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Research Computing
PURDUE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COMPUTING COMMUNITY CLUSTER PROGRAM Fall 2013 COMMUNITY CLUSTERS AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CLUSTERS Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) operates a significant shared cluster computing infrastructure developed over several years through focused acquisitions using funds from grants, faculty startup packages, and institutional sources. These “community clusters” are now at the foundation of Purdue’s research cyberinfrastructure. We strongly encourage any Purdue faculty or staff with computational needs to join this growing community and enjoy the enormous benefits this shared infrastructure provides: PEACE OF MIND LOW OVERHEAD COST EFFECTIVE FLEXIBLE Peace of Mind ITaP system administrators take care of security patches, software installation, operating system upgrades, and hardware repair so faculty and graduate students can concentrate on research. Research support staff are available to support your research by providing consulting and software support. Low Overhead The ITaP data center provides infrastructure such as racks, floor space, cooling, and power; networking and storage are more of the value that you get from the Community Cluster Program for free. In addition, the clusters are built with a lifespan of five (5) years, and ITaP provides free support the entire time. Cost Effective ITaP works with vendors to obtain the best price for computing resources by pooling funds from different disciplines to leverage greater group purchasing power and provide more computing capability for the money than would be possible with individual purchases. Through the Community Cluster Program, Purdue affiliates have invested several million dollars in computational and storage resources since 2006 with great success in both the research accomplished and the money saved on equipment purchases. -
[email protected] Erik Gough - [email protected] Outline
CMS Tier-2 at Purdue University Nov 15, 2012 Fengping Hu - [email protected] Erik Gough - [email protected] Outline ● Overview ● Computing Resources ● Community clusters ● Setup, challenges and future work ● Storage Resouces ● HDFS ● Lessons Learned Resources Overview ● Computing ● 1 dedicated clusters, 4 community clusters ● ~10k dedicated batch slots ● Opportunistic slots ● Storage ● Coexists with dedicated CMS cluster ● 2.4 PB Raw disk Purdue is one of the big cms t2 sites Community Cluster Program at Purdue ● Shared cluster computing infrastructure ● Foundation of Purdue's research infrastructure ● Peace of Mind ● Low Overhead ● Cost Effectives ● CMS bought into 4 clusters in 5 years ● CMS benefits from community clusters it didn't buy (coates, recycled clusters) ● Other VOs have opportunistic access 4 clusters in 5 years – steele ● Installed on May 5, 2008 ● Ranked 104th on the November 2008 top500 super computer sites list ● 8 core Dell PowerEdge 1950 – 7261/536 cores – 60Teraflops ● Moved to an HP POD, a self-contained, modular, shipping container- style unit in 2010 ● retiring 4 clusters in 5 years – Rossmann ● Went in production on Sep 1, 2010 ● Ranked 126 on the November 2010 TOP500 ● Dual 12-core AMD Opteron 6172 processors – 11040/4416 cores ● 10-gigabit Ethernet interconnects 4 clusters in 5 years – Hansen ● Went in production on September 15, 2011 ● Would rank 198th on the November 2011 top500 ● four 12-core AMD Opteron 6176 processors – 9648/1200 cores ● 10 Gigabit Ethernet interconnects 4 clusters in 5 years – Carter ● Launched -
Partnerships Purdue Ecopartnership Launches China Visiting Scholars
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH » Summer 2013, Vol. 4 Issue 4 Around 80 visiting scholars and Purdue faculty attended a reception at Discovery Park in February to kick off the Purdue-China Visiting Scholars Network. The network is designed to help faculty maintain successful partnerships with their Chinese colleagues on promising collaborations involving sustainability. Photography by Vincent Walter Partnerships Welcome Many ideas grow better when transplanted Purdue Ecopartnership Launches China into another mind than the one where they Visiting Scholars Network to Grow Global sprang up. —Oliver Wendell Holmes The spectacular complexity of today’s chal- Research Collaborations lenges — renewable energy sources, human The growing number of pins on Prof. Tim Filley’s large map of China tell health, sustainable technologies — require a story: Nearly 200 Chinese professors, graduate students and professionals partnerships both across the planet and down have ventured from their hometowns to Purdue this year, sharing their ideas, the hall. In this issue, we report on some of technologies, skills, culture and a thirst for discovery. Purdue’s promising collaborations, from a visiting scholars program bridging Chinese Filley hopes that someday, an equal number of Purdue faculty members and and U.S. interests in sustainability, to an graduate students will be traveling across the globe to advance their research inter-college partnership that has yielded a and learning careers in China while promoting sustainability in both countries. significant finding in understanding colorectal “Looking at this map, it is fascinating to see all the places from within China cancer, to the myriad collaborations between that are represented here at Purdue,” says Filley, a professor of earth, atmo- information technology professionals and spheric and planetary sciences and director of the U.S.-China Ecopartnership researchers that make high-level computa- tions possible. -
