IT Challenges and Initiatives in Scientific Research Alberto Di Meglio CERN openlab Deputy Head DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.9809
LHC Schedule 2009 2010 2011 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2030? First run LS1 Second run LS2 Third run LS3 HL-LHC FCC? LHC startup 900 GeV Phase-0 Upgrade (design energy, nominal luminosity) Phase-1 Upgrade (design energy, design luminosity) Phase-2 Upgrade (High Luminosity) 50 times more data than today in the next 10 years 50 PB/s out of the detectors 5 PB/day to be stored 7 TeV L=6x10 33 cm -2 s -2 Bunch spacing = 50 ns 14 TeV L=1x10 34 cm -2 s -2 Bunch spacing = 25 ns 14 TeV L=2x10 34 cm -2 s -2 Bunch spacing = 25 ns 14 TeV L=1x10 35 cm -2 s -2 Spacing = 12.5 ns ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 2
E-Infrastructure for the 21 st Century http://zenodo.org/record/7592 Based on outcome and recommendations of high level experts and reflection groups (eirg, GEG, HLEG-SD, etc.) In collaboration with the EIROForum members A hybrid public-private service model (subsidized and pay-per-use) providing: Base infra services (networks, support for FIM) A small number of facilities providing cloud and data services A marketplace of services, software and tools from communities, service and technology providers (EUDAT, BioMedBrdges, imarine, many others) in curated public repositories A network of Research Accelerator Hubs Two prototypes in 2014, CERN and EMBL-EBI ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 3
A European cloud computing partnership: big science teams up with big business Strategic Plan Establish multitenant, multiprovider cloud infrastructure Identify and adopt policies for trust, security and privacy To support the computing capacity needs for the ATLAS experiment Setting up a new service to simplify analysis of large genomes, for a deeper insight into evolution and biodiversity Create governance structure To create an Earth Observation platform, focusing on earthquake and volcano research To improve the speed and quality of research for finding surrogate biomarkers based on brain images Suppliers Adopters Define funding schemes Slide courtesy of the Helix Nebula project, http://www.helix-nebula.eu 4
Helix Nebula Marketplace Builds upon the work undertaken as part of the EC funding project and overall initiative Support by European cloud providers and integration with existing e-infrastructures, a hybrid cloud Computing Market Place and open for new Cloud Providers Trusted cloud services through compliance with EU regulations and legislation Simplified procurement process for multiple cloud services Offered to the global scientific community, for both publicly-funded and commercial Research and Technology Organizations, offering large-scale and HPC-type deployments from the start. A focus on transparency and impartiality of the brokerage function. Trust is important. Slide courtesy of the Helix Nebula project, http://hnx.helix-nebula.eu
CERN openlab in a nutshell A science industry partnership to drive R&D and innovation with over a decade of success Evaluate state-of-the-art technologies in a challenging environment and improve them Test in a research environment today what will be used in many business sectors tomorrow Train next generation of engineers/employees Disseminate results and outreach to new audiences ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 6
Public-Private Collaborations New partners ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 7
Information Technology Research Areas Data acquisition and filtering Computing platforms, data analysis, simulation Data storage and long-term data preservation Compute provisioning (cloud) Networks Data analytics ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 8
CERN openlab IT Challenges Whitepaper IT Challenges Whitepaper Workshops, discussions, presentations Printed this week, announcement on Mon 12th Internal discussions, workshops, several iterations among contributors Base for Phase V and extended collaborations ELIXIR Workshop - EMBL-EBI 9
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