Research Report 2017– 2018 Leadership
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Research Report 2017– 2018 Leadership David Hudak, Ph.D. Executive Director (614) 247-8670 | [email protected] Doug Johnson Chief Systems Architect & Manager, HPC Systems (614) 292-6286 | [email protected] Karen Tomko, Ph.D. Director, Research Software Applications “Researchers at (614) 292-1091 | [email protected] universities, businesses, Alan Chalker, Ph.D. and laboratories across Director, Strategic Programs (614) 247-8672 | [email protected] the state leverage the Brian Guilfoos powerful high performance Manager, HPC Client Services computing systems, (614) 292-2846 | [email protected] services, and expertise of the Ohio Supercomputer Center to help make new discoveries, produce amazing innovations, train a high-tech workforce, and provide a solid foundation for Ohio’s future prosperity.” — John Carey, Chancellor, Ohio Department of Higher Education osc.edu PHOTO TOP // Chancellor John Carey directs the Ohio Department of Higher Education and oversees the strategic initiatives of the Ohio Technology Consortium and its member organizations in support of the state’s technology infrastructure needs. Tag Index Table of Contents ● Type of computing OSC Overview 3 Data-intensive computing High performance computing Disease Resistance 5 High throughput computing Precision Medicine 6 ■ Resource type Visual Perception 8 Dense compute Neural Networks 9 GPU Drone Transportation 10 Huge Memory Genetic Mutation 12 ▲ Service type Inventive Activity 14 Education Energy Conversion 15 Facilitation Research Data Storage Campus Champion 16 Research Partnership Data Analysis 18 Scientific Software Development Nanostructure Defects 19 Visualization & Virtual Environments Web Software Development Void Percolation 20 Aircraft Crashworthiness 22 ◆ Research field Engineering & Technology Fluid Performance 23 Natural Sciences Rubber Dispersibility 24 Social Sciences Mechanical Thrombectomy 25 SETSM Algorithm 26 Weld-induced Distortion 28 Molecular Interfaces Ohio Supercomputer Center: OSC addresses 29 the rising computational demands of academic and Data Management industrial research communities by providing a robust 30 shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers Search Engines 32 scientists with the services essential to making extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners Complex Suspensions 33 with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge Diagnostic Tests 34 economy and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required for 21st century jobs. Statewide Users Group 35 Ohio Technology Consortium: Governed by the Training Services 37 Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, OH-TECH serves as the technology and information Software Services 38 division of ODHE. The consortium comprises a suite of widely respected member organizations collectively Service Highlight 39 unsurpassed in any other state: OSC, OARnet and OhioLINK. The consortium drives efficiencies through Hardware Services 40 common services provided to member organizations through the Shared Infrastructure and Consortia Supercomputers 41 Services divisions. 1 Active Academic Projects Academic Fields of Science Mathematics, 2% General, 2% General, 2% U. of Toledo Case Western Physical Reserve U. Sciences, 3% Other* Cleveland Materials Oberlin Coll. State U. Earth & Bowling Kent Engineering, 27% Green State U. Environmental State U. Sciences, 9% U. of Akron Youngstown State U. Bluffton U. Ohio Northern U. Wittenberg U. Natural Social Engineering Ohio State U. Sciences, Sciences, & Tech, U. of Wright State U. 45% 2% 53% Dayton Cedarville U. Central State U. Miami U. Ohio U. General, U. of Cincinnati 10% Key Biological 1–5 Sciences, 11% 6–10 Chemical 11–20 Chemical Sciences, 17% Engineering, 10% 21+ Electrical/Electronic Civil Engineering, 5% Engineering* *Less than 1% Downtimes 6.4 M Food 0.4 M Overall System Usage Hospital 0.5 M in millions of core hours* Dedicated Queues 7.5 M Consumer Goods 0.6 M Energy 0.6 M Unscheduled 31.4 M Technology 0.7 M Engineering 24.7 M Oakley 73 M Commercial 28.7 M Others 1.2 M Ruby 42 M OSC Internal 2.3M U of Akron 3.3 M Combined Total 320 M Bowling Green 8.2 M Ohio U 9.0 M Owens 205 M Academic Hours U of Cincinnati 10.0 M 185 M Case Western 16.2 M Unused 58.9 M Ohio State U 132.5 M *Core hours: The total number of processor cores used times the hours they are used to complete a job. Others 5.8 M ALL DATA: JANUARY 2017–DECEMBER 2017 2 OSC Overview The Ohio Supercomputer Center was established in 1987 to “place Ohio’s research universities and private industry in the forefront of computational research.” Today, more than 30 years later, the Center continues to provide researchers and faculty