LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 1 Manuela Campanelli The University of Texas at Brownsville Education and Outreach An Overview on GriPhyN and iVDGL Outreach

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 2 E/O mission in GriPhyN/iVDGL Integrated effort to communicate the ideas of the computational and data grids to a diverse community of faculty and students (at all levels) as well as the public at large. Direct participation of minority serving institutions (MSI) into grid related research via the inclusion of Tier 3 centers.

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 3 GriPhyN/iVDGL Tier 3 Centers: where we are … UF Wisconsin Fermilab BNL Indiana Boston U SKC Brownsville Hampton PSU J. Hopkins Caltech Tier1 Tier2 Tier3 FIU FSU Arlington Michigan LBL Oklahoma Argonne Vanderbilt UCSD/SDSC NCSA

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 4 GriPhyN/iVDGL Tier 3 Centers: who we are … »Manuela Campanelli (E/O coordinator) »Joe Romano (GriPhyN investigator) »Sean Morris (undergrad student) »Jose’ Zamora (undergrad student) »Santiago Pena (grad student) »Keith Baker (iVDGL deputy) »Ken Cecire (QuarkNet) »Howard Brown (undergrad student) »Tim Olson (iVDGL investigator) »Misty Cordier, Scott Dupuis »2 undergrad students UT Brownsville: »Hispanic College and University »9000 students (90% Hispanic American) »LSC institution (LIGO research) »NASA-URC Center Hampton University: »Historically Black College and University »6000 students (mostly African American) »QuarkNet and ATLAS/COSM Center Salish Kootenai College: »Tribal College »2000 students (80% native American) »LSC institution (LIGO research)

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 5 Web Site Development : : E/O coordinator developed the : GriPhyN Education and Outreach Center Basic educational material about data grids, information about the physics experiments, general E/O activities etc. Technical support information: UTB beowulf system, documentation and “how-to” guides for VDT installation and use. 2003: New undergrad student (Ariel Martinez) to improve the site, REU Student Projects, UTB Fall 2001

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 6 GriPhyN/iVDGL E/O Meetings UTB Spring 2002: first E/O meeting! HU Spring 2003: next E/O meeting …

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 7 Leveraging existing E/O programs Examples: Skyserver Classes at SCK Skyserver talk at SC2002 EOT PACI meeting Trillium Newsletter 2002 Regular telecom, mailing and E/O meeting UTB coordinator: Successful collaboration with EOT-PACI (Roscoe Giles & Scott Lathrop), SDSS Skyserver (Jordan Raddick) and PPDG (Ruth Pordes) to link our E/O activities. Year 2002 … Continue collaboration with PPDG, EOT-PACI, Skyserver…etc Start collaboration QuarkNet (HU) Year 2003 …

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 8 Newsletter 2002 Trillium Collaboration GriPhyN/PPDG/iVDGL E/O effort SC 2002

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 9 UTB students participation … Jose’ Zamora and Sean Morriss (undergrad), Santiago Peña (grad): design, construction, and administration of 96 node Linux cluster. installation and documentation of VDT, Worldgrid, DOE certificates. LIGO data analysis software iVDGL summer 2002 trips, SC2002 student volunteer program, Newsletter 2002 help Next challenges: design and construction of a new 64 nodes cluster, Internet2. ongoing Worldgrid demos and iVDGL/LIGO tested at SC2003. iVDGL summer 2003 trips, SC2003 student volunteer program UTB Summer 2002

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 10 UTB Linux cluster `Lobizon’ Internet Router Warp.utb.edu (Firewall router) Lobizon.utb.edu (Server / Master) Matrix Switch DHCP/Image server 96 node cluster (1-24), (1-24) and (1-24), (1-24) Intel Pentium III, 812mhz, 512 RAM, 40Gb UTB Fall 2001 …

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 11 Getting all Tier 3 Centers in the grid … UTB: »Experience in clustering and grid software (VDT, Worldgrid etc) installation and demos. Coordinate activities and provide help to all Tier 3 centers. NASA URC funds to construct a new 64-node Linux cluster bringing additional students involved in grid- related research. HU: »A 4-node Linux cluster has been constructed by CS and physics undergraduate students. Ongoing Worldgrid installation. Organize a new E/O meeting in spring 2003 with participation of COSM center and iVDGL Tier 3 students. SKC: »Started the design of a 32-node Linux iVDGL cluster involving CS and Physics professors and undergraduate students. Tim Olson plans to visit UTB in spring 2003.

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 12 Increasing the participation of students Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Proposal for a REU supplement from NSF to support 10 to 20 undergraduate students doing grid-related research during semesters or summer at several GriPhyN/iVDGL Institutions. In order to achieve this goal we need to know: »Mentors »Research Projects »Selection Procedures »Budgets Interested mentoring Institutions: 1.Florida U (Paul Avery), 2.Indiana U (James Williams, John Hicks), 3.Fermilab (Ruth Pordes), 4.Chicago (Ian Foster, Tom Garritano), 5.UW Milwaukee (Bruce Allen), 6.UT Brownsville (Manuela Campanelli). At least 2 students per Institution! Spring 2003 goal! E/O Collaboration Effort!

LIGO- G Z EAC Meeting (Jan 2003)LSC Member Institution (UT Brownsville) 13 Summary Continue E/O web page development … Organization of E/O workshops: UTB 2002, HU 2003 etc Leveraging on E/O programs: EOT-PACI, Skyserver, PPDG and QuarkNet Yearly Trillium Newsletter Tier 3 Centers: regular collaboration (mailing list, telecom), Linux cluster design and construction, grid software installation and Worldgrid demos ongoing … Student participation: clustering and grid software activities, summer trips, conferences (SC, APS, EO meetings), REU etc