Graduate FellowshipOpportunity for Science and Engineering

GCB Class Introduction29 March, 2007 • FIU, CNIC of CAS, and City University Hong Kong

Presented by Heidi L. Alvarez, Ph.D & PI of GCB

Agenda

e-Science & CyberBridges

e-Science Applications using Grid Computing and Advanced Networking

e-Science Connections

CyberBridges Pilot Project

What Global CyberBridges?

GCB Benefits, Objectives, Ambitions, & Activities

Objectives for today

e-Science & CyberBridges

e-Science “computationally intensive science that is carried out in highly

distributed network environments, or science that used immense data sets that require grid computing” (Wikipedia)

e-Science uses “Cyberinfrastructure”e-Science requires people to work collaboratively at a distance

CyberBridges tested the hypothesis that students can act as“bridges,” showing researchers how they can usecyberinfrastructure (CI) to further their knowledge.

CyberBridges NSF Award OCI-0537464 to Florida International University; Center forInternet Augmented Research & Assessment

Grid Computing and Advanced Networking e-Science Applications

Providing Tools for e-Science

The Open Science Grid Consortium

OpenScience

Grid

Large US grid projects

LHC experiments

Laboratorycenters

Educationcommunities

Other scienceapplications

Technologists

ComputerScience

Universityfacilities

Multi-disciplinaryfacilities

http://www.chepreo.org

An integrated program of research, network infrastructure development, and education and outreach at one of the largest minority schools in the US

An International Grid Enabled Center for High Energy Physics Research & Educational Outreach at FIU

Global Collaboration of Laboratories Effective end-to-end capabilities Experiment-specific applications Grid technologies Storage resources

Particle Physics Data GridParticle Physics Data Grid

http://www.ppdg.net

Explores cutting-edge network technology Grid computing and data infrastructure Support for LHC-HEP and OSG-Astronomy Nat’l / Int’l e-Science Collaborations

UltraLighthttp://ultralight.caltech.edu

UltraLight

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment

Multi-purpose particle detection & measurement Designed to run at highest luminosity at the LHC CMS magnet will be largest solenoid ever built Collaboration of 1889 physicists & engineers

Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

Requires high-speed, real-time data filteringNext-generation particle collision machineLargest superconductor installation Unprecedented energy range and sensitivity Mimics early universe conditions

http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc

Telescopes in Chile and HawaiiData Center in CanadaRemote observation from partner sitesTracks deep space activity

Gemini Observatory

http://www.gemini.edu

Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)

Test bed projects for brain imaging - Human neurological disorders- Associated animal models

Neurological Disease Studies- Function BIRN- Morphometry BIRN- Mouse BIRN

http://nbirn.net

Studies on Neurological Disease

Functional Imaging Research of Schizophrenia Brain Morphometry Test Bed Multi-Scale Mouse Models of Disease Test Bed

BIRN

e-Science Connections

Instruments

Data ResourcesData ProcessingResources

People People

Diagram by Professor Kuldeep Kumar

CyberBridges Pilot Project

Teaching Grid Cluster Diagram

Fellows and Project Areas

Successes

Outcomes

Presentations & Graduation at Supercomputing 2006

Research Publications

CyberBridges Pilot Project Fellows

In 2005-06 CyberBridges funded four Ph.D. students from:• Physics• Biomedical Engineering• Biochemistry• Bioinformatics / Computer Science

CyberBridges has helped these students and their faculty

advisors transform their research by connecting them with CI.

CyberBridges’ Success

CyberBridges exposed over 200 students

and researchers to CI during SC06, when

the four CyberBridges fellows gave talks

on their work.

CyberBridges made it possible for each

of the fellows to acquire competitive

summer internships.

Tom MilledgeCyberBridges fellow, Tom Milledge, is

producing a protein pattern discovery

method that is similar to BLAST, a widely

used algorithm for rapid searching of

nucleotide and protein databases.

Milledge, was selected for a competitive

six-month internship to help optimize

software for bioinformatics applications on

IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer system,

beating out many applicants due to his

CyberBridges experience.