members across Ohio with the resources, services and expertise that bolster graduate education, provide a foundation for discoveries and help propel innovation. In 2017–18, OSC increased support the use of high performance computing in the classroom, expanded its statewide training efforts, increased collaboration, extended consulting efforts and promoted its innovative web-based, open-source HPC portal. The Center also refined its streamlined but thorough allocations procedures, upgraded storage systems and began the aquisition process for its newest HPC system—the Dell/Intel Xeon Pitzer Cluster. Education Training Research using OSC services spans a variety of For faculty, student and industry researchers disciplines, such as medicine, business, computer who lack institutional knowledge of the Center— science, economics, engineering, chemistry, especially as people in new fields come to mathematics and physics, at various types of realize the usefulness of HPC resources—OSC institutions—public and private, large and small. staff members address their learning gaps by Computationally based research programs at providing workshops, one-on-one consulting, many of the state’s large universities play an web-based training materials. In-person office integral role in the graduate education of many hours are also offered every other Tuesday in students. Poster and flash-talk competitions held Columbus during the academic year. at the Center twice each year allow student and faculty members the opportunity to publicly In 2017–18, OSC staff nearly tripled the amount present their work—practice they need to help of training opportunities offered around the state, earn the higher degrees and accolades they seek. instructing 461 academic and industry users on HPC systems and OSC-specific programs. OSC staff also assist faculty and student researchers by making classroom accounts available for professors who want to incorporate Collaboration HPC resources into courses. In 2017–18, there Since its inception, OSC staff members were more than 30 instances of colleges have sought to partner strategically with and universities leveraging OSC services for Ohio researchers in developing competitive, instructional purposes, either in the classroom or collaborative proposals to regional, national and the laboratory. international funding organizations to solve some Ohio high school students and middle school of the world's most challenging scientific and girls receive extraordinary STEM education engineering problems. through first-hand application of high At the most basic level, staff assist researchers performance computing and networking during by providing customized letters of commitment OSC’s annual Summer Institute (SI) and the to show they have access to vital resources, by Young Women's Summer Institute (YWSI). providing text describing OSC’s computing and storage facilities and data retention policies and by providing quotes for specialized services, such as dedicated computing resources, large storage, (continued on page 4) PHOTO // David Hudak, Ph.D., Executive Director 3 (continued from page 3) HPC consulting, etc. In 2017, staff collaborated on This process is coordinated through OSC’s projects with numerous researchers, including: Statewide User Group (SUG), whose officers meet regularly with OSC staff to evaluate DK Panda, Ph.D., professor of Computer Science allocations requests, as well as to discuss and Engineering at The Ohio State University hardware, software and general information about the Center. • Next Generation Communication Mechanisms exploiting Heterogeneity, Hierarchy and Concurrency for Emerging HPC Systems HPC Portal • FAMII: High Performance and Scalable Fabric Analysis, Monitoring and Introspection In fall 2017, OSC launched Open OnDemand 1.0, Infrastructure for HPC and Big Data a National Science Foundation-funded, open- source version of OSC OnDemand, the Center’s Ian Howat, Ph.D., director of the Byrd Polar & single-point-of-entry web portal. OnDemand Climate Research Center at The Ohio State provides clients with seamless, flexible access to University computing and storage services at OSC or any of the other HPC centers that have customized and • Automated, High Resolution Terrain Generation deployed the platform. for XSEDE Because of its user-friendly interface and ease Michael Sokoloff, Ph.D., professor of Physics at of access, OnDemand has changed the game the University of Cincinnati for those needing HPC access; no longer do • Enabling High Energy Physics at the researchers need to know command line Information Frontier Using GPUs and Other instructions to access a supercomputer. Through Many/Multi-Core Architectures OnDemand, users can upload and download files and create, edit, submit