nanoHUB.org: Cyberinfrastructure for Nanotechnology Research
and Education
Robert J. MoonUS Forest Service
Michael McLennanNetwork for Computational Nanotechnology
Purdue University
2008 Intn'l. Conf. on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products,June 25-27, 2008, St. Louis, MO
Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
What is nanoHUB?Online simulation… …and more!
Demo
Demo >>
Over 85 tools online!80 more in the pipeline
Maxwell’sDaemon
Physical Machine
Virtual Machine
System Architecture
ContentDatabase
Rendering Farm
nanoHUB cluster
Violin
nanowire jobnanowire jobnanowire job101110110101010110011001
nanoVIS
Web-enabling Tools
Web DeveloperVendor Scientist
Rappture Toolkit
Scientist
• Created by NCN in Nov 2004• Create standard desktop apps• Works with your favorite
programming language• Open Source• Online at http://rappture.org
Rappture
=Simulation
Code
Who’s using nanoHUB?3.5 million hits last month
62,546 users last 12 months271,818 simulation jobs last 12 months51 of the Top 50 Engineering Schools
14% of all .edu domains
A A global following
50% in US
50% from 172 countries
Strong growth
Added seminars, tutorials, courses, etc.
Interactive tools
Online simulation… …and more!
In the past 10 months:
26 tools / 3,327 simulations• 47 simulations: bandstructure lab• 240 simulations: FETtoy• 2,855 simulations: nanowire• 8,242 nanowire CPU hours
• “and more” content134 items, 52 hours
• 96 support tickets69 entered manually, 27 filed automatically by application
Saumitra MehrotraUniv. of Cincinnati
IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED), April 20 2007
A New Way of Publishing
Support one another• Questions & Answers• Ratings and Feedback
Upload your own• Presentations• Tools
Google Scholarfinds 288 citations to nanoHUB
Case in point
Example 1
Example 2
Easy to Start
General Framework
portals
http://hubzero.org
New Hubs Online Now
IndianaCTSI.org – Anantha Shekhar, IUSchool of Medicine, Connie Weaver at Purdueaccelerating clinical and translational research in healthcareonline since 10/1/2007
thermalHUB.org – Tim Fisher, ME at Purdueheat transferonline since 12/6/2007
pharmaHUB.org – Rex Reklaitis, CE at Purduepharmaceutical product development and manufacturingonline since 12/11/2007
GlobalHUB.org – Dan Hirleman, ME at Purdueglobal engineering educationonline since 12/17/2007
nanohub.org – Mark Lundstrum, ECE at Purduethe granddaddy of all hubs focused on nanotechnologyonline since 2002
How do I set up my own Hub?
Hardware $6,000Data backups $7,500
11 weeks staff time (setup) $24,2005 weeks staff time (maintenance) $11,000
First year $37,700Each additional year $11,000
Plus indirect costs ~$75,000 for first 2 years
Hosting Service offered by theHub Technology Group in theRosen Center for Advanced Computing,Purdue University
Dell 1950 server750GB storage
16GB RAM
“Starter” Hub:200 simultaneous tool sessionsThousands of active browsers500 users with 1GB storage
Questions?
Contact the HUB0 Team:Michael McLennanSenior Research ScientistPurdue [email protected]
Writing a proposal?Ask for our whitepaper on
The Hub Concept
hubzero.org
nanohub.org
