National Computational Science Ky PACS at the University of Kentucky April 2000 –Advanced Computing Resources –EPSCoR Outreach –SURA Liaison –John Connolly, Director –KYCCS and KyEPSCoR for NSF

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –Uky HP Exemplar (X-class) SPP-2200 (64 processors; 16 Gbytes; 55Gflops) has been upgraded to HP N-class (96 processors; 96 Gbytes; ~160 Gflops) –3 times the speed, 6 times the memory –Allocation to the Alliance has been increased from 20% to 30% –(so 4 times the capacity to the Alliance)

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –Other than cycles –Repository; training modules; user support –G-force activities –virtual machine room –accounting standards –security –file systems –mass storage –Globus

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –20% of capacity assigned to the Alliance pool –will be increased to 30% –currently there are about 30 Alliance users using about 100,000 hours (annual rate) –this will increase to about 250,000 next year (each new hour worth about 2 of the old) –establish a national center for non-heroic projects (<100,000 hours) –explore the possibility of specializing in chemistry codes (quantum theory; molecular dynamics; etc.)

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –Training: developing transition plan to new machine (X-->N) and OS (SPPUX-->HPUX) –Part of Alliance team to develop modules for MPI etc. –User support –MPI; openMP; f95/00 –parallel code development in MD, QCD, CFD –third party software (e.g. Gaussian) –G-force –Globus VMR; GSI ssh/ftp & Phase 1 ACRS Accounting installed

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –Technology Transfer –Condor pool established in Computer Science department –Several demonstrations and collaborations set up with Biology Workbench –Access node established: –first demo at the Kentucky Chautauqua, August 99 –now established in CCS seminar room –(available for seminars, workshops, training sessions, PACS meetings, etc) –multicast problems solved (we hope)

National Computational Science Ky Advanced Computing Resources –Significant accomplishments( spin-off Centers –Center for Computing in the Humanities (Digital Atheneum); –interdisciplinary center for CS, English, Classics, Philosophy, Linguistics, etc. –focus on non-textual data –IBM/SUR and NSF/DLI grants –Center on Advanced Carbon Materials –molecular modeling of nano-structures –NSF/MRSEC grant

National Computational Science Ky EPSCoR Outreach –Focus: –technology transfer from Alliance to EPSCoR institutions –brokerage of research partnerships –liaison offices at NCSA & DC-ACCESS –$250K supplement from NSF/ANIR to cover these activities for two years (renewal uncertain) –Town meeting at Kentucky Chautauqua Aug. 99 –plan for expansion of AG nodes (KS, AR,ND)

National Computational Science Ky SURA Activities Focus: –building networks in the SouthEast –36 out of 46 members connected to vBNS –design and implementation of SoX –high bandwidth gigapops, e.g. MAC –workshops & conferences in networking applications –involve SURA members in Alliance activities, e.g. Chautauquas

National Computational Science Ky SURA Activities workshops this year: –ViDe (Video Demonstration) Atlanta 4/00 –Health Sciences, Emory 7/00 –Networking applications, Maryland 9/00 –Networking Technology, Kentucky 10/00

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