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E-Science Update

The University of Reading is advancing its e-Science initiatives through updates in the Campus Grid, enabling access to approximately 500 lab/library PCs for research activities. Available overnight, these resources facilitate running programs efficiently. With about 11,500 CPU hours utilized recently, the grid has become an NGS affiliate, connecting with Oxford's resources. Key developments include e-Science mapping, improved software support, and inter-disciplinary collaboration. The future aims to enhance e-Research plans by fostering new forms of collaboration and providing robust support for users.

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E-Science Update

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  1. E-Science Update

  2. Overview • Reading Campus Grid Summary • Campus Grid Update • e-Science Mapping • Other Developments • The Future • User Story: Kevin Hodges • Discussion

  3. Reading Campus Grid Summary • Access to about 500 lab/library PCs while they are not in use by students • The machines are available all night as the labs are closed • Ideal for research that involves running a program many times, where each run takes about an hour or less • It will work with any program that can be run on Linux machines • Uses combination of Condor and CoLinux to run on Windows • Technology developed in SSE by Chris Chapman and Ian Bland • ITS service by Chris de la Force & others

  4. Campus Grid Update • Condor view statistics available

  5. Campus Grid Update • Reading Campus Grid Now NGS Affiliate

  6. Campus Grid Update • Condor view statistics available • Reading Campus Grid Now NGS Affiliate • Link to Oxford Campus Grid and NGS resources • Using the NGS Interfaces • Technically complete with policy issues to finalise • There has been about 11,500 CPU hours used in last 2 months; peak 200 CPUs • Kevin to follow

  7. e-Science Mapping • Provide better software provision, resources and support to those working with e-Science • To discover areas of academic and e-Science expertise, to enable inter-disciplinary collaborations to be formed inside and outside of the University using e-Science • To inform the development of an e-Research agenda for the University • So far 33 researchers and IT Staff interviewed/surveyed

  8. Other Developments • Providing support for users and groups to get started with e-Science /Grid: • e-Science Certificates • University resources (e.g. Campus Grid) • External resource (e.g. National Grid Support) • ACET now have their BladeCentre, which is available for Collaborative University Research Projects • 3040 PowerPC processors @2.3 GHz • 60 TByte storage • Myrinet Interconnect • 51st in the November 2008 top 500 list of supercomputers

  9. The Future • New Campus Grid developments • Mapping will inform e-Research Plan • e-Science technology allows new forms of collaboration • We are seeking to increase inter-disciplinary collaboration around e-Science. • The University of Reading is working closely with the Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC) to promote collaboration between the two universities.

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