CLCAR 2009 Mérida Venezuela Marcio Faerman RNP – Red Nacional de Enseñanza e Investigación de Brasil

Research Panorama in Brazil I – Expansion and Consolidation of National System of Science, Technology and Innovation II – Promoting Technological Innovation in Business III – Research, Development and Innovation in Strategical Areas 1. Bio and Nanotechnology 2. Information and Communication Technologies 3. Health 4. Biofuels 5. Electrical Power, Hidrogen and Renewable energy sources 6. Oil, Gas and Coal 7. Agribusiness 8. Biodiversity and Natural Resources 9. Amazon and Semi-Arid Brazilian regions 10. Meteorology and Climate Change 11. Space Program 12. Nuclear Energy Program 13. National Defence and Public Security IV – S,T & I for Social Development Research in Numbers –~ registered researchers –Recently created 101 science and technology consortia Source: Science & Technology Ministry - Action Plan

© 2009 – RNP RNP is Brazil’s NREN (National Research and Education Network), fully supported by the federal government to provide advanced network services to the higher education and research community. RNP has operated its own IP network since 1992, and has continually renewed its technology since then. Since 2002, RNP, together with CPqD, the leading telco R&D centre, has built and operated a wide-area optical network testbed (Project GIGA), which is now being directed to Future Internet research and development, beginnng in About RNP

Research networks and testbeds in Brazil World-class research networks to support large-scale collaborations: –RNP national backbone network - up to 10 Gbps upgrading to hybrid packet-circuit architecture in 2010 –RNP metropolitan dark fibre networks in capital cities –international connections to Latin America and Europe (through RedClara) and to North America (with ANSP) upgrading to 20+ Gbps in 2009 (including RedClara2/ALICE2) cross-border fibre to neighbouring countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile) by 2010 Large-scale optical network testbeds provided through: –Project GIGA km (with CPqD, federal support) –Project KyaTera km (SP state support) –Future (from 2010) availability of experimental capacity on production network infrastructure Experimental network R&D in Brazil

Research and Testbed Networks in Brazil, 2009 to GEANT (Madrid)

SP DF RJ CE BA PR SC RS PE RN GO MT ES MS PB all links: 10G waves hybrid packet-circuit architecture dynamic circuits under study capacity to be available for FI experimentation SE AL RNP Network – 2010 Possible 10G links PI MA PA TO RO AC MG LNCC

Dynamic circuits for a hybrid network A requirement for international cooperation Experimental evaluation underway: I2-DCN x AutoBAHN x ARGIA Collaboration provided by international partners: Internet2, Canarie, GEANT, NORDUnet Various research groups engaged: CPqD, UECE, UFES, UFF, UFPA, UFRJ, UFRS, UFSC, UNIFACS, USP Experimental network R&D in Brazil

Project GIGA testbed Since 2002 RNP, the local NREN, and CPqD, the leading R&D centre in telecom, have jointly coordinated a large- scale experimental R&D initiative in networks and applications, built around a wide area optical testbed network in southeast Brazil, with the active participation of research groups from over 50 research institutions and local industry. In 2009, a second phase of this initiative was begun to focus more clearly on the future of the Internet, with support for a “clean-slate” approach –proposed provision of GENI or FIRE-style testbed with virtualised resources and programmable network devices –testbed to be extended using circuits from RNP’s future hybrid Research Network Experimental network R&D in Brazil

RNP involvement in testbeds: pertinent strategic objectives testbed as a “pre-deployment” laboratory for future versions of RNP networks, with planetary scale experiments (using our international connections) when appropriate FIRE / GENI class testbed for Future Internet architectures and applications Wide involvement of Brazilian R&D groups and open to collaboration (federation) with similar initiatives in other countries –Focus on research and prototype development –Maintain close links with academic community and local industry –Participation in planetary-scale experiments Experimental network R&D in Brazil

Some FI research activities in Brazil GIGA Phase 2 will support a wide variety of concurrent FI research activities, both in networking technologies and user applications. “Horizon” (new Internet architectures) approved in 2008 by Funttel (Brazil) and ANR (France) –UFRJ, Unicamp, PUC-Rio, UMPC (FR), industrial partners “Web Science” (consortium led by UFRJ) approved in 2008 by CNPq (National Institutes for S&T (INCT): 3 to 5 years) –experimental research into “Future Internet Architectures” (researchers from RNP, UFF, UFPA, UNIFACS, USP) initial construction of optical+wireless testbed, with adoption of PlanetLab/VINI for network virtualization, based on RNP network Experimental network R&D in Brazil

International collaborations - 1 RNP strongly supports CLARA and the ALICE2 project, partially financed by the EU, which will improve international links within Latin America and to GEANT –RNP is investing in cross-border fibre projects connecting Brazil to Southern Cone countries: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay –RNP and ANSP provide redundant connectivity to RedCLARA by ceding bandwidth between US and Brazil RNP is a member of –GLIF (Global Lambda Interactive Facility) development of circuit technologies and their use –CineGrid technologies and network support for digital cinema Experimental network R&D in Brazil

