Brief Introduction of Armenian National Grid Infrastructure

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1 Vladimir Sahakyan Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Brief Introduction of Armenian National Grid Infrastructure Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics, 11 July 2009, Dubna, Russia

2 About the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems The Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems founded in 1957 is one of the leading research institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in the field of applied mathematics and informatics, as well as in applications of computer technologies to different branches of science and technology Scientific Researchers Software Engeneers - 20 Service staff - 30 Postgraduates - 25 Undergraduate - 50 Page 2

3 Outline Previous Activities Current Activities International Collaboration Page 3

4 Previous Activities Academic Scientific Network (ASNET-AM) was established in The structure and policy of ASNET-AM operation was developed and realized by the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems (IIAP NAS RA). ASNET-AM interconnects scientific-research and educational organizations in major cities of Armenia, such as Yerevan, Ashtarak, Byurakan, Abovian, Gyumri. Current inter-city connections are wireless and E1. ASNET-AM network in Yerevan consists of dark fiber infrastructure operating at 100Mbps and partially at 1Gbps. International connection for ASNET-AM is provided Armentel, as well as dedicated channel rented from the Arminco and ADC local telecom companies. ASNET-AM unifies more than 60 scientific and educational organizations. Page 4 1 st BSI EC Periodic Review Meeting Tbilisi,

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6 Previous Activities Project A-823 (International Science and Technology Center ) Creation of High-Performance Computation Cluster and Databases in Armenia Participants Armenia: Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems, Yerevan Automated Control Systems Scientific Research Institute, Institute for Physical Research, National Survey for Seismic Protection of RA, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Institute of Mathematics, Center of Scientific Information, Institute of Geological Sciences Georgia: Tbilisi State University Main Results An infrastructure for high-performance computations and provided access to high-performance computing resources for research and technological organizations and centers existing in Armenia and South Caucasian Region Page 6 have been developed and realized.

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8 Previous Activities State Target Program (Armenian Government) Creation of Armenian State Experimental Computing System Participants Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems, NAS RA; Yerevan State University (YSU); State Enineering University of Armenia (SEUA); Linguistic Institute, NAS RA Main Results Providing network interaction between distributed computing resources of IIAP NAS RA, YSU and SEUA, realization of experimental fragment and development of software; cluster system administration and maintenance in IIAP NAS RA in the course of realization of the general project; creation of Web-environment for solving computational mathematical problems. Computer support of the Armenian language. Development of Armenian UNL module, as well as multilingual modules. Page 8

9 Current Activities - Projects Project A-1451(International Science and Technology Center) Development of Scientific Computing Grid on the Base of Armcluster for South Caucasus Region Participants Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems NAS RA; Yerevan State University; State Engineering University of Armenia; Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS RA; Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory NAS RA; Institute for Physical Research NAS RA Main Results General framework in the following R&D areas: quantum physics, astrophysics, molecular dynamics, 3D periodic artificial microwave structures, IT infrastructure library performance, quantum 3D reactive scattering in the 3-body system, identification and recognition of objects from video images by using digital signal and image processing methods, twodimensional cellular automata, decision-making and nonlinear boundary Page 9 parallel algorithms.

10 Current Activities - Projects Project A-1606 (International Science and Technology Center) Development of Armenian-Georgian Grid Infrastructure and applications in the Fields of High Energy Physics, Astrophysics and Quantum Physics Participants Armenia: Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems NAS RA; Yerevan Physics Institute; Yerevan State University; Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory NAS RA Georgia: Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association; Georgian E.Kharadze National Astrophysical Observatory; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Expected Main Results High Energy Physics: The calculation of NNLL QCD corrections for B > Xsγ decay; Monte Carlo production for the HERMES; Determination of the spin structure of nucleon-nucleon interaction; Spin-filtering experiment; Astrophysics: Development of Armenian-Georgian Virtual Observatory; Page Quantum 10 Physics: High performance computer modeling of quantum optical devices and microstructured Nonlinear Materials

11 Current Activities - Projects EU FP7 South Eastern European Grid einfrastructure for regional escience (SEE GRID SCI) Project ( ) IPP.bg GRNET.gr MTA SZTAKI.hu ICI.ro Participants: GRNET CERN SZTAKI IPP-BAS ICI TUBITAK ASA/INIMA UoBL UKIM UOB UoM RENAM RBI IIAP NAS RA GRENA Page 11 Greece Switzerland Hungary Bulgaria Romania Turkey Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina FYR of Macedonia Serbia Montenegro Moldova Croatia Armenia Georgia TUBITAK.tr UOB.rs RBI.hr UPT.al SEE-GRID-SCI partnership UKIM.mk UoBL.ba RENAM.md UOM.me IIAP-NAS-RA.am GRENA.ge

12 Current Activities - Projects EU FP7 South Eastern European Grid einfrastructure for regional escience (SEE GRID SCI) Project ( ) Page 12 The picture depicts the layered regional einfrastructure where SEE- GRID-SCI effectively adds the einfrastructure knowledge layer on top of the existing network and Grid planes. Towards new user communities is the inclusion of the Caucasus countries of Armenia and Georgia in the SEE region, thus reaching out to nascent Grid user communities in those countries.

