The project aims to investigate and develop a computing infrastructure that realizes three service models (software as a service – SasS, platform as a service – PasS, infrastructure as a service – IasS) that uses multiprocessor clusters of the State University of Moldova, RENAM Association and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics as integrated distributed computing infrastructure.

The project will identify those features of Cloud technologies that can address high-performance computing issues and parallel calculations execution on USM, RENAM and IMI clusters. A study will be performed of the impact of virtualization of the resources of the mentioned clusters, adaptation of platforms and tools for data analytics and storage of huge volumes of data (like Jupyter Notebook, Elasticsearch, TrueNAS), execution of complex applications based on MPI, OpenMPI and mixed MPI + OpenMP. An automated hardware resources management system (RMS-Resource Management System) of the created Cloud infrastructure will be developed. In addition, ‘benchmark’ programs will be developed for evaluation of the created Cloud system effectiveness for execution of various parallel MPI, OpenMP, mixed MPI + OpenMP and GridMathematica applications.

More information about the project here.

Winning applicants will get free participation at Eastern Partnership E-infrastructure Conference, organized by the Eastern Partnership Connect (EaPConnect) project.  Selected projects will also receive:

• support and advice on the use of network services and end-to-end network connectivity;
• connections to e-infrastructure resources through the EaPConnect partners;
• commitment to an agreed level of resource provisioning and support for 1 year.

This exciting opportunity for research communities in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region including Moldova is created by collaboration between EaPConnect and leading partners through the Enlighten Your Research (EYR) Programme to promote the benefits of international-scale research and using advanced computing and networking services.

Proposals and resources

This edition of EYR in the EaP region – known as EYR@EaP – invites researchers from any discipline and their collaborators to submit proposals that highlight how access to internet and compute technologies could significantly improve their research process. The call is open to all ranges of research teams – from novice to expert in the use of information technology.

Example infrastructure services and resources that are made available through EYR@EaP include (but are not limited to):

• network services;
• cultural heritage digitisation;
• cloud computing resources;
• computing resources in cooperation with PRACE and SURFsara;
• Guidance on open data and open science with OpenAIRE

Further information
For more information about the call and how to submit a proposal – see www.renam.md/call-eap, the Enlighten Your Research pages on the EaPConnect project website.
Information and contacts in Moldova:
Web: cpi.asm.md, www.renam.md/call-eap

RENAM Association (technical and organizational support):
Dr. Petru BOGATENCOV. Tel: +373 22 739827, +373 69151334, e-mail: bogatencov@renam.md
Pavel ROSCA. Tel: +373 60066900, e-mail: info@renam.md

Source: https://www.eapconnect.eu/

• connect and disconnect to/from the USM HPC Cluster via SSH connections,
• develop and compile parallel programs from the Linux command line,
• create and compile parallel programs using ScaLAPACK functions,
• remotely manage their files on the cluster,
• remotely launch and manage programs/jobs on the cluster,
• programming scripts for quick launching applications on the cluster.

The online course is available for students at CECMI Center website (cecmi.usm.md). Contact your lecturer for granting access to the online course.

Detailed information about HPC Cluster configuration and soft packages available for parallel computing you can find on HPC website.