University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AN-MSI Program Meeting
EOT-PACI AN-MSI UpdateOctober 31,2001
Indianapolis
Roscoe Giles
Stephenie A. McLean
Allison Clark
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI Goals
To demonstrate the use of NSF PACI technologies and resources among diverse audiences by leveraging PACI thrust / team efforts.
To increase the participation of underrepresented groups, including persons with disabilities, in computer science, and engineering, and information technology.
To enable broad national impact in education, government, science, business, and society with systemic, sustainable, scalable programs.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI/AN-MSI
• Awarded grant to develop infrastructure and skills needed to take advantage of advanced computational tools and resources.
• Develops partnerships with those MSIs that utilize high performance computing.
• Make emerging technologies accessible to learners and educators at all levels
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI/ANMSI
Overarching Goal:
The overarching goal of EOT-PACI sponsored events within AN-MSI is to foster collaborative relationships between faculty and administrators at participating MSIs and computational research scientists at major research centers, thus increasing awareness and exposure to relevant and current mainstream HPC technologies as well as increasing computational science research and education at MSIs.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI/AN-MSI Assessment Activities
JUNE/JULYMet with the LEAD Center to continue existing assessments efforts.
Working toward establishing comprehensive data collection process to assess if we are reaching the EOT-PACI/AN-MSI goals.
Developed a database of EOT-PACI/AN-MSI program participants.
Developing a standard program assessment/evaluation for each EOT-PACI/AN-MSI event
LEAD Center working at SC01 to assist with assessment efforts and have developed an on-line survey for SC01 MSI participants
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI-AN-MSI Projects
Supercomputing Conference Minority Participation Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SC 2001 MSI Participation Grant Program
Awarded 30 SC01 MSI Grants
HBCU 18
HSIs 8
TCU 4
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SC01 HBCUs
Bethune-Cookman College
Clark Atlanta University
Dillard University
Hampton University
Jackson State University
Langston University
LeMoyne-Owen College
North Carolina A&T University
Prairie View A&M University
Rust College
Spelman College
Winston-Salem University
Total Schools 12
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SC01 HSIs
Cal State University San Bernardino
Florida International University
Our Lady of the Lake University
University of Houston-Downtown
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Total Schools 8
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SC01 TCU (3)
Northwest Indian College
Oglala Lakota Univeristy
Sinte Gleska University
Total Schools 3
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EOT-PACI/AN-MSI Projects
Cluster Computing Demonstrations, Workshops & CD-ROM
AIHEC
Cluster Demo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alliance Introduces Web-based Access Grid Tutorials Software Deployment Initiatives
The tutorials are available at http://webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8900/public/AGIB.
The tutorials are organized as four units:
How to build and install an Access Grid node
How to operate a node
How to produce an Access Grid event
How to set up an Access Grid event.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Grid at the Chautauquas
U of Utah
NCSA
GA Tech UIC-EVL
Alliance Access Center
Argonne
The Grid
Clark-Atlanta University
The Access Grid is an integrated environment that supports group-to-group communication using high-speed networks over the Internet.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deployment of AG to Florida International University
Serve as a pathway for research and education networking in the Americas, Mexico, & Caribbean
The goal of this project is to expand the AG user base to assist with further collaboration and research opportunities with MSIs.
FIU will generate projects locally and expand internationally through the Pathway of the Americas (AMPATH)
•Research
•Outreach programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Regional Cluster Workshops
Targeted communities: MSIs from the three communities
Number of Workshops: 3-4 workshops slated during 2002-2003
When Held : Quarterly
Save the Date: March 6-9, 2002
San Diego
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
High Performance Network Connections
CONGRADULATIONS!
Clark-Atlanta University
Fon du Lac Tribal College
Florida International University
Jackson State University
Awarded
NSF HPNC Grant
AG Node Deployed
1st HBCU with AG Node
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Howard University Advanced Networking Initiative
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
How can your institution get involved with HPC?
• Get the support of your Institution • Conduct a self assessment• Place resources behind it• Recognize importance of HPC• Global Grid Forum Working Groups (www.gridforum.org)• Linux Cluster Institute (www.linuxclusterinstitute.org)• In-the-Box Technologies
(http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/TechFocus/Deployment)
• EOT-PACI Projects• Supercomputing Conference MSI Grants• MSI-HPC Workshops
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Resources
• Cluster listserv– [email protected]
• NCSA Access and Inclusion– www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AccessInclusion
• EOT-PACI– www.eot.org
– www.paci.org