Report from the Symposium by David Bollier
Report from a Symposium on Innovative Ways That Universities Do Research By David Bollier University of Southern California, Office of Research The Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Introduction 7 A Quick Overview of Problems and Solutions 11 II. Innovative Research Communities 21 III. Digital Scholarship 28 IV. Networked Research in Big Science 37 V. New Methods for Evaluating Scholars and Their Research 45 Conclusion 47 Appendix A: A List of Participants 48 Appendix B: Top Suggestions From Across the Disciplines www.learcenter.org 2 • THE NORMAN LEAR CENTER CREATIVITY & COLLABORATION IN THE ACADEMY • ABOUT CREATIVITY & COLLABORATION IN THE ACADEMY Technology has enabled university research to become more rapid, more dynamic and more collaborative, but at the same time it has challenged – even upended – some academic traditions and practices. • As information is retrieved, distributed and shared more easily, quickly and cheaply than ever before, how will peer-review evolve and keep pace with innovation? • What is the role of departments and disciplines within research that increasingly requires networking and mobilizing multiple fields and institutions? • As teamwork has become a hallmark of innovation, how should the appointment and promotion process be modernized to reward and motivate collaborative achievements? • How do we balance technology’s ability to surmount distance, with the benefits of serendipitous personal encounters that occur on a bricks and mortar campus? This conference – held December 3, 2010 with participants from across USC and beyond – spotlighted novel ways that research communities use technology and innovative practices to foster creativity and collaboration; it showcased some of the research products emerging from those communities; and addressed the tensions between traditional academic culture and cutting-edge methods to expand knowledge and benefit society. -
Ons on Purdue's Diagrid
BLAST and Bioinformacs Applicaons on Purdue’s DiaGrid May 3, 2012 Brian RauB Purdue University [email protected] Condor Week 2012 Where were we? • Over 37 kilocores across campus – Three community clusters (Steele, Coates, Rossmann) – Two “ownerless” clusters (Radon, Miner) – CMS Tier-2 cluster – Other small clusters – Instruc/onal labs and academic departments Condor Week 2012 … and what about now? • Nearly 50 kilocores across campus! – Two new community clusters • Hansen – Dell nodes w/ four 12-core AMD Opteron 6176 processors • Carter – HP nodes w/ 2 8-core Intel Xeon-E5 processors (Sandy Bridge) – Carter ranks 54th in the latest Top500.org list for fastest supercomputers – Carter is the naon’s fastest campus supercomputer Condor Week 2012 DiaGrid? • A large, high-throughput, distriButed compu/ng system • Using Condor to manage joBs and resources • Purdue leading a partnership of 10 campuses and ins/tu/ons – University of Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Indiana University to name a few • Including all Purdue (and other campus) clusters, lab computers, department computers, desktop, totaling 60,000+ cores Condor Week 2012 Ok, cool… Now what? Condor Week 2012 Basic Local Alignment Search Tool • Comparing nucleo/de or protein sequences – String and SuBstring paern matching • Naonal Center for Biotechnology Informaon (NCBI) Condor Week 2012 Why remake something? • Input file size limitaons (5MB, 10MB, etc.) • # of sequences for comparison • Timeliness • Ease of use Condor Week 2012 BLAST and DiaGrid • BLAST is highly parallelizable – No one sequence -
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
SMITHSONIAN OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY 2015-2016 Office of Fellowships and Internships Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC The Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study Guide Can be Found Online at http://www.smithsonianofi.com/sors-introduction/ Table of Contents Anacostia Community Museum (ACM)................................................................................................................................... 2 Archives of American Art (AAA) .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) ............................................................................................................... 6 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) .................................................................................................................... 7 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (CHNDM) ............................................................................................................ 11 Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (FSGA) ......................................................................................................... 15 The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) ...................................................................................................... 20 Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) ................................................................................................................................