Overview and Status of EUMEDGRID Project First Year Report

FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA-026024

[Empowering eScience across the Mediterranean]

C5 Meeting – CERN – March 16th 2007

Overview and Status of EUMEDGRID Project

First Year Report

Domenico VicinanzaCERN – IT/GD

and DMI-University of Salerno - Italy

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Personal Tasks within EUMEDGRID and

CERN IT-GD-ITR/IT-GD-OPS Member of the SAM (System Availability Monitoring)

Team• SAM Deployment• Responsible for SAM Documentation• SAM Support within EUMEDGRID

WISDOM (Wide In Silico Docking On Malaria) test and support within EUMEDGRID

Demo Chair for the First Year Project Review (held in Madrid, Feb. 28th 2007)• Deployment of CODESA-3D and ArchaeoGrid apps

Tutorial organization and tutorial lectures within the EUMEDGRID training for users and site admins

Co-Editor of one project deliverable (D2.2)

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Introduction

EUMEDGRID is a Specific Support Action (SSA) funded under the EU VI Framework Programme.

Started the 1st of January 2006.• 24 months duration.

Technical coordination: INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics)

14 partners from EU and Non-Member States. 11 beneficiary countries in the Mediterranean A total effort of 481 Person Months (392 Funded).

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Purposes

It aims to provide in the Mediterranean Region a pilot grid infrastructure for Research, which will be interoperable and compatible with EGEE and with analogous initiatives in the Balkans, North Europe, Latin America and Far-East Asia.

Establish a human network in the Mediterranean about e-Science

Enhance international collaboration of scientists and promote collaboration in other fields

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Participants

Partners Third Parties

INFN (Italy) Coordinator Università di Messina – Dipartimento di Matematica (IT)

CERN (Switzerland) Dipartimento di Fisica – Università di RomaTre (IT)

CYNET (Cyprus) ICTP – (IT)

DANTE (UK) CRS4 – (IT)

GARR (Italy) IUCC (Inter University Computing Center) – ISRAEL

GRNET (Greece) Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Athens, Greece

RED.ES (Spain) JUNet, Jordan

University of Malta (Malta) PADI2, Palestine

CERIST (Algeria)

CNRST (Morocco)

EUN (Egypt)

HIAST (Syria)Laboratoire CRISTAL - Ecole Nationale des Sciences de

l'Informatique (TN)

MRSTDC (Tunisia)Research Unit of Technologies of Information and Communication -

University of Tunis (TN)

TUBITAK-ULAKBIM (Turkey) Bilkent University (TR)

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EUMEDGRID Infrastructure

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Screenshot

11 Med.Countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta

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Infrastructure:First Year Achievements

Resources: 12 sites (6 from beneficiary countries)

• 16 CEs (10 from benef. countries)• 13 SEs (7 from benef. countries)• 7 RBs• 1 LFC

750 CPUs 34TB Disk space Tools: GridICE (http://eumed-gridice.cnaf.infn.it:50080) GSTAT (http://goc.grid.sinica.edu.tw/gstat/eumed) HGSM (Hierarchical Grid Site Management, it maintains an

updated list of human and grid resources) SAM (https://sam.grid.cs.um.edu.mt/sam/sam.py) Support System (https://support.eumedgrid.org)

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Tools and Resources

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Pilot Infrastructure evolution

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Authentication Infrastructure in EUMEDGRID at the end of the first year

CA

CA CA

CA

CA

CA

CA

“catch-all” CA

RARA

RA

RA

RA

RARA

under review

in preparation

CACA

CA

CA

CA

CA

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EUMEDGRID Applications

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Applications:First Year Achievements

Application questionnaire yielded 13 applications from 6 countries (4 applications from Beneficiary Countries)

Deployed applications:• Earth-Science (CODESA3D)• Archeology/Paleoclimatology (ArcheoGrid)• EGEE/WLCG (CMS, Atlas HEP applications)

Participation in WISDOM Malaria Data Challenge (October-December 2006)

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WISDOM Data Challenge EUMEDGRID Contribution

Data Challenge on neglected diseases ran from October 1st to December 15th on several grid infrastructures including EUMEDGRID

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CODESA-3D: Introduction

CODESA stands for COupled DEnsity-dependent variably SAturated flow and miscible transport

CODESA-3D is a three-dimensional finite-element simulator allowing the study of water movements in porous media taking into account phenomena as infiltrations/evaporations, recharge/discharge, withdrawal, …

It has been developed by Giuditta Lecca at CSR4, Italy (www.crs4.it/ENV) within the Hydrology and Water Resource Management Area

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Seawater intrusion simulation

Within EUMEDGRID, CODESA has been applied to saltwater intrusion problem of coastal aquifers.

Korba aquifer (Tunisia) case-study

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Output (2D)

Water pressure head with reference to mean sea level at a given horizontal plane

(defined by the user z=zfixed).

Relative salt concentration dissolved in groundwater at a given horizontal plane.

