Major Final Outputs - Preginet

Major Final Outputs - Preginet Major Final Outputs - Preginet

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15 Major Final Outputs MFO 1 - Research and Development Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research and Development Program The Philippine e-Science Grid website www.pscigrid.gov.ph The Philippine e-Science Grid (PSciGrid) Program The PSciGrid is the Philippines’ main initiative to establish a national e-Science grid infrastructure that would fully harness advanced network technologies to enable computing resource sharing among researchers. The projects that are currently being implemented under the Program are: Project 1: Boosting Grid Computing Using Reconfigurable Hardware Technology (HPRC), On-going The project aims to initiate the setup of the Philippine e-Science Grid (PSciGrid). Through the project, a high performance computing (HPC) facility was set up within ASTI, comprising 45 computing nodes. Applications on bioinformatics, meteorology, and oceanography run in the facility. The project enabled users that include DOST-PAGASA, UP-Marine Science Institute, UP-National Institute of Physics, and UPLB BIOTECH, to run their applications on the HPC facility using secure shell or SSH network protocol to allow secure exchange of data over the Internet. For 2009, the 45 Mbps fiber optic link of Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) to ASTI was installed. With the physical link to UP-CSRC and AdMU completed, the project team has started coordinating with the system/cluster administrators of the two universities to enable the interconnectivity of the HPC facilities. These three will form the pilot e-Science Grid platform. The project also carried out advocacy activities such as the Philippine Grid Computing 2009 Forum and Workshop, which aimed to promote Grid Computing to local academic and research institutions, especially those with data- and computeintensive research. Likewise, as part of the objective to participate and secure membership in international Grid computing communities, project

epresentatives attended various conferences, training, and forums to enhance staff’s capability in Grid computing and keep updated on the latest developments on the technology. Project 2: Boosting Social and Technological Capabilities for Bioinformatics Research (PBS), On-going Bioinformatics is an important discipline that is fast emerging in academic research and industrial applications, and thereby, one of the areas identified to benefit from Grid computing. Bioinformatics research can be significantly boosted by utilizing a computing Grid shared across multiple academic institutions. The project aims to enhance the local availability of bioinformatics services to facilitate the rapid access of local scientists and researchers to large bioinformatics data sets. By developing the needed applications and making these locally accessible, the project also hopes to contribute in improving research output of local bioinformatics experts. The PSciGrid Portal, a web interface that enables a user-friendly way to access the 2009 Annual Report PSciGrid 3D Visualization Facility at ASTI Philippine e-Science Grid and the ASTI HPC facility, was developed. The project team deployed the OGCE Web portal. It comes with pre-existing portlets which were complemented with custom JSR 168based portlets for searching the GenBank and for running applications using the Torque/OpenPBS job scheduler. Also, through the project, a 3D Visualization facility was set up at ASTI that is intended for simulating molecular interaction, among others. Seismic simulation of the 1990 Luzon Earthquake using SPECFEM3D-Globe 16

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<strong>Major</strong> <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Outputs</strong><br />

MFO 1 - Research and<br />

Development<br />

Information and<br />

Communications<br />

Technology (ICT)<br />

Research and<br />

Development<br />

Program<br />

The Philippine e-Science Grid website<br />

www.pscigrid.gov.ph<br />

The Philippine e-Science Grid (PSciGrid)<br />

Program<br />

The PSciGrid is the Philippines’ main initiative to establish a national e-Science grid<br />

infrastructure that would fully harness advanced network technologies to enable<br />

computing resource sharing among researchers. The projects that are currently being<br />

implemented under the Program are:<br />

Project 1: Boosting<br />

Grid Computing Using<br />

Reconfigurable Hardware<br />

Technology (HPRC), On-going<br />

The project aims to initiate the setup of<br />

the Philippine e-Science Grid (PSciGrid).<br />

Through the project, a high performance<br />

computing (HPC) facility was set up<br />

within ASTI, comprising 45 computing<br />

nodes. Applications on bioinformatics,<br />

meteorology, and oceanography run in<br />

the facility. The project enabled users<br />

that include DOST-PAGASA, UP-Marine<br />

Science Institute, UP-National Institute of<br />

Physics, and UPLB BIOTECH, to run their<br />

applications on the HPC facility using<br />

secure shell or SSH network protocol to<br />

allow secure exchange of data over the<br />

Internet.<br />

For 2009, the 45 Mbps fiber optic link of<br />

Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) to<br />

ASTI was installed. With the physical link to<br />

UP-CSRC and AdMU completed, the project<br />

team has started coordinating with the<br />

system/cluster administrators of the two<br />

universities to enable the interconnectivity<br />

of the HPC facilities. These three will form<br />

the pilot e-Science Grid platform.<br />

The project also carried out advocacy<br />

activities such as the Philippine Grid<br />

Computing 2009 Forum and Workshop,<br />

which aimed to promote Grid Computing to<br />

local academic and research institutions,<br />

especially those with data- and computeintensive<br />

research. Likewise, as part<br />

of the objective to participate and<br />

secure membership in international<br />

Grid computing communities, project

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