APAN e-Science TrackAPAN e-Science Track

Update on Update on National GridNational Grid in in SingaporeSingapore

5 July 20045 July 2004

Jon LauJon LauAssistant Head, NGOAssistant Head, NGO

UpdateUpdate

• Last presented @ APAN in Busan (Korea) in August 2003

• Since then…– NGPP launched, governance setup,

applications developed, training courses conducted

– Planning for NG Phase 2 – industry focused

– Access Grid node setup & more adoption– More international collaboration

National Grid VisionNational Grid Vision

to facilitate the seamless use of an integrated cyber infrastructure in a

secure, effective and efficient manner to advance scientific,

engineering & bio-medical R&D,

with the longer term goal of transforming the Singapore economy

using grid

National Grid Steering CommitteeChairman – Mr. Peter Ho

Facilitates & coordinates

activities

National GridOffice(NGO)

Security

Middleware & Architecture

Governance & Policy

Applications

Network

Working Groups

Virtual Grid Communities

System Administrators

Access Grid

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National Grid Operations

Centre (NGOC)

National Grid Competency

Centre (NGCC)

MTI(A*STAR,EDB, RIs)

MINDEF(DSTA, DSO)

MITA(IDA, MDA)

MOH(Hospitals)

MOE(Schools,

NUS, NTU)

Industry(Lilly, Philips.SCS, StarHub)

National GridGovernance Council

(NGGC)

ActivitiesActivities

• Formulate the framework & policies• Plan & develop a secure platform• Adopt common open standards• Encourage the adoption of Grid

Computing• Demonstrate the commercial

viability of compute-resource-on-tap• Lay the foundation for a vibrant Grid

Computing economy

StakeholdersStakeholders

[listed in alphabetical order]

Entity OS Platform

IHPC AIX IBM Regatta

One-North (BII & GIS)

LinuxSolaris

Compaq Alpha Cluster

Sun

NUS Linux Intel Xeon Cluster

NTU SolarisLinux

Sun FireIntel Pentium 4

SMA Linux Itanium 2

Official LaunchOfficial Launch

Industry PartnersIndustry Partners

• Platinum Partners

• Gold Partners

• Classic Partners

Governance CouncilGovernance Council

• Roles– Develop & promulgate policies for

• Management & operation of NGPP, Sharing of resources on NGPP, Assess rights & privileges of authorized users, Preventive actions & contingency plans for risk management, Security, Service continuity, Disruptive recovery & Code of conduct for users

– Develop a framework for service level management to ensure that NGPP service levels meet desired objectives

– Monitor & review performance & utilization of NGPP– Develop a framework for economic model for next

phase of NGPP

Physical Sciences VGC Physical Sciences VGC ActivitiesActivities

Distributed Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) Simulation

Temasek Labs

Distributed Simulation of Flow over Dimpled Surfaces

Skewed Satellite Image

Geo-rectified Satellite Image

Geo-rectification of Satellite Images

Diagnostics

& Repair Scheduling

Collaborative Engineering Design & Simulation

Complex Design & ModelingComplex Design & Modeling

Organized by :

Supported by :

Sponsored by :

Life Sciences VGCLife Sciences VGC

GridBlastE-Cell & Gene SimulationE-Cell & Gene Simulation

Encyclopedia of LifeEncyclopedia of Life

Life Science DB MirroringLife Science DB Mirroring

• Issue identified: various entities in Singapore downloading huge Life Sciences databases from overseas sites over limited bandwidth, resulting in infrequent updatedness.

• Solution: To rationalise the overseas download of common databases, provision these databases for local sharing, and failovers.

Sponsored by Brought to you by

Organised by

Auto In-betweening

• A fully integrated 2D animation production system where many parts of 2D animation production pipeline are automated to free artists from mundane jobs to concentrate on creative tasks.

• This project performs distributed cel animation from providing auto in-betweening to auto-coloring & take advantage of a large number of clusters & nodes in a grid to greatly reduce the production time & improve the quality of animation production.

