （3）get computing resource （4）computing, verify model Deduce natural law （1）identify problem domain （2）experiment, data collection （3）get computing resource （4）analyze data , deduce law extract information simulation result Data mining model deduce idea Scientific computing

  6. Scenario 2 4 Site C：Raw data 7 Site D：Storage 8 6 3 5 1 9 cerficiation Site E：Computer （simulation, data mining） Site F: Sechedule 10 Site A user Site B user

  7. People to People Communication Groupware Service Access to Facilities Interaction with the Physical World Access to Instrument online Access to Applications Access to Information Digital Libraries, E-Pub Search Service Collaboration Interactive Model and its Service Collaboration Interactive Model

  8. What is a scientific Collaboration ? • Definition • Two or more people work together to create or achieve the same thing. • Key points • Different or same discipline scientists • Form a Virtual Team • Need a agreement • Have a common research theme • Divide task into several works • Discuss problems, use instruments and share information • Goal: create new knowledge

  9. Collaboration Technologies • Access to • People • Instruments • Stored information • Synchronous vs asynchronous • Chat, video conferencing, audio streaming • Shared objects of conversation (like data) • Threaded discussions • Electronic notebooks • Transitions between them • They are limited to address users’ problems!

  10. Primary services for SCC • Virtual Team • Access Instrument • Sharing Data / Expertise • Activity Management • Online Discuss

  11. Overview of China State Key Labs SKL disciplines coverage Total number is 162 ----------------------------------------- Disciplines Number ---------------------------------- Chemistry 22 Math and Physics 15 Geognosy 18 Biology 38 Information 26 Material 18 Engineering 25 ---------------------------------- • Target users more than 100k • Potential connected large instruments more than 6k

  12. Physical Resources and Virtual Team SKL B Know how device people Virtual team C info data Virtual team B Virtual team A SKL A SKL C SKL D Know how Know how Know how device device device people people people Info Info Info data data data

  13. Strategy to Create the SCC • State of the art ---Some efforts of science communities • UK：e-Science • EuroGrid • USA: Cyberinfrastructure---Globus Toolkits • Japan：ITBL（IT Based Laborarory） • China Grid initiative • IT and commercial product • Netmeeting Polycom WebEx • Middleware: Workplace、 SharePoint、WebLogic • Platform: .NET，J2EE • Forum and whiteboard , etc. • Strategy: Choose the mature and simpler technology to address users’ problem.

  14. Bio Che Phy Mat Eng Math Geo Domain Joint Resources Sites Services …… Management Collaboration ‘game rules’ Pub/Search Know How Expert Services Metrics Team Project Task Instrument Acc Semantic Data Network com Auth ACL LDAP SSL …… Network Network Infrastructure Data Resource Instruments Computing Archie Data Multimedia Raw data Instrument Physical Scientific Collaboration Cyberspace

  15. Virtual Team management SCC Portal Project n Project1 Project2 …… …… Attributes name goal domain PI info Resource planning …… Set up Project Set up Project Set up Project Form a team Form a team Form a team Collaboration actions Collaboration actions Collaboration actions Optimize team Optimize team Optimize team Task assignment Task assignment Task assignment Know how Know how Know how Information share Information share Information share Instrument using Instrument using Instrument using Online discuss Online discuss Online discuss Support management Support management Support management

  16. Virtual team Registration Apply form a team Assign task Apply create project space Verify member verify PH [no pass] Set up permit Manage task set up PH permit [pass] [pass] Team set up Got space system user PI: Primary Investigator PH Project Head

  17. Support Roles • SSC • Project • PI • Team member • Team leader（adm）： • Web Site adm（adm）： • Web site designer • … • visitors • experts • Roles： • Visitors, members、discuss participant 、web design、adm、content adm

  18. Virtual Team management • Problems • Compromise the free and restrict jointing • Contradiction on distribution and centre control • Trust • solutions • AAA technology (Authentication Authorization Accounting) • Online registration • Trust metrics • Portal

  19. Access to instruments system Logon SSC user apply registration [no pass] verify [pass] Instrument owner success [pass] Project Head using Assign adm Schedule Instrument adm Accounting log Instrument user

  20. Access to Instruments • Problems • Instrument description, registration, publishing, finding and using • Accounting and Fee • Solutions • Web Service • LDAP and light weigh instrument access protocol

  21. Data sharing Logon SKLCRE system Data registration find [link] [pull] user [push] DownLoad data UpLoad data Up load data Using data Capture result Data owner publish Accounting log Data user

  22. Data Sharing • Problems • Large scale scientific data two-way transfer • Accounting and Fee • solutions • DBMS support data publish on Internet • Fast FTP automatic re-transfer

  23. Online Discuss Logon SKLCRE Enter conf. reservation Set up conf. Invite conf. Connect to monitor reply Audio/vedio Conf mem Text message Conf mem Conf bro Pub conf notice collabortion participating End of conf Exit conf Record process Exp. participant member participant Conf. host user system

