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EDUCAUSE 2001 - AN EDU ODYSSEY
TheFaculty Fellows Program
TheFaculty Fellows ProgramForming a Community of Educators
Around High-Performance Computing
Jeff Sale and Kris Stewart
NPACI Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering
San Diego State University
http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/
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Copyright NoticeCopyright Notice
• Copyright, Jeff Sale, 2001. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.
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Rationale for a Fellows ProgramRationale for a Fellows Program
• Lack of a system of rewards encouraging time-consuming curriculum innovations
• Low awareness of faculty and students about available computational science tools
• Absence of a support network for computational science and high-performance computing
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What is …?What is …?
• What is Computational Science?• What is High-Performance Computing?• What is Modeling and Simulation?• What is Visualization?
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What is Computational Science?What is Computational Science?
Science DisciplinePhysics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.
Computer ScienceHardware/Software
Applied MathematicsNumerical Analysis, Modeling,
Simulation
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What is Computational Science?What is Computational Science?
Science DisciplinePhysics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.
Computer ScienceHardware/Software Applied Mathematics
Numerical Analysis, Modeling, Simulation
Computational ScienceTeamwork and Collaboration
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What is Computational Science?What is Computational Science?
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What is Computational Science?What is Computational Science?
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Usually, Computational Science Involves One or More of...
Usually, Computational Science Involves One or More of...
• Modeling• Simulation• Visualization• Large amounts of (different
kinds of) data
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...Like World-Building...Like World-Building
Skyline TerraExplorerhttp://www.skylinesoft.com/
Virtual Los Angeleshttp://www.aud.ucla.edu/bill/LA.html
The Digital Earthhttp://www.digitalearth.gov/
Fly San Diegohttp://flysd.sdsc.edu/
I-cubedhttp://www.i3.com/
products/CityModels/3d_models.htm
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My Own WorldMy Own World
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What is High-Performance Computing?
What is High-Performance Computing?
• Massively parallel systems• Commodity Clusters• High-speed Communication• Data-Intensive Computing• Never-ending demand for increasing
performance– Giga -> Tera -> Peta -> ??
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What is Modeling and Simulation?
What is Modeling and Simulation?
• Empirical vs. Theoretical• Data-driven vs. Equation-driven• Rigged Animation• Rigorous, Testable, Predictable
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hat is Visualization?hat is Visualization?
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This is Your BrainThis is Your Brain This is Your Visual SystemThis is Your
Visual System
Photic ChauvinismPhotic Chauvinism
Are we perhaps neglecting something?
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PerceptualizationPerceptualization
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Who is Doing Computational Science?
Who is Doing Computational Science?
• NPACI is The ‘National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure’– http://www.npaci.edu/
• NPACI is a partnership of over 40 institutions in the US and more worldwide– http://www.npaci.edu/Partners/
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NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Partnerships are NSF Programs
NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Partnerships are NSF Programs
The EdCenter works closely with:NPACI (http://www.npaci.edu/San Diego Supercomputer Center
(http://www.sdsc.edu/)NCSA Alliance (http://www.ncsa.edu/)
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EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TRAINING
4 APPLICATIONSMolecular Science
NeuroscienceEarth Systems Science
Engineering
4 TECHNOLOGIESMetasystems
Programming Tools and Environments
Data-intensive ComputingInteraction Environments
RESOURCES
NPACI Partnership Organizing Principle: “Thrusts”
NPACI Partnership Organizing Principle: “Thrusts”
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Resources -- Today’s Digital LaboratoryHigh-performance computing available today to the academic community
Develop and DeployTechnology and application collaborations to push the capabilities of tomorrow’s digital laboratory
Use and ApplyComputational scientists applying enhanced capabilities to achieve new scientific results
Disseminate and IncorporateIncorporating technologies into the digital laboratory and disseminating them for use in new communities
Advancing the Computational Infrastructure
Advancing the Computational Infrastructure
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Sources of Information on NPACI
Sources of Information on NPACI
• NPACI Partnership Reports
• enVision quarterly science magazine– http://www.npaci.edu/envision/
• Online biweekly electronic publication– http://www.npaci.edu/online/
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Who Is Doing Computational Science In the Undergraduate
Curriculum?
Who Is Doing Computational Science In the Undergraduate
Curriculum?
• Rubin Landau at Oregon State is close to establishing a B.S. in Computational Physics
• Illinois State - B.S. in either Computational Physics or Chemistry
• Numerous courses in various undergrad programs
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Who Is Doing Computational Science In the Undergraduate
Curriculum?
Who Is Doing Computational Science In the Undergraduate
Curriculum?
