Rede Nacional de Computação AvançadaComputação Avançada

Lino Santos

lino@fccn.pt

2018-04-12

Agenda

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• Framework and motivation • Advanced Computing Ecosystem • Advanced Computing Operators • Excellence Centres • Governance • Access Policy • Roadmap

Framework and motivation

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Advanced Cyberinfrastructure: Advanced Computing, etc.Computing and Communication Foundations: Quantum Computing, etc.Computer and Network Systems: Big Data, IoT, etc.Information and Intelligent Systems: Artificial Intelligence, etc.

Ensure conditions are in place for the production of new knowledge and active participation in international R&D networks and programmes

Framework and motivation

• Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures • International cooperation • UT Austin - Portugal Program • MoU FCT - UMINHO - TACC • MoU FCT - UMINHO - BSC • PRACE Membership • EuroHPC Rome Agreement

• RCM n.º 26/2018, May the 8th

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“Development of a National Advanced Computing Network, within axis 5 [of INCoDe.2030 Program]”

Advanced Computing Ecosystem

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Advanced Computing Operators

MACC

Excellence Centres

Software Packages Visualisation( … )

Researchers Life Sciences

Social Sciences

Power Users

Physics and

Engineering( … )

Horizontal

Vertical vs.

• 2015- (Navigator) • 3936 cores, 15.7 TB RAM, 180 TB Lustre, FDR

infiniband • 26 M core-hours • 2017: fire propagation simulations (included

in official report to the government)

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Advanced Computing Operators

Federation Cloud and

Grid

Cloud Computing

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HPC and HTC

Data Processing

and Analysis

Interoperability

Sharing and Integration

Added Value Services (specific data analysis and processing services and tools)

Advanced Networking Services (RCTS)

Housing

Virtual Research Environments (ESFRIs and large user communities) R&D

, collaboration, trainning, outreach

(1) Strongly associated to the development and use of Open Source solutions and technologies (2) Strongly associated to international R&D on EC projects

Advanced Computing Operators

• 20 racks, part of former stampe-1 from TACC - Texas Advanced Computing Center

• 800 compute nodes, with 16 cpu-core and one co-processor xeon-phi Knights Corner

• ~40GB-RAM per node (including xeon-phi) • Interconnects - InfiniBand FDR (54Gbps) • Shared disk (to be procured) – ~2 PB

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• Theoretical 1 Peta-FLOP of HPC computer “power”• Initial setup 1Q2019

MACC

Advanced Computing Operators

Advanced Computing Operators

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Operational costs

Computing power

Contract between

FCT and ACO

Excellence Centres

• Mandatory services • User support • Knowledge transfer • Outreach

• Other services • Software development • Interface development • Research data sets and data curation • Visualisation tools • Rendez-Vous

• Call for Applications

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Governance

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RNCA CouncilMembers from FCT Members from ACOs Members from ECs

RNCA Manager

Most probably from FCT

Access Committee

Three AC experts

Users Committee

Representatives from all knowledge domains

Technical Expert Panel

Scientific Expert Panel

Experts from ACOs

Experts from all knowledge domains

Access policy

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Scientific Evaluation Technical Evaluation AC Grant

Existing Grants

Existing Programs

Stand-alone AC Application

AC Application

AC Grant

AC Application

• Research Project Description • Specific Research Activity Description • Research Team Description • AC Resources needed • AC Platform • Software and Numerical Libraries

• AC Resources justification

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Roadmap

• Though Roadmap • ACOs contract 2Q2018 • First AC tender 4Q2018 • MACC setup 1Q2019 • ECs grant 1Q2019

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