  24. Online Discuss • Problems • Multi-group’s participants joint the meeting at same time • Co-laboratory environment • solutions • Software based video and audio tech. • Light weigh desktop sharing tech. • Wiki • Forum

  25. Activity management Logon SSC achivement tasks Personal time activity Device usage Personal usage Pub info Data usage progress Personal achivement member user Instrument adm Project head PI Data onwer

  26. Activity management • Problems • Global monitor the whole process • Contents index and statistic • Individual performance assessment • solutions • Access control and monitor • DBMS and Data mining • Rating model

  27. SSC Applications • Project1：Soil Carbon recycle mechanism database (CNSF,973,863-- grant) • 100+research units • Distribute data across mainland of China • More than 1K scientists • Project2：FACE（Free Air CO2 Enrichment ）(CNSF,973--grant) • Experiment site and office at different place • Raw data, model software share • Many Sub tasks • Project3： China neutron experiment center (973,863,MoST -- grant) • Protect the staff from radiation • Monitor the experiment process • Inter-discipline field • Project4： Collaboration for Bio-Safety Level 3( MoST – grant) • 6+ institutes • Monitor the experiment process • Inter-discipline field • Project5：Collaboration for large scale instruments center (MoST – grant) • 10+ large scientific instruments • Data and expertise sharing • Remote control instruments

  28. SKL 1 SKL 162 10M backup 10M Internet MOST 100M CSTNet ChinaNet 1G 科技部网络 2.5 G CERNet 10 G IPv6 GUCAS/YQL---Distance Backup GUCAS/ZGC---Server Farm SCC Network Architecture

  29. Web Architecture • Benefits • Adaptable • More than 10 different science subjects templates • Scalability • Dynamic growing VT does not affect platform performance • Extensibility • Easy plug in the a new service to the platform

  30. SSC for China Key Labs

  31. Requirement of FACE project • FACE（Free Air CO2 Enrichment） • Find out the mechanism for the rice growing when the CO2 climate change • 15 Collaboration org. • 9 national orgs（3SKLs），7 international , 100+ research staff. • Invest 100m RMB, only one in China • 30 mini projects

  32. Contribution to the FACE science research • Monitor the farm site by video • Automatic upload the raw data • Real time display control pane by Browser

  33. FACE Project deployment

  34. FACE Project • Old • Only one function • Info pub • New • 5 collaborations use case • Run more than one year • English version is ongoing

  35. Remote monitor in Browser Neutron emission facility

  36. Neutron diffraction remote control interface in Browser Data analysis software

  37. Deployment of neutron diffraction remote access Benefit 1 staff are isolated from experiment site 2 remote real time monitor the process 3 scientists online discuss

  38. Collaboration for Bio-Safety Level 3

  39. Collaboration for Bio-Safety Level 3

  40. Collaboration for large instruments center

  41. Collaboration for large instruments center

  42. BSL3 Lab of FUDAN University

  43. BSL3 setting Mini Camera 办公区

  44. user SSC Portal Org.A Org.F Org.B Org.C Org.E Org.D Portal model • Benefits: • Trust access path • Single sign-on • Delegate permits and Proxy • Interoperate

  45. Expertise Share Model Legend Participant Management Agency Affiliate org E-community Instrument Data storage Platform Behavior Constraints Info flow Capital flow Data Flow Communicate Management ｛活动描述｝ ｛规则名称｝ Ensure a fair collaboration game ! 3 Members Agreement Labs (1,n) (1,m) 1 Buy rule 2 2 1 2 Collaboration Cyberspace 2 Outside labs (1,q) (1,p) Extra members 1.contribution2.get Knowledge3.oversee

  46. Video and audio interactive component Benefits 1. Multi node access 2. Plug in SSC 3. Security and efficiency

  47. Lessons Learned • How to address the user’s application simpler? • System development is less and less about coding than about using things and gluing them together. • Create a flexible enough architecture to allow for changes. • Customers will not be able to elucidate at the start what they want; only by using the system will they be able to tell you what you should have done. (Semantic gaps) • SSC 1.0 rely on MS SharePoint ; SSC 2.0 open source • Individual performance assessment model and fair agreements (win-win business model). • Future concerns should be e-community trust metrics.

  48. Acknowledge • Dec.2005--Dec.2007, China Bio-Safe Level 3 Labs Collaborative Cyberspace, Grant from MOST of China • Dec.2005--Dec.2007, China Large Scientific Instruments Collaborative Cyberspace, Grant from MOST of China • Jul.2005--Jul.2008, EU-Asia Link Programme HPC-Grid Computing Course Model, Grant from EU

  49. URL: • http://crewiki.gucas.ac.cn/ • http://cec.gucas.cn/ • http://cbl.gucas.cn/ • http://co-lab.chinalab.gov.cn/ • Questions? • Comments?

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