LONI Overview

1. LONI Overview State-wide IT initiative: $25M – Gov. Mike Foster, 2001 - present LONI - $40M, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, 2004 - 2008 LONI - $10M, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, 2006 LONI Institute - $15M, BoR + Institutions, 2007 CyberTools RII - $12M (NSF), 2007

2. The Information Technolgy Initiative $25M per year for IT infrastructure Helped establish HPC in Louisiana • “SuperMike” cluster and Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) at LSU • The LA Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) at University of Louisiana – Lafayette (partial funding) • The Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology (CEnIT) at Louisiana Tech. • Helped attract and grow world-class talent, and laid the foundation for future growth.

3. What is LONI? Louisiana Optical Network Initiative Vision and Leadership from Ed Seidel, Gov. Blanco, and Louisiana Board of Regents High-bandwidth optical network linking graduate-degree granting institutions in the state. HPC hardware at 6 institutions

4. Who all are part of LONI? • Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge • Louisiana Tech University-Ruston • University of Louisiana-Lafayette • University of New Orleans • Southern University-Baton Rouge • Tulane University-New Orleans • LSU Health Sciences Center N.O. • LSU Health Sciences Center S’port

5. What does LONI do? • High bandwidth optical network links the research institutions within the State • Links the State to the National LambdaRail • 85+ Teraflops of computing power for computational research • AccessGrid nodes backed by full-motion HD video links • Transforms the way we work And problems that we can attack • Will become a regional resource.

6. DOTD via Qwest DOTD via McLeodUSA Qwest AT&T/SURA ITC^DeltaCom Sun America WilTel Mississippi schools plugging in through Jackson, MS

7. LONI layers CyberTools (EPSCoR RII) LONI Institute The “Queen Bee” Dell HPC Clusters Access Grid IBM P5 Supercomputers Louisiana Optical Network LONI Sites National Lambda Rail

8. 1 TF Satellite 5 TF Satellite 5 TF Satellite 1 TF Satellite 5 TF Satellite 50 TF Centerpiece 5 TF Satellite 1 TF Satellite 1 TF Satellite 5 TF Satellite 5 TF Satellite 1 TF Satellite LONI Hardware LaTech LSU SUBR The “Queen Bee” UNO ULL Tulane

9. The Queen BeeDedicated facility - Baton Rouge • 680 nodes × 8 cores = 5440 cores • 4 Gb RAM per node = 2.88 Tb • ~ 50 TFLOPS • #23 in the world in June 2007 • #7 in an academic environment

10. The worker bees • 5 IBM p5-575 computers at member institutions • 14 nodes × 8 cores • = 112 cores • 16 Gb memory per node • 70 Gb disk per node • ~ 0.85 TFLOPS each

11. The worker bees • 6 Dell Linux clusters • Located at member institutions • 132 nodes × 4 cores • = 528 cores • 4 Gb memory per node • ~ 300 Gb storage • ~ 5 TFLOPS each

12. Access Grid Nodes High bandwidth optical network makes full-motion high-definition video links over AccessGrid possible, with full two-way interactivity and data exchange. Two semester-length graduate courses have been taught from LSU over the AccessGrid and received at Louisiana Tech as well as other campuses including Europe.

13. The next five years: The LONI Institute • Supported by a $7M grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents 2007-2012 • About $8M in matching funds • Hire outstanding senior faculty (12), computational scientists (6), provide graduate fellowships (18), build “towers of strengths” in • Computational sciences • Computational biology • Computational materials science HELP WANTED! NOW HIRING!!

14. Summary • Major strides in the last 5-6 years • LONI Institute will build CI, especially human resources • LONI has joined the TeraGrid • CyberTools RII proposal funded, Track-2 in the works • Beginning to have an impact on region’s economy • US Air Force Cybercommand provisionally head-quartered at BAFB-Shreveport • Commitments from local governments to build a $50M CyberInnovation Center for University-Industry-Air Force partnerships • $8M Center for Secure Cyberspace: Louisiana Tech-LSU partnership • Future looks bright …

15. Thank You!