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The Swiss Multi-Science Computing Grid AAA/SWITCH Project. Wibke Sudholt University of Zurich wibke@oci.uzh.ch. Project Description. Swiss Multi-Science Computing Grid (SMSCG) project Proposed to / funded by the AAA/SWITCH program (matching funds) Will apply to become SwiNG Working Group
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The Swiss Multi-Science Computing GridAAA/SWITCH Project Wibke Sudholt University of Zurich wibke@oci.uzh.ch
Project Description • Swiss Multi-Science Computing Grid (SMSCG) project • Proposed to / funded by the AAA/SWITCH program (matching funds) • Will apply to become SwiNG Working Group • Primary goal • Providing of computational resources to solve scientific computational problems • Installation, commissioning, and operation of a computational grid across several institutions of the Swiss higher education sector • Active involvement of applications from different scientific domains • Key properties • Be multi-disciplinary and user-driven • Include support for users and applications • Foster cooperation between IT infrastructure providers and computational scientists • Employ simple, extensible, and flexible grid middleware • Have integrated user management • Specially focus on security • Be policy-based and sustainable • Grid middleware • NorduGrid ARC chosen as initial middleware • Interoperation with a second middleware stack will be investigated
Project Participants • ETH Zurich – Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS): pending • Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO) – Grid and Ubiquitous Computing Group: approved • University of Geneva – Proteome Informatics Group (PIG): non-funded • Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) – Vital-IT: non-funded • SWITCH: approved • Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) – Faculty of Informatics: pending • University of Bern (UniBE) • Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP): approved • Computer Services Department: approved • University of Zurich (UZH) • OCI Computational Chemistry & Grid Computing / Grid Computing Competence Center (GC3): approved • IT Services: pending • Computational Structural Biology: non-funded • Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL): pending
Project Details • Responsible Institution • University of Zurich • Project management • Leader: Wibke Sudholt, UZH • Deputy: Placi Flury, SWITCH • Runtime • Begin of project: 1.5.2008, 1.8.2008, 1.10.2008, or 1.1.2009 (depending on institution) • End of project: 31.3.2010 • Total budget (contributed and requested) • Manpower: 121.9 PM • Hardware: 8 resources • Funding: ca. CHF 1.6 Mio • Expected number of users • Initially: 15-20 • For mature infrastructure: 50-100
Work Packages • WP1: Initial installation and operation • WP2: Evaluation of additional middleware components • WP3: Software repository and validation • WP4: Monitoring and accounting • WP5: Security and policies • WP6: Support • WP7: Applications • WP7a: General tasks and plain applications • WP7b: Alpine3D and POP-C++ • WP7c: swissPIT and JOpera • WP8: Project management