John von Neumann Institute for Computing
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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
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• 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
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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
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Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Centres of the Helmholtz Association
http://www.helmholtz.de
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Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Research Centre Jülich (FZJ)
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Forschungszentrum Jülichin der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
German Electron Synchrotron (DESY)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NIC Usage by Research Fields
Elementary Particle
Many Particle
Chemistry
OtherLife + Environment
Soft Matter
Materials Science
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Origin of Users
Chemistry Many Particle Physics Elementary Particle Physics Other
National access
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Origin of Users
European access(Collaborations)
Zagreb
Rome
Vienna
Roskilde
Coimbra
Athens
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Origin of Users
European access(I3HP)
DESY
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Nicosia
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Origin of Users
European access(NIC Initiative)
Zagreb
Nicosia
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Brno
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Origin of Users
European access(DEISA partners)
CSC
RZG IPP Garching
SARA
EPCC
ECMWF
IDRIS
CINECA
BSC
LRZ
HLRS
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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
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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
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Origin of Users
European access(I3HP)
DESY
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Nicosia
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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
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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
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Origin of Users
European access(NIC Initiative)
Zagreb
Nicosia
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Brno
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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
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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
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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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