PRACE | The Research Infrastructure Supporting Science and Industry through Provision of High Performance Computing Resources Aris Sotiropoulos HPC Project Manager GRNET SA 1 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu PRACE | Mission ▶ The mission of PRACE is to enable high-impact scientific discovery and engineering research and development across all disciplines to enhance European competitiveness for the benefit of society. ▶ PRACE seeks to realise this mission by offering world-class computing and data management resources and services through a peer review process. ▶ PRACE also seeks to strengthen the European users of HPC in industry through various initiatives. ▶ PRACE has a strong interest in improving energy efficiency of computing systems and reducing their environmental impact. 2 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu PRACE | 26 members Hosting Members General Partners (PRACE 2) ▶ France ▶ Austria ▶ Israel ▶ Germany ▶ Belgium ▶ Luxembourg ▶ Italy ▶ Bulgaria ▶ Netherlands ▶ Spain ▶ Cyprus ▶ Norway ▶ Switzerland ▶ Czech Republic ▶ Poland ▶ Denmark ▶ Portugal ▶ Finland ▶ Slovakia ▶ Greece ▶ Slovenia ▶ Hungary ▶ Sweden ▶ Ireland ▶ Turkey ▶ United Kingdom 3 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu HPC pyramid 4 GRNET PTC April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu TOP500.org – updated Nov, 2018 5 GRNET PTC April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu TOP500.org – updated Nov, 2018 6 GRNET PTC April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu JUWELS Module 1: Bull Sequana GAUSS@FZJ, Jülich, Germany PRACE Tier-0 Systems in 2018 #26 Top 500 SuperMUC-NG: Lenovo MareNostrum: Lenovo GAUSS@LRZ, Garching, Germany BSC, Barcelona, Spain #8 Top 500 #25 Top 500 Piz Daint: Cray XC50 CSCS, Lugano, Switzerland #5 Top 500 Hazel Hen: Cray GAUSS@HLRS, Stuttgart, Germany #30 Top 500 MARCONI: Lenovo CINECA, Bologna, Italy NEW ENTRY 2018 #19 Top 500 JOLIOT CURIE : Bull Sequana GENCI/CEA, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France #40 Top 500 7 GRNET PTC April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu PRACE | Achievements to-date ▶ >650 scientific projects enabled ▶ >17 billion core hours awarded since 2010 ▶ Of which 63% led by another PI nationality than the HM ▶ R&D access to industrial users with >50 companies supported ▶ >11 000 people trained through PRACE Training ▶ Close to 110 Petaflops of peak performance on 7 world-class systems ▶ 26 PRACE members, including 5 Hosting Members (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland) ▶ PRACE is the only e-infrastructure Landmark on the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 8 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu PRACE | current services Support Communication, Dissemination, Outreach Access - Website Tier-0 systems (open R&D) Application Enabling & Support - Public Relations T - Project Access - Preparatory access Type C - Scientific Communication o 1-3 years - Preparatory access Type D - Summer of HPC w a s r - - Preparatory Access Tier-1 for Tier-0 r d e Type A, B, C, D - SHAPE Events s s - HLST support - P U PRACEdays - Tier-1 systems (open R&D) - SC, ISC, ICT, ICRI, DI4R, … R d - A n DECI Programme Training C E - Training Portal Operation & Coordination of the E s - PTC common PRACE Operational Services d - - P r Seasonal Schools & on Service Catalogue a demand - PRACE MD-VPN network a r w - International HPC Summer - Security t n o e T School - r MOOC HPC Commissioning & Prototyping s - Technology Watch, PCP - Code Vault - Infrastructure WS - Best Practice Guides - Best Practices - White Papers - UEABS 9 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu : erion Crit ntific Scie e llenc PRACE | Exce ▶ Free-of-charge, obligationaccess to publish results at the end of the award period ▶ Project Access (bi-annual calls) ▶ Criterion: For a specific project; award period 1 to 3 years ▶ For individual researchers and (international) research groups (PI has to come from Sa PRACEcien t2i fic supporting member) Excellence ▶ Requires to demonstrate technical feasibility of project ▶ Preparatory Access ▶ Optionally with support from PRACE experts ▶ Prepare proposals for Project Access ▶ SHAPE projects receive Preparatory Access ▶ DECI ▶ 0,5% of resources for CoEs 10 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2019 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu PRACE | training 10 PRACE Training Centres a sustained, high-quality training and education service for the European HPC PRACE Training Events: Seasonal community Schools, International HPC Summer School, On-demand training events Different levels of training School, On-demand training events • Basic, intermediate, advanced HPC PRACE Training and Events portal • Parallel programming • Accelerators • Code Vault Performance optimisation Massive Open Online Courses Domain-specific topics (MOOCs) • Simulation software Summer of HPC • Visualisation (Programme for undergraduate and postgraduate students) • Data intensive computing postgraduate students) 11 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2018 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION www.prace-ri.eu 12 GRNET PTC, April 16, 2018 @GRNET HQ, Athens, Greece www.prace-ri.eu.