1. Internet2 Day University of Maryland College Park, MD March 30, 2001 George Brett NLANR Distributed Applications Support Team (NCSA/UIUC) Current Internet2 Applications

2. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net2 The Global Technology Grid Networks –high performance network services Computational Resources –supercomputers, clusters, distributed computing resources Communications Resources –inter personal (1, few, many) –inter device / system Other Services –Remotely controlled research equipment –Immersive environments

3. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net3 The Grid

4. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net4 What are Advanced Applications? They deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning They require advanced networks to work c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2

5. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net5 Suggested Application Categories The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Environment. Foster, Ian & Kesselman, Carl ed. Morgan Kaufman Publ. Inc. San Francisco, CA 1998 ISBN 1-55860-475-8

6. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net6 Different Disciplines/Contexts Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration … Library Classroom Clinic Office Laboratory Dorm room …

7. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net7 Some Technical Requirements The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Environment. Foster, Ian & Kesselman, Carl ed. Morgan Kaufman Publ. Inc. San Francisco, CA 1998 ISBN 1-55860-475-8

8. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net8 Application Attributes Interactive research collaboration and instruction Real-time access to remote scientific instruments c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2

9. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net9 Application Attributes (cont’d) Large-scale, multi-site computation and database processing Shared virtual reality Any combination of the above c/o Ted Hanss, Internet2

10. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net10 Up to broadcast quality videoconferencing Both live distribution and on-demand access to a variety of content HDTV-based digital cinema, network-based studio production, … Digital Video Applications

11. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net11 The ACCESS Grid Collaborations Multiple Participants Share: Applications Chat White Boards Presentations... Visualization –Group Analysis of: Scientific Data Virtual Reality Instrument Steering

12. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net12 Video Futures Tele-immersive “Office of the Future” Source: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

13. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net13 Music Teaching University of Oklahoma

14. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net14 Distributed nanoManipulator University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

15. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net15 Advanced Regional Prediction System University of Oklahoma

16. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net16 Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory University of Michigan

17. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net17

18. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net18 Special 2.5m telescope, located at Apache Point, NM 3 degree field of view. Zero distortion focal plane. Two surveys in one: Photometric survey in 5 bands. Spectroscopic redshift survey. Huge CCD Mosaic 30 CCDs 2K x 2K(imaging) 22 CCDs 2K x 400(astrometry) Two high resolution spectrographs 2 x 320 fibers, with 3 arcsec diameter. R=2000 resolution with 4096 pixels. Spectral coverage from 3900Å to 9200Å. Automated data reduction Over 100 man-years of development effort. (Fermilab + collaboration scientists) Very high data volume Expect over 40 TB of raw data. About 1 TB processed catalogs. Data made available to the public. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey c/o Prof. Alex Szalay

19. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net19 TeleImmersion The CAVE

20. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net20 Immersadesk

21. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net21 Virtual Temporal Bone College of Health and Human Development Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,

22. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net22 Health Sciences Collaboratories – Visible Human Project Medical Middleware – Security – Electronic Health Record Mary Kratz mkratz @internet2.edumkratz @internet2.edu http://www.internet2.edu/health/

23. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net23 Share information Facilitate use in instruction, planning, and performance Example events: – Halloween Concert – Performing Arts Presenters Conference Ann Doyle adoyle@internet2.eduadoyle@internet2.edu http://apps.internet2.edu/html/arts.html Arts & Humanties

24. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net24 NEESGrid – www.neesgrid.orgwww.neesgrid.org GriPhyN – www.griphyn.orgwww.griphyn.org Infrastructure – www.gridforum.orgwww.gridforum.org Grid Projects

25. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net25 NLANR An NSF Cooperative Agreement for: –Distributed Applications Support Team user applications support/optimization; lead by NCSA/UIUC –National Center for Network Engineering end-to-end engineering support; lead by PSC/CMU –Measurement and Operations Analysis Team network performance characterization; lead by SDSC/UCSD

26. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net26 NLANR-MOAT Improving our understanding of service models, service metrics, and tool requirements Searching for macro-level insights into high performance internetworking http://moat.nlanr.net/

27. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net27 NLANR-MOAT Focus Areas Passive Network Monitoring –OCXmon Active Measurement Program (AMP) –distribution of monitors Visualization –Cichlid

28. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net28 NLANR-NCNE Assist in the establishment and use of high-performance network connections (vBNS and Abilene) Help optimize overall end-to-end performance Provide information, training, and tools to manage high performance networks http://ncne.nlanr.net/

29. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net29 NLANR-NCNE Focus Areas Direct engineering support –supporting campus engineers –‘on-call’ engineer to help solve problems –specialists available to answer complex questions Education and Training –NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshops May 2001 in Lincoln, NE –multicast seminars http://www.ncne.org/training.html

30. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net30 NLANR-DAST Goal: to promote the use of high performance networks by –supporting users and applications developers –developing training materials and documentation –disseminating techniques to the applications development population –maintaining the Advanced Applications Clearinghouse

31. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net31 NLANR-DAST Focus Areas Support users and applications developers –general usage and availability issues –advanced applications development support –problem reporting –directory of available resources (people & apps) Training and documentation –distributed Applications Workshops –extensive on-line information targeted to application developers Apps Support Help Desk –basic users and advanced developers –problem tracking and response coordination

32. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net32 NLANR-DAST Projects Applications –CACTUS - communications layer optimization of a large, distributed code. Middleware –GLOBUS - Heartbeat monitor development Performance –netlog library, viznet tools

33. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net33 NLANR-DAST Advanced Applications Clearinghouse Advanced Applications Clearinghouse –A data base / inventory of projects, resources, applications, and people using high performance networks –Sources NSF vBNS Awardee Proposals Internet2 Applications Area Regional Groups: CENIC, SURA, NYSERnet Discipline Communities –Staff: 1 dBase designer / programmer / Genius 2 graduate students –Information & Library Science

34. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net34 NLANR-DAST Advanced Applications Clearinghouse 2400 projects –an activity of research or education 1500 resources –specific software, hardware, or technology that a project develops or uses 920 contacts 14 discipline categories 620 institutions or organizations 30 countries

35. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net35 Clearinghouse Links Examples from the Query PageQuery Page –Chart by Grid CategoriesChart by Grid Categories –Chart by TypeChart by Type –Chart by DisciplineChart by Discipline –Report: Projects by InstitutionProjects by Institution –Sample Project InfoSample Project Info –Report: Resources by ProjectResources by Project –Sample Resource InfoSample Resource Info –AffiliationsAffiliations –SurveySurvey

36. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net36 The Klearinghouse

37. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net37 Ted’s Info www.internet2.edu ted@internet2.edu apps.internet2.edu/talks/ Ted Hanss Internet2 3025 Boardwalk Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 +1.734.913.4256

38. 30 March, 2001Internet2 Day -- ghb@nlanr.net38 George H. Brett II NCSA NLANR / DAST ghb@nlanr.net http://www.ncsa.edu/~ghb v. 703-248-0120 f. 703-248-0100 http://dast.nlanr.net/Clearinghouse/ http://www.nlanr.net/ http://dast.nlanr.net/ http://ncne.nlanr.net/ http://moat.nlanr.net/ Contact Info