International collaborations - 2 RNP has recently supported a number of projects seeking US funding (IRNC2 programme from NSF). –FENRIR, “Federated Experimental Network Resources for International Research” – NORDUnet –“Supporting eScience applications using path-engineered multi-layer hybrid networks and wide-area file systems” – U. Virginia –“AmLight Teleconcordia: Collaboratory Without Walls For Computational Science” - FIU Experimental network R&D in Brazil

Conclusion RNP –provides network connectivity within Brazil and with other countries –is modernizing its infrastructure to provide high-quality IP and end-to-end circuit connectivity for scientific collaboration, both at national and international levels –provides experimental infrastructure for FI R&D –is “well-connected” to research communities in FI in Brazil Experimental network R&D in Brazil

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking14 RNP – Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa RNP is the Brazilian NREN –maintained by the Brazilian government (since 1989) to enable network access to the national research and education community –provides national (inter-state) and international R&E connectivity for more than 300 public and private universities and research centers through the provision of advanced networking infrastructure also provides commodity access – one-stop shopping –promotes the development of advanced networking and applications Since 2000, RNP is managed for the federal government by a non- profit private company, RNP-OS, legally recognised as an “Organização Social”, which allows the government to contract its services without competitive tender. Annual cost of RNP is around US$ 25M (70% telco contracts)

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking15 RNP’s service networks RNP includes the following funded connectivity: National backbone network – Rede IPÊ –1 PoP (Point of Presence) in each state – usually a federal university –Link capacity depends on the available telco infrastructure –Currently from 2 Mbps to 10 Gbps Direct intercity connections between state PoP and non-local federal instituions (education, science and technology) –Currently from 2 to 155 Mbps (depends on the institution) Community-based optical metro networks connected to PoPs –Currently being built out – 4 out of 27 already in operation No service charges are made to end user institutions Non-federal institutions are normally required to fund their own access links

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking16 Rede IPÊ – national backbone network Last big reform in 2005 (5 th phase) Capacity reflects available telco infrastructure Currently composed of: Multigigabit core network –4 PoPs at 10 Gbps, and 6 PoPs at 2.5 Gbps –IP over lambdas ( km) Terrestrial SDH connections to 15 PoPs –Most links are 34 Mbps –Some at 2 Mbps –Some upgrades in 2007 to 102, 155 and 622 Mbps 2 PoPs connected by satellite at 2 Mbps

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking17 Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs These include: –Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education –Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies –Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, … –Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP) –Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking18 New computing cluster at INPE/CPTEC (2007) Cluster of 1100 processors, with peak rate of 5.7 Tflops. 62 TB of formatted disc storage Cost of US$2.4M. Occupied 416 th of the “Top 500” Inaugurated on 31/7/2007

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking19 Community-based optical metropolitan networks Since 2004, RNP has also concentrated its attention on metropolitan networks, to provide adequate access to the multigigabit IPÊ network –Funding provided by Science and Technology ministry, complemented by contributions from state and city governments and by private R&E participants These metro networks are based on owned dark fiber networks, shared between the R&E institutions served –typically operate at 1 Gbps and permit: interconnection of the campi of the participating institutions access to RNP´s IPÊ network PoP reduction of current costs easy to upgrade (e.g. to 10 Gbps) – just replace the terminal equipment Pilot project: o projeto MetroBel na cidade de Belém do Pará, whose metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 millions –network was inaugurated in May 2007

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking20 MetroBel 12 institutions with 32 campi each institution has its own pair of fibers (for internal connectivity) 30 km ring (48 fibres) 10 km extension to Ananindeua (36 fibres) 12 km access links (6 fibres) Institution A Institution C Institution B RNPPoP to IPÊ network

Community metro networks nationally By mid 2010, RNP expects to have deployed all 27 of these networks, reaching all the metropolitan campi of around 250 R&E institutions countrywide at 1 Gbps In most of these the local governments are participating for internal IT and for connecting schools and hospitals This digital empowerment is expected to have significant consequences for the use of the national and international networks for scientific collaboration

Adoption of hybrid (packet + circuit) architecture Since 2002, the more advanced R&E networks in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific have been developing new forms of administering networks. Led by the Netherlands and Canada, these networks have sought to provide massive bandwidth, using WDM optical infrastructure, providing simultaneously: –Packet-switched network, like the present Internet –Circuit-switched network, for high-bandwidth applications such as grid computing and interactive HD video, which require dynamic provisioning Such initiatives provide support for international collaboration through the GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)

Hybrid networks in Brazil? The main argument for hybrid networks is cost – they are the cheapest way to deploy really high capacity networks RNP feels it cannot ignore this tendency, without restricting certain classes of scientific collaboration. The hybrid architecture will be probably not be adopted everywhere at the same time, but will be introduced together with higher bandwidth links

Traditional e-Science Communities High Energy Physics –LCG EELA-2, CBPF –OSG T2s UERJ, UNESP Astronomy –Major Partner of SOAR Telescope –Remote Observation Rooms –Dark Energy Survey (DES) –LSST –Brazilian National Observatory, –Brazilian National Astrophysics Lab

