Grid Colombia Institutions – OSG Report
2010-07
Central Regional Node
Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá
Resources
Available Clusters
4 – Named cluster A, B, C, D
Number of WNs
Cluster A, B, C has 5 host,
Cluster D has 2 hosts
Installation Level
Cluster A, B, C complete
Cluster D 70%
Projects
NAMD
Molecular dynamics simulation of Molecules sets via NAMD.
PUJ – Faculties of Science and Engineering
Clustal
Finding common genetic information between different species by
the alignment of their genomic secuences.
PUJ – Faculties of Science and Engineering
Infrastructure
Dual Core Intel Xeon 2 processors dual core - 4GB RAM - storage2TB
Intel Pentium 30 cores – per machine 1 RAM GB – storage 160GB
Opportunistic based clusters mounted in virtual machines running in classroom computers
60 dual core Intel based computers – RAM 2 GB
Grid People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Enrique González
egonzal@javeriana.edu.co
Support Staff
Fabio Avellaneda - fabio_avellaneda@javeriana.edu.co
Alexander Herrera - alexander.herrera@javeriana.edu.co
Diego Rincón - diego-rincon@javeriana.edu.co
Additional Information
Javeriana University actually is leading the project financed by RENATA-Colciencias.
PUJ has experienced with NAMD, ClustalW, Meme.
Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá
Resources
Available Clusters
5 – Named cluster M, J, D1, D2, C
Number of WNs
Cluster M has 5 host,
Installation Level
Cluster M, J, D1, D2 complete Cluster C 50%
Cluster J, D1, D2,C has 2 hosts
Projects
Inter-Faculties
Genomics and
Bioinformatics
Study of Structural Genomics of the pathogen bacteria of “yuca”
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Manihotis
Laboratory of Mycology and Fitopathology - UniAndes
CENICAFE
Parallel data processing and information display in the web of
Coffee Analysis studies
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café y UniAndes
Phytophthora infestans
Characterization of Phytophthora infestans Populations in
Colombia (Potatos)
UniAndes
Infrastructure
EXS Server
Intel Xeon 4 processors dual core – RAM 32GB – storage 2TB
Opportunistic based clusters mounted in virtual machines running in classroom computers
70 dual core Intel based computers – RAM 3 GB
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Harold Castro
hcastro@uniandes.edu.co
Support Staff
Julian Jimenez - j.jimeneza913@uniandes.edu.co
Additional Information
UniAndes has experience with Sun grid Engine, Loni pipe line, Blast.
Universidad Católica de Colombia - Bogotá
Resources
Available Clusters
4 – Named A, B,C, D
Number of WNs
2
Installation Level
Cluster A, B, C, D Complete
Projects
Render graphics controlled by intelligent agents distributed
Immersive Education Initiative
Climate Simulation Models
Infrastructure
Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 14 cores – RAM 2GB – storage 400GB
Grid People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Edwin Duran - edduran@ucatolica.edu.co
Holman Bolivar - hdbolivar@ucatolica.edu.co
Support Staff
Additional Information
Universidad Nacional - Bogotá
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 4 host
Installation Level
Cluster 60%
Projects
Bioinformatics Data
Anaylisis Software
Platform
Distributed machine learning environment for the design
and execution of data analysis experiments using a wide
range of algorithms.
Medical Imaging
Services
Distributed machine learning environment for the design
and execution of data analysis experiments using a wide
range of algorithms.
Distributed machine learning environment for the design
and execution of data analysis experiments using a wide
range of algorithms.
Bioinformatics Data
Anaylisis Software
Platform
Infrastructure
Dell Dual Xeon Quad Core 2.6 GHz, 4GB en RAM – storage 1TB
Grid People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Support Staff
Luis Fernando Niño (Administrative Director),
lfninov@unal.edu.co
Gabriel Mañana (Technical Director),
gjmananag@unal.edu.co
Daniel Restrepo (Researcher), drestrepom@unal.edu.co
Camilo Pino (Researcher), capinog@unal.edu.co
David Becerra (Researcher), dcbecerrar@unal.edu.co
Additional Information
The National University of Colombia has experience with a range of bioinformatics,
machine learning and data mining tools. Additionally, several image analysis
techniques have been also widely studied.
Universidad Antonio Nariño - Bogotá
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 3 host
Installation Level
Cluster 50%
Projects
National Office of
Research
Searches for the Higgs Boson and Beyond the Standard
Model (BSM) particles at the LHC with the ATLAS Detector.
Software Validation Infrastructure for the ATLAS High-Level
Trigger.