13 Current Activities - Projects EU FP7 Black Sea Interconnection Initiative Project ( ) helped to develop a high-speed backbone network among the NRENs of the South Caucasus countries and enable connectivity to the pan-european GÉANT2 network. Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (TÜBİTAK-ULAKBIM) Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) Central and Eastern European Networking Association (CEENet) Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE) National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association (GRENA) Azerbaijan Research Educational Network Association (AzRENA) Page 13

14 Current Activities Projects State Target Program Deployment of Armenian National Grid Infrastructure ( ) Participants: Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems NAS RA National Survey for Seismic Protection Ministry of Natural Protection State Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Service Centre for Ecological Noosphere Studies NAS RA Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS RA Purpose: Deployment of National Grid Infrastructures Development of Different Applications Involvement of New User Comunities (Disseminations, Trainings) Page 14

15 MAIN PROJECTS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF GRID INFRASTRUCTURES IN ARMENIA ( ) EU FP7 PROJECTS Black Sea Interconnection Initiative( ) ISTC PROJECTS A-823 ( ): Creation of High- Performance Computation Cluster and Databases in Armenia State Target PROJECTS Creation of State Computing System ( ) Deployment of National Grid Infrastructure ( ) South East European GRID einfrastructure for regional escience ( ) Seismology VO: Leading: Boğaziçi University Meteorology VO: Leading: National Observatory of Athens, Greece Environment VO: Page Leading: 15 Hydrometerological Institute Banja Luka, Serbia A-1451 ( ): Development of Scientific Computing Grid on the Base of Armcluster for South Caucasus Region A-1606 ( ): Development of Armenian- Georgian Grid Infrastructure and applications in the fields of high energy physics, astrophysics and quantum physics Biology VO: International Scientific Educational Center, NAS RA Physics VO: Yerevan State University Institute Radiophysics NAS RA Institute Physical Research NAS RA Astrophysics VO: Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia Abastumani Observatory, Georgia High Energy Physics VO: Yerevan Physics Institute Tbilisi State University

16 Armenian National Grid Initiative Creation of Armenian Grid Joint Research Unit. Agreement signed in September 2007 Armenian National Grid Initiative Foundation, Kick-off meeting 31 October Juridical Status is in process Partners State Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science National Academy of Sciences State Engineering University of Armenia Yerevan State University Yerevan Physics Institute after A. Alikhanian Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences Armenian e-science Foundation Page 16

17 Current Activities - Integration with EGI European Grid Initiative (EGI) The purpose of EGI is to establish a sustainable grid infrastructure in Europe. Driven by the needs and requirements of the research community, it is expected to enable the next leap in research infrastructures, thereby supporting collaborative scientific discoveries in the European Research Area (ERA). The main foundations of EGI are the National Grid Initiatives (NGI), which operate the grid infrastructures in each country. EGI will link existing NGIs and will actively support the setup and initiation of new NGIs. ArmNGI Status in EGI. Observer Page 17

18 Current Activities - Infrastructures Available Computational Resources in Armenia Organization Cores Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems NAS RA 176 Yerevan State University 176 State Engineering University 48 Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS RA 48 Yerevan Physics Institute 48 Total 496 Page 18

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20 Current Activities - Infrastructures Page 20

21 Current Activities Monitoring Tools Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for highperformance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. It leverages widely used technologies such as XML for data representation, XDR for compact, portable data transport, and RRDtool for data storage and visualization. GStat is a centralised monitoring service, which monitors the worldwide Grid Information System. Its primary goal is to detect faults, verify the validity of and display useful data from the Information System. BBmSAM availability monitoring of the infrastructure is carried out by using SAM (Service Availability Monitoring) system developed in EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe) project. R-GMA (Relational Grid Monitoring Architecture) provides a service for information, monitoring and logging in a distributed computing environment. R-GMA makes all the information appear like one large Relational Database that may be queried to find the information required. Page 21

22 Current Activities - Applications Page 22 Biology - Eritrocite Membrane

23 Current Activities Applications Systolic Algorithm Simulator (SAS) Computational cluster Armcluster Software environment Manager programs Application programs Existent software packages Developed software packages SAS SAD Editor Parser Planner Code Generator PM SAD description of one-dimensional systolic array Page 23 PM cluster based programming module

24 Current Activities Numerical Weather Forecasting Page 24

25 International Collaboration Grid Infrastructures South East European Grid: Greek Research and Technology Network French National Grid 5000: Research Institute for Informatics of Toulouse, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon German Grid: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Technik und Umwelt, Universität Rostock Russian-Armenian Grid Segment: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Scientific Computations Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) National Technical University of Athens (Greece) Page 25

26 International Collaboration Applications HEP: CERN, DESY, University of Bern, University of Zürich; Physics Institute of Erlangen-Nürnberg University; Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy; Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Poland Quantum Physics: Laboratoire Aime Cotton (CNRS, France), MAX- PLANCK-INSTITUTS FÜR Kernphysik (Heidelberg, Germany), Institut für Quantenphysik (Ulm, Germany) Astrophysics: Observatoire de Strasbourg, Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, Universita' La Sapienza System Tools: Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI, Hungary), Institute of System Programming (ISP RAS, Russia) Etc. Page 26

27 International Collaboration System Tools Page 27

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