Manuela CampanelliThe University of Texas at Brownsville

manuela@phys.utb.edu

EOT-PACI Alliance All-Hands Meeting30 April 2003

Urbana, Illinois

GriPhyN and iVDGL:Education & Outreach

Overview

230 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

GriPhyN & iVGDL

• GriPhyN = Grid Physics Network– Develop the Virtual Data Toolkit (VDT) software and

other Grid tools to enable “Petascale” Data Grid Science.

• iVDGL = international Virtual Data Grid Laboratory– Global Laboratory (Worldgrid) to conduct Data Grid

tests “at international scale” (US, EU, Asia, …).

• Participants– Computer scientists – US-CMS (High Energy Physics)– US-ATLAS (High Energy Physics)– LIGO (Gravity wave experiment)– SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

330 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

GriPhyN/iVDGL Basics• Both NSF funded, overlapping periods

– GriPhyN: $11.9M (NSF) + $1.6M (match) (2000–2005)– iVDGL: $13.7M (NSF) + $2M (match) (2001–2006)

• Basic composition– GriPhyN: 12 universities, SDSC, 3 labs (~80 people)– iVDGL: 16 institutions, SDSC, 3 labs (~70 people)– Experiments: CMS, ATLAS, LIGO, SDSS– Large overlap of people, institutions, management

• Grid research vs Grid deployment– GriPhyN: 2/3 “CS” + 1/3 “physics” ( 0% HW)– iVDGL: 1 /3 “CS” + 2/3 “physics” (20% HW)– Tight integration of goals & deliverables

> Virtual Data Toolkit (VDT) and Outreach in common

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GriPhyN/iVDGL Outreach Program Goals

Communicate the ideas of the computational and data

grids to a diverse community of faculty and students, as well as the public at large.

Incorporate faculty, K-12, undergrad and beginning graduate students at other institutions (in particular MSI) into GriPhyN/iVDGL research.

Engage all senior personnel to lecture and mentor E/O activities, facilitated by an outreach coordinator anchored at The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB).

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Outreach Strategy

• Develop a prototype outreach program at one site:– Critical mass of students and faculty – Integrated research effort in CS and physics

> UTB part of LIGO-GriPhyN

• Extend this prototype to other MSIs– Increased MSI participation with iVDGL

> UTB, Hampton U. (HU), Salish Kootenai College (SKC), etc> Diversity, research and computational infrastructure

• Engage all GriPhyN/iVDGL researchers to do outreach– Give talks, mentor students, etc

• Work with other E/O programs– Share ideas, activities, workshops, etc

> EOT-PACI, QuarkNet, AN-MSI etc

• Build external outreach component: – Web pages, Newsletter, etc– Contact with Press, CS and Physics communities

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Minority Serving Institutions

• UT Brownsville (UTB)– Hispanic College and University, Brownsville (Texas)– 10,000 students, 90% Hispanic American

> 20,000 expected in 5 years!

– LSC institution: major role in LIGO research – iVDGL Tier 3 center: computational resources

> 96-node + 128-node Linux clusters

– New resources: NASA University Research Center (URC) for Gravitational Wave Astronomy

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Extending prototype to other MSI

• Hampton University (HU)– Historically Black College & University, Hampton (Virginia)– 6000 students, mostly African American – QuarkNet outreach center– ATLAS research University Center – iVDGL Tier 3 center: 32-node Linux cluster

• Salish Kootenai College (SKC)– Tribal College, Pablo (Montana)– 2000 students, 80% Native American– LSC institution (LIGO research)– iVDGL Tier 3 center: 32-node Linux cluster

830 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

GriPhyN/iVDGL outreach sites

UF

Wisconsin

Fermilab BNL

Indiana

Boston USKC

Brownsville

Hampton

PSU

J. Hopkins

Caltech

FIU

FSUArlington

Michigan

LBL

Oklahoma

Argonne

Vanderbilt

UCSD/SDSC

NCSA

Tier1Tier2Tier3

930 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

GriPhyN/iVDGL Outreach Work Team • UT Brownsville:

– Manuela Campanelli (coordinator, phys faculty)– Danuta Mogilski (assistant coordinator) – Joe Romano (phys faculty)– Santiago Pena (phys grad student) – Sean Morris (phys undergrad student)– Jose’ Zamora (CS undergrad student)– Ariel Martinez (CS undergrad student)

• Hampton University:– Keith Baker (phys faculty)– Kenneth Mc Farlane (QuarkNet, phys faculty)– Howard Brown (phys undergrad student)– Donald Arnold (CS undergrad student)

• Salish Kootenai College:– Tim Olson (phys faculty)– Misty Cordier (CS faculty)– Scott Dupuis (Eng faculty)– 2 phys undergrad students

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Student Participation at UTB

