OSC and Blue Collar Computing Overview

Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) Major Thrusts

• Shared, statewide services and technology leadership– Leading and collaborating research with many state and

national partners– High performance computing resources for all state public

and private higher education institutions – New collaborations for computational science education

and workforce development– Renewed focus on economic development through Blue

Collar Computing and networking for businesses

Ohio’s innovation economic development tool

– Blue Collar Computing (BCC) provides industrial clients with supercomputing resources, training, and expertise to enhance their competitiveness

– Public and private sector researchers partner to:

• Accelerate product development• Promote process improvement • Solve challenging scientific and

industrial / business problems– BCC Impacts Time, Quality and Cost

of Product & Service Development

– IBM Global Services – OSC’s partner for BCC service development and business planning

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BCC Partnerships: OSC, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI), and Council on Competitiveness (CoC)

• OSC works closely with the CoC to promote HPC for industrial productivity

• OSC is part of the CoC and USC/ISI effort to create a National Innovation Collaboration Ecosystem (NICE)

• CoC and USC/ISI want to scale OSC BCC project up to a national level

Blue Collar Computing established for focused industrial solutions

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Blue Collar Computing: Filling in the missing middle

Blue Collar Computing Research Innovation Partnership with EWI

– E-Weld Predictor Portal • EWI membership (80

clients, 800 CPU hours)• Significantly increases

solve time for automotive, energy, and others for weld parameters

– 2007 TopCAT Innovation Award Finalist for Outstanding Technology Team

– PolymerOhio and KISTI (Korean Institute of Science and Technology) collaborating with OSC on related fan blade model

EWI eWeld Portal Impact

Previously E-Weld

Expertise Needed Ph.D. B.S.

Run Time 52 days 4-5 days

Solution Time 6-8 months 1-2 months

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• BCC Example: Polymer Portal in collaboration with PolymerOhio

• Polymers and plastics is a large industry in Ohio (2800 companies, 175,000 employees)

• The polymer portal is being developed to provide:

– Expertise in polymer science and engineering

– Computational resources and software for modeling and simulation

– Databases with relevant material properties

– Advanced instrumentation – Training– Vendor relevant material– Business intelligence and strategy

Software components supporting the Polymer Portal

Established Blue Collar Computing for focused industrial solutions