DIH summer school

Enabling Manufacturing SMEs to

Benefit from Advanced Simulation and

Modeling Services on an HPC Cloud

Contact information:

George Graham (EPCC)

�+44(0) 131 651 3460

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Claudio Arlandini (CINECA)

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The Fortissimo Project

• Building a Cloud of HPC Resources to solve SMEs’ business

challenges

• One of the I4MS* projects within the

“Factories of the Future” initiative

• Complementing generic SME initiatives in EC FP7 Programme -

specific support to deliver economic growth through

modelling and simulation

• Focus on problem solving – not technology development

• Brings together all of the players in a marketplace2

(*) ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs

Fortissimo – scale & structure

• €22m costs, €16m EC funding, 45 initial partners growing to 120+ over the 3 year duration

• 20 initial “Experiments” with SMEs

• Each experiment has 2-4 partners

• Funding of up to €250,000 per experiment

• 2 Open Calls for proposals

– First Call January 2014

– Second Call July 2014

– Adds another 30+ experiments

• Optimised financial and legalstructure to assist SMEs

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End user

HPC Service

Provider

Independent Software Vendor

Research Software Provider

Application Expert

HPC Expert

Our goal

To improve company competitiveness

through the use of HPC to deliver

new or improved products and services

Europe has world class HPC

assets and expertise

Modelling and Simulation

using HPC is being increasingly

deployed to provide a

competitive edge

Economic

growth for

Europe

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HPC and economic growth

• It is understood worldwide that to compete in the global

marketplace companies need to innovate

• Many industrialised economies (both developed and

developing) have identified HPC as a key tool for

innovation

• In the USA the phrase “to out compute is to out compete”

has been used to make the case to Government

• Very few funding agencies have properly tried to study the

true economic benefit of HPC to their company base5

HPC and economic growth

• IDC: “Each dollar invested in HPC returned, on average, $356 in revenue and $38 in profits or cost savings.”

• IDC: “The pilot study IDC recently completed for the Department of Energy provided further proof thatHPC is one of the best investments many companies can make.”

Source: Steve Conway, IDC research vice president for HPC,IDC study “HPC: ROI You Can’t Ignore!”, Nov 2013,http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=244316

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HPC adoption best practice

• Many companies don’t make use of HPC because there is a large hurdle to overcome

• Initial costs are high: modelling, software, skills

• Fortissimo is designed to help companies overcome that hurdle and become regular users of HPC

– Demonstrating its value

• Based on existing model best practice for working with SMEs

– E.g. Supercomputing Scotland

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End User

HPC Service

Provider

HPC Expert

End user

HPC Service

Provider

Independent Software Vendor

Research Software Provider

Application Expert

HPC Expert

End user

HPC Service

Provider

Independent

Software Vendor

HPC Expert

End user

HPC Service

Provider

Independent Software Vendor

Application Expert

HPC Expert

Collaborative scenariosSuccessful HPC projects rely

on multiple collaborative

relationships

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The initial “cloud” of experiments

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….aerodynamics

of light aircraft

…continuous casting

..design of metal flanges

…high pressure

vessels

.. Multiphysics simulation .. CFD … automotive design

… tools for urban

planning

… routing architecture

optimisation..

.. correlation ..

simulation & tests for

mechatronics

… air-quality over cities

… risers, moorings

and flowlines ... low-pressure

die-casting …

… CFD for

turbomachinery

… structural crash tests… eolian snow transport

for civil engineering …

… commercial

computational chemistry

… molecular simulation

for industrial chemical

engineering

.. CO2 emission prediction

for automotive engines

Information available at:

www.fortissimo-project.eu/experiments

Cloud-based simulation of

continuous casting• CFD modelling liquid steel pouring from ladle

to tundish

• Aim to minimise slag transfer

• Fast return on investment

• Medium sized steel plant produces 1m tons steel per year

• Operating costs of €300 million

• Estimated €3 million annual saving

• N being exploited by Ergolines

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Cloud-based simulation for low-

pressure die-casting of copper alloys

• Focus on optimisation of copper alloy

moulds

• Costs of testing a new mould are high -

€40K per mould

• Simulation saves around €6K per mould

– fewer failures

• Annual savings of around €50K already

accruing to IMR

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Cloud-based CFD simulation

for hypercars• Koenigsegg are EU Hypercar

manufacturer … and an SME

• In-house CFD too expensive– Cloud is compelling option

• Impressive results– 250% increase in downforce with only 15% increase in drag at 250kph

