National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering : National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Julio Ibarra, PI
Heidi Alvarez, Co-PI
Chip Cox, Co-PI
John Silvester, Co-PI April 28, 2006 International Research Network Connections (IRNC) Western-Hemisphere Research and Education Networks - Links Interconnecting Latin America (WHREN-LILA)
Outline: Outline The WHREN-LILA Project
Network Connectivity in Latin America
AtlanticWave
Applications and Communities Being Enabled
Education and Outreach
WHREN-LILA IRNC Award 0441095 : WHREN-LILA IRNC Award 0441095 5-year NSF Cooperative Agreement
Florida International University (IRNC awardee)
Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California
Project support from the Academic Network of Sao Paulo (award #2003/13708-0)
CLARA, Latin America
CUDI, Mexico
RNP, Brazil
REUNA, Chile
Links Interconnecting Latin America (LILA) aims to Improve connectivity in the Americas through the establishment of new inter-regional links
Western-Hemisphere Research and Education Networks (WHREN) serves as a coordinating body whose aim is to leverage participants’ network resources to foster collaborative research and advance education throughout the Western Hemisphere
Links Interconnecting Latin America: Links Interconnecting Latin America Miami - Sao Paulo link: 1.2Gbps by year end, evolving to 2.5Gbps
Connects State of Sao Paulo academic network (ANSP) and Exchange Point, regional network (CLARA), Brazilian NREN (RNP), other international networks
San Diego - Tijuana link: operating at 2 x 1 Gbps, providing dedicated GigE links to regional network (CLARA) and Mexican NREN (CUDI)
East and west coast connectivity to I2 Abilene and other US and global R&E networks http://www.whren-lila.net CUDI CLARA CLARA ANSP RNP
Recent Connectivity Activities: Recent Connectivity Activities The Sao Paulo exchange point is in full operation
A distributed exchange point service between Miami and Sao Paulo is now in service using the LILA-East link
RedCLARA connection at Sao Paulo progressing (within 60 days)
Nicaragua and Colombia recently connected to RedCLARA
14 NRENs from Latin America and RedCLARA are using the WHREN-LILA links to reach the U.S.
HEPGrid Brazil international connection - WHREN/LILA: HEPGrid Brazil international connection - WHREN/LILA São Paulo has become an important NAP (joining CLARA / GEANT / Abilene networks)
Slide7: Countries connected to
CLARA
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
AtlanticWave: AtlanticWave AtlanticWave will provide an International Peering Fabric
US, Canada, Europe, South America
Distributed IP peering points and add/drops in:
NYC, WDC, ATL, MIA, SPB
SURA, FIU-AMPATH, IEEAF, MAX, SoX, MANLAN, and in partnership with the Academic Networks of Sao Paulo (ANSP) are combining efforts to establish AtlanticWave
A-Wave is an integral component of the NSF IRNC WHREN-LILA project to create an open distributed exchange and transport service along the Atlantic rim
Complements the PacificWave distributed peering facility on the Pacific rim
The Global Picture: The Global Picture Sao Paulo (SPB) LON WDC ATL MIA AMS STK CER SEA CHI AUS LAX TOK A-Wave A globally integrated set of “light path” facilities:
waves, exchange points, etc
(Note: map not complete…) Sonet/SDH Ethernet NYC Ethernet, initially HKO
AtlanticWave - Next Steps: AtlanticWave - Next Steps Finalize Memorandum of Understanding between participating exchange points and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
Order NLR wave from Miami (AMPATH) to NYC (MANLAN)
Install wave
Have AtlanticWave ready for service for Super Computing 2006 in November
Slide11: UltraLight is
A four year $2M NSF ITR funded by MPS
Application driven Network R&D
A collaboration of BNL, Caltech, CERN, Florida, FIU, FNAL, Internet2, Michigan, MIT, SLAC
Significant international participation: Brazil, Japan, Korea amongst many others
Goal: Enable the network as a managed resource
Meta-Goal: Enable physics analysis and discoveries which could not otherwise be achieved
UltraLight: Advanced Network Services for Data Intensive HEP Applications: UltraLight: Advanced Network Services for Data Intensive HEP Applications Extend and augment existing grid computing infrastructures (currently focused on CPU/storage) to include the network as an integral component
A next-generation hybrid packet- and circuit-switched dynamic network infrastructure
Partners: Caltech, UF, FIU, UMich, I2, SLAC, FNAL; UERJ, USP, ANSP, RNP; GLORIAD (cn, kr, ru), GLIF
Strong support from Cisco, CENIC, NLR, FLR
Slide13: http://www.chepreo.org An integrated program of research, network infrastructure development, and education and outreach at one of the largest minority schools in the US An International Grid Enabled Center for High Energy Physics Research & Educational Outreach at FIU
