Proposal to host PRAGMA9

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Proposal to host PRAGMA-9

• University of Hyderabad
• India

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Outline

• Main Theme
• Grid Services Dream or Reality?
• Why Hyderabad?
• University of Hyderabad
• Grid Activities in India
• Venue Date
• Others

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Grid Services Dream or Reality?

• This theme has to be seen in the light of Web
  Technologies and Web Services. Though the Web
  technology has been in existence for a decade
  now, the Web services have still to take of.
• A sustainable Grid is based on its realization
  and usefulness, which ultimately leads to an
  on-line Grid-enabled service. Theme of PRAGMA 5.
• As a Pragma community we should ensure that Gird
  technologies grow together with sustainable Grid
  Services and therefore there is need to debate
  and discuss whether this will still be a Dream or
  become a Reality. Theme of PRAGMA 9.

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Grid Services (contd)

• We should examine issues that may impede
  deployment of Grid Services.
• demonstrate progress on grid applications inside
  PRAGMA, particularly in some typical fields,
  having large catchments area Banking,
  Insurance, Scientific etc
• attempt to build stable grid services for daily
  research
• enhance development of grid applications in
  India, and promote communication with the world

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Co-locating other events

• One possibility is to plan an IEEE event with
  local IEEE Section, like holding an IEEE Student
  Branch level symposium on GRID Computing,
  alongwith other Computer Societies namely IETE,
  CSI etc. This should give a much needed
  bootstrapping and create local awareness to do
  research in this area. The funding will come from
  various societies.
• We could coincide the above event with the next
  APAN Meeting in Hyderabad. Recently Educational
  and Research Network (ERNET India) has become a
  Primary Member of APAN and University of
  Hyderabad is one of ERNET PoP site.
• We could also arrange exhibition of major vendors
  having interest in Grid-Computing application

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Why Hyderabad?

• Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh,
  offers a fascinating panorama of the past, with a
  rich blend of cultural and historical tradition
  spanning over 400 years. Presently a strong
  Industrial, Commercial and Information Technology
  Center, Hyderabad is emerging into an important
  tourist destination. Thus today Hyderabad offers
  a combination of a rich traditional ambience and
  the most modern, progressive and developed urban
  centre in India

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Contd

• It is a happening city which is the capital of
  Andhra Pradesh with 76 million population
• IT Industry is growing at more than 50 every
  year
• It has major global technology companies and
  Research Organizations such as
• Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Analogue Devices , GE,
  Mentor Graphics, Synopsis, BaaN, ADP Wilco,
  Motorola, Invensys, Computer Associates,
  Satyamcomputers, Infosys, Wipro, etc.
• Defence RD, Indian Space Research Organization,
  HAL,etc.,
• International institute of Information Technology
  IIIT, Indian School of Business (ISB), Univ of
  Hyderabad, etc.
• More than 220 Engineering Schools in the State of
  AP
• Well connected by air
• Major conferences held/proposed in the city are
  IJCAI 2007, IEEE TENCON likely in 2006
  International Exhibition and Conference on
  Biotechnology Equipment and Services (2005),
  International Conference on High Performance
  Computing (2004, 2005),.

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University of Hyderabad

• Established by an Act of Parliament on October 2,
  1974 as a Central University
• A Unitary Institution, essentially residential in
  character
• Post graduate programmes with strong emphasis on
  research

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University of Hyderabad

• UoH commits to development of grid applications
  and middleware, in particular those based on and
  aimed at scientific data.
• As a founding member of PRAGMA, UoH has actively
  participated since the 4th meeting and now aims
  to enhance the impact of the collaboration.

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• Our participation was manifold
• The university had opportunity to use grid
  infrastructure and share resources that are
  deployed from time to time. We participated in
  SC2003 demo where 853 nodes formed the testbed
  for Climate modeling software. This Bootstrapped
  our understanding of Grid Technology to a new
  level.
• It would allow us to work towards
  Bilateral/Multilateral collaboration among
  participating institutions. Lead contacts
  developed at University of Melbourne
  (Australia), KISTI (Korea), Kasetart University
  (Bangkok), BII (Singapore), NCHC (Taiwan), NCSA
  (Urbana-Champaign, USA).
• Initiate exchange program in specific application
  of interest to us using grid based technology

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The Green Campus

• Campus 20 Kms North-West of Hyderabad
• 2,300 Acres with 500,000 trees and over 120 bird
  species.
• Good for Trekking, and long morning/evening walks
  
• Four lakes, several valleys and unique rock
  formations (Mushroom Rocks are a State Heritage)
• Early habitation evidenced by a megalith of
  iron-age, pre-Christian era (protected
  Archeological site)

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University of Hyderabad

• A University with Potential for Excellence -- UGC
  
• Excellent Research Performance
• International National Recognition
• Good Infrastructure and Networking
• Good Developing Neighbourhood

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Existing Support Infra-structure

• Established Centre for Modelling Simulation and
  Design with 128 cpu IBM p690 cluster, 14 High end
  Workstations. Plan to augment by another 128
  processors, etc.
• Campus Wide Gbps SMF Fibre Backbone
• Digital Library, e-Journal access
• 2Mbps link to Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, IDRBT.
• Video-Conferencing Facility established including
  ISDN.
• Link available for Internet Access

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Main Entrance to University
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One of the lakes!
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University Guest House
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Grid Activities in India

• E-Governance Network of Government of Andhra
  Pradesh, India
• Educational Grid (UGC-INFONET network)
• Information Grid (I-Grid) of CDAC etc
• A Digital Library Network under INFLIBNET (A
  consortium for e-journal access)
• Weather Forecasting Grid etc.
• Educational and Research Network (ERNET) India is
  Primary Member of APAN (January 2004)

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Venue Date

• Centre for Modelling Simulation and Design,
  University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
• September/October 2005

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Others

• Funding Expected Expenditure Rs 6,19,000 Lakhs
  (US 15,000)
• contribution of the University and several
  scientific government bodies like Department of
  Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of
  Communication and Information Technology (MCIT),
  All India Council for Technical Education
  (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC),
  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  (CSIR) etc. Necessary paper work would be
  initiated once the proposal is formally agreed
  too.
• University will like to approach major HPC
  vendors for sponsoring the PRAGMA event, subject
  to Steering Committee approval.
• We may levy fee on non-Pragma members/institutions
  .
• We would provide local hospitality to 2 to 3
  delegates from Pragma Founding Institutions.
• Accommodation Facility University or Hotel

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Program Committee

• Prof. Kota Harinarayana, Vice-Chancellor,
  University of Hyderabad and Patron
• Prof. E. D. Jemmis, UoH, Chair of Program
  Committee
• Prof. Peter Arzberger, SDSC, UCSD, USA
• Dr. Jysoo Lee, KISTI, Korea
• (Co-chair of PRAGMA
  10)
• Prof. V. S. S. Sastry, UoH
• Prof. Raj Buyya, Melbourne University, Australia
• Prof Larry Ang, BII, Singapore
• Yoshio Tanaka, AIST, Japan
• Prof. Arun Agarwal, UoH (Chair of PRAGMA 9)

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Welcome to Hyderabad
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Welcome to Hyderabad
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Thanks! It would be an honor and a pleasure for
UH to host the Ninth PRAGMA Workshop in Sept/Oct
2005. We look forward to seeing you all in
Hyderabad and we promise to make your stay
enjoyable and rewarding.