1. Ecosys
Experiment
Engine
Rob Simmonds
Grid Research Centre
University of Calgary
2. Grid Research Centre (GRC)
• Perform R in:
– Grid computing
– High Performance Computing
– Cyberinfrastructure
– Automation
– Virtualization
• People
– Executive director
– Research director
– 5 research staff
– 5 students
• http://grid.ucalgary.ca
3. Objective
• Create Ecosys Experiment Engine by
integrating CI components
• This should:
– Manage multiple experiments and automate
the running of jobs and movement of data
– Manage jobs running on multiple clusters to
improve throughput
– Provide high level interface to reduce
learning curve