1. National Computational Science Alliance Introducing the National Computational Science Alliance Panel Presentation to Supercomputing ‘97 in San Jose November 21, 1997

2. National Computational Science Alliance How to Find out More About the Alliance See also http://alliance.ncsa.uiuc.edu

3. National Computational Science Alliance Leading Edge Centers –Supernodes of the Grid Enabling Technology Teams –Architects of the Grid Applications Technologies Teams –Specifications for the Grid Education, Outreach, and Training Teams –Content for the Grid Partners for Advanced Computational Services –Support for the Grid Industrial Partners and Strategic Vendors –Technology Transfer for the Grid The Alliance is Prototyping the National Technology Grid

4. National Computational Science Alliance The Alliance National Technology Grid

5. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Executive Committee Larry Smarr, Chair Phil Smith, External Chair Charlie Bender, OSC Bob Berdine, Caterpillar David Ceperley, UIUC John Connolly, Kentucky Tom DeFanti, UIC Roscoe Giles, Boston U John Hennessy, Stanford Ken Kennedy, Rice Greg McRae, MIT Jeremiah Ostriker, Princeton Dan Reed, UIUC Rick Stevens, Argonne Mary Vernon, Wisconsin Paul Woodward, Minnesota

6. National Computational Science Alliance Exponential Growth in National User Demand Will Drive Grid Capabilities Source: Quantum Research Database

7. National Computational Science Alliance World’s Largest Unclassified SGI/Cray Origin - NCSA’s Cluster of DSMs Power Challenge Array Origin Array 128 4x64 4x32 10x16 Processors 128 Processors Equals a 512 Processor CM-5

8. National Computational Science Alliance Putting a Window in the Supercomputer Oven- This Week’s Run on the 128 Processor Origin Porter, Anderson, Habermann, Ruwart, & Woodward, LCSE,Nov. 1997 Data Moved From NCSA over vBNS to U Minnesota- Visualization at SC97 While Simulation Runs at NCSA Surface ViewInterior View Evolution of a Red Giant with White Dwarf Core

9. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance SGI/Cray Origin2000 Virtual Community http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/Origin2000/

10. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Partner Allocatable Resources Boston University –192 processor Origin2000 –38 processor POWER CHALLENGEarray –100,000 processor hours New Mexico –500+ node IBM SP-2 –175,000 node hours Ohio Supercomputer Center –Training on T3E and Triton Kentucky –32 processor HP Exemplar SPP-1200 –25,000 processor hours Wisconsin –600+ workstation Condor flock –200,000 processor hours

11. National Computational Science Alliance Computing on the University of Wisconsin Condor Pool Condor Cycles CondorView, Courtesy of Miron Livny, Todd Tannenbaum(UWisc)

12. National Computational Science Alliance The Emergence of Knowledge Management October 20, 1997

13. National Computational Science Alliance Information Visualization - Insurance Claims Data Allstate Insurance, NCSA Using SGI Mineset

14. National Computational Science Alliance The Coming Integration of Technical and Commercial Computing The Emergence of High Performance Commercial Computing –Computational Knowledge Management –Focus on: –Large Data Sets and Information Visualization –AI Techniques for Data Mining –Optimization and Decision Support –Financial “Rocket Science” NT / UNIX Interoperability and Scalability –HP and SGI DSMs –Scalable NT Clusters and NCSA Symbio –HP/Intel Merced Processor in FY99-00

15. National Computational Science Alliance NSF vBNS and PACI - Mutually Interdependent NPACI NCSA Alliance Both NCSA Alliance and NPACI Other High Performance Connection sites Current vBNS “Backbone” sites

16. National Computational Science Alliance MREN and STAR-TAP MREN - America’s First Operational Gigapop - Midwest Sites OC12 vBNS Indiana Hub Indiana Univ Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota/LCSE NCSA Michigan Hub U Michigan Michigan State

17. National Computational Science Alliance International Connections Through STAR TAP

18. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Enabling Technologies Teams - Faculty Leads Parallel Computing (16) –Ken Kennedy, Rice U –Greg McRae, MIT Distributed Computing (15) –Rick Stevens, Argonne –Paul Woodward, U Minnesota Data and Collaboration (14) –Dan Reed, UIUC –Roscoe Giles, Boston U

19. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Applications Technologies Teams - Science and Engineering Driving the Grid Cosmology (5) Environment Hydrology (11) Chemical Engineering (7) Bioinformatics (9) Nanomaterials (11) Scientific Instruments (8)

20. National Computational Science Alliance Emergence of Large Scale Structure Using Traditional MPP Supercomputer Source: Greg Bryan, Mike Norman, NCSA 512x512x512 Run on 512-node CM-5 Evolution Fly Thru

21. National Computational Science Alliance Use of Shared Memory Adaptive Grids - Alliance Cosmology Team Source: Greg Bryan, Mike Norman, John Shalf, NCSA 64x64x64 Run with Seven Levels of Adaption on SGI Power Challenge, Locally Equivalent to 8192x8192x8192 Resolution

22. National Computational Science Alliance Collaborative Virtual Enviornment - NCSA / CEWES Environmental Modeling in Shared VR-space –Chesapeake Bay Simulations and Databases ImmersaDesks vBNS DREN SGI Onyx (NCSA) SGI Onyx (CEWES) Integrated M-Bone Videoteleconferencing Images produced by John Shalf, NCSA SGI Onyx (Old Dominion) SGI Onyx (U. Wisc)

23. National Computational Science Alliance Using CAVE5D with NCSA’s Virtual Director to Analyze Chesapeake Bay Simulations Alliance Environmental Hydrology Applications Team Glen Wheless and Cathy Lascara, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, NCSAVirtual Director Team Fish Larvae at Mouth of the Bay 15 Day Period Salinity (Red-High, Yellow-Low)

24. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Visualization Development and Deployment Partners

25. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance National Technology Grid Workshop and Training Facilities Powered by Silicon Graphics Linked by the NSF vBNS

26. National Computational Science Alliance ChickScope - Coupling Alliance Application Team to Education Team

27. National Computational Science Alliance Using Java to Teach Computational Science- The Java Virtual Wind Tunnel http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Habanero/Tools/WT/index.html A Java Applet Converted to a Habanero Hablet