Grid Research in Ireland

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Grid Research in Ireland

• Brian Coghlan, Trinity College Dublin
• John Morrison, University College Cork
• Andy Shearer, NUI Galway
• Michael Manzke, Trinity College Dublin

PDPTA 27-JUN-2001
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Grid Research in Europe
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Grid-Ireland
www.grid-ireland.org
Pilot OCT-1999 Dublin-----Cork Funding
approved APR-2000 TCD / UCC / NUIG Formally
started 1-OCT-2000 Funded to establish Irish grid
And to start fundamental research system
models execution models algorithms
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Understanding

• the grid is a very dynamic system
• its behaviour is poorly understood
• effective control requires knowledge
• need
• monitoring
• analysis
• models
• prediction
• focus of Trinity College Dublin

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Evolution
Grid programming execution models are
control-driven

• evolution hybrid memory
• grid SHM for weak data flows
• grid MPI for strong data flows
• focus of Trinity College Dublin

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Revolution
Move away from control-driven models

• focus of University College Cork

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Algorithms
Present algorithms are unsuited to Grid

• explore via medical imaging
• two applications

• adaptive mesh simulation
• focus of NUI Galway

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Grid-Ireland

• June 2001
• 3 institutions
• 4 research themes

• By December 2001
• 9 institutions
• 15 research themes
• computer science
• medical imaging
• astrophysics
• meteorology
• geophysics
• .

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The Future
Collaborative applications Computing
portals Inter-domain ultra-large compute
engines Inter-domain data fusion Inter-domain
data dissemination Inter-domain process
control .