1. 1 Int System Introduction to Systems and Networking Department Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

2. 2 Outline  About the department  Research collaborations  Research directions  Past projects and current running projects  Typical projects  Opportunities for students

3. 3 The Department  Current full-time staff 6 PhD 2 MSc and MEng 6 BEng  Facilities Parallel processing and networking lab Supernode cluster (128 processors) Embedded system lab

4. 4 International Research Collaborations  University of Linz, Austria  University of Heidelberg, Germany  University of Applied Sciences of Fribourg, Switzerland  University of Leeds, UK  PRAGMA - The Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly  Annual International Workshop on Advance Computing and Applications

5. 5 Research Directions  Grid, P2P and cloud computing  Clusters: middleware and tools Resource monitoring and scheduling, programming tools, checkpointing and recovery  Networking protocols  Scientific computing  Operating systems  Collaborative systems  Wireless sensor networks

6. 6 Past Projects  Supernode cluster (1998-2000)  Supernode II (2004-2006)  Checkpointing for parallel applications  Management and visualization of the geophysical data of White-Tiger oilfield (1998-2001)  EDA-Grid (2005-2008) 6

7. 7 Current Projects  Networking protocols (with Panasonic)  VN-Grid (2007-2009)  Establish the permeability field for White- Tiger oil-field (from 2007)  POP-C++ (2007-2009)  New project: Virtual Research Environments 7

8. 8 Typical Projects

9. 9 Supernode Projects  To build a HPC system with tools to support parallel programming Supernode 1 (1998-2000) Supernode II (2004-2006) 4 Nodes Configurable network topology MPI interface 64 Nodes (dual Xeon) Fast network (32 links, 1Gb/s each) 330 GFlops effective performance MPI interface

10. 10 Supernode II: Tools

11. 11 Multicast Protocols  Collaboration with: Immersive Communication Task Force Panasonic Corporation – Japan Kuala Lumpur Laboratory – Malaysia Network Team PSL - Singapore  Target application: Real time video conference

12. 12 EDAGrid Project  To build and deploy a campus Grid infrastructure for HCMUT  Grid infrastructure Develop campus Grid middleware Deploy Grid infrastructure at HCMUT  Grid applications Data mining Circuit design and simulation  Project website http://www.edagrid.hcmut.edu.vn 12

13. 13 EDAGrid@HCMUT  EDAGrid computing infrastructure has been operated at HCMUT  EDAGrid resources: Supernode II cluster  64 dual Xeon nodes, 1Gb/s network Student lab cluster (CSE)  40 workstations managed by SPNTOOL (our cluster management software) Staff workstations (CSE)

14. 14 POP-C++: Parallel object environment parclass Foo { Foo() @{ od.power(100);}; async conc void MyMethod(); }; parclass Foo { Foo() @{ od.power(100);}; async conc void MyMethod(); }; class Foo { Foo(); void MyMethod(); }; class Foo { Foo(); void MyMethod(); }; Foo::Foo() {... } void Foo::MyMethod(){...} Foo::Foo() {... } void Foo::MyMethod(){...} POP-C++ C++ Shared implementation Grid Programming Grid infrastructure Transparent, requirement driven object allocation Various method invocation semantics Architecture

15. 15 VN-Grid project (2007-2009)  Research and develop Vietnamese National Grid computing infrastructure  Promote the use of Grid technologies for computation-intensive applications  Create an initial testbed for resource sharing among university members within VNU-HCM  Funded by the National University-Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) 15

16. 16 Key Requirements for VN-Grid  Support parallel applications Both loosely and tightly coupled applications  Resource virtualisation Heterogeneous resources in the Grid environment are virtualised  Decentralised and open No central authority in VN-Grid Any institution with qualified resources may join VN-Grid  Quality of Services Network quality Hardware performance

17. 17 Typical VN-Grid Problems  Network connectivity  Heterogeneous resources Parallel application programming environment in VN- Grid needs to support different types of resources  Mutual authentication between member institutions participating in VN-Grid  Quality of Services

18. 18 VN-Grid Infrastructure at HCMUT  Based on development from EDAGrid  Computational resources Supernode II Clusters  Grid middleware Use Globus Toolkit 4.0  Demonstrating applications Simulations in used aerodynamics design Computation of permeability field for White-Tiger oil field (offshore Vietnam) Optimisation of super-conductor design

19. 19 Opportunities for Students  All current projects are open for students to join, in any form: Internship Graduation projects Part-time work Regular seminars www.cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~vngrid You are always welcome to join At any time!

20. 20 Opportunities for Students (2)  Work in one of the most active groups in High Performance Computing and Networking in Vietnam  Master the state-of-the-art technologies  Opportunities for travelling  Opportunities for further study and work in the most prestigious research groups and institutions in the world

21. 21 Current Research Topics for Students  R&D monitoring tools for VN-Grid  R&D scheduling tools to minimise power consumption on clusters using PBS  R&D environment for deploying applications in VN-Grid  R&D tool for resource discovery in VN-Grid  R&D environment for support distribution research  Develop visual programming tool for composing workflows and generating code  …

22. 22 Thank you 22

23. 23 Clusters: middleware and tools  Lab: Supernode II 128 processors  Research areas: Scheduling Monitoring Programming tools Operating systems Checkpointing & recovery