Materials MicroCharacterization Collaboratory
at
The SC'97:
High Performance Networking and Computing Conference
Michael Wright (ORNL), Jim Decker (DOE) and Stu Loken (LBNL) watch and discuss the Materials
MicroCharacterization Collaboratory at SC'97 during the Opening
Reception in San Jose on the evening of Nov. 17th. While at SC'97 Decker and Loken participated in a live collaboratory session between ANL and ORNL( illustrated below). They were able to listen into conversations being held between collaboratory members who were
operating a State-of-the-Art Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope at ORNL. In addition, they watched a remote control on-line heating experiment from San Jose on the NCEM/Kratos HVEM. Finally, using the Multi-Site Collaboratory Mode they connected to other MMC Sites .
Screen capture from a part of a live MMC Multi-Site Session, where Remote Expert (Zaluzec-ANL)
leads local New User (Allen-ORNL) in his first experimental session on
the ORNL Philips XL30 SEM. The session including instruction on how to:
- Turn on the Instrument
- Obtain, Focus and Stigmate Images
- Optimize Image Intensity and Contrast
- Change Probe Size, Accelerating Voltage, Scan Rate and Magnification
- Calibrate the Stage Translation
- Store Experimental Results
Illustrating the use of the Collaboratory, not only for remote research, but also distance-learning.
Abstract
DOE2000 is a Department of Energy initiative to develop advanced
computing and collaboration technologies for research and development.
There are three components:
- 1) Advanced Computational Testing and Simulation (ACTS): Developing an integrated scientific software toolkit.
- 2) National Collaboratories: Laboratories without walls that connect researchers, instruments, and computers nationwide.
- 3) Pilot Projects: Early implementations of virtual laboratories.
Demonstrations will include:
- The Materials Micro-Characterization Collaboratory, which links five experimental facilities on-line.
- The Diesel Combustion Collaboratory, using computational models to design the next-generation engine.
- CUMULVS, an application for multiple-site interactive simulations
that allows users to modify the parameters of running applications.
- POOMA, an applications framework that makes high-performance
computing both accessible and portable.
- Real-time remote control of experiments at the Advanced Light
Source.
- Virtual reality for user collaborations using a scalable media
server.
- The Collaborative Management Environment for easier proposal and
project management.
