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The John von NeumannInstitute for Computing (NIC):
A survey of its computer facilitiesand its Europe-wide
computational science activities
Norbert Attig
NIC, Research Centre JülichGermany
• Founded in 1987 by - Research Centre Jülich (FZJ), - German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), - National Research Center for Information Technology First and one of three German national High-Performance Computing Centres
• Restructured in 1998, now supported by FZJ and DESYA third partner – Society for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) – will join NIC soon
John von Neumann Institute for Computing
Research Organisations in Germany
DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(German Research Council)Focus: university research
MPG Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Society)Basic research in science and humanities
HGF Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Association)Application-oriented research in science and technology; large-scale facilities
FhG Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Society)Research in technology
WGL Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Association)Various smaller research units
Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Centres of the Helmholtz Association
http://www.helmholtz.de
Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Research Centre Jülich (FZJ)
Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
German Electron Synchrotron (DESY)
National Supercomputing Centre John von Neumann Institute for Computing
Mission
Enable scientists to solve grand challenge problems by operating a large-scale facility (Helmholtz mission)
Provision of supercomputing service Europe-wide
Support through research in computational science, mathematics and computer science, Grid computing
Education and training
Centre forParallel
ComputingDESY-
Zeuthen
Research GroupElementary Particle Physics
Central Institutefor
AppliedMathematics
(ZAM)
John von Neumann Institutefor Computing (NIC)
Management Boardof Directors:
Board Member of FZJBoard Member of DESYDirector of ZAM (FZJ)
ScientificCouncil
CompetenceGroups
forSupercomputing
Applications
Central Institutefor
AppliedMathematics
(ZAM)
National Supercomputing Centre
ProductionSupercomputerSystems, e.g.
IBM-SC, BG/L
Special PurposeSystems, e.g.
APEmille,apeNEXT
Research GroupComputational Biophysics
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
FPS AP/190 0.02
Cray M94 1.3Cray X-MP/48 0.9
Cray Y-MP/832 2.6Cray X-MP/22 0.4
Cray J90 3Cray J90 4 GFlops
Cray T90 22Cray SV1ex 32
Cray T3E-600 307
Intel Paragon 10
Suprenum 0.3
Cray T3E-1200 614
ZAMpano 20
IBM p690 Cluster 8920 GFlops
massively parallel
vector processor
SMP cluster
Cray T3E-600 307
Intel Paragon 10
Suprenum 0.3
Cray T3E-1200 614
IBM Blue Gene 5600 Gflops
Competence with Supercomputers
early deployment of new technologies
1312 processors, 9 TeraFlops, 5.6 TeraByte memory, 50 TeraByte disks, 2.2 PetaByte tape robot
Supercomputers at NIC
Jump: Jülich Multi-Processor IBM p690 Cluster
IBM Blue Gene/L, 5.6 TeraFlops (since July 2005)
Cray XD1, 72 processors
NIC Usage and Access
● Access
– Academia & research
– Industry
– Proposals accepted from Germany and Europe
● Procedure
– Weblink: www.fz-juelich.de/nic
– Scientific quality counts
– Peer review by NIC Scientific Council
– International referees
– 1 year grants
NIC Usage by Research Fields
Elementary Particle
Many Particle
Chemistry
OtherLife + Environment
Soft Matter
Materials Science
Origin of Users
Chemistry Many Particle Physics Elementary Particle Physics Other
National access
Origin of Users
European access(Collaborations)
Zagreb
Rome
Vienna
Roskilde
Coimbra
Athens
Origin of Users
European access(I3HP)
DESY
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Nicosia
Origin of Users
European access(NIC Initiative)
Zagreb
Nicosia
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Brno
Origin of Users
European access(DEISA partners)
CSC
RZG IPP Garching
SARA
EPCC
ECMWF
IDRIS
CINECA
BSC
LRZ
HLRS
NIC-TA offers:
1. Computer time on Germany’s 2nd largest super-computer for users within the context of I3HP
2. User support– workshops – training courses– detailed advice on request at NIC
I3HP: NIC-TA – Offer www.fz-juelich.de/nic/i3hp-nic-ta
The offer means quantitatively:
1. 1,500 proc. hours on IBM-SC Jump per month (funded by the EU for non-German users)≤ 3,000 proc. hours on IBM-SC Jump per month (funded by NIC, mainly for German users)
2. Grants for non-German users visiting NIC travel: ≤ 400 € per trip accomodation: ≤ 70 € per day
I3HP: NIC-TA – Value of the offer www.fz-juelich.de/nic/i3hp-nic-ta
Origin of Users
European access(I3HP)
DESY
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Nicosia
NIC offers
– its supercomputing facilities to research groups
in the new EU member states to an extend of
50,000 proc. hours per month
– options for scientific collaboration
– training courses on supercomputing and parallel
programming; participants from new EU member states will
receive a grant for their travel and accommodation expenses
next course: November 2005
NIC Initiative I www.fz-juelich.de/nic
NIC expects
– challenging applications
– sound scientific proposals
– parallel programs, using a substantial number of
processors simultaneously
– participation in joint initiatives towards a future
European high-end computing infrastructure
NIC Initiative II www.fz-juelich.de/nic
Origin of Users
European access(NIC Initiative)
Zagreb
Nicosia
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Brno
DEISA is like I3HP an EU infrastructure project
Partners: IDRIS, FZJ, RZG/IPP, CINECA, EPCC, CSC,
SARA, ECMWF, LRZ, BSC, HLRS
Goal: Establish a Distributed European
Infrastructure for Supercomputing
Applications
Access to NIC via DEISA www.deisa.org
DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative (DECI)
Project partners offer computer time for DECI applications
(up to 10% of the available computer time per centre)
Conditions:– International collaboration– Extreme computing demands for challenging projects– Workflow applications involving at least two platforms– Coupled applications involving more than one platform
Next Call for Proposals: Spring 2006
Access to NIC via DEISA www.deisa.org
remaining among the Top10 supercomputing centres worldwide with respect to - compute power - service - research
becoming a leading site in a future European supercomputing network
NIC works towards
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