1. 3May20111QCIF ENABLING RESEARCH HIGH PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES QUESTnet ARCS Tools Workshop 3May2011

2. Research Powered by Advanced IT ► Research excellence and quality ► Challenges unattainable otherwise ► Eliminating geographic constraints ► Benefitting business, government, community 3May2011 QCIF2

3. eResearch: IT-enabled Research ► Research excellence and quality ► Challenges unattainable otherwise ► Eliminating geographic constraints ► Benefitting business, government, community 3May2011 QCIF3 ► Collaboration ► Services, software tools ► High-performance computing ► Data-intensive computing, data management ► Visualisation, multimedia/image analysis eResearch

4. 3May2011 4 Associate : ► Queensland’s eResearch service enabler ► Established in 2000 as not-for-profit company ► Owned by 6 Queensland universities Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation QCIF

5. Services, Tools, Collaboration … 3May2011 5 AAF Single sign-on ARCS EVO, Data Fabric, Compute Cloud ANDS Metadata, data access NeCTAR Virtual servers, virtual labs NCI Tier 1 HPC (QCIF share) RDSI Tier 1 Data storage Regional QCIF Siblings Specialised tools (eg GDA) QCIF AARNet Networking NRN Networking

6. Regional Collaboration ► QCIF ► Member ITS and eResearch groups ► QUESTnet/QRNO ► Queensland Government (DEEDI) ► NICTA Queensland ► etc 3May2011 QCIF6

7. Services for Researchers 3May2011 QCIF7 Distributed research teams Virtual Research + My Data Othe r Data Sign on Man age Analy sis TalkVMs … Web services Collaboration tools

8. Facilitating collaborationSkills development QCIF High-Performance Infrastructure & Services 26Apr2011 Shared HPC infrastructure eResearch Capability eResearch Capability Hosted Applications Tools, Data Research Industry HPC Data storage User Support Uptake Expertise CQU

9. HPC for QCIF Researchers 3May2011 9 NCI National Facility (ANU) 12,000 cores 145Tflops QCIF share QCIF/UQ Barrine 3,000 cores 25Tflops QCIF share Institutional Clusters <500 cores Co-funded by QCIF Compute Clouds Virtual machines NeCTAR RC Program QCIF

10. Data Storage for QCIF Researchers 3May2011 10 RDSI (UQ Lead Agent) >100 Pbytes QCIF QCIF/UQ Petastore >1 Pbytes QCIF share Institutional Stores >0.1 Tbytes Co-funded by QCIF Data Clouds Cloud Storage ARCS Data Fabric

11. Accelerating Uptake and Access … 3May2011 11 TechnologistsEarly Adopters Late Majority Late Adopters Member ITS Member eResearch National eResearch National eResearch QCIF User Support Awareness Training Expertise Leadership User Support Awareness Training Expertise Leadership Early Majority QCIF Crossing the Chasm Geoffrey Moore, 1996 THE CHASM

12. QCIF’s Mission – Enabling eResearch 3May2011 12 NCRIS Queensland Government Universities Industry and government users Influence, Interaction, Collaboration Investments HPC infrastructure eResearch services Outreach Skills development Universities Research Government Industry Invests in Stimulates Enables Promotes QCIF

13. Innovation Outreach Projects ► Pilot projects (<$50K) to develop a proof-of- concept ► Platform projects (<$200K) to develop a platform for broad research or industry application ► Co-investments from partners ► Aligned with state and national research priorities ► Meritorious research and significant impact ► Multi-institutional, uses infrastructure 3May2011 QCIF13

14. Research Platforms Research Platforms Industry government application Industry government application Commercial- grade Prototypes Transitioning Research to Application 3May2011 14 Pilots for Application Research Researchers Application expertise Project management, engineering, HPC, data expertise transition know-how Project management, engineering, HPC, data expertise transition know-how QCIF

15. eResearch in Action … in Queensland … ► Genomics – sequencers to genomes ► Biodiversity, planning – tropical data hub ► Environment, change, sustainability ► Traffic congestion ► Smarter water distribution ► Medical imaging ► Australian literature ► …. YOUR PROJECT 3May2011 QCIF15

16. THANK YOU AND QUESTIONS? 3May2011 16QCIF Building 69, UQ St Lucia www.qcif.edu.au Enquiries: 07 3365 7570 Rob Cook, CEO rob.cook@qcif.edu.au Office: 07 3365 7274 Mobile: 0408 787 026