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Output 3D

Relative salt concentration dissolved in groundwater (salt is red;freshwater is blue)

x

655000 660000 665000 670000 675000 680000 685000

y

4.04E+06

4.05E+06

4.06E+06

4.07E+06

z

-400

-200

0

200

Y

X

Z

simm

200180160140120100806040201

-1-20

Frame 001 15 Jun 2006 KOrba-AQ_3D

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ArchaeoGrid: Introduction

One of the aspect of ArchaeoGrid is the investigation of the paleoclimate situation in the Mediterranean Area

This kind of studies are made available within EUMEDGRID using a metereological modelling software called MM5

MM5 allows to create complex atmospheric simulations and it is possibile simulating weather evolution even in the past, putting information describing the ancient enviroment

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Output

The program, thanks to the definition of the horizontal and vertical terrain contours and properties of the ground as elevations, absorption and reflecting capabilities, elaborates the meteorological data.

Finally, MM5 generate a forecast of the dynamic and thermodynamic state of the atmosphere

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Conclusions

EUMEDGRID is a step towards the creation of a Mediterranean Grid Infrastructure for e-Science creating a “human network” across the countries.

A pilot infrastructure with 12 sites is already running in the Mediterranean

EUMEDGRID is having a big impact in the development of e-Infrastructures. In particular it is: • contributing to reduce the digital divide between the two

sides of the Mediterranean;• building a community; • raising the awareness of new ways of doing (e-)Science;

Paving the way for a long term sustainability of e-Infrastructures in the Region through the constitution of National Grid Initiatives.

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Thanks!

www.eumedgrid.eu

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EUMEDGRID Infrastructure (GSTAT)

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EUMEDGRID workpackages (1/2)

WP1 - Project administrative and technical management • A1.1: Administrative management • A1.2: Technical management

WP2 - Requirements capture and analysis • A2.1: Gather and analyse country data • A2.2: Study state of the art and propose technical

roadmap

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EUMEDGRID workpackages (2/2)

WP3 - Pilot Infrastructure operational support • A3.1: Operational organis. and policy schemes • A3.2: Support to middleware deployment and pilot site

installations • A3.3: Pilot infrastructure operations • A3.4: Network resource provision • A3.5: Certification authority setup & operations

WP4 - Applications support • A4.1: EGEE Applications • A4.2: Regional applications support • A4.3: Promoting new applications

WP5 - Dissemination and outreach • A5.1: Dissemination • A5.2: Outreach

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CERN Efforts for the project(in terms of person-month)

WP1: 0 WP2: 5.5 person-month

• Study state of the art and propose technical roadmap• Deliverable 2.2: “Proposed Technical Roadmaps”

WP3: 6.0 person-month• Support to middleware deployment and pilot site

installation WP4: 2.5 person-month

• Regional and EGEE application support WP5: 0

source: EUMEDGRID Annex I – Description of Work

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WP4WP5

Dissemination Outreach GridApplications

WP3

GridMiddlewareand Cluster

Testing

GridMiddlewareDeployment

Pilot GridOperations

WP2

Informationgathering and

analysis

TechnicalRoadmap

Network Service Provision

EUMEDGRID WPs organisation

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Certification Authorities

INFN Certification Authority has accepted to act as a “catch-all” CA to ease and speed up the start-up of users

INFN Registration Authorities have been set up in the following beneficiary countries: • CERIST (Algeria), CNRST (Morocco), CYNET (Cyprus), EUN

(Egypt), HIAST (Syria), IUGAZA (Palestine), RicerkaNet (Malta), MRSTDC (Tunisia)

Formed CA Managers Group (CAM)• Aiming to assist countries to prepare CP/CPS

Morocco published CP/CPS for comments• Possibly accredited in the next PMA meeting

Syria almost ready to publish CP/CPS for comments• Possibly accredited in the next PMA meeting

Egypt, Palestine, Malta and Tunisia preparing CP/CPS

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Issues, Challenges and Plan

Issues and Challenges:• Egypt prefinancing still pending. • Many partners are new to EC projects/rules, need for

specific admin tutorials. • Tunisia is not connected via the EUMEDCONNECT

Plan for 2007:• Enlarge collaboration – firstly with Alexandria Library• Increase number of NGIs• Increase site availability & usability• Expand the long term authentication infrastructure (CAs) in

the Region.• Rank, deploy and support new applications • Transfer core services and ROC operations to Malta &

Cyprus. • Dissemination: arabic version of the website

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Preliminary Feedback

Relevance of policy work Highly appreciated the NGIs creation Technical objectives are going to be met at the end of the

project by continuing with this kind of commitment. Application selection criteria should be aligned and clarified. Chosen applications should have the potential to raise the

interest of the politicians. Applications may be of interest to the industry. Other

sections (eg engineering, biomed, etc) need to be added

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NGI status

Morocco: recognized by ministry Algeria: recognized by ministry under CNRST

umbrella Tunisia: recognized by ministry Egypt: NGI planning stage Syria: preliminary contact at ministry level Jordan: planning stage, contact with government

and funding agencies Cyprus: planning stage, problem to reach the

critical mass, tentative launch date 2007

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Plans

Enlarge collaboration – firstly with Alexandria Library

Increase number of National Grid Initiatives Increase site availability & usability Expand the long term authentication

infrastructure (CAs) in the Region. Rank, deploy and support new applications Transfer core services and ROC operations to

Malta & Cyprus. Dissemination: arabic version of the EUMEDGRID

website

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