MRI: Acquisition of a Supercomputing Cluster for Data-Intensive Computational Research using the Open Science Grid (OSG) Cyberinfrastructure

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。贝拉明大学将获得一个拥有约22TB RAID6磁盘存储空间的节点超级计算集群，以利用开放科学网格(OSG)网络基础设施进行高能物理网格计算研究。合作研究活动将与俄克拉荷马大学、奥尔巴尼纽约州立大学、卡卢梅特普渡大学、西南大学以及历史上为少数族裔服务的机构本尼迪克特学院密切合作进行。利用网格中间件资源，这一伙伴关系基本上将创建一个虚拟组织，通过开发一个共享系统地使用超级计算集群和有效利用计算工具的平台，将地理上和组织上分散的计算资源和来自六个不同州的六个机构的人员聚集在一起，将所有研究参与者联系起来。我们计划利用LHC(大型强子对撞机)的数据在特定的衰变通道中寻找希格斯玻色子和超对称粒子。物理研究将首先在粒子及其与探测器相互作用的详细模拟上进行，并使用GERANT蒙特卡罗程序包进行测试。这个多机构的研究团队将专注于开发进化算法和计算代码，通过研究各种探测器参数来执行复杂的数据分析任务-专注于数据简化和过滤方法以及用于提取发现水平信号的模式识别技术。从PB级的数据集。超级计算集群的可获得性将有力地刺激理科本科生的招生，特别是来自代表性不足的群体。与OSG的计算研究活动不仅将对贝拉明大学所有种族和民族的本科生的教育培训产生重大和广泛的社会影响，而且通过注入这一新知识，还有可能为该机构带来一个网格启用的科学研究能力的新时代。启用网格的超级计算集群将创造令人兴奋的学习环境，为所有七家参与机构的下一代学生提供进入计算科学、信息技术和集群/网格计算前沿的研究和教育的入口。这些经过培训的学生将获得坚实的计算背景，拥有广泛的技术技能和高性能并行集群计算技术和网格中间件技术方面的专业知识。利用这一超级计算设施，我们计划通过开发一门使用网格技术的计算科学的创新跨学科课程，将网格启用的研究活动纳入学术课程。此外，我们计划在贝拉明大学为来自肯塔基州地区公立、私立和少数族裔服务机构的本科生举办一次OSG暑期电网研讨会/学校。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Bellarmine University will acquire a 64-node Supercomputing Cluster with approximately 22TB of RAID6 disk storage space to conduct grid-enabled computational research in High Energy Physics using the Open Science Grid (OSG) cyberinfrastructure. The collaborative research activities will be carried out in close partnership with University of Oklahoma, State University of New York at Albany, Purdue University at Calumet, Southwestern University, and a Historically Black Minority-Serving institution, Benedict College. Using the grid middleware resources, this partnership will essentially create a virtual organization that will link all the research participants by bringing together geographically and organizationally dispersed computational resources and people from the six institutions from six different states by developing a platform for shared systematic use of the supercomputing cluster and effective utilization of computational tools. We plan to search for the Higgs Boson and SUSY (Supersymmetric) particles in specific decay channels using the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) data. The physics studies will first be carried out and tested on detailed simulations of particles and their interactions with the detector using the GEANT monte-carlo package. This multi-institutional research team will focus on the development of evolutionary algorithms and computational code to carry out the complex data analyses tasks by studying the various detector parameters - focusing on data reduction and filtering methodologies and pattern recognition techniques for extracting ?discovery level signals? from petabyte-scale datasets. The availability of a supercomputing cluster will serve as a powerful stimulus for the recruitment of undergraduate students in the sciences, especially from the underrepresented groups. The computational research activities with OSG will not only have a significant and a broad societal impact on the educational training of undergraduate students of all races and ethnicity at Bellarmine University, but also has the potential to bring in a new era of grid-enabled scientific research capability at this institution via infusion of this new knowledge. The grid-enabled supercomputing cluster will create precisely the kind of exciting learning environment that will provide the next generation of students at all seven participating institutions with an accessible entry to research and education at the frontiers of computational science, information technology, and cluster/grid computing. These trained students will acquire a solid computational background with broad technical skills and expertise in high performance parallel cluster computing techniques and grid middleware technologies. Using this supercomputing facility, we plan to incorporate the grid-enabled research activities into the academic curriculum by developing an innovative interdisciplinary course in ?Computational Science using Grid Technology.? Additionally, we plan to host a hands-on OSG Summer Grid Workshop/School at Bellarmine University for the undergraduate students from the regional public, private, and minority-serving institutions in Kentucky.