Bulletins PCD SCD1 SCD2 SX6 Satellite Imagery Weather forecast models Discussions INPE- Climate Studies, Weather Forecast, Earth Observation Cross Disciplines - Agriculture, Health

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking26 Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs These include: –Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education –Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies –Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, … –Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP) –Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)

New computing cluster at INPE/CPTEC (2007) Cluster of 1100 processors, with peak rate of 5.7 Tflops. 62 TB of formatted disc storage Cost of US$2.4M. Occupied 416 th of the “Top 500” Inaugurated on 31/7/2007

RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking28 Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs These include: –Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education –Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies –Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, … –Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP) –Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network) –Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)

e-Health RNP RUTE e-Health Network –~130 Health Institutions –Remote Diagnostic –Special Interest Groups – Computer Assisted Medicine INCT Virtual Physiological Human –Multi-Scale – Organs to Molecular Level –USP, Unifesp, UFSC, UFMG, UFPE, UFRGS, UFRJ, UERJ, LNCC, RNP –At ICT Lyon

Other Emerging Areas Biodiversity –Amazon, Semi-Arid –27 institutions community –Data and Model oriented Culture and Arts –National Library – International Digital Library –Museum e-Collections Coordination with EU-LA ProIdeal –Cinegrid – HD Movie gigabit/s transmission – Jul ´09 Brazil, USA and Japan

e-Infrastructure is There Distributed Computing Infrastructures –EELA-2, OurGrid, VCG –SINAPAD HPC –Petrobras HPC –INPE/CPTEC HPC Multi-gigabit network –RNP –Gigabit metro network 2010 at all state capitals Large Instruments –Synchrotron –Microscopes –Telescopes –FP6 RinGrid Project BR Synchrotron Light National Lab

R&D for Inovation High Speed Transport WG Diagnostics and Failure Recovery Automation WG e-Learning Infrastructure WG e-Education WG Virtual Community Grid WG Virtual Museum WG Overlay Network WG Public Key Infrastructure for Education Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure MonIpê –End to End Monitoring Service TV Content Exchange between universities 32

33 The “global” Grid coverage How to take care of the future of e- infrastructures?

34 The EELA Project EELA-2 ( CP-CSA under EU FP7) EELA ( SSA under EU FP6) E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America EC support: 1.7 M€ CIEMAT extra support: 0.4 M€ 10 Countries (3 in Europe) 2 International Organisations 20 Members (7 in Europe) E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America EC support: 2.1 M€ CETA-CIEMAT extra funds: 0.3 M€ Currently 16 Countries (11 in LA) 2 new countries (Panama & Uruguay) 1 International Organisation (CLARA) Currently 78 Members (62 in LA) 32 Institutions joining (31 in LA) Currently 13 JRUs (9 in LA) 4 new JRUs (3 in LA) At the final review EELA was awarded the highest EC rank: “Good to excellent project”

CLARA Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas –Latin American network backbone –9 nodes, interconnecting 13 Latin American NRENs –ALICE2, was approved by the EC and will receive funding until 2012 both from the EC and from LA- NRENs. –The project, which began in November 2008, is coordinated by CLARA, which is seeking to acquire long-term access to telecommunications infrastructure, such as optical fibre and wavelengths, which can be used to provide scalable network capacity with low maintenance cost. –to Europe (GÉANT2) 622 Mbps Financed by EU (in part) –Mexico – USA (Pacific Wave): 1 Gbps

Multi-domain Coordination

EELA Grid Sustainability Proposal for LA

Interoperable Network Monitoring Compatible with perfSONAR Collaboration with Internet 2, GEANT and other NRENs Goal is to provide uniform monitoring across multiple domains

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Communicating Cyberinfrastructure and e- Collaboration Virtual Community Grid WG (partnership with LNCC) National Public key infrastructure for Education Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure Partnership with National System of High Performance Computing - SINAPAD Program led by LNCC The EELA-2 Project – E-science Grid Facility for Europe and Latin America “Programa de Fomento al Uso de Redes Avanzadas en Latinoamérica para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación”, OEA/FEMCIDI/CLARA RINGrid Project – Remote Intrumentation Grid HEPGrid, Sprace Brazilian e-Science collaboration 41

42 Brazilian e-Science Collaboration Network: major objectives Promote colaboration in e-Science and provision of Cyberinfrastructure amongst its members; Encourage the expansion of the Collaboration Network; Promote Collaboration Network participation in national and international e-Science projects; Contribute to the discussion and formulation of public policy for the development of e-Science and investment in Cyberinfrastructure.

General Considerations Multiple network domains must be taken into consideration for end to end quality services –Both nationally and internationally –Seamless coordinated inter-operation between academic networks still a challenge –A lot of progress being made lately thanks to big pushers / early adopters Astronomy, High Energy Physics Community, Climate, Earth Observation Integration between network, data repositories, compute, storage resources, applications and users is key –Cross disciplinary engagement Need broad strategical planning for partnerships, collaborations and funding Looking forward to increasing collaboration with Colombia

Gracias! Marcio Faerman RNP – Red Nacional de Enseñanza e Investigación de Brasil