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The EdCenter is an NPACI/CSU Collaboration
The EdCenter is an NPACI/CSU Collaboration
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About the EdCenterAbout the EdCenter25
• Home Page: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu
• Meet the EdCenter Team: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/staff/
• Some of our projects: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/projects/
• Some of our activities: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/news/
• Some resources: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/repository/
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The EdCenter is Directed
by Kris Stewart
The EdCenter is Directed
by Kris Stewart• Director, NPACI EdCenter on Computational
Science and Engineering (supported by NSF, SDSU Academic Affairs, CSU Chancellor Office)
• Computer Science Professor, Math & Computer Sciences Department, SDSU College of Sciences
• Co-PI for NSF grant “CalREN2-Phase2” – our access to Internet2 (www.abilene.org)
• Faculty Advisor to Student ACM Club• Former Director of the first K-12 Supercomputing
Education Outreach program, the Supercomputing Teacher Enhancement Program (STEP)
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The EdCenter’s MissionThe EdCenter’s Mission
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The EdCenter’s Mission is to foster the incorporation of high performance research tools for scientific investigation into the undergraduate curriculum to better prepare learners for post-baccalaureate activities where collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, sophisticated computer tools, and effective communication are used in research and problem solving.
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The EdCenter is Part of the ‘Education, Outreach, and Training’ Thrust of NPACI
The EdCenter is Part of the ‘Education, Outreach, and Training’ Thrust of NPACI
The mission of EOT-PACI is to develop human resources through the innovative use of emerging information technologies in order to understand and solve problems in education, science, business, government, and society.
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EdCenter Students and StaffEdCenter Students and Staff
• Kirsten Barber, Lead Programmer, CS graduate
• Melody Hoolihan, Office Manager• Over 20 students hired during past 4
years, mostly undergraduates– http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/staff/
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How does the Fellows Program Work?
How does the Fellows Program Work?
• Kris Stewart contacts College Deans and Department Chairs in the summer to identify potential Fellows
• Release time provided equivalent to 1/4 time (1 course)
• Bi-weekly hour-long meetings - ‘synergy sessions’
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Synergy Sessions Expose Faculty to:
Synergy Sessions Expose Faculty to:
• NPACI/NCSA/Alliance Resources• Cal IT2, HPWREN, Internet 2, Access
Grid, • EOT-PACI• Eachother’s projects, experiences,
funding efforts, brainstorms, interests
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Resources to Promote Access & InclusionResources to Promote Access & InclusionGoal: Increase participation and success of women, minorities and people with disabilities in CS&E and in PACI
Universal design and disability accesstrace.wisc.edu
CDC Coalition to Diversify Computingwww.npaci.edu/Outreach/CDC
www.cra.org/Activities/craw
GirlTECHwww.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC
Spend a Summer with a Scientist
www.aihec.org
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The TRACE CenterAn NPACI Parther
The TRACE CenterAn NPACI Parther
Universal AccessibilityTo prevent the barriers and capitalize on the opportunities presented by current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies, in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable as possible for as many people as possible.
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
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Network Traffic AnalysisNetwork Traffic Analysis
IEC - Internet Engineering Curriculum Repository
http://www.caida.org/outreach/iec/
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Internet 2
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CalREN -2...CalREN -2...
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Projects From Past FellowshipsProjects From Past Fellowships
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2001 Fellow Tom Impelluso2001 Fellow Tom Impelluso• Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, College of Engineering
• Students run physics simulations on SDSC Cray T3E
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2001 Fellow Kathleen McGuire2001 Fellow Kathleen McGuire
• Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences
• Incorporate the Biology WorkBench into undergraduate Molecular Biology course
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2001 Fellow Christina Tague2001 Fellow Christina Tague
• Dept. of Geography, College of Arts and Letters
• Student-Friendly GUI to Ecological Hydrology Model RHESSYss
• Java Swing interface to OpenDX/RHESSYss
Spatial Organization of Hydro-Ecological Interactions
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• physically-based
• spatially distributed
• hydro-geo-ecologic
• GIS framework
RHESSysRHESSys
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Time Series OutputTime Series Output
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Spatial OutputSpatial Output
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RHESyss Visualization in OpenDX
RHESyss Visualization in OpenDXhttp://www.opendx.org/
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Java Swing GUIJava Swing GUI
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2001 Fellow Fred Kolkhorst 2001 Fellow Fred Kolkhorst
• Department of Exercise and Nutritional Science, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
• Use the NPACI EdCenter’s own Sociology WorkBench to assess student attitudes towards inquiry-based learning in exercise physiology lab
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2001 Fellow Kathy Williams2001 Fellow Kathy Williams
• Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences
• NSF Funded (DUE-9952816) effort to provide High-Speed Wireless (45 Mb/sec) to stream field data into the classroom and lab
• Model Prototype: SDSU’s Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
• SDSU, SDSC, HPWREN collaboration
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2001 Fellow Eric Frost2001 Fellow Eric Frost
• Department of Geological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Cal-IT2, Larry Smarr, High -speed wireless seismological sensor technology distributed statewide
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Contact UsContact Us
Kris Stewart, Directorhttp://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu
Jeff [email protected]