Infrastructure
Dell Dual Xeon Quad Core 2.6 GHz, 4GB en RAM – storage 1TB
Grid People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Support Staff
Marta Losada Falk (Administrative Director)
malosada@uan.edu.co
Gabriel Mañana (Technical Director)
gabriel.manana@uan.edu.co
Gabriela Navarro (Senior Researcher)
gabriela.navarro@uan.edu.co
Liliana Olarte (Research Asistant)
asistente1.csi@uan.edu.co
Juan Carvajal (Research Asistant)
asistente2.csi@uan.edu.co
Additional Information
The Universidad Antonio Nariño has been involved in a collaborative research project
in High Energy Physics with CERN for several years (ATLAS experiment).
Universidad Distrital
Resources
Available Clusters
3 – Named cluster A (Blade Center), B(HPPC)
Number of WNs
Cluster A 4 wn, Cluster B 14 wn
Installation Level
Cluster A, B installing in Investigation room in Udistrital 50%
Projects
NAMD
Render Grid, Numeric Calculus and othres.
Clustal
Development of applications for image rendering. Numerical
applications to physical and industrial processes and others
applications
Infrastructure
4 Dual Core Intel Xeon 2 processors dual core - 32GB RAM DDR3 - storage 1TB
Of 7200 rpm.
14 WN con 16 GB RAM with 16 Cores c/u and 4WN with 256 GB RAM and 24 Cores.
Grid People
Coordination of GC
Activities
José Nelson Pérez Castillo
jnperezc@gmail.com
Support Staff
Alexis Rojas Cordero rojas.cordero.alexis@ieee.org
Additional Information
Udistrital University actually is leading member of Grid Colombia-Colciencias with any
experience.
West Regional Node
Universidad del Valle - Cali
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 6 host
Installation Level
Cluster 40%
Projects
Infrastructure
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core E5400 - 4 Cores– RAM 16GB – storage 640GB
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
John Alexander Sanabria –
john.sanabria@correounivalle.edu.co
Support Staff
Edier Alberto Zapata – edalzap@gmail.com
Juan Carlos Vallejo – carlvall@gmail.com
Additional Information
Universidad del Valle is looking forward for a new high performance computational
resource. This resource would be used to support leading edge research
activities regarding with bioinformatics, engineering and computer science.
Pontificia Universidad del Javeriana - Cali
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 4 host
Installation Level
Cluster Complete
Projects
Infrastructure
4 Dual Opteron, 4GiB RAM, 70 GB HD, 2 Dell PowerEdge 1850: dual Xeon, 1GiB RAM, 70 GB
HD
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Eugenio Tamura <tek@javerianacali.edu.co>
Support Staff
Abdul Hissami <abdulh@javerianacali.edu.co>
Additional Information
No current projects in course. Looking for them...
North Regional Node
Universidad Del Norte - Barranquilla
Resources
Available Clusters
3 Test Cluster
Number of WNs
Cluster 1,2,3 have 2 hosts
Installation Level
Cluster 1, 2 complete; Cluster 3 50%
Projects
Wien2k
Calculate structural and electronic properties of materials.
Uninorte – Physics Department
Quantum-Espresso
Calculate structural and electronic properties of materials.
Uninorte – Physics Department
Infrastructure
Intel Core(TM)2CPU 6600 2.40GHz 2GB RAM- storage 160GB
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
José Márquez Díaz
jmarquez@uninorte.edu.co
Support Staff
Karen Gómez - kquiroz@uninorte.edu.co
Additional Information
Universidad del Atlántico - Barranquilla
Resources
Available Clusters
2- Named cluster A, B
Number of WNs
Cluster A has 4 host, Cluster B has 2 host
Installation Level
Cluster A, B 70%
Projects
Research Group
INFOMAT
Study and Simulation of Hurricane Joan in 1988
Infrastructure
HP Blade bl465C G6 12 Cores, 16Gb RAM, Storage 300GB Raid 5
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Support Staff
Claudia Baloco
claudiabaloco@mail.uniatlantico.edu.co
cbaloco@gmail.com
José Carlos Guerrero staver@mail.uniatlantico.edu.co
José David Bobadilla jbobadilla@mail.uniatlantico.edu.co
Ernesto Diaz Estrada ernestodias@mail.uniatlantico.edu.co
Additional Information
East Regional Node
Universidad del Industrial de Santander - Bucaramanga
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 4 host
Installation Level
Cluster 50%
Projects
Development of
General HPC platform
for CFD funded by UIS
Modeling and Simulation by CFD(Computational Fluid Mechanics)
applied to Climate Change National and Regional
CEVALE2 Funded by
COLCIENCIAS-RENATAMEN
Virtual Centre for High Energy Physics for National Colombian HE
Community
GRIDUIS funded by UIS
University Grid Test Set Up for HPC and Grid Computing
Development of Parallel Medical Image Processing for early detection of Cancer Cells
Algorithms for Medical
Images Processing
Funded by UIS
Funded by UIS and
CDMB
Air pollution Modeling and Simulation
Opportunistic based clusters With ROCKS, OAR running in classroom computers
70 dual core Intel based computers – RAM 3 GB
4 CPU Intel de 3.2 GHz – RAM 8GB – storage 750GB
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
JORGE LUIS CHACÓN VELASCO - jchacon@uis.edu.co
Support Staff
Carlos Varela - carlosbebeto86@gmail.com
Juan Carlos Escobar - juanca.es@gmail.com
Additional Information
Universidad Industrial de Santander is looking forward for a new High Performance
Computational resource. This resource would be used to support leading edge research
activities regarding with CFD, High Energy Physics and Astronomy, Bioinformatics, Molecular
Chemistry, Engineering and High Performance Computing.
