1. E-Science Applications in Thailand
Panjai Tantasanawong
Uninet
Ministry of Education
Putchong Uthayopas
Thai National Grid Center,
Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA)
Ministry of Information and Communication

2. Outline E-Science development in Thailand Grid Computing in Thailand
Example Applications

3. E-Science in Thailand: A brief timeline
1994 NECTEC put Thailand's first vectorised multiprocessor supercomputer, the Cray EL98
Computational Chemistry
Computational Physics
1996 Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) use IBMSP
NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction) project
1997 the Computational Science and Engineering Programme Consortium was established as a cooperative effort among Thai universities and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).
1999 Kasetsart University built 72 nodes Beowulf Cluster “Pirun”
Academic and research applicaiton
Start of the booming of Beowulf Cluster in Thailand
2001 Thailand transition into Grid Era

4. Statistic from ANSCSE (Annual national Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering) showing the number of papers in each major e-science area
Source: Sornthep Vannarat, NECTEC, “Computing and Information Grid Development in Thailand,
ISGC2006 Presentation, May 2-4,2006,Taipai, Taiwan.

5. Grid Computing Development 2000-2005
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
ThaiGrid project
Start
PRAGMA
participation by
NECTEC/KU
National Grid project approved
Virtual Screening
On Grid
Linking KMITNB-KU
National Grid project started
ThaiGrid link
more than 100 processors from 5 universities
Forming National Grid project proposal
ThaiGrid has
5 members
ThaiGrid Join
SCGlobal2004

6. Thai National Grid Project
A 4 years project under Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
5.5 Million US$ program
Start from 13 universities and 1 government organizations
Extending rapidly

7. Partners Institutes Chaingmai University (CMU)
Khonkhan University (KKU)
Bangkok
Suranaree University of Technology (SUT)
Chulalongkorn University (CU)
Kasetsart University (KU)
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok (KMITNB)
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)
Mahidol Unversity (MU)
Silpakorn University (SU)
The Meteorological Department Of Thailand (TMD)
Walailak University (WU)
Prince of Songkla University (PSU)

8. Inter-University Network (UniNet)
ปัตตานี
ยะลา
นราธิวาส
แม่ฮ่องสอน
เชียงราย
ลำปาง
พะเยา
น่าน
แพร่
อุตรดิตถ์
สุโขทัย
ลำพูน
ตาก
กำแพงเพชร
เพชรบูรณ์
เลย
ชัยภูมิ
พิจิตร
หนองบัว
ลำภู
อุดรธานี
หนองคาย
สกลนคร
นครพนม
กาฬสินธุ์
มหาสารคาม
มุกดาหาร
ร้อยเอ็ด
ยโสธร
อำนาจ
เจริญ
บุรีรัมย์
สุรินทร์
ศรีสะเกษ
นครสวรรค์
อุทัยธานี
กาญจนบุรี
สุพรรณ
บุรี
ลพบุรี
สระบุรี
ปราจีนบุรี
สระแก้ว
ฉะเชิงเทรา
จันทบุรี
ระยอง
ราชบุรี
เพชรบุรี
ตราด
พระนครศรี
สิงห์
ปทุมธานี
นนทบุรี
สมุทรสงคราม
สมุทรสาคร
สมุทรปราการ
ประจวบ
คีรีขันธ์
ชุมพร
ระนอง
สุราษฏร์ธานี
พังงา
ภูเก็ต
กระบี่
ตรัง
สตูล
พัทลุง
นครนายก
เชียงใหม่
นครราชสีมา
อุบลราชธานี
สงขลา
นครศรีธรรมราช
Inter-University Network (UniNet)
Commission on Higher Education (Center)
24 Public Universities
29 IT Campus
39 Rajabhat Universities
8 Private Universities
13 Mahachulalongkorn Rajawitayalai
9 Other agencies
9 Rajamangala Institue of Technology (44 Campus)
Ministry of Education (for Under Higher Education)
2.5 Gbps- STM16
Internet Mbps
(to Internet Mbps)
SUT
1 Gbps
CMU
155 Mbps- STM1
34 Mbps - E3
8 Mbps *E1
2 Mbps - E1
64 k – 2Mbps
Domestic
1Gbps
SU_NMJ
MUA BU
THAISARN
1Gbps
MOEnet (K-12)
1Gbps
(coming soon)
PSU
Update on 24 Jan 2006

