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Grid Computing and Thailand Research Community
Putchong UthayopasDirectorHigh Performance Computing and Networking CenterKasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Vice Chairman Thailand National Grid CommitteeMinistry of Information and Communication [email protected]
Thailand and new Frontier in Science and Technology Recently Thai Government decided
to enhance Thailand competitiveness by More IT investment and usage
Infrastructure: broadband, mobile, low-cost PC
E-learning, e-government Prime Minister Operation Center SIPA (Software Industry Promotion Agency)
Aggressive push and pursue new science
Excellence center in Life Science Nano Technology Center
Motivation for Grid
All these effort need Powerful computing power Massive Storage Fast networking
One critical enabling technology is middleware that provides Single security infrastructure Virtualization of resources Enabling uniform communication between
software components that manage resources
Solution: Grid Systems
Grid and Thailand Research Community
Enabling factor that stimulates the research Having faster computation power Having access to much larger storage Communicate and collaborate better
with tool like accessgrid The vehicle to the building
scientific community Attract people with multiple interests
to work together
THAISARN
UNINET• OC-3 BackboneOC-3 Backbone
• Tentatively be upgraded Tentatively be upgraded to 1Gbps in the near to 1Gbps in the near futurefuture
Current connectivity
UNINET
ISP
NIX
1 Gbps
1 Gbps
THAISARN
IIR100 mbps200 mbps
APAN
Internet2
NII
ThaiREN: Next Generation connectivity
UNINET
RENEX
THAISARN
APAN Internet2
……..
DWDM Ring(1-10 Gbps)
FundingMICT (CAT)
A partnership project to explore grid computing technology and application in Thailand. Project started since December 2000 Build a grid related community for application level
researchers Create a grid computing infrastructure for Thai
researchers Stimulate the deployment of Grid Computing
Technology Act as a focal point for international grid collaboration
Currently funded by National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education
Link: www.thaigrid.net
Members Kasetsart University King Mongkut’s Institute of
Technology North Bangkok Suranaree University of
Technology Asian Institute of Technology Chulalongkorn University Walailak University Chiangmai University KMUTT National Electronics and
Computing Technology
Example Applications
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation
Scheduling, Optimization Computational Chemistry
Virtual Screening, Cheminformatics Future
Life Science, Multimedia, Financial Engineering
Case Study: DRUG DESIGN GRID
Using grid technology to pull HPC resources together to support scientist mission Drug design : HIV, Avian Flu ( KU/Ministry of
Science) Partners
HPCNC/KU, LCAC/KU IBM
Drug Design Grid AMATA 14 nodes Athlon
1Ghz Warine 16 nodes Celeron
2.0Ghz GASS 6 nodes 12
processors Athlon MP1800+
Maeka 16 nodes 32 processors Opteron system
Total of 74 processors are involved
AMATA
KU Gigabit Campus Network
Warine GASS Maeka
Globus 2.4
SQMS SQMS SQMS SQMS
SQMS/G
SCE Portal
SCMSWeb
Related Activity: HEP Data Grid HEP Group is forming in Thailand
NECTEC Chula Mahidol SUT (national synchrotron institute) Chaingmai
Infrastructure Using existing Network (ThaiSarn,Uninet ) Support by participants
In the process in initiating collaboration with CERN
Related activity:Thai e-science Project
New project funded in 2003 Application oriented project
Current members Computational Chemistry Unit Cell, Department of Che
mistry, Chulalongkorn University Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn U
niversity HPCNC, Kasetsart University
Contact:http://www.thai-escience.net/ Dr. Prabhas Chongstitvatana (Associate Professor, Intel
ligent System Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University)[email protected]
Access Grid
Being built in KU since 2002 KU was part of SCGlobal in
SC2003
Being explored by many AIT, NECTEC
Purpose Building fast research
collaboration Technical Training
6 new sites this year
Emerging Project
Thailand National Grid Project (TNGP)
Proposed project funded by Ministry of Information and Communication technologyAbout 5.5 Million US$ ( 3 year Project)
3 main componentsNational Grid CommitteeNational Grid PlatformNational Excellence Center for Grid
Computing
Partner Institutions 14 institutions
Kasetsart University Chulalongkorn University King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang King Mongkut’s University of Technology Mahidol University Chiangmai University Prince of Songkla University KhonKhaen University Suranaree University of Technology Asian Institute of Technology Silpakorn University Walailak University Dept. of Metrological, Ministry of ICT
2 new one in the next 2 years
Target
20 Organizations involved 30 projects running under program Educating 2000 people 15 international collaboration projects
Concept
Advanced network
Grid
DrugDesign
Life Science
AnimationFinancialAnalysis
SimulationModeling
USERS community
Build a strong scientific community (People Grid) having people from cross discipline to talk, work and build
exciting new things Explore innovative application including science, art, culture,
entertainment Extend to industry by industrial partners Use Grid, HPC, Networking to support the mission
(Resources Grid: Data, Computation Grid)
National Grid Committee A committee will be setup to oversee the grid development
Chair: Dr. Surapong Suebwonglee (Minister of ICT) Vice Chair: Dr. Putchong Uthayopas (KU) Secretary : Dr. Vara Varavidthaya (KMITNB) Consists of representative from participant institutes Advisory Committees
Dr. Jack Dongarra (UTK) Dr. Thomas Sterling (NASA JPL) Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka (TITECH) Dr. Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST) Prof. Yuen Poovarawan (KU, Thailand)
Mission Oversee the direction of Thailand Grid Computing Development Encourage and stimulate grid computing development in
Research Education Commercial
National Grid Platform
Startup platform for nation wide grid deployment
Concept A 32 processors Beowulf clusters (16 systems)
will be built for each partner institutes Network upgrading to Gigabit in Bangkok and
some upgrading in upcountry to increase bandwidth
Building a Terascale Cluster as a center for large computation shared by all Thai scientist
CEGCSUT
KKU
CMU
WU
PSU
KMITNB
KU
KMITLCU
Mahidol
KMUTT
AIT
Silpakorn
TMD
Thailand National Grid Platform
Gigabit Network
Upgraded
32 CPU cluster
Teraflop Site
National Excellence Center on Grid Computing Located at Kasetsart University Mission
Conduct grid research projectsOversee the Grid deploymentEducation, technology transfer Industry support International Collaboration
Current Status
The concept has been approved by ICT minister. .
Official committee setup is done Waiting for Budget approval and will start
execution in about 3 months
Conclusion Trends
More active in many area of science and technology : Life science, NanoTechnology
Better national network infrastructure in the near future Fuel by grid computing and many HPC application
Next step Moving at least part of the grid into production level (Sept.)
Building Grid Control Center Pick stable system, installation
Rapidly increasing awareness Forming larger users communities Increasing level of international collaboration
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