Introduction to CNIC and its Grid Research Plans

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Introduction to CNIC and its Grid Research Plans

• Baoping Yan, Kai Nan
• Computer Network Info. Center, CAS
• PRAGMA Workshop, San Diego
• March 11, 2002

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CNIC Overview

• Computer Network Information Center
• An institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• Supporting, operating and management of IT
  infrastructure of CAS, e.g. networks, databases,
  supercomputers
• Researching NGI technologies and advanced
  scientific applications
• Training M.S. and Ph.D. students
• Staff 170, Graduates(M.S. Ph.D.) 54

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Major Tasks at CNIC

• Operation and management for CSTNET
• Support and service for SDB
• Service for supercomputing
• Office automation service
• Operation and management for CNNIC
• Research on NGI tech. and app.

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CSTNET

• One of the earliest networks in China, founded in
  1989
• The first Chinas network to connect with US
  Internet with full functionality (in 1994)
• 55Mbps international link(100Mbps soon)
• Provide services for about 1000 research
  organizations and high-tech companies, including
  100 institutes of CAS
• More than 1,000,000 end-users

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CSTNET Logical Map
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CSTNET Geographic Map
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Scientific Database (SDB)

• Founded in 1986, by CAS
• Multi-discipline databases, covering chemistry,
  biology, astronomy, material, energy,
  eco-environment, etc.
• 180 sub-databases ? 300 (2004)
• gt725GB data ? 10TB (2004)
• The largest scientific database in China

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Supercomputing

• Operation, management and services of the
  supercomputing environment for CAS
• Supercomputers
• Dawning 2000-II, 110 Gflops
• 82 nodes, 164 CPUs
• 50GB RAM
• 1.5TB RAID
• Hitachi SR2201, 9.6 Gflops
• SGI Power Challenge XL, 6.4 Gflops
• Provided 1.3 million CPU hours for academic and
  research community during 1999-2001

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Office Automation

• Construction, operation and services of Office
  Automation System and Management Information
  System of CAS

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CNNIC

• China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
• Authorized by the Ministry of Information
  Industry of China
• .CN Domain Name Registration and Resolution
  Service
• Development of Chinese Domain Name System, etc.

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Major Research Projects at CNIC

• Scientific Data Grid
• SDB Metadata
• Scientific Databases Applications under High
  Performance Environment
• High Performance Streaming Server
• National High Performance Computing Environment
  (Computing Grid)

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Major Research Projects at CNIC

• Network Monitoring
• IPv6
• IPv6/IPv4 Transformation
• IPv6 Domain Name Server System
• eNumber System

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NGI Advanced Applications

• Geosciences Virtual Research Environment
• Streaming Media Demo
• SDB High Performance Applications

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Geosciences Virtual Research Environment

• A sample at DAZI, Tibet

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Research for Next Generation Internet
Virtual Research Environment-- Dazi, Tibet

• ?

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Streaming Demo
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Existing Collaboration

• Internet2
• SDSC
• KISTI
• Academic Sinica (Taiwan)
• Univ. of Maryland
• Texas AM Univ.

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CNIC and NGI in China

• CNIC has always played a key role in pushing
  forward NGI in China.
• NSFCNET (1999-2000)
• CAINONET (1999-2001)
• NSFCNET-2 (planned)

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NSFCNET

• Sponsor National Science Foundation of China
  (NSFC)
• A test bed for advanced high speed network
  research, native multicast enabled
• Launched at Nov. 1999
• 6 main nodes (all in Beijing)
• CNIC of CAS, THU, PKU, BUAA, BUPT, NSFC

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NSFCNET
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CAINONET

• Sponsor Ministry of ST (MOST)
• 863-300 key project
• Self-owned technologies and products for
  next-generation inter-networks
• IP/DWDM,2.5G
• CNIC, CAS is one of main nodes

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NSFCNET-2

• A planned project
• Upgrade development of NSFCNET
• Build 50 nodes across the country in next two
  years
• Networking infrastructure is one part, but
  (grid-enabled) applications are paid more
  attention to.
• Funding 400 million Yuan (40M US)

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Why PRAGMA? -- from the viewpoint of
CNIC

• CAS is the top research organization for natural
  sciences in China
• 12 branches, 120 institutes, 70000 research
  staff across all the country
• Covering so many disciplines
• Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy,
  Geography, Biology, Information Technology, etc.
• Close collaboration with international colleagues
  over many years

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Why PRAGMA? -- from the viewpoint of
CNIC

• In the future, Chinese scientists will do more
  and more collaborations with colleagues across
  the world under Knowledge Innovation Program of
  CAS.
• The way and environment to do research need
  evolution, and are being changed now. Grid is an
  opportunity.

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Why PRAGMA? -- from the viewpoint of
CNIC

• CNIC supports all institutes of CAS in
• Networking
• Supercomputing
• Scientific Data
• Office Automation, etc.
• CNIC has solid relationships with other
  institutes of CAS
• CNIC has taken on many key projects from CAS and
  governments, and has a young and outstanding RD
  team.

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Why PRAGMA? -- from the viewpoint of
CNIC

• CNIC should and can play a leading and important
  role in the Grid process of China.
• We need PRAGMA to meet the special requirements
  of scientific research in Pacific Rim.
• Given PRAGMA, communication and collaboration
  within Pacific Rim can be greatly improved, and
  then broaden to other international partners.

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Grid Plan in CAS

• China Science Grid (CSG) (2001-2005)
• Firstly, Scientific Data Grid (SDG)
• Hardware Upgrade
• SDG Middleware Development
• SDG Node construction
• SDG Application Development
• SDG Scientific Computation Scientific
  Instruments
• CSG-enabled Applications

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PRAGMA To-do

• Improve network connection
• Exchange professionals
• Collaborative application development
• Have more resources available to be shared

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Advices

• Setup PRAGMA Technical Forum under
  pragma.sdsc.edu (member only)
• Host a PRAGMA workshop in Beijing (2003)

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Thank you!