EDUCAUSE 2001 - AN EDU ODYSSEY The Faculty Fellows Program Forming a Community of Educators Around High-Performance Computing Jeff Sale and Kris Stewart

EDUCAUSE 2001 - AN EDU ODYSSEY

TheFaculty Fellows Program

TheFaculty Fellows ProgramForming a Community of Educators

Around High-Performance Computing

Jeff Sale and Kris Stewart

NPACI Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering

San Diego State University

http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/


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Rationale for a Fellows ProgramRationale for a Fellows Program

• Lack of a system of rewards encouraging time-consuming curriculum innovations

• Low awareness of faculty and students about available computational science tools

• Absence of a support network for computational science and high-performance computing


What is …?What is …?

• What is Computational Science?• What is High-Performance Computing?• What is Modeling and Simulation?• What is Visualization?


What is Computational Science?What is Computational Science?

Science DisciplinePhysics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.

Computer ScienceHardware/Software

Applied MathematicsNumerical Analysis, Modeling,

Simulation



Science DisciplinePhysics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.

Computer ScienceHardware/Software Applied Mathematics

Numerical Analysis, Modeling, Simulation

Computational ScienceTeamwork and Collaboration






Usually, Computational Science Involves One or More of...

Usually, Computational Science Involves One or More of...

• Modeling• Simulation• Visualization• Large amounts of (different

kinds of) data


...Like World-Building...Like World-Building

Skyline TerraExplorerhttp://www.skylinesoft.com/

Virtual Los Angeleshttp://www.aud.ucla.edu/bill/LA.html

The Digital Earthhttp://www.digitalearth.gov/

Fly San Diegohttp://flysd.sdsc.edu/

I-cubedhttp://www.i3.com/

products/CityModels/3d_models.htm


My Own WorldMy Own World


What is High-Performance Computing?

What is High-Performance Computing?

• Massively parallel systems• Commodity Clusters• High-speed Communication• Data-Intensive Computing• Never-ending demand for increasing

performance– Giga -> Tera -> Peta -> ??


What is Modeling and Simulation?

What is Modeling and Simulation?

• Empirical vs. Theoretical• Data-driven vs. Equation-driven• Rigged Animation• Rigorous, Testable, Predictable


hat is Visualization?hat is Visualization?


This is Your BrainThis is Your Brain This is Your Visual SystemThis is Your

Visual System

Photic ChauvinismPhotic Chauvinism

Are we perhaps neglecting something?


PerceptualizationPerceptualization


Who is Doing Computational Science?

Who is Doing Computational Science?

• NPACI is The ‘National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure’– http://www.npaci.edu/

• NPACI is a partnership of over 40 institutions in the US and more worldwide– http://www.npaci.edu/Partners/


NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Partnerships are NSF Programs

NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Partnerships are NSF Programs

The EdCenter works closely with:NPACI (http://www.npaci.edu/San Diego Supercomputer Center

(http://www.sdsc.edu/)NCSA Alliance (http://www.ncsa.edu/)


EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TRAINING

4 APPLICATIONSMolecular Science

NeuroscienceEarth Systems Science

Engineering

4 TECHNOLOGIESMetasystems

Programming Tools and Environments

Data-intensive ComputingInteraction Environments

RESOURCES

NPACI Partnership Organizing Principle: “Thrusts”

NPACI Partnership Organizing Principle: “Thrusts”


Resources -- Today’s Digital LaboratoryHigh-performance computing available today to the academic community

Develop and DeployTechnology and application collaborations to push the capabilities of tomorrow’s digital laboratory

Use and ApplyComputational scientists applying enhanced capabilities to achieve new scientific results

Disseminate and IncorporateIncorporating technologies into the digital laboratory and disseminating them for use in new communities

Advancing the Computational Infrastructure

Advancing the Computational Infrastructure


Sources of Information on NPACI

Sources of Information on NPACI

• NPACI Partnership Reports

• enVision quarterly science magazine– http://www.npaci.edu/envision/

• Online biweekly electronic publication– http://www.npaci.edu/online/


Who Is Doing Computational Science In the Undergraduate

Curriculum?


Curriculum?

• Rubin Landau at Oregon State is close to establishing a B.S. in Computational Physics

• Illinois State - B.S. in either Computational Physics or Chemistry

• Numerous courses in various undergrad programs



Curriculum?


Curriculum?