Milledge’s faculty advisor, computer

science professor, Giri Narsimhan, says

that the work will benefit his own research.

He and his students have pursued the

project on a small scale for several years.

Now, because of CyberBridges, Narsimhan

believes the project will reach new heights..

CyberBridges OutcomesRe-focusing expenditures from technology support functions to

synchronous fellowships can have a profound impact on the effectiveness of scientific investigations.

CyberBridges fellows and their advisors have benefited from such re-focusing. They have successfully implemented CI into their research and teaching.

Globally distributed institutions can replicate the CyberBridges model individually.

CyberBridges Fellows Present & GraduateSuperComputing 2006, Tampa, Florida November 11-17www.sc06.supercomp.org

Top from left: Professor Yan BaoPing, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor Paul Avery,UF; Dr. Miriam Heller, NSF; Tom Milledge; Ronald Gutierrez; Alejandro de la Puenta;Cassian D’CunhaBottom row from left: Ernesto Rubi, FIU/CIARA; Michael Smith, FIU/CIARA; Dr. Eric Crumpler,FIU Engineering; Julio Ibarra, Co-PI & Executive Director CIARA; Heidi Alvarez, PI & DirectorCIARA, Dr. S. Masoud Sadjadi, FIU SCIS.

CyberBridges Research Publications

1. CyberBridges; A Model Collaboration Infrastructure for e-Science accepted for publication in the proceedings of the *Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid and Workshops (CCGrid 2007) to be held 14-17 May 2007, Rio de Janeiro Brazil. *

2. CyberBridges; Integrating Cyberinfrastructure into Science and Engineering Research accepted for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings of the 2007 Teragrid Conference 4-8 June 2007, Madison Wisconsin.

Authors include the CyberBridges Co-PIs, Student Fellows and their faculty advisors: Heidi L. Alvarez, David Chatfield, Donald A. Cox, Eric Crumpler, Cassian D’Cunha, Ronald Gutierrez, Julio Ibarra, Eric Johnson, Kuldeep Kumar, Tom Milledge, Giri Narasimhan, Rajamani S. Narayanan,Alejandro de la Puente, S. Masoud Sadjadi, Chi Zhang

Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM)

National Science Foundation Program Solicitationhttp://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06548&org=NSF

Three year award from the US NSF to CIARA at FIU

Expands on CyberBridges to help scientists and engineers advance their research through cyberinfrastructure (CI).

What is Global CyberBridges?

Trans-national and cross-discipline communication is the future for science and engineering research and education.

Global CyberBridges extends the CyberBridges concept from FIU to an international level.

Adding distance and cultural differences makes GCB more complex.

International Partners• CNIC - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (researchers)

• CIARA, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA (researchers)

• University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil (researchers)

• City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Distance/Global Collaboration

Observer and Facilitators)

• University of California, San Diego, California, USA (Technology Providers).

GCB Format; Time & Teams

One Year Team Projects

Each Year new set of teams formed and operate on a topic

First Year - Miami and Beijing

Second and Third Years - Miami, Beijing, Sao Paolo

Common Online Course used to train teams

Team of Network Engineers to support the researcher projects

Common Course for GCB Network Engineers developed and provided by Calit2 at University of California in San Diego (UCSD)

Multi-disciplinary teams - young scientists, other scientists and computer scientists, with senior faculty mentors

Global Teams

City U of Hong Kong - People to People Team facilitation

Technology Transfer; Enabling GCB

Co-PI Peter Arzberger, Calit2 provides a bridge to the SAGE Tile Display Wall technology for GCB

SAGE TDW developed as part of the Optiputer Project, PI Larry Smarr, Director of Calit2

TDW is the next generation of people-to-people and data visualization collaboration

TDW is a key technology enabler for GCB

Picture courtesy of Electronic Visualization Laboratory, UIC

Brings together graduate students & faculty from various disciplines

Offers greater understanding of R&E CI

Increases opportunity for cross-disciplinary R&E

Increases scientists’ rate of discovery Creates a CI empowered workforce. Research fellowship stipend may be available

