MoBrain CC coordination teleconference

Thursday 14 Jan 2016, 15:00 → 16:00 Europe/Amsterdam

This is a coordination teleconference for members of the MoBrain EGI-Engage Competence Centre. Further information: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/CC-MoBrain AGENDA: - Cryo-EM in the cloud: bringing clouds to the data - GPU portals for biomolecular simulations - Integrating the micro- (WeNMR/INSTRUCT) and macroscopic (NeuGRID4you) virtual research communities - User support and training WEBEX CONNECTION: Connection link: https://egi.webex.com/egi/j.php?MTID=m49dd4a2145e87e120ab309243d1daad5 Password: mobrain Join by phone: Call-in numbers: https://egi.webex.com/egi/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=367412292&tollFree=0 Access code / Meeting number: 958 630 739

Notes of MoBrain CC teleconference, 14/01/2016

Participants:
Jerome Revillard
Alexandre Bonvin (chair)
Gergely Sipos (note taker)
Enol Fernandez
Laura
Marco Verlato
Jan Bot
Chris Morris

Agenda items with key outcomes:

Cryo-EM in the cloud: bringing clouds to the data:
- Upgrading production cluster hosted on CESNET metacloud site to latest version of Ubuntu
- Solved parallelisation issue concerning MPI and parallel NFS
- A request for HPC cloud access to SURFSara (not part of the EGI Fedcloud) will be submitted to SURFSara via the Utrecht partner
- Access to SurfSara will be achieved through native OpenNebula interface. (The same image that works at CESNET should work at SurfSara)

GPU portals for biomolecular simulations:
- Successful GPGPU access was demonstrated at the Florence grid site. AMBER portal is already using the GPGPUs
- GPGPU access will be provided in the CESNET cloud site, then WeNMR apps adopted there.
- Additional portals will come online later - first interfaces have been built

Integrating the micro- (WeNMR/INSTRUCT) and macroscopic (NeuGRID4you) virtual research communities:
- Setting up a MoBrain portal on the EGI cloud:
   * Moved from INFN cloud site to CESNET site
   * Accessible at https://mobrain.egi.eu
   * Move content from MoBrain Wiki to the site (Public information)
   * Alexandre to collect info for the website with input from all
   * Members of MoBrain email list is at https://www.egi.eu/sso/groupView/cc-mobrain
   * Provide feedback
- CVMFS for the NeuGrid software, Expand the NeuGrid VO to more sites
   * Account was setup in EGI CVMFS, and was succesfully tested with dummy content
   * Next step is to populate with data from NeuGrid pipelines

User support and training:
- March: CryoEM hands-on workshop (with CESNET & Taiwanese resources?) in Taiwan during ISGC (MoBrain & WestLife)
- April: INSTRUCT/MoBrain/WeNMR workshop is April at Surf in Utrecht
    * Alexandre to finalise webpage about it. Then we all should advertise it! (participation is limited to 20)
- Have a failover setup for both events (CESNET & SurfSara)
- EGI Forum in Amsterdam (April 6-8)
   * Propose contribution from the CC.
- Westlife project kick-off in two weeks from now in Oxford

Next meeting: Gergely to open a doodle for 24-26 Feb