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Founding of the Atlantic Canada Computing Consortium: A Vision for HPC Development

In 1999, Memorial University of Newfoundland, in collaboration with UPEI, UNB, and St. Francis Xavier, established the Atlantic Canada Computing Consortium (AC3) to advance high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. This initiative focuses on creating a robust research framework to support the Atlantic Canada research community. Key objectives include cooperative development of HPC resources, the promotion of shared access, and advanced training opportunities in computational science. An advisory board will guide the consortium in fulfilling these goals, ensuring impactful contributions to various research fields.

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Founding of the Atlantic Canada Computing Consortium: A Vision for HPC Development

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  1. AC3Atlantic Canada Computing Consortium Mark Whitmore Memorial University of Newfoundland

  2. Founding • 1999 Memorial-based CFI project • Memorial, UPEI, UNB, St. Francis-Xavier • Memorial center + remote development systems

  3. Statement of Intent on HPC Atlantic Canada Computing Consortium: AC3 DRAFT August 29, 1999 MUN, UPEI, St. F-X and UNB agree to work together with the general goal of developing a research infrastructure in HPC and visualization for the benefit of the Atlantic Canada research community, within the overall framework of C3.ca. We intend to:

  4. Cooperate in the establishment of HPC infrastructure, including CFI-related funds and future applications to the CFI • Develop policies of sharing, bartering and otherwise providing access to HPC resources, including hardware and human • Pursue cooperative offerings of advanced training and grad level courses in the computational science and HPC • Establish an advisory board with one rep. From each university and other organizations to carry out these intentions

  5. AC3 Membership • Memorial, UNB, St FX, UPEI • NRC • Institute for Marine Dynamics (St. John’s) • Institute for Marine Biosciences (Halifax) • Dalhousie, U. de Moncton, Saint Mary’s • …

  6. Current Systems • Memorial CVC • 28 cpu Onyx 3400 with visualization, 5 Octane SE’s, new central area, 3 remote platforms, DEC Alpha 4100 • NRC, Operation ONLINE, 3 other universities • University of New Brunswick: ACRL • 16 cpu IBM SP • Dalhousie • 8 cpu IBM SP • Saint Mary’s • 10 cpu SUN Enterprise 4500

  7. Sample Research Interests • Soft Matter Condensed Matter Physics • Memorial, Dalhousie, UPEI, St FX • Oceanography • Memorial (2 campuses), Dalhousie • CFD • NRC, Memorial, Dalhousie, ?? • Astronomy and Astrophysics • Saint Mary’s • Bioinformatics • UNB, Dalhousie, Genome Atlantic • Quantum Chemistry • Everywhere – there’s no escape

  8. Challenges • Geography • We’re big! • Four provinces, two (or three) islands, 12 universities with 14 campuses • Costs of travel, networking • Money • No match for CFI, (no OIT or ORDCF, little industry) • Operating funds • Renewal funds • Personnel – critical masses • Provincial mandates

  9. Needs and Opportunities • Operating support • Complementary systems and software • Community of technical people (TASP) • Regional applications (CFI, AIF-like)? Virendra, do we have something here?? • Ease of access to national and international systems • Organizational structure that addresses the needs of researchers for access to and effective use of HPC resources as the top priority • Local systems for HQP development

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