Summary of Grid Projects in Malaysia

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UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA AND PRAGMA
Habibah A Wahab, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Penang, Malaysia
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USM
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Grid Projects in USM
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CPM Framework
PROJECT 1
Layer 4 Applications
Distributed Membership Application
Layer 3 CPM Toolkits
Consumer Agents
Trader
Provider Agents
Accounting
Market Server
Generic Component
Layer 2 P2P Middleware
JXTA Protocols (Peer Groups, Peer Pipes,
Monitoring etc)
JXTA Security
Layer 1 P2P Fabric
Internet
USM
UM
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e-Science Grid Framework
PROJECT 2
Iterative Solver Parallel Molecular Modelling
Layer 4 Portal Application
Project 5 Iterative Solver Toolkit
Layer 3 Application Toolkit
Project 2 Resource Allocation
Project 4 Grid Security
Project 3 Resource Monitoring
Layer 2 Core Grid Engine
Layer 1 Infrastructure
Project 1 High Performance Grid Cluster System
Users (UM/ UPM/Others)
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The E-Science Grid Testbed
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Visit us at http//grid001.cs.usm.my and
http//compute-power-market.jxta.org/servlets/Pro
jectHome
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RESOURCES

• Computational Sciences new area in Malaysia
• No central facility in USM
• Resources located in various research labs
• Hardwares/softwares e.g. Accelerys, Gaussian98
• Computer Sciences Some cluster-workstations
• Computational Sciences Lab Octane, Sun Solaris,
  IBM
  
• Access to National Bioinformatics Facility
  Super Parallel workstations, a few Origins and
  Octanes
  
• Access to Cray Supercomputer in UTM

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SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS

• Bioinformatics and Computational Sciences
• Natural Products Drug Discovery
• Genomic Structural Biology
• TB Research
• Cancer Research
• Vaccine and Diagnostic Kits Development
• Health and Medical Informatics

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USM and PRAGMA

• Strengthen research capability with member
  institutions helps.
  
• exchange scientific knowledge
• Widening academic and research relationship
• Staff and students exchange
• Resource Sharing
• Strengthening Ties, Collaborations in Scientific
  Application.
  
• Offer to host PRAGMA workshop

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Acknowledgement Vice Chancellor USM Deputy Vice
Chancellor USM (RD) Dr. Kim Baldrige PRAGMA Co
mmittee