Milwaukee ChapterWisconsin Innovation Network

Crowne Plaza HotelMay 10, 2012

John T. ByrnesMilwaukee Institute

Milwaukee Institute

• The Milwaukee Institute has proposed a dramatic expansion of the region’s capacity for high-performance computing, high

speed data transport and mass data storage.

• The Institute believes the region’s ability to handle the electronic data needed for the research and development

activities of major academic institutions is essential for economic growth and job creation.

• The Institute has developed the elements of a comprehensive network, including data centers, shared computational

resources and more.

You were promised …

Understanding the Situation

• Global economic expansion and job growth are being propelled by technological change that is

unstoppable.

• Real estate development initiatives now being emphasized by local leaders will not change the

outcome in the fight for jobs.

• Lack of technology development agenda is the core problem that needs to be addressed now, before its

too late.

Understanding the Problem

Wisconsin % GDP

Increasing Productivity

Pace of change has accelerated

since 2000!

Skill Levels Rising Everywhere

In 2012 we estimate that the US

workforce has shifted further up!

Re-Inventing Manufacturing

• Unskilled labor has declining value in the modern world of advanced manufacturing.

• Access to skilled knowledge workers is the key to success in manufacturing of the future.

• Working knowledge of science, mathematics and information technology will be essential.

No IT…No Advanced Mfg!Tightly

Coupled

--U.S Council On CompetitivenessJune, 2010

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IT, Health Care, Retail, Logistics, Transportation

Private Services

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Not Only Manufacturing

IT workers

Workforce Study Findings• IT workers are largest, single cohort of knowledge

workers by type in the region.

• The population of IT workers is the fastest growing cohort of workers and the rate of growth is accelerating.

• IT workers have average salaries that are more than twice the average salaries in the region.

• IT workers are statistically invisible because they are counted as employee across all industry and service

sectors of the economy.

Fastest Growing Occupations2006-2016

Occupation %Growth # of Jobs

#1 Network systems data analysts + 53% +140,000#4 Computer software engineers + 45%

+226,000#23 Computer systems analysts + 29% +146,000#24 Database administrators + 28% +

34,000#25 Software programmer + 28% +

99,000

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Technology Causes Change

Stone Age

Bronze Age

Age of Domestication

Age of Urbanization

Age of Re-Industrialization

Age of Information & Space

Natural tools, pottery weapons & clothing

Mining, metals tools, vessels weapons, sleds

Wheels, boats, agriculture, ropes and rudimentary fabrics, art and mathematics.

Masonry, waterworks, metalworking, printing, woodworking, weaving

Plumbing, pulleys, levels, screws, gears, architecture and medicines

Electronics, computers, fiber optics, molecular genetics, internet, and space travel

Civilization moves in big jumps based

on widespread adoption of new

technology! Age of IndustrializationSteelmaking, railroads, electricity,

oil refining, chemicals, refrigeration, engines, cars, explosives, radio, telephone and

television

Embracing the Solution

At the Milwaukee Institute we believe that…

• We must invest in high tech infrastructure.

• We must promote the formation of industry clusters that focus on a shared technology research agenda.

• We must inspire efforts to apply new science and technology to solving “grand challenge” problems.

• We must focus on the “next gen” workforce to make it happen.

High Tech Infrastructure

MGridRegional Cyber Infrastructure

Network of High speed Fiber Optic

Cable

Multiple Paired Data Centers

Massively Parallel Computation & Data

Storage

Application Software Library & Service

System

Technical Computing!Largely

Invisible!

CyberSystem Elements

MKEI: MGrid CoreRegional Technical Computing Community

MGrid Core

MGrid CoreMOU’s Now In Place

Private Sector

Sponsors

MGrid Core: Phase OneOperational Today

64 CPU’s256 cores 14 TB Data

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User Groups

MGrid Core: Phase TwoOperational 2013

875 CPU’s3500 cores

100 TB Data

64 CPU’s256 cores 14 TB Data

Genomic

Analysis

& Systems

Biology

MGrid Core: Phase ThreeOperational 2014 3500 CPU’s

14,000 cores2 PB Data

100 gb/secfiber optic

connections

BIGData

875 CPU’s3500 cores

100 TB Data

64 CPU’s256 cores 14 TB Data

Milwaukee Institute

Why do thisnow?

Modern Technology2. It is a collection of related

research and development efforts...1. It is about

the Microcosm.

3. …that attempt to mimic, interpret and

predict the behavior of very small things.

4. It is the foundational knowledge of all high

tech products and services.

NanoTechBioTech

InfoTech

NanoTech

Information Technology

BioTech

2. It enables and accelerates the other technological innovation.

1. First among equals!

3. It is increasing high-performance—not just fast, but super fast!

4. Modern IT enable us to use of modeling and simulation to solve enormously complex problems that were previously unsolvable.

InfoTech

Knowledge

Gap!

Rise of Technical Computing

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• Increasing CPU speed and lower cost per cycle has made it possible to process increasingly complex and larger data sets than ever before.

• The scientific method can now be applied in reverse by using computers to analyze enormous amounts of data in ways that produce new science.

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exponential hyper-exponential

• The explosion of digital data requires massively parallel processing systems that in themselves create new ways of thinking about information.

• Technical computing makes it possible to formulate large scale models to answer questions that in the past would have been inconceivable.

CPU Speed

Data Sets

Why Technical Computing?Reality is not what it appears to be.• Real world is not a simple, linear system.• Real world inputs are often disproportionate to outputs.• Real world has systems we don’t fully understand, such as

phase changes, e.g., solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.• Real world systems have limits and tipping points.

Nano-Scale Molecular ImagingRequires HPC

Requires HPC

Requires HPC

DOD Dynamic Supply Chain

Management

High Tech Infrastructure

Cyber Infrastructure

Network of High speed Fiber Optic

Cable

Multiple Paired Data Centers

Massively Parallel Computation & Data

Storage

Application Software Library & Service

System

This is the hard part!

It’s Not So

Easy!

Application Libraries

Cyber Infrastructure

Network of High speed Fiber Optic

Cable

Multiple Paired Data Centers

Massively Parallel Computation & Data

Storage

Application Software Library & Service

System

• Packaged Software

• OS Middleware

• Collaboration Tools

• Administrative Applets

• Scientific Algorithms

• Training Aids

Managed Service Systems

Cyber Infrastructure

Network of High speed Fiber Optic

Cable

Multiple Paired Data Centers

Massively Parallel Computation & Data

Storage

Application Software Library & Service

System

• Identity Management

• Access Control

• Scheduling

• Data Security

• Cost Recovery

• User Training

• Break/Fix

Milwaukee InstituteFostering a High Tech Future

Since November, 2007

Institute Rules of Engagement1. MKEI has no interest in intellectual property.

2. Everything MKEI invents will be available as open source.

3. Everything you give MKEI to run is protected and returned to you without retaining copies.

4. MKEI will encourage the fluidity of ideas among and between all segments of society.

1. Public to public2. Public to private3. Private to private4. People to people

5. MKEI will assist with development of proprietary technology under agreements that provide we will retain nothing but cash fees for services rendered.

Milwaukee Institute

J. GladieuxDirector Operations

N. LindbergSr. Consulting Eng.

(Vacant)Director Cluster Dev.

J. Bayne, Phd.Executive Director

HPC Engineering

WEBEngineering

HPCConfg. Mgmt

MGridMOU’s

HPCServices

Network Services

Data Storage Services

Defense Healthcare

Manufacturing Transportation

Financial Media & Design

Technical Advisory Board

Board of Directors

MGridUsers Council

Today: A Cyberphysical Organization

Our Vision: Timeline of Events

BOD June, 2009

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Mkei.org Website

Mkei.org HPC

MGridData Centers

Organize 501C3

RCOE

RCOE

RCOE

RCOE

RCOE

MGridData Center

MGridData Center

CI Day 1 CI Day 2

IP Forum 1

Imagine Conference

Imagine Conference

IP Forum 2 IP Forum 3

MiniConf Tech Conference

Technology Summit I

HealthcareTransportation

Defense

Financial

ManufacturingMedia

Mkei.org Industry Clusters

Grand Challenge Problems

Educational Outreach:

Cyber Infrastructure:

Public/Private Partnerships:

Industry Clusters, V-2

Water

Energy

Materials

Automation

Genetics

Space

Technical Grand Challenges

Examples:• Splitting water w/ sunlight• Molecular microfiltration• Lg. Scale hydrodynamic modeling

To be developed by the regional

community of professional engineers.

Grand Challenge Problems

A problem that addresses important regional, national, and global priorities and…• …is technically difficult.• …requires inter-disciplinary collaboration.• …involves a public-private partnership. • …is funded in part by governmental agencies. • …has regional economic significance.• …will take 3-5 years to solve.

National Academy Of Science

Make solar energy economical

Provide energy from fusion

Develop carbon sequestration methods

Manage the nitrogen cycle

Provide access to clean water

Restore and improve urban infrastructure

Advance health informatics

Better engineer medicines

Reverse engineer the brain

Prevent nuclear terror

Secure cyberspace

Enhance virtual reality

Advance personalized learning

Engineer tools of scientific discovery

www.engineeringchallenges.org

Research Centers of Excellence

Market pull, not technology push

BusinessCluster

Research Agenda

Federal Funding$$$$$

Academia

RCOE$$$

Technology Transfer

New Business Formation

Embracing the Solution

At the Milwaukee Institute we believe that…

• We must invest in high tech infrastructure.

• We must promote the formation of industry clusters that focus on a shared technology research agenda.

• We must inspire efforts to apply new science and technology to solving “grand challenge” problems.

• We must focus on the “next gen” workforce to make it happen.

Milwaukee InstituteAn Agent for Change

Invent Don’t Copy