Education Workshop June, 2006 @ FIU: Education Workshop June, 2006 @ FIU Workshop Highlights
15+ Students
Lecturers / Leaders UltraLight coPIs / Outside Experts
Topics: Grid Computing, Advanced Networking Engineering, Network Montioring using MonALISA, Netflow, AMP data
Early Summer
Graduate Student Preparation
Summer Project Preparation
Participants from the US, Brazil and Argentina
Provided a follow on activity to the PASI
www.ultralight.caltech.edu
Opening a University Fiber Highway Between Mexico and the US: COLLABORATORS
Carlos Casasus, CUDI, México, ccasasus@cudi.edu.mx
Eric Frost, SDSU, US, eric.frost@sdsu.edu
Dr. Gustavo Chapela Castañares, CONACYT, México,
Dr. Federico Graef Ziehl, CICESE, México, fgraef@cicese.mx
Opening a University Fiber Highway Between Mexico and the US iGrid2005 demonstration collaboration between SDSU, SDSC from the U.S. and CICESE and CUDI from Mexico
A grid was formed by computer clusters running Linux at CICESE and at SDSC
Utilized the WHREN-LILA west link, the compute servers from PRAGMA, and the SDSU Visualization Center
iGrid2005 Demonstration from Brazil: iGrid2005 Demonstration from Brazil
Super Computing 2005 Bandwidth Challenge: Super Computing 2005 Bandwidth Challenge
Radio Astronomy: Radio Astronomy VLBI - Very Long Baseline Interferometry
VLBI ROEN - Radio Observatorio Espacial del Nordeste
To be at 1 Gbps over 2.5 Gbps connection Source: Nelson Simoes, RNP
Gemini, NOAO, CTIO, SOAR International Collaboration: Gemini, NOAO, CTIO, SOAR International Collaboration
Cyberinfrastructure for International Biodiversity Research Collaboration Workshop: Cyberinfrastructure for International Biodiversity Research Collaboration Workshop Purpose: Examine trends where Cyberinfrastructure is likely to effect change in biodiversity research and ecological informatics - January 10-13, 2006, in Panama City, Panama
Support and participation from 5 national science funding agencies: the U.S. NSF, Panama (SENACYT), Mexico (CONACYT), Costa Rica (CR-USA), Colombia (Colciencias)
60+ biology researchers, cyberinfrastructure technologists and funding agency directors from above countries, with participants from Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Peru
Funding priorities, science collaboration objectives and the application of cyberinfrastructure to support those objectives were addressed Award #0549456 http://www.ciara.fiu.edu/biocyber/index.htm
Slide21:
4 Science & Engineering Graduate Student Fellowships
Research Stipend
Tuition for Spring and Summer 2006
CIARA IT Science Certificate
Collaborative publication & conference participation CI-TEAM Demonstration NSF Award # OCI-0537464 Heidi Alvarez, PI CIARA
Julio Ibarra, Co-PI CIARA
Chi Zhang, Co-PI CS
Eric Johnson, Co-PI CS Oct 1, 2005 - Sept 30, 2006 By understanding Research & Education Cyber Infrastructure, we will bridge the divide between IT and the Sciences www.cyberbridges.net
Proposed Next Steps: Proposed Next Steps Expand program to multiple globally distributed institutions
More students, More faculty, More technologists
Call the program “Global CyberBridges” (GCB)
Provide a Model Global Collaboration Infrastructure for workforce development in e-Science between US and China
This model infrastructure could be developed through a partnership between CIARA of FIU, UCSD, and CNIC of CAS (MOU signed with CAS)
Bridging facilitators at City University Hong Kong
Partner with University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Slide24: Proposed GCB Concept
Overall Next Steps: Overall Next Steps Explore future joint sponsorships that will engage U.S. and Latin American domain scientists to apply CI to their science
Biodiversity and ecological research
Genomics and others
International training and education collaborations, bringing together research faculty and students, that apply CI to domain science
PASI, workshops, etc.
Work with the CI community to engage our domain scientists on the application of state-of-the-art research collaboration tools to satisfy their science objectives
Scientific workflows, Communities of Interests (eg. PRAGMA)
Thank You!: Thank You! WHREN-LILA, AMPATH infrastructure, CHEPREO, CyberBridges, science application support, education, outreach and community building efforts are made possible by funding and support from:
National Science Foundation (NSF) awards STI-0231844, MPS-0312038, OISE-0418366, OISE-0549456, OCI-0537464, and SCI-0441095
Florida International University
Latin American Research and Education community
The many national and international collaborators who support our efforts