GRID COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES

1. International Forum Electronicс Services - solutions and prospective Chisinau, 11- 13 March 2009 GRID COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES by V. Sidorenco Technical University of Moldova, RENAM www.renam.md

2. RENDERING OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES Back Office Front Office e-services 2009 2

3. ELECTRONIC SERVICES E-services are interactive Requests via web interface to back-office systems Main parameter is QoS Critical: back-office systems peak performance Minimal delay of reply time Broadband connectivity The solution: cluster, grid, cloud computing e-services 2009 3

4. GRID COMPUTING Grid computing is a technology to build virtual supercomputers by utilizing/sharing unused resources on connected PC’s. Network itself is a virtual supercomputer This technology has achieved maturity recently and brought a new opportunity for developing countries to build their national computing powers. e-services 2009 4

5. Distributed Computingevolution Computing Ubiquity Internet Grid Computing Grid-aware operating systems: XtreemOS Microsoft Windows Azure Grid Research JobScheduler Parallel Analyzer MultiCluster Distributed Batch Queuing NQS, DQS, Condor, … LSF Batch DC Research System Arch Trend : UNIX workstations & supercomputers 2 Vaxen + Ethernet SMPs & UNIX workstations Linux & Windows farms with commd. chips 1992 2008 1996 2000 2006 1985 e-services 2009 5

6. GRID COMPUTING PRINCIPLE • Task request • Task splitting into jobs and jobs submission • Subresults collection • Final result assembling (aggregation) e-services 2009 6

7. HIGH RELIABILITY COMPUTING e-services 2009 7

8. DATA GRIDS e-services 2009 8

9. GRIDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES • The national computing power can be built based on emerging computing technology paradigm: the Grid computing. • There will be many PC’s at the public access points and many servers of Public Internet Nodes. These computers are to be connected by Internet and the expected utilization rate is not high. e-services 2009 9

10. GRIDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES • Therefore, these PC’s will provide a huge opportunity to build virtual supercomputers. These supercomputers can help to improve the content provision on the PIN itself, but can also help other • social, • economic, • technical and scientific areas’ development. • Once the powerful supercomputers can provide software services online, it can also provide cheap PC’s for the people in low income rural areas. This will help to bridge the digital divide. e-services 2009 10

11. SEE-GRID-SCI: e-Infrastructure for regional e-science e-services 2009 11

12. SEE-GRID-SCI Project Participants Moldova e-services 2009 12

13. SEE-GRID-SCI PROJECT PARTNERS Start date: 01/05/2008 Duration: 24 months Total Budget: 2,499,969 Є Contractors GRNET Greece CERN Switzerland SZTAKI Hungary IPP-BAS Bulgaria ICI Romania TUBITAK Turkey ASA/INIMA Albania UoBL Bosnia-Herzegovina UKIM FYR of Macedonia UOB Serbia UoM Montenegro RENAM Moldova RBI Croatia IIAP-NAS-RA Armenia - new GRENA Georgia - new Third Parties 30 universities / research centres e-services 2009 13

14. APPLICATIONS AREA The project is focusing on forming regional research teams that are engaged in elaboration large scale applications of common regional interest: • Seismology VO • Meteorology VO • Environmental VO The work programme envisages analysis of the mentioned VOs requirements, their gridification and run-time support of the target applications. These three strategic Virtual Organisations will bring together users across the region within a common research space, enabling them to share data, applications, tools and results of their work. e-services 2009 14

15. New communities integration in the regional eInfastructure e-services 2009 15

16. SEE-GRID infrastructure nodes e-services 2009 16

17. MD-Grid Consortium in SEE-GRID-SCI Moldova participates in the project as MD-Grid JRU Consortium with RENAM as Contractor and following third parties - JRU members: • FRT TUM - Faculty of Radioelectronics and Telecommunications of Technical University of Moldova • IGS ASM - Institute of Geology and Seismology of Academy of Sciences of Moldova • SHMS - State Hydrometeorological Service of Moldova e-services 2009 17

18. Tasks distribution among participants from Moldova (1) • RENAM is responsible for NGI development and its sustainable operation, extension of the National Grid infrastructure by installation of new clusters and their inclusion into common Grid segment of Moldova and into the SEE-GRID infrastructure. e-services 2009 18

