-WP6: Thomas Zastrow (thomas.zastrow@rzg.mpg.de)<br/>
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<h5>Day 3: 27 April 2017 </h5><p>
(Shared with Girls-Day, CAVE is partially in use; CAVE reserved for Girls-Day from 13:30 to 15:00)<br/>
Study of the different datasets provided for the different demos.<br/>
Analysis of ease of use. Documentation of areas which need improvement for industry use.<br/>
Comparison with traditional visualization techniques.<br/>
6 hours? not including coffee breaks, lunch and dinner<br/>
CAVE in use, Vive in use, GearVR in use<br/>
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<h4>Available demos</h4>
We plan to create four VR demos to highlight the benefits of VR<br/>
Running on portable hardware (Vive / Oculus). In principle small datasets.<br/>
1) Visualization of electron density for excitons.<br/>
Primary dataset: LiF.<br/>
No time evolution,<br/>
11x11x11 grid of possible hole positions<br/>
2) Visualization of electron density for chemical reactions.<br/>
Primary dataset: CO2 + CaO<br/>
Time evolution, 423 timesteps<br/>
3) Visualization of molecular dynamics without electron density; crystal structures (extended xyz files)<br/>
4) Visualization of Fermi surfaces (x3d files as used internally by encyclopaedia viewer)<br/>
Running on room sized devices (CAVE-like). In principle larger datasets possible<br/>
5) Similar demos to 1) and 2), bigger datasets are possible (within reason)<br/>
If other datasets are in use by members of NOMAD which were created by similar simulations as the ones described above,
I would like a copy of the data in advance to integrate it and display during the workshop for study.
Contact me (garcia at lrz.de).
Other visualizations provided by the encyclopaedia web will be studied for their suitability to VR implementation.
If suitable ones are found, an effort will be made to prepare additional demos. A call for additional compatible datasets will be made.
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A summary of the current demos, with code, is available <ahref="http://mrs-srv.srv.lrz.de/NOMAD/">here</a>
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<h2>Collocated Events</h2>
<h3>PRACE-NOMAD workshop</h3>
<h4>Program</h4>
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Speakers: Michael Krieger and Paul Heinzlreiter (RISC software, Hagenberg, Austria)
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<h5>Day 0: 24 April 2017</h5>
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09:30-11:00 Basics of Remote Visualisation<br/>
- Motivation and Problem Statement<br/>
- Problems<br/>
- Technical approaches<br/>
- Applications<br/>
11:00-11:15 break<br/>
11:15-12:00 Web-based Remote Visualisation<br/>
- noVNC<br/>
- XPRA<br/>
13:00-14:30 Securing Userspaces with Containers<br/>
- Docker<br/>
- LXC<br/>
- Hardware access (GPU)<br/>
14:30-14:45 break<br/>
14:45-15:30 3D-Scotty<br/>
- technical background<br/>
- Prototype<br/>
15:30 - 15:45 Discussion and Roundup<br/>
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3D-Scotty is the configuration which allows 3DScover (genome visualization sofware from the MrSymbioMath project which runs in Linux-PC) to be run without modifications using remote visualization (virtual GL).
My original idea was to use this system, and run Vesta with the correct parameters instead of 3DScover.
Even if we have another system working instead, it would be good to see this one in case it inspires us.
<p>The <b>Leibniz Supercomputing Centre</b> (German: <spanlang="de"xml:lang="de"><i>Leibniz-Rechenzentrum</i></span>, LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a European supercomputing centre in Garching near Munich. Among other IT services, it provides resources for research and access to the Munich Scientific Network (MWN). The LRZ operates SuperMUC, which was the fastest European supercomputer when it entered operation in 2012.</p>
<p><atitle="Directions to LRZ"href="https://www.lrz.de/wir/kontakt/pics/zufahrt-garching-pdf.pdf">Download PDF file</a></p>
<h4>Using Public Transport</h4>
<p><strong>From Munich Airport:</strong> Three stops with commuter line S8 (direction central station) to Ismaning (takes about 13 minutes). From there change to the regional bus number 230 direction Garching-Forschungszentrum, stop at Boltzmannstrae.</p>
<p><strong>Arrival by train:</strong> From the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) take the underground line U4/U5 to Odeonsplatz. Change there to U6 direction Garching-Forschungszentrum.</p>
<p><strong>Coming from suburban regions around Munich:</strong> With any commuter line (S-Bahn) you first have to go to Marienplatz. Change there to the U6 (Garching-Forschungszentrum).</p>
<p><strong>Other regional bus lines:</strong> Bus 690 (Eching-Neufahrn) last station to go. Bus 695 (Kirchdorf-Allershausen-Eching) as well as bus line 219 (Unterschleiheim) go to the bus stop Garching-Hochbrck. From there you can take the underground to Garching-Forschungszentrum (two stops only).</p>
<pclass="info box">Detailed information regarding time schedules and fares of the Munich Transport System (MVV), please see <ahref="http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/homepage/index.html"target="_blank">http://www.mvv-muenchen.de</a>. For a return journey inside the green and white zone, the Day Ticket XXL for 1 or 5 persons will usually be the best choice.</p>
<p><strong>Directly to the electronic information system of the MVV:</strong></p>
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<li><atitle="EFA travel to LRZ"href="http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en&place_destination=Garching%28b.Muenchen%29&placeState_destination=empty&type_destination=stop&name_destination=Bolzmannstrasse&nameState_destination=empty&sessionID=0">To the LRZ</a></li>
<li><atitle="EFA travel from LRZ"href="http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en&place_origin=Garching%28b.Muenchen%29&placeState_origin=empty&type_origin=stop&name_origin=Bolzmannstrasse&nameState_origin=empty&sessionID=0">From the LRZ</a>.</li>
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<h4>Taxi</h4>
<p><strong>From the airport:</strong> takes about 20 to 30 minutes, and costs about 30/40 Euros.</p>
<p><strong>From Ismaning:</strong> about 10 minutes, 12 to 15 Euros charge.</p>
<p><strong>From central Munich:</strong> about 30 minutes, 25 up to 35 Euros will be charged.</p>
<h4>Travelling by car</h4>
<p>Whether from the South or the North, take the A9 autobahn to the exit Garching Nord (exit no. 70 - Ausfahrt 70). Follow the signs to "Forschungsinstitute" through the B11 intersect straight ahead to the parking area to the left on the Ludwig-Prandtl-Strae. The LRZ computer building, a large cube, is observable from the parking area. From there follow the paths to the LRZ computer center.</p>
<h2>Hotelverzeichnis fr Garching Hotels in Garching</h2>
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Very near Garching Stadt U-Bahn, 1 stop to Garching Forschungszentrum (LRZ)
