Position Statement Jysoo Lee Supercomputing Center KISTI, Korea (jysoo@hpcnet.ne.kr)

1. Position Statement Jysoo Lee Supercomputing Center KISTI, Korea (jysoo@hpcnet.ne.kr) ApGrid Panel, SC2001@Denver Supercomputing Center

2. The Question “Can the Asia Pacific Grid Contribute to Science and Technology in Asia Pacific Region?” Long term answer to the question is positive, but … Very wide spectrum of countries in the region (63 countries) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Binuatu, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Ecuador, El salvador, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, N. Korea, S. Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanma, Nepal, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thai, Vietnam, U.S.A., Central Asian Countries, South West Asian Countries, … Supercomputing Center

3. Digital divide in the region Internet access as percent of population for 21 APEC countries: relatively more developed countries in the region (APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Supercomputing Center

4. Digital divide in the region (cont.) • The region consists of a few developed countries and many underdeveloped countries • The two groups have different environments and interests • Resource sharing, necessary for any Asia-Pacific Grid implementation, requires governmental level of cooperation among the countries involved Supercomputing Center

5. A-P Grid applications in the next few years • Local Grid networks • Sharing resources within local networks is expected to be wide-spread (e.g., campus Grid, company Grid, regional Grid) • Specific scientific/technological collaborations • Grid is expected to be a central tool in several collaborations (e.g., CCGrid among supercomputer centers in the region, Data Grid in high energy physics experiments) • … Supercomputing Center

6. Toward wide-spread use of A-P Grid • A few developed countries in the region should • Develop/test/implement Grid technology • Share the results • Allocate resources to underdeveloped countries • Bridging the digital divide in the region Supercomputing Center

7. Our proposed contribution • Establishment of Asia Pacific Grid Implementation Project under APEC TEL • Grid application project survey and support (Bio, CFD, Meteo, etc. for Asia Pacific Region) • Building and operation of Asia Pacific Grid NOC (using APII Testbed, APAN, SingAREN, TANet, CERNET, etc.) • Grid related R&D and standardization (Grid middleware & Grid browser, etc.) • Promotion for sharing of high performance computers and large-scaled research instruments (Supercomputer, Storage, etc. in the Asia Pacific Region) • (APEC TEL: APEC Telecommunications working group) Supercomputing Center

8. ???? NOC TARNet NOC SingAREN NOC APAN NOC APII Testbed NOC CERNET NOC Our proposed contribution (cont.) APEC TEL Tech. Support For Asia Pacific Grid Related Policy Asia Pacific Grid Related Guide & Admin. Asia Pacific Grid Implementation Related International Standardization org. Gov. Research Institutes Industry Research Institutes GGF, IETF Univ. Liaison Building Expert Network Operation & Tech. Support for Asia Pacific Grid Asia Pacific Grid NOC Collaboration Collaboration Configuration of Asia Pacific Grid Network Supercomputing Center

9. Related Status of Korea • N*Grid is planned at the ministry level by MIC (Ministry of Information and Communication) • Major Content of N*Grid(2002-2006) • Grid application project survey and support (Bio, CFD, Meteo, etc.) • Building and operation of Grid Network (KOREN, APII Testbed, KREONet2, HPCNet, etc.) • Grid related R&D and standardization (Grid middleware & Grid browser, etc.) • Promotion for sharing of high performance computers and large-scaled research instruments (Supercomputer, Storage, etc.) • Construction of Korea Grid Forum (Include gov., univ., research inst., etc.) Supercomputing Center

10. Thank you for listening! jysoo@hpcnet.ne.kr Supercomputing Center