E. Wes Bethel, LBNL Coordinating PI, co-PI E. Wes Bethel, LBNL Coordinating PI, co-PI The SciDAC Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technology Program Review Rockville, MD 4/28/2009 The SciDAC Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technology Program Review Rockville, MD 4/28/2009

Wrap Up Thanks for your time! We trust we have conveyed that VACET: –Indeed advances SciDAC program objectives –Is doing a great job as a CET –Is an excellent investment for SciDAC Thanks for your time! We trust we have conveyed that VACET: –Indeed advances SciDAC program objectives –Is doing a great job as a CET –Is an excellent investment for SciDAC

The End Visualization of a one-trillion- zone dataset on 40K CrayXT4 cores.

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Stakeholders Vote with their Feet ADPEC adopts VisIt for production-quality AMR visualization

Stakeholders Vote with their Feet John Cary (Tech-X) –Making concerted effort to migrate FACETS and numerous other Tech-X efforts to VisIt. –Generated an animation using VisIt that won an award at SciDAC –Contributing to VisIt in the form of file loaders (VORPAL loader). –Using VisIt-generated visuals in day-to-day science activities and for special events (e.g., upcoming review). John Cary (Tech-X) –Making concerted effort to migrate FACETS and numerous other Tech-X efforts to VisIt. –Generated an animation using VisIt that won an award at SciDAC –Contributing to VisIt in the form of file loaders (VORPAL loader). –Using VisIt-generated visuals in day-to-day science activities and for special events (e.g., upcoming review).

Stakeholders Vote with their Feet Jacqueline Chen (SNL-CA) –In her SciDAC 2008 presentation: “For the first time, I can see …” –She hires a post-doc from VACET to work exclusively on continuing this project. Bronson Messer (ORNL) (Working with Tony Mezzacappa) –All visuals in his SciDAC 2008 presentation done using VACET technology. Jacqueline Chen (SNL-CA) –In her SciDAC 2008 presentation: “For the first time, I can see …” –She hires a post-doc from VACET to work exclusively on continuing this project. Bronson Messer (ORNL) (Working with Tony Mezzacappa) –All visuals in his SciDAC 2008 presentation done using VACET technology.

VACET Project Weaknesses (Our View) Financial Computational Resources Long-term staffing Financial Computational Resources Long-term staffing

VACET Financial Concerns Need 25% budget increase to avoid staff reductions dictated by 5-year flat budget. –First priority is to protect the existing investment –People are our most precious resource Could use an additional 25% for software engineering –This activity requires a lot of effort Need 25% budget increase to avoid staff reductions dictated by 5-year flat budget. –First priority is to protect the existing investment –People are our most precious resource Could use an additional 25% for software engineering –This activity requires a lot of effort

Computational Resources Shortage of high speed, spinning disk –NGF allocation presently about 15TB –Stakeholder near-term plans (<12months) call for storage requirements in range TB –This type of storage costs $1K-$2K/TB –Request for more storage submitted, no guarantees Impact of flat budget: limited local resources for research platforms Shortage of high speed, spinning disk –NGF allocation presently about 15TB –Stakeholder near-term plans (<12months) call for storage requirements in range TB –This type of storage costs $1K-$2K/TB –Request for more storage submitted, no guarantees Impact of flat budget: limited local resources for research platforms

Long-term Staffing People are our most precious resource –Want to hire, retain talent to ensure long-term project success Flat budget makes future uncertain for 25% of our staff Long-term programs like SciDAC (5-year award) very helpful One primary VACET objective is to do everything possible to ensure the SciDAC program as a whole is successful. –We very much want to see a “SciDAC-3” People are our most precious resource –Want to hire, retain talent to ensure long-term project success Flat budget makes future uncertain for 25% of our staff Long-term programs like SciDAC (5-year award) very helpful One primary VACET objective is to do everything possible to ensure the SciDAC program as a whole is successful. –We very much want to see a “SciDAC-3”