Global CyberBridges Benefits

Objectives of GCB

Improve people connections to the CI resources (Instrumentation, Data, and Data Processing)

• Increase awareness and provide training

• Assess usability of resources and feedback information to developers for further improvement

Learn how to use CI for People to People Connections, especially at GLOBAL DISTANCES

Based upon use experience, provide feedback to CI developers for further improvement of CI

Initiate the Development of a new generation of CI literate Global Scientists

Slide by Professor Kuldeep Kumar

3 Ambitions of Global CyberBridges

To foster working relationships and collaborations between young scientists in China, United States, and Latin America (Brazil)

To develop a generation of young scientists who are adept in using and promoting the use of Cyber Infrastructure (CI) and e-Science

To assess the use of CI and provide feedback for improving CI

Slide by Professor Kuldeep Kumar

GCB Activities(and objectives supported)

Prof. Masoud’sCourse

Cross-NationalCollaborativeProjects

Cross-NationalNetworkEngineer’sTeam

Provide CI KnowledgeIntroduce Students in a Course setting

Studentslearn how towork togetherwith each otherat a distance

Support Student use of CI

To provide feedback toCI developersDiagram by Professor

Kuldeep Kumar

GCB Activities

Create Global Research Teams (Four or more teams each year)

• Train team members in the use of CI (Masoud's Course)

• Observe and Learn from Teams:

• Use of CI - Feedback to developers

• Group Collaboration - Feedback to GCB for developing people to people collaboration protocols

Develop an ongoing team of Network Engineers

GCB 5 Partners

CNIC - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (researchers)CIARA, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

(researchers)University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil (researchers)City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Distance/Global

Collaboration Observer and Facilitators)University of California, San Diego, California, USA (Technology

Providers)

Teams

One Year Research ProjectsMulti-disciplinary teams - young scientists, other scientists and

computer scientists, with senior faculty mentorsGlobal Teams

• First year - Miami and Beijing• Second and Third Years - Miami, Beijing, sao Paolo• UC San Diego - Technical Support• City U of Hong Kong - People to People Team facilitation

Outcomes & Evaluation

A new generation of scientists & engineers• Capable of fully integrating CI into the whole educational,

professional, and creative process of their diverse disciplines.Short Term Outcome Measurement:

• Proposed and realized timeline for implementing the activitiesLonger term Outcome Measurements:

• Publication, presentation, and other metrics determined by the outside experts to be appropriate for the research activities

Fellowship Requirements

CI Course offered in Spring 2007• Advanced Networking• Grids/Distributed Computing• Virtual Teams• Scaleable Adaptive Graphics Environment (SAGE)

Independent Study- Summer 2007• Students and faculty will collaborate on a paper based on the

research• Research results to be published & presented at a conference• Some Student travel expenses covered as available

Fellowship Qualifications

Candidates must be on a research path that can be augmented by CI

Open to graduate students in science or engineering

Some programming background desired• C or C++ preferred, JAVA or Fortran OK

Special Topics in High-Performance Networking and Grid Computing Spring 2007

Dr. S. Masoud Sadjadi, Computer Science

Time TBD

Objectives for Today; Agenda Items 2-8

2. Keys on smooth cross-nation/cross-cultural collaboration (5 min) by Kuldeep Kumar, Ronnie Shroff, and Doug Vogel 3. Introduction to the course (15 min) by Masoud Sadjadi 4. Student introduction (15 min) by the students5. Brief project introduction (15 min) by our GCB fellows 6. Forming groups (15 min) coordinated by GCB Advisors (one GCB fellow, one/two supporting US students, and one/two

Chinese students)7. Planning on the collaborations (20 min) coordinated by GCB Advisors8. Agreement on the course time and dates (10 min) coordinated by GCB Advisors

Questions?

Email info@cyberbridges.net

Website www.cyberbridges.net

LambdaVision 100-Megapixel display and SAGE (Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment) software developed by the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Major funding provided by NSF.