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Introduction to NeSC: The Gateway to UK e-Science. Dave Berry, Research Manager HEPix Meeting, May 2004. Outline: The UK e-Science Programme. The UK e-Science Programme A quick recap The National e-Science Centre Role and mission The e-Science Institute Some NeSC projects - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction to NeSC:The Gateway to UK e-Science
Dave Berry, Research Manager
HEPix Meeting, May 2004
Outline: The UK e-Science Programme
The UK e-Science ProgrammeA quick recap
The National e-Science Centre Role and missionThe e-Science Institute
Some NeSC projectsFocus on Data management
NERC (£15M)7%
CLRC (£10M)5%
ESRC (£13.6M)6%
PPARC (£57.6M)27%
BBSRC (£18M)8%
MRC (£21.1M)10%
EPSRC (£77.7M)37%
Staff costs -Grid Resources
funded separately
UK e-Science Budget (2001-2006)
Source: Science Budget 2003/4 – 2005/6, DTI(OST)
Total: £213M
Globus Alliance
CeSC (Cambridge)
DigitalCurationCentre
e-Science Institute
Open Middleware
Infrastructure Institute
Grid Operations
Centre
The e-Science Centres
HPC(x)
The EUropean dimension: EGEE
EGEE
Applications
Geant network
Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe
A European-wide production quality GridTotal budget: €32M50% production, 30% development, and 20% dissemination and training
ApproachBind national and regional Grid infrastructures Initially based on LHC Computing Grid
The EGEE Consortium
Total of 70 full partners covering entire EU and beyondAdditional funding from NSF (USA)
UK GridPP (part of EDG/EGEE)
17 UniversitiesRutherford Appleton LaboratoryEuropean Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN)Multiple Projects:
UKQCDBaBarLHCb
VOMS at ManchesterResource Broker at Imperial College4 Regional Computing Centres (inc. ScotGrid)
Outline: The National e-Science Centre
The UK e-Science ProgrammeA quick recap
The National e-Science Centre Role and missionThe e-Science Institute
Some NeSC projectsFocus on Data management
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-Science
Community building & outreachTraining for UK and EGEE
Help establish the UK’s international role
The focus for presenting UK e-Science
Run the e-Science InstituteResearch visitors and events
Undertake R&D projectsReliable middleware (OGSA-DAI, SunDCG, …)Engage industry (IBM, Sun, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, …)Stimulate the uptake of e-Science technology
eSI Events held in our 2nd Year(from 1 Aug 2002 to 31 Jul 2003)
We have had 86 events: 11 project meetings 11 research meetings 25 workshops2 “summer” schools15 training sessions12 outreach events5 international meetings5 e-Science management meetings
(though the definitions are fuzzy!)
eSI Workshops
Space for real workCrossing communitiesCreativity: new strategies and solutionsWritten reports
Scientific Data Mining, Integration and VisualisationGrid Information SystemsPortals and PortletsVirtual Observatory as a Data GridImaging, Medical Analysis and Grid EnvironmentsOpen Issues in Grid SchedulingData Provenance & Annotatione-Science Workflow ServicesGeoSciences & Scottish Bioinformatics Forum
Suggestions always welcome!
eSI Industrial Involvement
133 delegates from 64 companies including not only:
IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, Hewlett-Packard
but also:Apple, Astra Zeneca, BAE, Cisco, Honeywell, Motorola, Organon, Pfizer, Siemens, …
eSI Research Visitors
Collaborate with UK research and developmentEngage in and develop eSI event programmeBuild bridges with your communityVisit for anywhere between one week and six monthsLink up with regional e-Science centres
Outline: NeSC Projects
The UK e-Science ProgrammeA quick recap
The National e-Science Centre Role and missionThe e-Science Institute
Some NeSC projectsFocus on Data management
NeSC Projects
More than 35 projects:Astronomy, Particle Physics, NeuroInformatics, BioInformatics, Middleware, Fundamental CS, Collaboration, Fabric Management, Wearable devices, …Particular emphasis on scientific data management
Over £20,000,000 funding in total
Data Services
GGF Data Access and Integration Services (DAIS)
OGSA interfaces to query and update relational databases, XML databases and flat files.Ongoing work to integrate with data streams
The foundation for:Replication: Data located in multiple locationsFederation: Composition of multiple sourcesProvenance: How was data generated?
OGSA-DAI softwareShipped with Globus Toolkit v3.2
e-ScienceApplication
BinaryData File
BinaryData FileBinary
Data File
BinaryData FileBinary
Data File
BinaryData File
BinX – accessing legacy binary data
The Problem:Many binary data filesApplications must “know”the data formatBinary data formats are machine-specific
BinX Library
The Solution:Write a “stand-aside” format description in XMLProvide a library to
Interpret the description Provide file access across
different machines
Build higher-level services
BinX file describes binary file structure
BinX file describes binary file structure
simulations
The Virtual Observatory
International Virtual Observatory Alliance
UK, Australia, EU, China, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea, US, Russia, France, India
How to integrate manymulti-TB collections ofheterogeneous data distributed globally?
Sociological and technological challenges to be met
Information on our Web Site
National e-Science Centre http://www.nesc.ac.uk/Mission, Foundation, Locations, Staff, ResourcesRegister interest, Mailing lists, NeSCForgeRegional associations and CollaborationsNews, NoticesPresentations and Lectures http://www.nesc.ac.uk/presentations/
e-Science Institute http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/Events (Future and Past)Visitor Programme
UK e-ScienceMap and Index of Centres http://www.nesc.ac.uk/centres/Technical Papers http://www.nesc.ac.uk/technical_papers/Index of >100 Projects http://www.nesc.ac.uk/projects/Task Forces http://www.nesc.ac.uk/teams/
General InformationGlossary, Bibliography,Who’s whoE-Science job vacancies
Questions?
www.nesc.ac.uk