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CHPC Plans and Programs for the FutureHappy .M. SitholeHPCC Conference, Rhode Island, USA 25th March 20141----- Meeting Notes (2014/02/20 10:37) -----Floyd Hlabiso - Security of HPC Head of DelegationChirisene Mr. Tapela -

Rationale for InvestmentHPC is central to most modern developments globally and defines competitiveness of countries

South Africa has some key industries that drives its own economic development.

Evident success of HPC impact from other nations

HEI ResearchersPetrochemical Industries (SASOL, PetroSA)Nuclear Industry (NECSA, NNR, ESKOM)Mining industry (gold, platinum, diamond)Auto manufacturing (Optimal Energy)Animation industryScience CouncilsGovernment departmentsFinancial sectorLarge Scale Science Projects (CERN, SKA, Climate Change)

Who needs HPC in South Africa?

HPC Users in South Africa

users Existing Center

Planned Expansion

Future Users

Proximity of the Center to most Users by road.

High concentration of potential industry users CSIR 2010Slide # ----- Meeting Notes (2013/05/23 10:13) -----estimate the idustrial usersbetter quality of service and also Include SANReN networkInclude service around the country (people like )mid-range system Tier system4PartnershipsCHPC / DIRISA

Partners

High Education Institutions

Government Departments

Science Councils

Research Agencies

Industry

International Collaborators

Policy Makers

Outreach Organisations

Special Interest GroupsAdvanced Computer EngineeringAstronomy/CosmologyBioinformaticsEpidemiologyChemistryComputer Science/GRIDComputational FinanceEarth SciencesHumanitiesFinancePhysicsRemote SensingMaterials ScienceVisualisationActivities

Flagship Projects(About 16 Projects. Total of about 60 students and postdoctoral fellows. )

Training Programs (Workshops, Short-Courses , outreach activities amounts to more than 80 events to date)Annual HPC Conference (7 successful meetingswith the support from international collaborators.Integration with Main Stream Conferences)Page 6Formulating Training CoursesWorking with universities to create advanced workshops, formalised modules and master degreesSoftwareApplication HardwareNiche ResearchOpen-source PackagesSimple Packages (Emphasis on the Scientific Knowledge)Fundamental Science OutreachA.C.E.National HPC Infrastructures and Test bedsCommodity HPC ClustersSingle Desktops TrainingSoftware EngineeringNumerical Methods and Advance MathematicsParallel Programming and Advance Linux ScriptingBasic Programming and Basic Linux SkillsFlagship Projects

Climate ChangeCollaboration with ACCESS and SAWS

Energy Security (JOULE battery)Mineral BeneficiationDrug discoveryCFD Code developed locally and adopted by multinationals

SKA design to implementation.

HIV MutationBrain Imaging improvedCardio-Vascular studies

3D animated movies produced locally

CSIR 2010Slide # Data Intensive Research Infrastructure(DIRISA)

Phase 1 replicated in Pretoria and Cape Town.A total of 2 Petabytes of storage linked through SANReN and access HPC systems.Final phase to built on the existing and forms the second node User portals developed

http://access.chpc.ac.za provides services to climate modeling groups.http://saeon.chpc.ac.za Earth observation http://saaoads.chpc.ac.za a mirror facility for NASA data available locally for astronomy groups.

Rheumatic heart-disease portal developed for medical applications and to form the basis of telemedicine applications in the centerHPC InfrastructureSlide 9

2007: 2.5TFLOPS2008 : 14.9 TFLOPS2009 : 27.44 TFLOPS upgraded to 61 TFLOPS in 2011Test-bed machines for next generation HPC

20 000 liters of Diesel 8hrs of operation 1MWatt and back-up batteries for continuity in operationStable operation since 2007

State-of-the art HPC systems ranked amongst the best in the world.

Increasing local integration capabilities.

A roadmap developed to introduce technology refreshers and upgrade of the HPC systems.

Second Node already started in Pretoria for disaster recovery and data related services.

CSIR 2010Slide # 9Research into Novel Architecture (FPGA, GPU, MIC etc..) Partnerships with Researchers at HEITest-Bed TeamsSystems Integration Capabilities and HCDHPC Systems(Production Environment)HPC Users (HEI and Industry)

Local IT CompaniesOEM (IBM, DELL, NVIDIA, INTEL etc..)Mid-Range FacilitiesStudent Cluster CompetitionUndergraduate students form teams and partner with vendors to build an HPC system.Currently on its second year and plans to expand to the rest of continent.

Future PlansDevelopment of a National Cyber-Infrastructure body.Strengthen HPC utilisation in universities and develop a formalised curriculum.Decommissioned RANGER being utilised in the continent.Implement heterogeneous system on path to Exascale.Supporting the SKA SDP Consortium prototyping.Computing, Data and ScienceExtend HPC activities to other African countries.Engage industry in adopting HPC in their R&D and operations.THANK YOUContacts:hsithole@csir.co.za

Website: www.chpc.ac.za

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