Transcript nanoHUB.org: Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education

nanoHUB.org: Cyberinfrastructure
for Research and Education
Michael McLennan
Software Architect
Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Purdue University
Indiana University, February 4, 2008
What is nanoHUB?
Online simulation…
…and more!
Demo
Demo >>
Over 60 tools online!
50 more in the pipeline
Web-enabling Tools
Vendor
Scientist
Web Developer
System Architecture
Physical Machine
Content
Database
Maxwell’s
Daemon
Virtual Machine
0101
1011
1001
nanowire job
nanoHUB cluster
Violin
Rendering Farm
nanoVIS
Rappture Toolkit
Rappture
=
Simulation
Code
Scientist
• Created by NCN in Nov 2004
• Create standard desktop apps
• Works with your favorite
programming language
• Open Source
• Online at http://rappture.org
Rappture works by defining
the interface
XML interface description
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<run>
<tool>
<title>Name of the tool</title>
<about>Description and credits</about>
<command>
@tool/path/to/executable @driver
</command>
<limits>
<cputime>900</cputime>
<filesize>1000000</filesize>
</limits>
</tool>
<input>
...
</input>
<output>
...
</output>
</run>
integer: n
curve: E-k diagram
integer: m
…
choice: sim method
curve: DOS
molecule: structure
…
CNTbands
model
Inputs, Outputs, and Metadata
Complete record of every simulation run
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<run>
<tool>
<title>CNTbands v2.0</title>
<command>@tool/cnbandswr @driver</command>
<version>
<application>
<revision>16</revision>
<modified>2007-05-24 10:58:42 EDT</modified>
<installed>2007-05-24 10:59:51 EDT</installed>
</application>
</version>
</tool>
<input>
<output>
</run>
Exact software
revision from
Subversion
More details
about software
installation
All inputs
</input>
</output>
All results
Who’s using this?
2.5 million hits last month
26,196 users last 12 months
226,899 simulation jobs last 12 months
51 of the Top 50 Engineering Schools
11.75% of all .edu domains
A global following
A
50% in US
A global following
A
Strong growth
Online simulation…
Interactive tools
…and more!
Added seminars,
tutorials, courses,
etc.
Saumitra Mehrotra
Univ. of Cincinnati
In the past 10 months:
26 tools / 3,327 simulations
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•
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•
47 simulations: bandstructure lab
240 simulations: FETtoy
2,855 simulations: nanowire
8,242 nanowire CPU hours
• “and more” content
134 items, 52 hours
• 96 support tickets
69 entered manually,
27 filed automatically by application
IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and
Electron Devices (WMED), April 20 2007
Google Scholar
finds 159 citations to nanoHUB
Case in point
Rappture version Feb 06
366 Users
Last 12 months
TCAD simulations using SCHRED [15] or
ISE, …., were used to support our analysis
and compute the inversion carrier profiles in
the devices.
Effect of channel positioning on the 1∕ f noise in
silicon-on-insulator metal-oxide-semiconductor
M von Haartman, M Oestling,
Journal of Applied Physics, 2007 - link.aip.org...
• Same behavior across all similar converted tools
• User’s don’t have to download/install software
General Framework
portals
http://hubzero.org
New Hubs Online Now
GlobalHUB.org – Dan Hirleman, ME at Purdue
global engineering education
online since 12/17/2007
pharmaHUB.org – Rex Reklaitis, CE at Purdue
pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing
online since 12/11/2007
thermalHUB.org – Tim Fisher, ME at Purdue
heat transfer
online since 12/6/2007
IndianaCTSI.org – Anantha Shekhar, IU
School of Medicine, Connie Weaver at Purdue
accelerating clinical and translational research in healthcare
online since 10/1/2007
nanohub.org – Mark Lundstrum, ECE at Purdue
the granddaddy of all hubs focused on nanotechnology
online since 2002
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