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Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
March 25, 2014
Research Computing in Massachusetts
• Hundreds of independent groups
• Diverse institutional cultures
• Frequent collaboration across organizations and disciplines
www.mghpcc.org2
DNA samples -> Treatment Strategies (UMass, MIT, Harvard Medical)
ATLAS/LHC(BU, Harvard)
Medical imaging analysis(BU, Harvard, Children's Hospital)
Ocean floor (UMass, WHOI, MIT)
Computational Nanotechnology (Northeastern, Harvard)
Bicep2 / Gravity Waves(Harvard)
Understanding Evolution(UMass)
Origins of the MGHPCC
• Interest in institutional cooperation
– Financial advantage
– Opportunities that single institutions cannot address
– Importance of university research to the Massachusetts economy
– Meaningful impact on research competitiveness by state government
• Recognition that…
– Computing is fundamental to the university research mission
– Incremental on-campus expansion is not a viable long term approach
www.mghpcc.org3
The MGHPCC Data Center and Consortium
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A partnership between 5 universities….
The Commonwealth, and industrial sponsors
Three Works in Progress
• Regional HPC Data Center
• University/Industry/Government Research Collaboration
• Regional economic development
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MGHPCC Data Center
www.mghpcc.org6
10 MW for compute / 15MW total
8 Acres and a 40MVA power feed for expansion
Green, low cost power
Communication Crossroads
Governance
• Structure
– Non-profit service corporation owned by five universities
– Owns the facility and employs facility operations staff
• Oversight
– Research mission and direction – Research Vice Presidents
– Operational direction and goals – CIOs
• Day to day issues and opportunities
– Research – Faculty working group
– Operational – Business and IT working groups
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Operational Goals
• Convenient access to research computing resources
– Give the appearance of being local to every campus
– Efficient data sharing among geographically separate research teams
• Low Operating Cost
– Measure, benchmark, and optimize
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Operational CollaborationOperation and User Support
• Build on on existing resources
– Dedicated MGHPCC Staff focuses on facility operation
– User support comes from existing research computing groups
• Evolving Collaboration
– Staying out of each others’ way
– Learning from each other
– Unified networking plan
– Coordinated vendor dialog
– Acquisition and operation of jointly owned resources
– Larger scale solutions to common problems
www.mghpcc.org9
Operational Collaboration Business
• Five institutions with multiple funding agencies
• Each institution composed of many smaller institutions
• Different approaches to cost recovery and financial incentives
• Astute comparative shoppers
www.mghpcc.org10
Research Collaboration
• Seed Grant Program (for promising cross-university projects)
• Jointly owned computing infrastructure
• Multi-university research initiatives
• State/University/Industry research initiatives
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Catalyst for Local Economic Development
www.mghpcc.org12
Cisco Network Academy
Science in the Cloud
Smart Meter Project
Community Meeting and
Classroom space
Scholarship Fund
Transform 8 acres
downtown
“Anchor Tenant” for the Innovation District
Hands-on Construction Engineering Classroom
Clean Energy Innovation WorkshopEducation
Opportunities Workshop
Innovation District Task
Force
Educators Conference
Part of a Larger Strategy
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MGHPCCTransform 8 acres downtownAttract positive attention to the city“Anchor Tenant” downtownLocal education partnershipsCommunity meeting space
Policy and ProgramsTax IncentivesRecycle idle propertyUrban renewal planFaçade ImprovementIncentives for market rate housingRenovate affordable housingCreation of an innovation districtPromoting a creative economy
Public InfrastructureRestore Rail ServiceCanal walkLibrary renovationPark renovationsPublic parking renovationSkateboard park
Commercial ActivityNew businessesArtist StudiosNight Life
Holyoke Arts & Innovation District