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Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences ACES

Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences ACES. Vanda Grubišić Desert Research Institute Division of Atmospheric Sciences. ACES. State-wide research infrastructure development program funded by the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

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Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences ACES

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  1. Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences ACES Vanda Grubišić Desert Research Institute Division of Atmospheric Sciences Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  2. ACES • State-wide research infrastructure development program funded by the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) • $3.4M ($1M/yr) in support of computational science activities in environmental research • A collaboration between environmental scientists, computer scientists, and applied mathematicians at all three NSHE research campuses Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  3. Why environmental sciences? • The area in which Nevada scientists have traditionally been the most competitive in securing funding • Starting with an existing large community that supports excellent graduate level programs • Environmental science disciplines are“data-intensive” (large observational data sets, intensive modeling application, need for advanced visualization tools) Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  4. ACES Main Objectives • To create a core of computational science expertise and capability in environmental science research • Foster application of Information Technology (IT) advances in environmental scientific disciplines • Stimulate new multidisciplinary research centered on computer modeling and scientific data visualization Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  5. ACES Strategy • Creation of the Nevada Environmental Computing Grid (NECG) - research infrastructure that is more than just a sum of individual components dispersed throughout the state • Fostering scientific collaboration and growth of the Application Community at NSHE Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  6. Funding Opportunities for the Application Community • Competitive postdoctoral (5) and graduate fellowships (14) in AY 2003/4 and 2004/5 - Congratulations Glenn! • Summer 2005 graduate research program (13 fellows) • Seed grants for development of new collaborative proposals and course development (4) - Congratulations Laurel! • Matching funds for startup packages for new faculty in computer science and applied mathematics • New faculty program for this fall Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  7. INFRASTRUCTURENevada Environmental Computing Grid (NECG) • Three grid nodes (DRI, UNR, UNLV) with the main node and the core facility at DRI NNSC in Reno • Utilizes the high-bandwidth network communication infrastructure of the Nevada Research Network (NRN) connected to Internet2 • Two parts of NECG: • Computational Grid • Collaboration Grid (Access Grid)

  8. ACES Web Portal • The main entry point to all ACES resources • Simple and unified access to technical documentation and job submission (using Globus Toolkit and Sun Grid Engine) • Equally accessible from within or outside of DRI • Expertise in using the grid portal future-proof • Beta testing started in December • ACES Survey questionnaire on the ACES web page! Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  9. ACES Web Site and Grid Portal http://www.aces.dri.edu Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  10. Grid Portal:Login A grid certificate is required to login Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  11. ACES High-performance Computer (ACE) • SGI Altix 3000 • 40 Itanium2 CPUS • 80 GigaBytes of RAM • 3 TeraBytes of fast disk storage • 166.7 Gflops/sec (LINPACK) • Linux operating system Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  12. ACES CORE FACILITY • Located at DRI NNSC in Reno • Hardware investment only of more than $1M • Support personnel: System Administrator (Kathy Smith-Miller) and Scientific Applications Programmer (Shulan Liu) • ACES Computing: High-performance SMP computer (ACE) Linux-based high-end visualization cluster (VisCluster) • ACES Visualization: State-of-the-art multi-use scientific visualization laboratory (VisLab) with an Access Grid node

  13. ACES VisLabCollaborative Environment • Tiled back-projection system with a 17’ x 4.5’ flat-wall screen and 3 DLP projectors for collaborative visualization (Panoram, Christie) • Front-projection stereoscopic system with polarization multiplexing (Panoram, Christie) • Access Grid node for group-to-group interaction over the Internet (inSORS)

  14. ACES VisLabComputing Environment • VisCluster: 10 64-bit Opteron processors, Myrinet interconnect, Framelock video synchronization • OS X and Linux-based advanced graphics workstations supporting time multiplexing stereo for individual work and content preparation

  15. ACES at DRI • Established a new thrust in scientific computing and visualization at DRI • Brought DRI to a new level of competitiveness in environmental modeling and scientific visualization • More than $6M in competitive proposals from DRI since the beginning of this year that plan on using the ACES facilities • Co-initiator of the new project for immersive visualization in the CAVETM environment

  16. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACES WEBSITE http://www.aces.dri.edu VISLAB WEBSITE http://www.aces.dri.edu/vislab CONTACT Dr. Vanda Grubišić ACES Coordinator and VisLab Director Vanda.Grubisic@dri.edu Interdisciplinary Modeling of Acquatic Ecosystems, Lake Tahoe

  17. Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences 3D Stereoscopic Projection State-Of-The-Art Visualization Laboratory • Tiled back-projection system utilizing 17’ x 4.5’ flat-wall screen • 3D front-projection stereoscopic system • Numerous video sources from the Linux-based 10-processor VisCluster, Mac OS X and Windows XP computers • Individual Linux and Mac OS X workstations for content preparation Located at DRI NNSC Contact grubisic@dri.edu More Info Flat-Wall Back-Projection AG Node in Session Access Grid Node • World-wide collaborative network with 6 nodes in Nevada • Group-to-group interaction and real-time collaboration utilizing Internet2 resources http://www.aces.dri.edu/vislab

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