Universidad del Autónoma de Bucaramanga - Bucaramanga
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
Cluster has 5 host
Installation Level
Cluster 50%
Projects
Infrastructure
Intel Core 2 Duo a 2.0 Ghz - 5 Cores, 20Gb RAM, Storage 5TB
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Eduardo Carrillo Zambrano - eduleidy@gmail.com
Abigail Tello Rios - abigailtello@gmail.com
Support Staff
Additional Information
North-West Regional Node
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana - Medellín
Resources
Available Clusters
2
Number of WNs
Clusters has 3 host
Installation Level
Clusters 40%
Projects
Microelectronic
Research Group
Quantum computer simulation using parallel processing.
UPB – Faculties of Science and Engineering
Automatized Deployment of a Cluster-Room with Rocks.
UPB – Faculties of Engineering
Automatics and
Design Research
Group A + D
Simulation of the thrust forces of a ROV.
UPB – Faculties of Engineering
Infrastructure
2 Xeon Quad Core - 4 Dual Core– RAM 8GB
Opportunistic based clusters mounted in virtual machines running in classroom computers
20 dual core Intel based computers
People
Coordination of GC
Activities
Alvaro Ospina
alvaro.ospina@upb.edu.co
Support Staff
Julian Castaño – julian.castano@upb.edu.co
Mauricio Henao - mauriciohenaomadrigal@gmail.com
Additional Information
UPB has experience with Rocks, Cluster-room.
Universidad Autónoma de Manizales – Manizales
Resources
Available Clusters
1 – Named cluster : clusteruam
1 – Named Cluster: clusterurosario
Number of WNs
Clusteruam has 5 host
Clusterurosario has 4 host
Installation Level
Clusteruam – clusterurosario working with Condor
Clusteruam – blast software installed
Clusteruam has ce software
complete
Projects
E-learning over GRID
Software Maat-Knolegment G to mount courses over G
Coffee Genoma
Project managemed with CENICAFE – Centro Colombiano de
Investigación del Café to management genetic strings
Infrastructure
Clusteruam - 2 Machines with processor 2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz 8 Cores
for machine – 32 GB RAM – storage 1TB. 2 Machines with processor 1 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU
X3430 @ 2.40GHz 4 Cores for machine – 16 GB RAM – storage 500 GB. 1 Machine with 1
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz 4 Cores – 4GB RAM – storage 500 GB.
Clusterurosario – 4 Machines with processor 1 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz 4
Cores for machine – 16 GB RAM – storage 500 GB.
Grid People
Coordination of UAM Urosario GC Activities
Ana Lorena Uribe Hurtado
auribe@autonoma.edu.co
loreuribe@gmail.com
Support Staff
Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez - jimezam@gmail.com
Juan David Correa - juandavid17x@gmail.com
Oscar Alejandro Gomez - darkkinging@hotmail.com
Additional Information
Autonoma University actually is executing the e-learning project based on MAAT-G, financed
by RENATA-Colciencias.
Universidad de Caldas - Manizales
Resources
Available Clusters
1
Number of WNs
ClusterUcaldas has 4 hosts
Installation Level
ClusterUcaldas working with Condor
Projects
Virtual Models for
Organs by medical
images
Project using Biocomputational Algorithms for creating a true
three-dimensional anatomical model to be used through a finite
element solver. The algorithms show the necessary steps to create
a 3D volumetric grid based on 2D stacked images.
Hybrid Intelligent
Models for Intrusion
Detection with
Semantic Correlation
Project to apply neuro-classification techniques using Data-mining,
Parallel Neuronal Networks, Intelligent and Grid Onto-Semantic
Agents for detecting attacks for ontological Alert semantic
correlation.
Infrastructure
ClusterUcaldas - 2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon X5550 - 2.67Gzz - 8 Logic CPUs. RAM 16 GB.
Storage 2x264 GB
Grid People
Coordination of
UCALDAS
Gustavo Adolfo Isaza Echeverri
gustavo.isaza@ucaldas.edu.co
Support Staff
Manuel Felipe López
felipe@ucaldas.edu.co
Additional Information