SWITCHVisit to NeSC

Malcolm AtkinsonDirector

www.nesc.ac.uk

5th October 2004

Outline

The UK e-Science ProgrammeFunding and organisationThe UK Grid

What is e-Science?Goal: to enable better researchMethod: Invention and exploitation of advanced computational methods

to generate, curate and analyse research data From experiments, observations and simulations Quality management, preservation and reliable evidence

to develop and explore models and simulations Computation and data at extreme scales Trustworthy, economic, timely and relevant results

to enable dynamic distributed virtual organisations

Facilitating collaboration with information and resource sharing Security, reliability, accountability, manageability and agility

Is e-Science different in Switzerland?

The Primary Requirement …

Enabling People to Work Together on Challenging Projects: Science, Engineering & Medicine

NERC (£15M)7%

CLRC (£10M)5%

ESRC (£13.6M)6%

PPARC (£57.6M)27%

BBSRC (£18M)8%

MRC (£21.1M)10%

EPSRC (£77.7M)37%

Staff costs -Grid Resources

funded separately

Applied (£35M)45%

HPC (£11.5M)15%

Core (£31.2M)40%

EPSRC Breakdown

UK e-Science Budget (2001-2006)

Source: Science Budget 2003/4 – 2005/6, DTI(OST)

Total: £213M

+ Industrial Contributions

Globus Alliance

CeSC (Cambridge)

DigitalCurationCentre

e-Science Institute

Open Middleware

Infrastructure Institute

The e-Science Centres

EGEE

Grid Operations

SupportCentre

CeSC (Cambridge)

The e-ScienceGrid

Engineering Task Force

(Contributions from e-Science Centres)

Grid Support Centre / Grid

Operations Centre

OGSA Test Grid projects

Architecture Task Force

Security Task Force

Usability Task Force

HPC(x)

1600 x CPUAIX

64 x CPU4TB Disk

Linux

20 x CPU18TB Disk

Linux

512 x CPUIrix

The European dimension

EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe

… and beyond32M Euro, 10 regions, 70 partnersAdditional funding from NSF (USA)50% production, 30% development, and 20% dissemination and training

“The Grid Infrastructure in Europe”Deploy a production Grid across EuropeInitially based on LHC Computing Grid

UK NGS will converge and run same e-Infrastructure

Importance of collaboration: VDT

A highly successful collaborative effort

VDT Working GroupVDS (Chimera/Pegasus) team

Provides the “V” in VDT

Condor TeamGlobus AllianceNMI Build and Test team EDG/LCG/EGEE

Middleware, testing, patches, feedback …

PPDG Hardening and testing

Pacman Provides easy installation

capability Currently Pacman 2, moving to

Pacman 3 soon

Used by many projectsSystematic testingRich integration of

componentsThe UK should be part of

this – exploit test bedcontribute components

Thanks to Miron Livny

Where Next for e-Infrastructure

Put people and teams firstInvest in building a communityThe creative forceThe repository of Experience, Skills and Knowledge

Focus on Major PrioritiesDeveloping well-defined Flexible Agreements

Embraced as standards

High-level Software Investment Applications & Requirements led

Explore & Evolve Common & Shared Infrastructure

Recognise and respond to differencesCelebrate and support commonalities

International Collaboration EssentialGlobal ResearchStandards and interoperation