The EdCenter is an NPACI/CSU Collaboration

The EdCenter is an NPACI/CSU Collaboration


About the EdCenterAbout the EdCenter25

• Home Page: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu

• Meet the EdCenter Team: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/staff/

• Some of our projects: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/projects/

• Some of our activities: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/news/

• Some resources: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/repository/


The EdCenter is Directed

by Kris Stewart

The EdCenter is Directed

by Kris Stewart• Director, NPACI EdCenter on Computational

Science and Engineering (supported by NSF, SDSU Academic Affairs, CSU Chancellor Office)

• Computer Science Professor, Math & Computer Sciences Department, SDSU College of Sciences

• Co-PI for NSF grant “CalREN2-Phase2” – our access to Internet2 (www.abilene.org)

• Faculty Advisor to Student ACM Club• Former Director of the first K-12 Supercomputing

Education Outreach program, the Supercomputing Teacher Enhancement Program (STEP)


The EdCenter’s MissionThe EdCenter’s Mission

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The EdCenter’s Mission is to foster the incorporation of high performance research tools for scientific investigation into the undergraduate curriculum to better prepare learners for post-baccalaureate activities where collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, sophisticated computer tools, and effective communication are used in research and problem solving.


The EdCenter is Part of the ‘Education, Outreach, and Training’ Thrust of NPACI

The EdCenter is Part of the ‘Education, Outreach, and Training’ Thrust of NPACI

The mission of EOT-PACI is to develop human resources through the innovative use of emerging information technologies in order to understand and solve problems in education, science, business, government, and society.


EdCenter Students and StaffEdCenter Students and Staff

• Kirsten Barber, Lead Programmer, CS graduate

• Melody Hoolihan, Office Manager• Over 20 students hired during past 4

years, mostly undergraduates– http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/staff/


How does the Fellows Program Work?

How does the Fellows Program Work?

• Kris Stewart contacts College Deans and Department Chairs in the summer to identify potential Fellows

• Release time provided equivalent to 1/4 time (1 course)

• Bi-weekly hour-long meetings - ‘synergy sessions’


Synergy Sessions Expose Faculty to:

Synergy Sessions Expose Faculty to:

• NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Resources• Cal IT2, HPWREN, Internet 2, Access

Grid, • EOT-PACI• Eachother’s projects, experiences,

funding efforts, brainstorms, interests


Resources to Promote Access & InclusionResources to Promote Access & InclusionGoal: Increase participation and success of women, minorities and people with disabilities in CS&E and in PACI

Universal design and disability accesstrace.wisc.edu

CDC Coalition to Diversify Computingwww.npaci.edu/Outreach/CDC

www.cra.org/Activities/craw

GirlTECHwww.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC

Spend a Summer with a Scientist

www.aihec.org


The TRACE CenterAn NPACI Parther

The TRACE CenterAn NPACI Parther

Universal AccessibilityTo prevent the barriers and capitalize on the opportunities presented by current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies, in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable as possible for as many people as possible.

http://www.trace.wisc.edu/


Network Traffic AnalysisNetwork Traffic Analysis

IEC - Internet Engineering Curriculum Repository

http://www.caida.org/outreach/iec/


Internet 2


CalREN -2...CalREN -2...


Projects From Past FellowshipsProjects From Past Fellowships


2001 Fellow Tom Impelluso2001 Fellow Tom Impelluso• Dept. of Mechanical

Engineering, College of Engineering

• Students run physics simulations on SDSC Cray T3E


2001 Fellow Kathleen McGuire2001 Fellow Kathleen McGuire

• Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences

• Incorporate the Biology WorkBench into undergraduate Molecular Biology course


2001 Fellow Christina Tague2001 Fellow Christina Tague

• Dept. of Geography, College of Arts and Letters

• Student-Friendly GUI to Ecological Hydrology Model RHESSYss

• Java Swing interface to OpenDX/RHESSYss

Spatial Organization of Hydro-Ecological Interactions


• physically-based

• spatially distributed

• hydro-geo-ecologic

• GIS framework

RHESSysRHESSys


Time Series OutputTime Series Output


Spatial OutputSpatial Output


RHESyss Visualization in OpenDX

RHESyss Visualization in OpenDXhttp://www.opendx.org/


Java Swing GUIJava Swing GUI


2001 Fellow Fred Kolkhorst 2001 Fellow Fred Kolkhorst

• Department of Exercise and Nutritional Science, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

• Use the NPACI EdCenter’s own Sociology WorkBench to assess student attitudes towards inquiry-based learning in exercise physiology lab


2001 Fellow Kathy Williams2001 Fellow Kathy Williams

• Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences

• NSF Funded (DUE-9952816) effort to provide High-Speed Wireless (45 Mb/sec) to stream field data into the classroom and lab

• Model Prototype: SDSU’s Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

• SDSU, SDSC, HPWREN collaboration


2001 Fellow Eric Frost2001 Fellow Eric Frost

• Department of Geological Sciences, College of Sciences

• Cal-IT2, Larry Smarr, High -speed wireless seismological sensor technology distributed statewide


Contact UsContact Us

Kris Stewart, Directorhttp://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu

[email protected]

Jeff [email protected]

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EDUCAUSE 2001 - AN EDU ODYSSEY The Faculty Fellows Program Forming a Community of Educators Around High-Performance Computing Jeff Sale and Kris Stewart