9. Thai Research & Education Networks
ThaiRen: UNINET ThaiSARN (NECTEC)
1 Gbps

10. ThaiREN Internet2 TEIN2 UniNet ThaiSarn CAT International Research
155 M
TEIN2
155M 1G
UniNet
ThaiSarn
310 M
CAT
International 1G
Research
Institutes
Universities
THNIX
Domestic

11. TEIN2 Internet2 (USA) ThaiSarn NOC UniNet NOC JGN II (JP) ThaiREN PoP
45Mbps
ThaiSarn
NOC
UniNet
NOC
2.5 Gbps
310Mbps
JGN II (JP)
ThaiREN
PoP
ThaiREN
PoP
155Mbps
via Singapore
TEIN2

12. Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN2)

13. International Research and Education Networks
UniNet to USA Mbps
UniNet to ThaiREN Gbps
ThaiREN to TEIN Mbps
ThaiREN to JGN Mbps
EUROPE
UniNet
JGN2
(Via ThaiSarn)
TEIN2

14. Capability Time 2006 2007 2008 2009 R&E Grid Enterprise Grid
Production Grid and Cluster infrastructure
Rich set of services
Computational Grid
Enterprise analysis Grid
Data and knowledge Grid
Collaborative Grid
Broad commercial adoption
Stable Grid and Cluster infrastructure
Interoperable Middleware and basic services
Basic computational Grid
Basic Data Grid
Grid Portal
Grid applications
R&E
Non production enterprise app
Broad academic adoption
Limited commercial adoption
Pilot Grid and Cluster infrastructure
Interoperable Middleware
Basic computational Grid
Basic Data Grid
POC applications
Time
2006
2007
2008
2009
Enterprise Grid
Pilot Grid
R&E Grid

15. 2006 Grid Infrastructure ThaiRen (Uninet/ThaiSarn)
14 geographically distributed sites
processors
10+ Terabyte storage
15-20 research group
100+ researchers
2006 Grid Infrastructure
ThaiRen
(Uninet/ThaiSarn)
KMITNB
KMUTT
KMITL
TMD WU KU
PSU
CMU
SUT
KKU SU MU CU
AIT
Teraflop Server
at TNGC
2.5Gb
NECTEC

16. Science and Engineering
5 Initial Focus Areas
Life Science
Drug Design
Digital media
Rendering
Enterprise computing
WS/SOA Enterprise computing application
Industrial Simulation and Modeling
Financial analysis
Medical/Health care
Computational Science and Engineering
Geoinformatics, CFD
Education
E-learning, collaborative environment
Grid education
Grid Infrastructure
and Middleware
Life Science
Education
Digital Media
Enterprise Computing
Science and Engineering
Computational

17. ThaiGrid Drug Discovery Infrastructure
Partners:
Dr. Jak Saengma, KU
Somsak Sriprayoonsakul, TNGC
IBM Thailand
Challenges
From over active compounds available from Thai medicinal plants database, find a smallest set of compounds that has a potential to be used as a drug
Very compute intensive. Several month of computing time
Solution: Use grid to increase computing power to times
Distributed screening process to hundred of hosts on the Grid
Benefit
Speeding up time to results
Allow scientists to spend more time analyzing results

18. Implicit Narrowband Level Set Method for Fire Spread Model
Dr. Pallop Huabsomboon
Mahidol University
Challenges
Simulation of large scale firespred for forest fire
Very time consuming process
Solution
Distribute the computation on the Grid
Benefit
Expect 10x faster simulation speed
Ability to model much larger problem within a reasonable time
Part of TNGP/ Hewlett Packard Join Research Program

19. The Parallel Simulation Model for Thin Film Deposition Using the DSMC Method
Dr. Rardchawadee Silapunt
Dr. Tiranee Achalakul
KMUTT, Thailand
Thin film deposition process is used for many manufacturing industries including very large scale integrated circuits, optics, magnetic, hard and corrosion resistant coatings, micro-mechanics.
Grid system will be used to accelerate the computation and simulation process
Part of TNGP/ Hewlett Packard Join Research Program

20. Grid based data assimilation using RS data
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, AIT
Dr. Putchong Uthayopas, THNC
Challenges
Using GA based data assimilation for agricultural monitoring
Very long computation time from months to years
Large amount of RS data needed to be moved around and process
Solution:
Using Grid to harvest more computing power
Hide data assimilation process behind the service using MPI, GridRPC (ninf-g)
Benefit
Speeding up the calculation

21. Medical Grid
Suwachai Sieanoon, Somkiat Chatchuenyot, Dr. Panjai Tantasnawong
Computer Science Department, Silpakorn University
To build and develop a distributed information management system using DataGrid technology.
Apply the distributed information management system to test on exchanging and managing the Patient Records System, which is record complexity and, different format and large size of data.
GRID Services
Data Agent
Service Registry
Meta Data
(HL7)
XML
IMAGE

22. NECTEC Information Grid Project
Source: Sornthep Vannarat, NECTEC, “Computing and Information Grid Development in Thailand, ISGC2006 Presentation, May 2-4,2006,Taipai, Taiwan.

23. Access Grid
Access Grid are Being used Regularly to support e-science activities
Provide access to local conference (NECTEC)
ANSCSE10, NAC2006
International Link
SEAGF-MEETING
Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand
SCGlobal 2005,2004,2003
First APEC Virtual Symposium on Pandemic Preparedness using Access Grid, January 20, 2006
Presentation from Medical Organization in many economies: China, Taiwan, USA, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Philippine, and more

24. More Projects There are more projects from
Government Agency
NECTEC, BIOTEC, MTEC, TMD
Universities
More information are being collected

25. Summary Thailand are moving into more e-science practice due to
Better computational and grid infrastructure
More software solution
More awareness
Community building is still critical to success
Building awareness, partnership increasing the interest
TGCC (Thai Grid Computing Conference 2006) August
All of you are invited

26. Thank You
Q&A

27. Appendix: ThaiGrid: A Brief History 2000-2003
Dec 2000
ThaiGrid founded with 5 labs from 4 organizations
Dec 8,2000
NWCC2000 at Thamasart University
Sept 24-28,2001
Grid Demo in HPC ASIA 2001
building KU/KMITNB test bed
Jan 2002
ThaiGrid Talk in APAN Phuket
Feb 4,2003
Joint ApGrid Demo in APAN, Shianghai, China
March 10, 2003
NWCC2003 at AIT
June 5-6, 2003
KU Joining PRAGMA
November 2003
KU join SC Global 2003

28. ThaiGrid: A Brief History 2004-2005
Jan 2004
ThaiGrid Talk in APAN Hawaii
Feb 20,2004
First Access Grid Training in KU
March 15,2004
First cluster workshop
May 2004
Start the discussion of building National Grid Project
June 2004
First Generation Drug Design Grid is demonstrated
Sept 1-2, 2004
Thai Grid and Cluster Computing Conference TGCC2004
October 2004
Grid expanded to 5 universities
November 2004
KU join SCGlobal 2004
December 28
Cabinet approve Thailand National Grid Project
Jan24-28,2005 APAN Presence
Access Grid Tutorial
Presentation: Drug Design Grid, CFD, Remote Sensing
May 2-6,2005
Grid Asia and PRAGMA participation
June,2005
Budget for Thailand National Grid has been approved.