19. Tasks distribution among participants from Moldova (2) FRT TUM is hosting grid-clusters, assists in gridification of applications and cooperates with a significant number of universities and centers from different countries, participate in SEE-GRID-SCI project as third party behind RENAM Association. e-services 2009 19

20. First GRID cluster in Moldovamounted at FRT TUM in April 2006 e-services 2009 20

21. Tasks distribution among participants from Moldova (3) IGS ASM provides contributions on real-time monitoring of earthquakes and development of regional monitoring capacities, implementation of real-time seismic data processing and real-time data exchange at regional and international level. e-services 2009 21

22. Tasks distribution among participants from Moldova (4) SHMS contributes to the environmental VO by testing and deployment of GreenView application and Meteo VO applications. The service infrastructure and specialists are involved into MD-Grid JRU scientific research and production grid activities in requirements definition, input data provision and interpretation of results on national, regional and international levels. e-services 2009 22

23. Distribution of applications according to VOs e-services 2009 23

24. Seismology VO Following applications were identified for the seismology VO: • Seismic Risk Assessment • Massive Digital Seismological Signal Processing with the Wavelet Analysis • Numerical Modelling of Mantle Convection Seismology virtual organization involves researchers from FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, Greece and Turkey. The partnership is coordinated by TUBITAK (Turkey). e-services 2009 24

25. Cumulative Seismic Activity in Romania and Moldova e-services 2009 25

26. Seismology VO relationship with other initiatives e-services 2009 26

27. Meteorology VO Meteorology VO involves researchers from Greece, Serbia, Moldova, Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The partnership is coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). There are two sets of applications : • Regional scale Multi-model, Multi-analysis ensemble forecasting system. • Study of the interaction of airflow with complex terrain. The results produced within the meteorology VO will allow the meteorological entities participating in the project to assess the probability of a particular weather event to occur and to provide this information to the authorities, the general public, etc, in order to help them to make the necessary decisions based on this probabilistic information. Special focus will be given at the SEE-wide scale where detailed forecasts are necessary for the protection of life and property. e-services 2009 27

28. Environmental VO Environmental VO bring together scientists and research institutions, working in the domains of Environmental modelling, Geomagnetism, Environmental security, Environment evolution supervision and impact of climate-related events in the SEE region. Environmental VO covers the following main applications set: • Modelling System for Emergency Response to the Release of Harmful Substances in the Atmosphere (MSERRHSA) • Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis for Environmental Systems (MCSAES) • Multi-scale Atmospheric Composition Modelling (MSACM) • Regional Modelling of the Geomagnetism • Environment oriented Satellite Data Processing (ESIP) - GreenView RENAM, FRT TUM and State Hydrometeorological Service of Moldova supports pilot application for the ESIP/GreenView development, platformtesting and deployment. e-services 2009 28

29. Total (dry+wet) oxidized nitrogen deposition [mg/m2], 4 scenarios e-services 2009 29

30. Grid-mode tests: CMAQ CB-4 Mechanism Response to Reduction of Main Ozone Precursors Emissions in the Balkans e-services 2009 30

31. French wine makers look to the skies for help French vinters are turning to outer space to outwit foreign rivals, with new satellite technology giving an overview of vineyards' physical characteristics and potential. The satellite images in the near-infrared produced by French wine consultancy body ICV and geo-information provider Infoterra, give growers information on water stress and grape composition amongst others, allowing better management of the vinification. http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL871922520080826?sp=true e-services 2009 31

32. Student’s Microsatellite of Moldova Project e-services 2009 32

33. WWW.GRID.MD e-services 2009 33

34. CONCLUSIONS Grid computing technologies and infrastructure are capable to significantly improve basic parameters of the Quality of Public Electronic Services SEE-GRID-SCI project helps to deploy a sustainable Grid infrastructure, which, coupled with human networking activities is of particular societal, educational, and political importance to the SEE region, including Moldova. e-services 2009 34

35. Thank you! Questions? svv@renam.md RENAM AssociationWWW.RENAM.MD e-services 2009 35

36. Thank you! e-services 2009 36