Kento Aida, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Grid Working Group Meeting
Aug. 27th, 2003
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kento Aida
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Agenda
Review of WG charterReview of the past WG activities
partnership with PRAGMA
Report on sessions in Busan MeetingAG workshopJoint session with NR
AOB
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Review of WG Charter
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Grid WG initial objectives (1998)setting up a computational grid across the Pa
cificfacilitating research in metacomputing and e
nabling other user communities to apply high performance computational tools for their specific disciplines
linking up APAN member organizations with participants for collaborative high performance computational projects, Globus, Ninf, Netsolve, etc.
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WG Charter
new working group charterto update the role of the Grid WG
discussionstarting discussion Aug. 2002the first draft Sep. 2002the second draft Dec. 2002the final version Jan. 2003
participantsAPAN Grid WG, APAN NRApGrid, PRAGMA, APEC-TELData Grid
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WG Charter (cont’d)
to be a neutral interface between APAN and grid communities in AP (ApGrid, PRAGMA, APEC-TEL)
To provide an interface between APAN and the grid communities, such as ApGrid, PRAGMA, APEC TEL
To collect and summarize requirements of networking technology and infrastructure from grid and other related communities for APAN technology area.
To collect and identify requirements of grid technology from APAN user community.
To introduce the updated grid middleware technology to APAN user community and natural resource areas.
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Review of the past WG activities
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Past Activities
Fukuoka Meeting (2003 Jan.)1st NR/Grid-WG Joint session Collaboration for the PRAGMA workshop
Drafting MoU for the partnership between APAN and PRAGMA
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Partnership with PRAGMA
APAN and PRAGMA will sign MoU for close cooperation. (APAN Monthly Update, Aug 2003 )PRAGMA: Pacific Rim Applications and Gr
id Middleware Assembly
Grid WG worked for drafting the MoU with the APAN committee and PRAGMA.
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PRAGMA Goals
Establish sustained collaborations and advance the use of the grid technologies for applications among a community of investigators working with leading institutions around the Pacific Rim
Working closely with established activities that promote grid activities or the underlying infrastructure, both in the Pacific Rim and globally
http://www.pragma-grid.net/
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http://www.pragma-grid.net/
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PRAGMA Activities Encourage and conduct joint (multilaterial) projects th
at promote development of grid facilities and technologies
Share resources to ensure project success Conduct multi-site training Exchange researchers Meet and communicate regularly Collaborate with and participate in major regional and
international activities such as APAN, APGrid, APECTel, GGF
Disseminate and promote knowledge of using the grid among domain experts and scientists
Disseminate proceedings and summaries of events Provide resource for PRAGMA members to raise level
of awareness and funding for grid activities
http://www.pragma-grid.net/
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MoU
proposal by PRAGMA (Mar 2003)1st draft
approval by the APAN Grid WG (May 2003)2nd draft
approval by the area director and the members of APAN (May 2003)
approval by APAN (Jun 2003)approved by PRAGMA (Jul 2003)
3rd draft
signed by APAN and PRAGMA (Aug. 2003)
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MoU: Benefits of Partnership
PRAGMA wishes “to advance the use of grid technologies in applications among a community of investigators working with leading institutions around the Pacific Rim”, and has a stated objective to ” collaborate with and participate in major regional and international activities sponsored by such organizations as APAN, ApGrid, APECTel, and APAN”;
APAN wishes “to collect requirements of networking technology from grid and other related activities, and to introduce advanced grid technology to APAN member countries”, and has a stated objective to “collaborate with and participate in major regional and international activities sponsored by such organizations as PRAGMA, ApGrid, and APECTel.”
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MoU: PRAGMA will …
Endorse and promote APAN mission and goals byIdentifying PRAGMA as an Affiliate member of
APAN (on the PRAGMA Web site)Encouraging participation in APAN meetings, and
working groupsParticipating, as appropriate, in APAN leadership
and advisory committees as appropriateDisseminating to PRAGMA members information
and news about APANSending representatives to APAN meetings, and p
roviding updates as appropriateProviding link on PRAGMA website to APAN activi
ties
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MoU: PRAGMA will … (cont’d)Involve APAN in PRAGMA activities by
Listing APAN as an Organizational Affiliate, with all the rights of an Affiliate Member
Providing APAN with PRAGMA Annual ReportsWork jointly with APAN “to facilitate and
support the creation of computational grids” in and among the Pacific Rim institutions byProvide APAN with regional input via PRAGMA
membersHosting joint workshops and meetings in the
Pacific RimDeveloping and promoting joint-training programs
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MoU: APAN will …Endorse and promote PRAGMA mission and
activities by:Endorsing the principles, operating procedures and
activity of PRAGMA Encouraging appropriate participation in PRAGMA
activitiesSending representatives to PRAGMA meetings, and
providing updates as appropriateListing PRAGMA as an APAN Affiliate Member on the
APAN web site.Identifying APAN as an Organizational Affiliate
member of PRAGMA on the APAN web site.Disseminating to APAN members information and
news about PRAGMA, and promoting knowledge gained from PRAGMA of using the grid among domain experts and scientists globally
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MoU: APAN will … (cont’d)
Involve PRAGMA members in APAN activities by:Encouraging active participation by PRAGMA me
mbersInviting PRAGMA representatives to participate in
APAN.
Work jointly with PRAGMA “to facilitate and support the creation of computational grids” in and among the Pacific Rim institutions byCoordinating joint meetings between APAN and P
RAGMA
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Report on sessions in Busan Meeting
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Access Grid Workshop
Aug 26th (full day)
Organized by APAN Busan Meeting AG Training WS Committee
Tutorial on AG and update on AG 2.0Mini-AG setup and deployment with hands
-on experience Status report and Panel discussion
Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia
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2nd Joint Session with NRAugust 27(Wed) 1600-1740Organized by K. Aida (TITECH) and S. Ninomiya
Ninf-G: Grid RPC System -- K. Aida (TITECH, Japan)Grid Project in Korea -- Jongsuk Ruth Lee (KISTI, KO
REA)Collaborative VR grid in Meteorology --M. Joh (KORE
A)Data Centric framework for Meteorology --H. Choo (K
OREA)Present Status of Ag-Grid in Japan -- M. Laurenson an
d S.Ninomiya (NARC)
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AOB
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Discussion
Closer relationship between APAN and Grid communitiesHow does the APAN create closer
relationship with Grid communities globally?
kick-off meeting (Aug. 28th)
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Demo on SC2003
AIST, TITECH, Univ. Tsukuba, Tokyo Denki Univ. Grid middleware and applications ApGrid Testbed Grid Datafarm (BW Challenge)
Osaka University BioGrid HDTV data transfer
NCHC KISTI KU SCglobal
AIST, KU