The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How) Introduction to the EPIKH/CHAIN projects Riccardo Rotondo (riccardo.rotondo@garr.it) Consortium GARR Joint CHAIN/EPIKH School for Application Porting to Science Gateways Beijing, 11.04.2012 www.epikh.eu
Outline • Grids and Infrastructures • The EPIKH project • The CHAIN project Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 2
Computationally Intensive research Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 3
Today’ research Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012
The Grid • A ¡GRID ¡is ¡a ¡distributed ¡compu4ng ¡and ¡storage ¡ infrastructure ¡– ¡spanning ¡several ¡administra4ve ¡ domains ¡-‑ ¡allowing ¡sharing ¡of ¡resources ¡in ¡a ¡ coordinated ¡manner ¡by ¡a ¡set ¡of ¡homogeneous ¡users ¡ organized ¡within ¡Virtual ¡Organiza4ons ¡ • A ¡GRID ¡provides ¡single ¡sign ¡on ¡to ¡access ¡a ¡large ¡variety ¡ of ¡resources ¡and ¡an ¡added ¡value ¡with ¡respect ¡to ¡the ¡ bare ¡sum ¡of ¡its ¡components ¡ • GRIDS ¡are ¡the ¡key ¡enabler ¡of ¡e-‑Science ¡ Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 5
e-Science – e-Science is about global collaboration in key areas of science, and the next generation of infrastructure that will enable it e-Infrastructure = Networks + Grids .. + Operations, Support, Training… + Data centres, archives, instruments… • Networks interconnect resources • Grids enable flexible usage of interconnected resources: • Distributed computing across different administrative domains Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 6
Overview Virtual ¡organisa-ons ¡ � e-‑Science ¡ � e-Infrastructure Network � Computational and � Storage resources � Applications � Data � Instruments 7 Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 7
e-Infrastructure National Research and Education Networks National Grid Initiatives International Grid Initiatives Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 8
World’ Grids SEE-Grid BalticGrid DEISA XSEDE EGI EUChinaGrid The ¡Global ¡Grid ¡ OSG NAREGI EUMedGrid EUIndiaGrid EUAsiaGrid EELA EU fundend Non EU Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 9
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The Triangle of Knowledge Research & Development Education t-Infrastructure Innovation & Training Building e-Infrastructures is a waste if we don ’ t “ build ” , at the same time, their users. Along with e-Infrastructures, t-Infrastructures and training programmes are also needed. Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 11
The EPIKH Project (www.epikh.eu) • “Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How” (EPIKH) – EU FP7- Marie Curie Actions – People - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) • Consortium “ numbers ” : – 23 partners; – 18 countries; – 4 continents (Africa, Latin America, Asia , Europe); – 115 persons involved; – >650 researcher-months; – >500 secondments; • Duration: March, 1, 2009 – February, 28, 2013 (48 months) • EC contribution: 1,188,000 € Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 12
The EPIKH Partners Chinese Partner Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 13
The EPIKH goals • Strategic aims: – Reinforce the impact of e-Infrastructures in scientific research defining and delivering stimulating programme of educational events, including Grid Schools and High Performance Computing courses; – Broaden the engagement in e-Science activities and collaborations both geographically and across disciplines. • Specific actions: – Spreading the knowledge about the “ Grid Paradigm ” to all potential users: both system administrators and application developers through an extensive training programme; – Easing the access of the trained people to the e-Infrastructures existing in the areas of action of the project; – Fostering the establishment of scientific collaborations among the countries/continents involved in the project. Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 14
EPIKH secondments’ programme 1 st Phase: Non-EU → EU (selected) Res. Programs 2 nd Phase: EU → Non-EU Grid Schools (with 1 st phase tutors) Workshops Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 15
EPIKH Quality & Certification Programme • All seconded people must be officially selected against their CVs; • All Non-EU → EU secondments must have a Research Program agreed between “sending” and “accepting” organisations; • All secondments must have final reports both from the seconded person and the “accepting” organisation – If both reports will be successfull the seconded person will be provided with an official certificate Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 16
EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu wiki.epikh.eu documents.epikh.eu agenda.epikh.eu Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 17
Grants and applications (wiki.epikh.eu) The call for applications is still open ! Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 18
GEOMAP Views - Partners Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 19
GEOMAP Views – Events Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 20
GEOMAP Views – Events Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 21
EPIKH Applications Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 22
GILDA: the “ de facto ” standard EPIKH t-Infrastructure GILDA: Grid INFN Laboratory for Dissemination Activities � � https://gilda.ct.infn.it GILDA is a complete Grid production quality infrastructure � fully devoted to demonstrate/disseminate Grid computing GILDA is an international effort funded by multiple sources � GILDA is adopted by several Grid projects worldwide � It runs the latest Grid middleware version supporting many � middleware such as Condor, Globus, OurGrid, UNICORE, etc. Using GILDA is free of charge � Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 23
The GILDA formats and services (https://gilda.ct.infn.it) • Training on Grid – Tutorial for Users – Tutorial for Site Admin Science Gateways Grid School – Grid Schools – Tutorial for Trainers – Customized events – University courses (Degree, Ms.C, Ph.D, etc.) – Training materials: Wiki pages, Printable Documentation, Demos, Videos, etc. • Grid Application development – Support to Grid application development – Deployment of the applications into the GENIUS and P-GRADE grid portals – GILDA Ticketing support system • Infrastructure – GILDA CA – GILDA VOMS – Creation of pilot test-beds: EELA, EUMED , EUCHINA, EUINDIA, SAGRID, etc. – Testing and development on new available gLite services – Dedicated Software repository/Virtual services (INFN Grid) – Monitoring (GStat, SAM, GridMap, etc. ) Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 24
Conclusions • Research communities can greatly benefit from EPIKH and use GILDA to “gridify” and run applications of local interest; • EPIKH can represents for young brilliant scientists and technologists a unique occasion to learn and adopt the Grid paradigm through stimulating research programmes; • Thanks to EPIKH activities, EUMED Organisations can setup “clones” of GILDA locally to implement campus grids or even nation-wide e-infrastructures (good examples are already existing both in South Africa and Cuba); • EPIKH/GILDA can offer free technical support for anyone willing to organize local training events on Grid computing: – It can be undergraduate courses, M.Sc. courses, Ph.D. curricula, tutorials, Grid Schools, etc. Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 25
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Outline } General information and CHAIN vision } Workplan } State of the art analysis } Data analysis and recommendations } Virtual Research Communities } Interoperation & Interoperability } Conclusions Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 27
Regional Grid infrastructures CNGrid EUAsiaGrid NKN & Garuda GISELA SAGrid & SANREN Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 28
CHAIN: global coverage Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 29
Project objectives • Define a strategy and a model for external collaboration, in close collaboration with EGI.eu which will enable operational and organisation interfacing of EGI and external eInfrastructures • Validate this model, as a proof-of-principle, by supporting the extension and consolidation of worldwide Virtual Research Communities • Explore and propose concrete steps forward towards the coordination with other projects and initiatives (e.g. EGI.eu, EUMEDGRID-Support, EUIndiaGrid2, LinkSCEEM2, NKN & Garuda, etc.) Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 30
Project information • Grant Agreement for a total EC contribution of 1.1 M € • Total cost: about 1.9 M € • Start Date: 1st December 2010 - Duration 24 Months • Partners: INFN (Italy - Coordinator) 1) CESNET (Czech Rep.) 2) CIEMAT (Spain) 3) GRNET (Greece) 4) IHEP (China) 5) UBUNTUNET (Africa) 6) CLARA (Latin America) 7) PSA (India) 8) ASREN (Med./Middle East/Gulf) Since 1 August 2011 9) Beijing, Asia 4, 11-04-2012 31
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