Santiago Pena (physics, grad student), Sean Morris (physics, undergrad student)Ariel Martinez (CS, undergrad student), Jose Zamora (CS, undergrad student)

Integrated Team of CS and Physics Students

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Student Participation at UTB– Linux cluster design, construction and administration– VDT installation, testing and documentation writing – LIGO software installation and documentation writing– LIGO-GriPhyN and iVDGL-Worldgrid demos– Help other MSI to participate in Worldgrid– Educational trips at several GriPhyN/iVDGL

institutions– SC2002 student volunteer program– Design and Distribution of Newsletter– Development and Maintenance of Outreach Web

Pages

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UTB Linux cluster Lobizon• Built by UTB students! • Experience in bringing computing and physics into the grid.

Grid-enabledwith GriPhyNSoftware

LIGO data analysis research

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Web Site Development

• Basic educational material: data grids, physics expts., E/O activities etc.

• Technical support info: documentation, “how-to” guides for VDT installation and use.

• New Projects and Experiences for students at all levels.

• New undergrad student, Ariel Martinez has updated this site.www.griphyn.org/outreach

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Annual Education & Outreach Meetings

• First E/O Meeting organized at UTB (March 2002) - Participants:

> GriPhyN/iVDGL researchers> EOT-PACI, SDSS-Skyserver> 50 local teachers, students, plus other MSI students

- VDT tutorial (Globus, Condor, etc) - Inauguration of UTB Beowulf cluster - Local Press Events (TV, `Brownsville Herald’, etc)

• Next E/O meeting to be held at HU (May 2003)- Participants:

> local school, MSI faculty and students> GriPhyN/iVDGL researchers > QuarkNet, EOT-PACI, AN-MSI etc

• Future Workshops and Tutorials (Summer 2004):- NASA-URC summer school and LIGO-GriPhyN tutorial

1530 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

Other Dissemination activities

• Talks– Over 200 talks by all GriPhyN researchers at various

institutions, outreach meetings and conferences: www.griphyn.org/outreach/talks/talks.html

• Courses– Grid concepts introduced Physics and Astronomy classes:

Ex: Skyserver, LIGO at UTB (Joe Romano), at SKC (Tim Olson)

• Outreach News to Public and Media:

1. Financial times (Germany, 2001)

2. Brownsville Herald (Texas, 2002)

3. Matters of Gravity Newsletter 2002

4. Trillium Data Grids Newsletter 2002

5. Physics Central outreach web site of the APS (2003)

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Expanding the outreach effort

Collaboration of GriPhyN with related projects:

• Integrated GriPhyN/iVDGL/PPDG Trillium E/O effort

– Example: Brochure developed by GriPhyN/iVDGL for U.S. Grid projects (next slide)

• iVDGL MSI participation in GriPhyN.

• Initial discussions with EU data-grid projects

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Trillium Newsletter 2002

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Expanding the outreach effort

1. Skyserver Classes at SKC and

UTB

2. GriPhyN-SDSS participation EOT-PACI meeting at SC2002

3. EOT-PACI participation at GriPhyN/iVDGL E/O meetings

4. Joint telecons, mail lists, meetings

5. Exploring collaboration:QuarkNet, AN-ANSI at HU

Collaboration with other outreach programs: EOT-PACI (Scott Lathrop), SDSS-SkyServer (Jordan Raddick)

www.skyserver.fnal.gov

1930 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

Next Outreach Challenges

• Increase the participation of minority students (at all levels) working with GriPhyN/iVDGL researchers.

• Integrate computer science and physics outreach, using grid tools in real physics applications.

• Increase MSI involvement in Worldgrid.

• Give more talks at under-served Institutions.

• Enhance the collaborations with other E/O programs.

• Work on annual Newsletter.

• Organize annual Outreach Workshop, VDT Tutorial.

2030 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

Increasing Student Participation

Mentoring Institutions (Spring 2003): 1. U Florida2. Indiana U3. Fermilab4. U Chicago 5. UW Milwaukee6. UT Brownsville

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU):Proposal for a REU supplement to support ~15 Students (semester or summer) at GriPhyN & iVDGL institutions.

Remote Mentoring?GriPhyN/iVDGL researchers could act as remote mentors for studentsat MSI using collaborative technologies, e.g. Access Grid, VRVS, etc

2130 April 2003Manuela Campanelli, UTB manuelal@phys.utb.edu

Summary• Progress on several fronts:

– Successful participation of minority students in research activities!

– E/O Web development– Annual Outreach Workshop/Tutorials– Annual Trillium Newsletter– Collaboration with other E/O programs– Many talks bring Grid message to new groups

• Next Challenges:– Use Grids for science applications.– Extend outreach to other MSI: more students

(at all levels) and talks.– Enhance collaborations with other E/O programs.