Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Photo credit: Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 1. About Jisc 2. Efficiency agenda 3. HPC brokerage 4. Where next? Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Image credit: Courtesy of EPSRC
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 1. About Jisc 2. Efficiency agenda 3. HPC brokerage 4. Where next? Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Image credit: Courtesy of EPSRC
:: About Jisc :: What we do» Registered charity championing the use of digital technologies in research and education» Range of shared services for UK Universities and Colleges, e.g. - Janet, world leading research network - eduroam global wireless roaming - Groundbreaking content deals with publishers - Cloud brokerage with Amazon, Google, Microsoft» Aiming to complement RCUK and Innovate UK / Catapults - Open Educational Resources, Open Access and Open Data - Just launched asset sharing initiative
:: About Jisc :: What we do» Registered charity championing the use of digital technologies in research and education» Range of shared services for UK Universities and Colleges, e.g. - Janet, world leading research network - eduroam global wireless roaming - Groundbreaking content deals with publishers - Cloud brokerage with Amazon, Google, Microsoft» Aiming to complement RCUK and Innovate UK / Catapults - Open Educational Resources, Open Access and Open Data - Just launched asset sharing initiative
:: About Jisc :: What we do» Registered charity championing the use of digital technologies in research and education» Range of shared services for UK Universities and Colleges, e.g. - Janet, world leading research network - eduroam global wireless roaming - Groundbreaking content deals with publishers - Cloud brokerage with Amazon, Google, Microsoft» Aiming to complement RCUK and Innovate UK / Catapults - Open Educational Resources, Open Access and Open Data - Just launched asset sharing initiative
:: About Jisc :: The Janet network
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 1. About Jisc 2. Efficiency agenda 3. HPC brokerage 4. Where next? Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Image credit: Courtesy of EPSRC
:: Efficiency Agenda :: Shared Data Centre Anchor tenants: - Francis Crick Institute - King s College - LSE - QMUL - Sanger Institute - UCL More at: www.ja.net/cloud
:: Efficiency Agenda :: Cloud Brokerage National deals for e.g. - Arkivum - Box - Dropbox - Google Apps - Office 365 More at: www.ja.net/cloud
:: Efficiency Agenda :: ESISS Infosec advice: - Pen testing - Reporting for audit compliance - Security consultancy - Led by Tiger Team accredited Senior Security Tester More at: goo.gl/6jz5i7
:: Efficiency Agenda :: Cost Sharing Group Largest VAT cost sharing group in UK: 93% of HEIs 256 institutions participating
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 1. About Jisc 2. Efficiency agenda 3. HPC brokerage 4. Where next? Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Image credit: Courtesy of EPSRC
:: HPC Brokerage :: Service Providers» 60m public investment in HPC Image credit: CC BY-NC-ND HPC Midlands See www.jisc.ac.uk/research/projects/equipment-sharing
:: HPC Brokerage :: The Rationale» Reduce friction of sharing between institutions & with industry Pay as you go model, no upfront capital costs Makes HPC accessible to those who could not previously contemplate it» How does it work? Standardized terms and conditions including information assurance, intellectual property, termination etc Trialling this approach initially with HPC brokerage
:: HPC Brokerage :: The Jisc Agreement
:: HPC Brokerage :: Equipment sharing» Kit-Catalogue equipment sharing database as a service» Kit-Catalogue feeds into EPSRC s 10,000 items of equipment available for sharing See www.jisc.ac.uk/research/projects/equipment-sharing
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 1. About Jisc 2. Efficiency agenda 3. HPC brokerage 4. Where next? Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Image credit: Courtesy of EPSRC
:: Where next? :: Sweating the assets» Leveraging public investment in the Janet network Connecting industry: www.ja.net/janet-reach Where next - e.g. 10Gbit/s links to Science Parks? Testbeds for new technologies, e.g. UHD streaming from Tokyo Olympics, Surrey 5G testbed, Catapult centres» Where else can we add value? Exploit cost sharing group (256 institutions, 93% of HEIs) Support for research clusters that want to share services Anticipating Austerity 2.0 efficiency savings
Frictionless Supercomputing MEW25 / HPC in Industry, December 2014 Martin Hamilton Futurist martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk @martin_hamilton Photo credit: Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy