The John von Neumann Institute for Computing NIC

The John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC): A survey of its computer facilities and its Europe-wide computational science activities Norbert Attig NIC, Research Centre Jülich Germany

John von Neumann Institute for Computing • Founded in 1987 by - Research Centre Jülich (FZJ), - German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), - National Research Center for Information Technology First and one of three German national High-Performance Computing Centres • Restructured in 1998, now supported by FZJ and DESY A third partner – Society for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) – will join NIC soon

Research Organisations in Germany DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) Focus: university research MPG Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Society) Basic research in science and humanities HGF Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Association) Application-oriented research in science and technology; large-scale facilities Fh. G Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Society) Research in technology WGL Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Association) Various smaller research units

Centres of the Helmholtz Association http: //www. helmholtz. de Forschungszentrum Jülich in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) Forschungszentrum Jülich in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) Forschungszentrum Jülich in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

National Supercomputing Centre John von Neumann Institute for Computing Mission Enable scientists to solve grand challenge problems by operating a large-scale facility (Helmholtz mission) Provision of supercomputing service Europe-wide Support through research in computational science, mathematics and computer science, Grid computing Education and training

National Supercomputing Centre John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) Management Board of Directors: Production Supercomputer Systems, e. g. IBM-SC, BG/L Central. Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM) Research Group Computational Biophysics Scientific Council Board Member of FZJ Board Member of DESY Director of ZAM (FZJ) Competence Groups for Supercomputing Applications Centre for Parallel Computing DESYZeuthen Special Purpose Systems, e. g. APEmille, ape. NEXT Research Group Elementary Particle Physics

Competence with Supercomputers P SM early deployment of new technologies ely v i s mas el l l a ar p c ZAMpano 307 10 0. 3 Cray SV 1 ex 22 Cray T 90 Cray X-MP/22 FPS AP/190 0. 02 IBM Blue Gene 5600 Gflops 614 Cray T 3 E-600 Suprenum Cray J 90 1. 3 Cray M 94 0. 9 Cray Y-MP/832 0. 4 20 Cray T 3 E-1200 Intel Paragon Cray X-MP/48 8920 GFlops IBM p 690 Cluster er lust 32 3 4 GFlops or ss oce r pr o t ec 2. 6 v 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Supercomputers at NIC Jump: Jülich Multi-Processor IBM p 690 Cluster 1312 processors, 9 Tera. Flops, 5. 6 Tera. Byte memory, 50 Tera. Byte disks, 2. 2 Peta. Byte tape robot IBM Blue Gene/L, 5. 6 Tera. Flops (since July 2005) Cray XD 1, 72 processors

NIC Usage and Access ● Access – Academia & research – Industry – Proposals accepted from Germany and Europe ● Procedure – – – Weblink: www. fz-juelich. de/nic Scientific quality counts Peer review by NIC Scientific Council International referees 1 year grants

NIC Usage by Research Fields Life + Environment Other Elementary Particle Soft Matter Many Particle Materials Science Chemistry

Origin of Users National access Chemistry Many Particle Physics Elementary Particle Physics Other

Origin of Users European access (Collaborations) Roskilde Vienna Zagreb Coimbra Rome Athens

Origin of Users European access (I 3 HP) Edinburgh Glasgow DESY Nicosia

Origin of Users European access (NIC Initiative) Warsaw Prague Brno Bratislava Budapest Zagreb Nicosia

Origin of Users European access (DEISA partners) CSC EPCC ECMWF IDRIS SARA HLRS RZG IPP Garching LRZ CINECA BSC

I 3 HP: NIC-TA – Offer www. fz-juelich. de/nic/i 3 hp-nic-ta NIC-TA offers: 1. Computer time on Germany’s 2 nd largest super -computer for users within the context of I 3 HP 2. User support – workshops – training courses – detailed advice on request at NIC

I 3 HP: NIC-TA – Value of the offer www. fz-juelich. de/nic/i 3 hp-nic-ta The offer means quantitatively: 1. 1, 500 proc. hours on IBM-SC Jump per month (funded by the EU for non-German users) ≤ 3, 000 proc. hours on IBM-SC Jump per month (funded by NIC, mainly for German users) 2. Grants for non-German users visiting NIC § travel: ≤ 400 € per trip § accomodation: ≤ 70 € per day

Origin of Users European access (I 3 HP) Edinburgh Glasgow DESY Nicosia

NIC Initiative I www. fz-juelich. de/nic NIC offers – its supercomputing facilities to research groups in the new EU member states to an extend of 50, 000 proc. hours per month – options for scientific collaboration – training courses on supercomputing and parallel programming; participants from new EU member states will receive a grant for their travel and accommodation expenses next course: November 2005

NIC Initiative II www. fz-juelich. de/nic NIC expects – challenging applications – sound scientific proposals – parallel programs, using a substantial number of processors simultaneously – participation in joint initiatives towards a future European high-end computing infrastructure

Origin of Users European access (NIC Initiative) Warsaw Prague Brno Bratislava Budapest Zagreb Nicosia

Access to NIC via DEISA www. deisa. org DEISA is like I 3 HP an EU infrastructure project Partners: IDRIS, FZJ, RZG/IPP, CINECA, EPCC, CSC, SARA, ECMWF, LRZ, BSC, HLRS Goal: Establish a Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications

Access to NIC via DEISA www. deisa. org DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative (DECI) Project partners offer computer time for DECI applications (up to 10% of the available computer time per centre) Conditions: – – International collaboration Extreme computing demands for challenging projects Workflow applications involving at least two platforms Coupled applications involving more than one platform Next Call for Proposals: Spring 2006

NIC works towards • remaining among the Top 10 supercomputing centres worldwide with respect to - compute power - service - research • becoming a leading site in a future European supercomputing network