• 30% saving in design costs plus 50% reduction in wind tunnel and physical testing

• Development savings of €90K per year PLUS 30% decrease in time to market

• €4m benefit to company over 5 years

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Open Calls - Objectives

• Competitive calls for HPC-Cloud-based Application

Experiments for the FORTISSIMO project

• Target: the expansion of the application experiments for

engineering and manufacturing simulation services currently

being carried out within Fortissimo

• Priority given to proposals complementing existing Fortissimo

experiments & which address the needs of engineering and

manufacturing SMEs.

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Open Calls Partnering

• Experiments employ the Fortissimo HPC infrastructure by

using the HPC Centres already involved in the project.

• Experiments include all participants necessary for the

experiment, which can include application/HPC experts or

ISVs already included within the Fortissimo consortium.

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Key Call Details – 1st Call• 65 proposals received

• 5 M€ total funding

• 22 proposed experiments selected for integration

• Industrial sectors covered by the new experiments:

Automotive, Aerospace, Construction, Energy & Renewable

Energy, Envirnomental, Maritime, Metal Processing, Oil & Gas,

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, Plastics

• Execution phase July 2014 – December 2015

• 34 SME‘s joined with the 22 new experiments 15

The Call 1 “cloud” of experiments

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Key Call Details – 2nd Call

• 82 proposals received

• 2.55 M€ total funding

• 11 proposed experiments selected for integration

• Industrial sectors covered by the new experiments:

Automotive, Aerospace, General Manufacturing and Engineering

• Execution phase : started January 2015

• 17 new SME‘s joined

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Sustainability: The Fortissimo Marketplace

• Goal: The Fortissimo Marketplace will provide SMEs with easy and cost-effective access to advanced simulation and modelling services operating on a Cloud infrastructure of HPC resources, software applications, expertise, and tools

Ambition: To become THE portalof choice for HPC and HPDAexpertise and service provision,delivered by Europe’s majorHPC technology providers

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The Fortissimo Marketplace and HPC Cloud

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The Fortissimo Marketplace

Users

(Manufacturing SMEs)“The Marketplace provides cost-effective, one-stop shop access to

Cloud based simulation and modelling services on a pay-per-use

basis”

Providers

(ISVs, Experts ….)“The Marketplace acts as a cost-effective channel-to-market for Provider services.

The Marketplace undertakes all sales, marketing, accounting and billing functions

on behalf of the Provider.”

Sustainable Business Model

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Fortissimo 2

• H2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation• 3 Year Project Started November 1st 2015• Total Budget: 11.1 M€• EU Contribution: 10 M€• 38 Partners, growing to around 80• Experiments:

• About 35 in total• 14 experiments followed by 2 open calls for participation of about 21 additional

experiments• Focus:

• Complex Multi Physics, Interconnected Phenomena, BIG Data, High Performance Data Analytics

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Fortissimo 2 Open Call

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Lessons Learned

• Experiment exploitation focus on Quantifiable Business Benefits:

• Experiments have a strong technical dimension

• But key outputs are Benefits, Benefits, Benefits

• Manufacturing costs, time to market, quality, innovation …

• Resulting business cases can be referenced by other potential adopters

• Project exploitation through the Fortissimo Marketplace

• Provides other SMEs with access to similar benefits

• Potential to reach 30,000 European Manufacturing SMEs

• Reduce access barriers

• One-stop-shop, pay-per-use access to advanced simulation and modelling on cloud HPC

• Clear economic benefits to the companies and to Europe in terms of jobs and growth

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Further Information• Fortissimo web page:

www.fortissimo-project.eu

• I4MS web page:www.i4ms.eu

• Fortissimo contact:info@fortissimo-project.eu

• LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=5096901&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v

• Twitter:@FortissimoPro

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