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LinkSCEEM-2: A computational resource for the Eastern Mediterranean

How it all began

• LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009

– assessment of High Performance Computing (HPC) resources and users in the Eastern Mediterranean

countries by HPC resources (status Nov 2012, source www.top500.org) Need for additional computational resources (regional survey LinkSCEEM-1)

Saudi Arabia - 0.4%,

FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 222904

How it all began

Conclusions: Main factors that have hindered the development of computational science in the region

• limited access to HPC resources
• limited knowledge on HPC
• inadequate regional connectivity
• limited awareness of simulation as a scientific tool
• LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009

– assessment of High Performance Computing (HPC) resources and users in the Eastern Mediterranean

FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 222904

LinkSCEEM-2 - Establish a HPC EcoSystem in the Eastern Mediterranean

• Provide access to HPC resources
• Provide training in HPC
• Raise awareness for

HPC research tools

• Bring international

expertise into the region

FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 261600

Project consortium

• Regional research institutions and international

centres of excellence in high performance computing (HPC)

Coordinator

Project objectives

• Integrate regional computational

resources

• Create user support and

training programs

• Enable research of particular

relevance to the region (Climate, Cultural heritage, Synchrotron)

• Build strong links to the European Research Area in

accord with the European Neighbourhood Policy

Project Research Themes

• Cross sectional research

– performance analysis and

• ptimisation for community codes
• Climate

– development of atmospheric chemistry climate models to study the Eastern Mediterranean region

• Digital cultural heritage

– imaging and image processing of regional artifacts

• Synchrotron radiation

data analysis

– synchrotron data analysis and simulation on GPU systems

Mediterranean and Middle East hot spot

• f ozone air pollution

Polynomial Texture Mapping of a copy of an ancient coin from Petra, Jordan, depicting Alexander the Great or one of his successors

Access to HPC facilities within LinkSCEEM

Regionally distributed LinkSCEEM e-infrastructure is being accessed through a joint call

• CaSToRC:

– Cy-Tera (CPU/GPU cluster) – EUCLID (LinkSCEEM training cluster)

• BA:

– Sun cluster (CPU cluster)

What Resources are available?

CyI

Cy-Tera:

• QDR Infiniband network for

MPI

• 350TB GPFS filesystem
• 30+ Tflop
• 36 Fermi GPU
• 12 Core Nehalem
• 116 dual 12-core nodes
• 4GB RAM per core

BA

• 130 8-core nodes
• Total peak performance

11.8 TFlops

• Total memory 1.05 TBytes

(132 * 8GB)

• DDR Infiniband @ 10 GBbps

network

• Lustre filesystems
• Storage: 36 Tbyte

What are the different types of access?

• Preparatory access – up to 10K core hours Call

always open (apply here)

(a) Code Scalability (6 months) (b) Code Development (6 months) (c) Code Development with support (6 months)

• Production access – up to 200K core hours (12

months) Two calls each year (apply here)

How do I get access

Proposal submission Technical review Scientific review Right to reply Resource allocation through RAC Notification of applicant Proposal submission Technical review Scientific review Right to reply Resource allocation through RAC Notification of applicant

Production Access (process duration 2 month) Preparatory Access (process duration 2 days)

HPC training opportunities

• LinkSCEEM aims to offer training opportunities to

new and experienced users

• Training efforts focus on

– Online training opportunities – LinkSCEEM training events – Educational Access Program

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Online training opportunities

• LinkSCEEM aims at providing permanently

available online training content

• wealth of online content already available
• all content presented here is freely accessible

Online training opportunities

• Overview of recommended online material

– LinkSCEEM training portal (http://www.linksceem.eu/ATutor/login.php) – LinkSCEEM lectures

(http://www.linksceem.eu/ls2/user-resources/lectures.html)

– PRACE training portal

(http://www.training.prace-ri.eu/ )

– XSEDE User Portal

(https://portal.xsede.org/web/xup/online-training)

Supercomputing Training Portal

• Attempts to aggregate and filter

material into distinct categories

• Recommends content within

categories

• Provides an environment to

browse content from categories while remaining within the website Portal Website

LinkSCEEM training events

• A mixture of events to reach new users and provide

training in HPC related topics

• 9 Annual Events

– Four 1-day user meetings – One 3-day general user meeting – One advanced 3-day cross-sectional workshop – One 3-day thematic workshop per field (Climate, Cultural Heritage, Synchrotron Radiation)

• Fellowships are offered for all workshops
• We aim to offer support that covers all basic cost

Educational Access Program

• Access to HPC resources for educational purpose
• LinkSCEEM offers resources

dedicated to this type of access

• Euclid is used as the training

cluster of the LinkSCEEM Project

• Contact us directly at hpc-support@linksceem.eu

Important dates

• Application close for next

production access call 2nd March 2014

• LinkSCEEM General User meeting in Cyprus

June 2014

• LinkSCEEM Synchrotron Workshop in Jordan

June 2014

Thank you!

Acknowledgement

Funding for LinkSCEEM-2 is provided by DG-INFSO Grant Agreement Number: 261600 Call (part) identifier: FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-2 Topic: INFRA-2010-1.2.3: Virtual Research Communities Funding Scheme: Combination of CP & CSA

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