NA-MIC/Projects/NA-MIC Kit/Grid Computing

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Objective:

• Enable Slicer3 to execute work in a distributed grid environment
• Enable NA-MIC algorithms to be tested in a distributed grid environment

Progress:

• Installed and updated grid infrastructure components: implemented configuration for Condor/Globus/GSI to allow NA-MIC and external users to access UCSD computational resources.
• Defined Data Execution Model for Slicer3 - The purpose of this is to facilitate a "run-everywhere" philosophy for algorithm writers. If NAMIC adopts a standard for algorithm "self-description" that is followed when command line executables are written, Slicer, the grid, clusters, etc... should be able to use the executables directly in their environment.
• Defined API for the Grid Interface - based on the execution model, this API enables the running of algorithms in a distributed grid environment
• First implementation of is now in testing for a select set of algorithms. A beta release is scheduled for the NAMIC 2007 Summer Programmer's Week. Additionaly, an initial integration with the Slicer3 environment has been accomplished (see image thumbnail)

Slicer3 Grid Integration

Key Investigators:

• UCSD BIRN-CC: Jeffrey Grethe, Neil Jones
• GE: Dan Belzek, Jim Miller
• Isomics: Steve Pieper

Links:

• 2007 Programming Week Project Page - Grid Execution 4-block PPT Jan 2007
• 2006 Programming Week Project Page - Grid Execution 4-block PPT 2006
• Slicer3:Grid_Interface
• Slicer3:Execution_Model
• Slicer3:Large_scale_experiment_control_brainstorming