switch visit to nesc malcolm atkinson director 5 th october 2004
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SWITCHVisit to NeSC
Malcolm AtkinsonDirector
www.nesc.ac.uk
5th October 2004
Outline
The UK e-Science ProgrammeFunding and organisationThe UK Grid
What is e-Science?Goal: to enable better researchMethod: Invention and exploitation of advanced computational methods
to generate, curate and analyse research data From experiments, observations and simulations Quality management, preservation and reliable evidence
to develop and explore models and simulations Computation and data at extreme scales Trustworthy, economic, timely and relevant results
to enable dynamic distributed virtual organisations
Facilitating collaboration with information and resource sharing Security, reliability, accountability, manageability and agility
Is e-Science different in Switzerland?
The Primary Requirement …
Enabling People to Work Together on Challenging Projects: Science, Engineering & Medicine
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
Applied (£35M)45%
HPC (£11.5M)15%
Core (£31.2M)40%
EPSRC Breakdown
UK e-Science Budget (2001-2006)
Source: Science Budget 2003/4 – 2005/6, DTI(OST)
Total: £213M
+ Industrial Contributions
Globus Alliance
CeSC (Cambridge)
DigitalCurationCentre
e-Science Institute
Open Middleware
Infrastructure Institute
The e-Science Centres
EGEE
Grid Operations
SupportCentre
CeSC (Cambridge)
The e-ScienceGrid
Engineering Task Force
(Contributions from e-Science Centres)
Grid Support Centre / Grid
Operations Centre
OGSA Test Grid projects
Architecture Task Force
Security Task Force
Usability Task Force
HPC(x)
1600 x CPUAIX
64 x CPU4TB Disk
Linux
20 x CPU18TB Disk
Linux
512 x CPUIrix
The European dimension
EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe
… and beyond32M Euro, 10 regions, 70 partnersAdditional funding from NSF (USA)50% production, 30% development, and 20% dissemination and training
“The Grid Infrastructure in Europe”Deploy a production Grid across EuropeInitially based on LHC Computing Grid
UK NGS will converge and run same e-Infrastructure
Importance of collaboration: VDT
A highly successful collaborative effort
VDT Working GroupVDS (Chimera/Pegasus) team
Provides the “V” in VDT
Condor TeamGlobus AllianceNMI Build and Test team EDG/LCG/EGEE
Middleware, testing, patches, feedback …
PPDG Hardening and testing
Pacman Provides easy installation
capability Currently Pacman 2, moving to
Pacman 3 soon
Used by many projectsSystematic testingRich integration of
componentsThe UK should be part of
this – exploit test bedcontribute components
Thanks to Miron Livny
Where Next for e-Infrastructure
Put people and teams firstInvest in building a communityThe creative forceThe repository of Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Focus on Major PrioritiesDeveloping well-defined Flexible Agreements
Embraced as standards
High-level Software Investment Applications & Requirements led
Explore & Evolve Common & Shared Infrastructure
Recognise and respond to differencesCelebrate and support commonalities
International Collaboration EssentialGlobal ResearchStandards and interoperation