1. National Computational Science Alliance From Supercomputing to the Grid Invited Talk at SGI Booth, Supercomputing ‘98 Orlando, Florida, November 10,1998

2. National Computational Science Alliance Discovery Science Using the SGI Origin Ostriker and Cen,Princeton Coupled Gaseous Matter and Dark Matter Simulation Gas Shocks and Remains at 0.1-10 Million Degrees- 50% of Baryons! Explains Lyman Alpha Forest Observations FY99- –Adaptive Grids on Origin –Links to CS Teams –Create the “Cosmic Web” –Simulation Archive –Workbench Interface –Integration with Observed Data Science 6/26/98; Science News 6/20/98 Where Are All the Baryons?

3. National Computational Science Alliance From General Relativity to Global Risk Management - JP Morgan Hero Calculation HPC Strategic Business Analysis Calculations Used 128-Processor SGI Origin –Two Week Period in January 1998 –NCSA and SGI Doubled Memory in a Week Extended JPM's Risk Management Capabilities Hundreds of Market Scenarios Simulated NCSA, Strategic Vendor, Industrial Partner –Existing Relationships Facilitated Quick Startup –Win-Win-Win Result Andrew Abrahams, Jeff Saltz, JP Morgan

4. National Computational Science Alliance The Rapid Increase in High End Capacity at NCSA Millions of NUs Used at NCSA FY93 to FY98

5. National Computational Science Alliance The Takeoff in Origin Users at NCSA 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Sep94 Nov94Jan95 Mar95 May95 Jul95 Sep95 Nov95Jan96 Mar96 May96 Jul96 Sep96 Nov96Jan97 Mar97 May97 Jul97 Sep97 Nov97Jan98 Mar98 May98 Jul98 Sep98 Number of Users SGI Power Challenge Array CM5 Convex C3880 Convex Exemplar Cray Y-MP Origin SPP-2000 C3880 (retired 10/95) SPP-1200 Y-MP (retired 12/94) Origin SPP-2000 CM-5 (retired 1/97) PCA (retired 7/98) (retired 5/98)

6. National Computational Science Alliance NCSA is Combining Shared Memory Programming with Massive Parallelism Doubling Every Nine Months! Challenge Power Challenge Origin SN1

7. National Computational Science Alliance Preparing for the Migration From T3E and Origin to SGI SN1

8. National Computational Science Alliance Cycles Used by NSF Community at the NSF Supercomputer Centers by Vendor SGI SN1 is the Natural Upgrade for 84% of Cycles! June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998 CTC, NCSA, PSC, SDSC 1019 Projects Using 100% of the Cycles T3D/E Origin/PC C/T90

9. National Computational Science Alliance SGI Dominates High End Computing Origin T3E C/T90 Unclassified Access Normalized Units www.hpcmo.hpc.mil/Htdocs/msrcguide.html Resources Available in the DOD Modernization Major Shared Resource Centers

10. National Computational Science Alliance SGI Partners with NCSA as a Leading Edge Origin Development Site First Origin Delivered 10/2/96 First Metarouter at Customer Site First 64 and 128 Single Memory Image First Multiple 64 Single Application First Linpack Over Multiple 128 Origin First IRIX 6.5 Alpha First WAN LSF Job Sharing On to the SN1 -- Both MIPS and IA-64 Versions!

11. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Boston University Origin Repository

12. National Computational Science Alliance NSF PACI Program Prototyping the 21st Century Grid

13. National Computational Science Alliance The Grid Links Remote Sensors With Supercomputers, Controls, & Digital Archives Starburst Galaxy M82 Creating Remote Super Telescopes –BIMA and NRAO –Collaborative Web Interface –Real Time Control and Steering Alliance Scientific Instrument Applications Team

14. National Computational Science Alliance Storm and Mesoscale Ensemble Experiment 1998 - Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms http://origin.caps.ou.edu/~samex/arps/19980524/12Z_nc9/13h/refl-2km.gif Kelvin Droegemeier, Director, CAPS CAPS Collaborators: NCAR NSSL AFWA NCEP Ran on PSC T3D-512

15. National Computational Science Alliance SAMEX 1999 and Beyond -- A Grid Based Computational Science Experiment Kelvin Droegemeier, Director CAPS, Univ. Oklahoma LES and Regional Models Running Concurrently Local NEXRAD Doppler Radars to Initialize Models Models Accessed Over Web by Airlines, Agencies NCSA Requirement: 5 Hr./day on Origin 128 for 2 Months Spring ‘99

16. National Computational Science Alliance Alliance Environmental Hydrology Goal - Linking Hydrologic Interactions Channel Flow precipitation evaporation transpiration surface runoff return flow groundwater flow soil moisture 0 - 5 days 1 km.100 m10 m TEMPORALSCALE SPATIALSCALE AtmosphereSurface Flow Ecosystem water depth, extent, duration Channel Flow 0 - 5 days

17. National Computational Science Alliance Goal-Analyze and Record Complex Data sets Using Interactive Virtual Environments Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Marcus Thiebaux, Virtual Director Team Glenn Wheless, Cathy Lascara, Old Dominion Univ. Cave5d Enables Interactive Visualizations of Time-Varying, 3-Dimensional Vis5d Data Sets in CAVE Environments

18. National Computational Science Alliance Structure & Function Pathways & Physiology Populations & Evolution Ecosystems Genomes Gene Products Computational Biology Requires Intricate Linking of Functions and Data Alliance Biology Workbench Links Programs and Data Through Web Browser Over 6,000 Users From Over 20 Countries Powered by SGI Power Challenge

19. National Computational Science Alliance The Killer Application for the Grid - Collaborative Tele-Immersion CAVE ImmersaDesk Image courtesy: Electronic Visualization Laboratory, UIUC Different Physical Implementations of the Alliance CAVE Software Libraries

20. National Computational Science Alliance Grid Enabled Workshop and Training Facilities Being Deployed Across the Alliance Jason Leigh and Tom DeFanti, EVL; Rick Stevens, ANL

21. National Computational Science Alliance Collaborative Virtual Director -- Environmental Modeling FY98 ImmersaDesk CAVEPower WallDesktop Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, NCSAVirtual Director Team Glenn Wheless, Old Dominion Univ.

22. National Computational Science Alliance A Working Model-Caterpillar’s Collaborative Virtual Prototyping Environment Data courtesy of Valerie Lehner, NCSA Real Time Linked VR and Audio-Video Between NCSA and Germany Using SGI Indy/Onyx and HP Workstations