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Welcome to SCV scv.bu

Welcome to SCV http://scv.bu.edu. Erik Brisson Associate Director Scientific Computing and Visualization Group Boston University. Boston University. Over 30,000 students From 50 states, 141 countries Over 3,400 faculty About 5,500 non-faculty staff Grants and contracts

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Welcome to SCV scv.bu

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  1. Welcome to SCVhttp://scv.bu.edu Erik Brisson Associate Director Scientific Computing and Visualization Group Boston University

  2. Boston University • Over 30,000 students • From 50 states, 141 countries • Over 3,400 faculty • About 5,500 non-faculty staff • Grants and contracts • 1,457 totaling $250.4 million

  3. Scientific Computing and Visualization Group • Work in collaboration with BU’s CCS (Center for Computational Science) • National supercomputer resource • Graphics / virtual reality lab • Access Grid • Consulting, programming, special projects

  4. Supercomputing Resources

  5. Supercomputing Resources • IBM p690 • 112 processors (583 GFLOPs) • IBM RS6000/SP • 64 processors (96 GFLOPs) • SGI Origin 2000 • 192 processors (75 GFLOPs) • IBM x330 Linux cluster • 104 processors (200 GFLOPs)

  6. Graphics / Virtual Reality Lab • Deep Vision Display Wall • ImmersaDesk • SGI graphics workstations • IBM Intellistations

  7. Graphics Software • OpenGL • Stanford’s WireGL / Chromium • SGI Performer • Alias | Wavefront Maya

  8. DAFFIE • Distributed Applications Framework For Immersive Environments • Virtual worlds described by a network protocol • 3D graphics viewer with navigation • Participants represented as avatars • Telephony over high speed network • Video and audio streams over high speed network

  9. Deep Vision Display Wall

  10. Deep Vision Display Wall • High resolution • Current: 2048x1536 pixels • Will be: 4096x2304 pixels • Driven by 24 IBM Intellistations • 24 projectors • 12 tiles per eye • Passive stereo • Commodity hardware

  11. The Access Grid Argonne NCSA KISTI The Grid Boston University Purdue University Image adapted from Terry Disz, Argonne National Laboratory U of Manchester U of Sydney

  12. BU Access Grid Facility • Has held more than 150 events since spring 2000, including: • Workshops • Conferences • Formal and informal meetings • Boston University is active in worldwide Access Grid deployment, training, and event planning

  13. The Access Grid • Collaboration tools to enable human interaction across the computational grid • Several visualization tools have been integrated with the Access Grid, including BU’s DAFFIE environment • Future AG software releases will include API for increasing integration with other grid services

  14. Visit Schedule • 9:30am Meet in B17 • 9:35am- 9:50am Overview • 9:50am-10:10am AG demo • 10:15am-10:45am Wall / IDesk demo • 10:45am-11:00am Machine room or discussion

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