27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting1 Cyberinfrastructure for Multidisciplinary Science National Lab for Scientific Computing – LNCC Bruno Schulze –

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting2 background National Laboratory on Scientific Computing - LNCC Research Institute of Min. Science & Technology – MCT Early involvement in a National Grid Proposal since 2002 with the participation of RNP, HPC Centers, Univertisities and Research Centers, and MCT funding agencies Involvement in Research Projects on Cyberenvironments (Grids) and Applications since 2002 Involvement in Multiple (8) related Grid projets in the context of RNP Gigabit experimental network Assigned by MCT the Coordination of SINAPAD (National HPC System) The SINAPAD legal framework is established in 2003

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting3 Engagements in Cyberenvironments Security Issues Global Insfrastructure National HPC System SINAPAD as an extension of NCSA resources Grid Middleware and Services Portals to Specific Applications Targeting Universities and Research Centers

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting4 Some Application Areas and Projects HEMOLAB: haemodynamics modeling of the human cardiovascular system GENOMA: strong bioinformatics team in the country CATO: data assimilation, physical oceanography, weather predictability and climate studies Medical Simulation System integrating modeling, grids, haptic devices and training Dynamics of water in hydrologic basins Molecular dynamics (Physics) GEOMA: environmental modeling in Amazonia Astronomy (Data Management)

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting5 History of academic HPC in Brazil Brazil has a territorial extent of about 8.5 million km 2 and the federal constitutional order is similar to the USA, with 26 states and a Federal District around the national capital, Brasília. The history of academic HPC in Brazil begins in 1990, based on the concept of government- funded regional centers open to universities and research institutes, with 7 such centers being established between 1992 and 1997.

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting6 SINAPAD is... A network of operational high performance computing centers (7), regionally distributed, aimed at providing computation on demand to education and scientific purposes. Objectives include –Foster the HPC culture along the country –Support development of products and applications –Transfer knowledge and technology –Include another 3 center in the nothern region

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27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting8 YPE Network

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting9 Remarks Will a single Grid - CA be sufficient for a large country as Brazil ? More than a dozen Grid initiatives going on and different application focus SINAPAD is currently operating a CA a OpenCA version and testing compatibility of ICP-EDU software with GRID Cas Recent paper on CTWatch quarterly - february

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting10 Thanks! Bruno Schulze – National Lab for Scientific Computing – LNCC

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting11 Bioinformatics

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting12 CATO Data Assimilation Physical Oceanography Weather Predictability Climate Studies

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting13 Computational Modeling of the Human Cardiovascular System (HCVS) 1D/3D Models – Case Studies Study the sensitivity of the arterial pulse for different degrees of stenosis at the carotid bifurcation FEM Mesh: 128 segments, 1212 nodes, 1326 elements 1D district: –Entire arterial tree 3D district: –Carotid bifurcation Position A

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting14 AGUAS Hydrologic Basin – e.g.: Paraiba do Sul – Rio - SP - MG ANA – National Agency on Hydrologic Resources

27-29 March 06TAGPMA Meeting15 Amazonia: the forest... Source: Carlos Nobre (INPE)