(a) key-1 (b) inbetween-1 (c) inbetween-2

(d) inbetween-3 (e) inbetween-4 (f) key-2

Distributed Computer Assisted Cel AnimationDistributed Computer Assisted Cel Animation

Promoting Grid ComputingPromoting Grid Computing

Grid Technology as Competitive Weapon by Dr. Andrew Grimshaw (Avaki Corp., USA)

Gridbus Toolkit for Grid & Utility Computing by Dr. Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Challenges in High Performance Computing using Clusters & Grid by Dr. Dave Scott (Intel Corp., USA)

PBS Pro as a Grid Enabler by Michael Humphrey (Altair Engineering, Inc., USA)

The UK e-Science Programme by Dr. Anne Trefethen (e-Science Core Program, UK)

Grid Computing at IBM by Dr. Jean Pierre Prost (IBM Grid Design Center, France)

ThaiGrid by Dr. Putchong Uthayopas (Kaserat University, Thailand)eScience Projects at Edinburgh eScience Centre

by Derek Waddell (Edinburgh Research & Innovation, UK)Grid Computing & e-Science – from Design to in-Service Support

by Dr. Peter Cowley (Rolls-Royce plc, UK) The MicroGrid – Enabling Scientific Study of Dynamic Grid

Behavior by Dr. Andrew Chien (UCSD, USA)

Grid – The Real Thing by Dr. Dejan Milojicic (HP Labs, USA)

APSTC Grid Initiatives in Asia Pacific by Dr. Simon See (Sun Microsystems)

AIST Grid Initiatives in Japan & Asia Pacific by Dr. Yoshio Tanaka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Japan)

Grids for Real: Experiences from Operational Public & Enterprise Grids by Sravish Sridhar (United Devices, Inc., USA)

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Digital Media VGC Kick-off Symposium (H2 2004)

SuperComputing Global 2004 AG Site

Grid Innovations & Grid Innovations & Applications CompetitionApplications Competition

• Target:– Students at Institutes of Higher

Learning

• Date: 1 Jun 2003 - 10 Jan 2004• Jointly organised by:

• Sponsored by:

Topics• Problem solving environments, workflow & development

tools • Grid programming models, languages, debugging &

compilation techniques • Grid Tools, Middleware & Fabrics • Scheduling & resource management • Grid applications & system solutions in science &

engineering • Novel uses of grid computing concepts & technologies• Grid Security

30 June – 1 July 2004

Hotel Grand Copthrone Waterfront, Singapore

• Singapore to host in 2006 (with NTU)

• Other forthcoming events– PRAGMA 2005 (with BII)– LSGrid 2005 (with NUS) - tba– APAN 2006 (with SingAREN) - tba

NGCC Training CoursesNGCC Training Courses

• Introduction to Grid Computing & National Grid Pilot Platform

• Introduction to Globus Toolkit for Administrators

• Setting up an Access Grid (PIG)• From Cluster to Grid – Building a

User-Friendly Grid-enabled Cluster• Grid-Enabling of Applications

NGCC Training MapNGCC Training Map

IT Professionals

Users/Business Professionals

Programmers

Legend

National Grid Phase 2National Grid Phase 2

The 4 “Beyonds”

Beyond R&DBeyond R&D

… … to Industryto Industry

• Working with– Infocomm Development Authority– Media Development Authority– Economic Development Board– Private sector MNCs & SMEs– …

• Use the Grid infrastructure as an enhancement of the business ecosystem for corporations & businesses

Beyond Computational GridBeyond Computational Grid

… … to Access Gridto Access Grid

• An ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format displays, presentation & interactive environments, & interfaces to Grid middleware & to visualization environments.

• Support group-to-group interactions across the Grid.

• For example– AG is used for large-scale distributed meetings,

collaborative work sessions, virtual workshops, education sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, & training. Group conferences of dozens of people at six or seven different sites are common.

AG SessionsAG Sessions

• NGO-AIST MOU Signing (14 May 2004) @ I2R

• NGO-KISTI on project collaboration (1 June 2004) @ I2R

• Keynote speeches @ Graphite (16 - 18 June 2004) @ NTU

• Coming:– AG Sessions between NTU & Birmingham

University, UK – More AG Sessions between NGO & KISTI– To participate as a site in SC Global 2004

• AG Special Interest Group– IMCB, IHPC, NTU & NUS

… … to Data Gridto Data Grid

• Surprising few data intensive grid applications

• Rationalizing Life Sciences database download, mirroring & maintenance as well as hosting of locally generated databases (ala NCBI)

• Participation in CERN LCG project

Beyond SingaporeBeyond Singapore

… … to International to International CollaborationCollaboration

• The Grid extends beyond national boundaries

• The Singapore National Grid wants to be plugged in to the global network through– Working with organizations like SingAREN,

APAN & other such bodies; and– Advanced network infrastructure that APAN

& others are building.

• Promotion of e-Science type projects

Operational Grid with

SINGAPORE

CERNPSCSDSC

ANLNCSAPurdue

CaltechCERN LCG

[Courtesy of Hewlett Packard]

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MOU Signing & SeminarMOU Signing & Seminar

14 May 2004

Beyond BilateralismBeyond Bilateralism

… … to Multi-Lateralismto Multi-Lateralism

• Current projects tend to involve 2 parties

• Need to involve more than 2 parties to address larger sized problems

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