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LinkSCEEM-2: A computational resource for the Eastern Mediterranean

How it all began FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 222904  LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009 – assessment of High Performance Computing (HPC) resources and users in the Eastern Mediterranean Saudi Arabia - 0.4%, Need for additional computational resources countries by HPC resources (status Nov 2012, source (regional survey LinkSCEEM-1) www.top500.org)

How it all began FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 222904  LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009 – assessment of High Performance Computing (HPC) resources and users in the Eastern Mediterranean 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-2 - Establish a HPC EcoSystem in the Eastern Mediterranean  Provide access to HPC resources  Provide training in HPC FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 261600  Raise awareness for HPC research tools  Bring international expertise into the region

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 optimisation for community codes  Climate Polynomial Texture Mapping of a copy of an ancient coin from Petra, – development of atmospheric chemistry Jordan, depicting Alexander the Great or one of his successors climate models to study the Eastern Mediterranean region  Digital cultural heritage – imaging and image processing of regional artifacts  Synchrotron radiation data analysis Mediterranean and Middle East hot spot of ozone air pollution – synchrotron data analysis and simulation on GPU systems

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 BA • 130 8-core nodes Cy-Tera: • • QDR Infiniband network for Total peak performance 11.8 TFlops MPI • • 350TB GPFS filesystem Total memory 1.05 TBytes • 30+ Tflop (132 * 8GB) • • 36 Fermi GPU DDR Infiniband @ 10 GBbps • 12 Core Nehalem network • • 116 dual 12-core nodes Lustre filesystems • • 4GB RAM per core 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 Production Access Preparatory Access (process duration 2 month) (process duration 2 days) Proposal Proposal submission submission Technical review Technical review Scientific review Scientific review Right to reply Right to reply Resource allocation Resource allocation through RAC through RAC Notification of Notification of applicant applicant

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 3 1

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

LinkSCEEM group www.linksceem.eu 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