Cloud Services for Education · Service adoption and user population unknown Use of container technologies Self-contained, light-weight Deterministic and repeatable deployment Enable

Cloud Services for Education

Up2University Project at CERN-IT and UniGE Physiscope

Margherita Boselli (University of Geneva) Enrico Bocchi (CERN, IT-ST) Jakub T. Mościcki (CERN, IT-ST)

IT Technical Forum CERN, 24 Nov 2017

2 Outline Up2U Introduction Technology Physiscope Conclusions

Table of Contents

1.

The Up2U Project Context at CERN

Background & Introduction

2.

Technical Architecture & Deployment

Development of Up2U services at CERN

3.

Summer experiment with Up2U for Physiscope

Collaboration with University of Geneva

The Up to University Project

Up2U

Outline Up2U Introduction Technology Physiscope Conclusions

Up2U Project

EC Call ICT-22-2016: Technologies for Learning and Skills

5M EUR funding for 3 years

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18 partners (Academia, Research, Industry, NRENs)

12 countries in Europe


Up2U Goals

Objective

Bridge the gap between secondary schools, higher education, and the research domain Adopt technology and methodology

Bonus: Get kids interested and involved in science early on

Target audience Kids 12-18 years old & their teachers

Practical outcome Pilot service for ~400 schools

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Technology

Up2Universe platform

Create, share, and collaborate on educational content

Formal learning Support for teachers: Courses,

assignments, resources

Informal learning Experimentation, peer-to-peer

learning, social interactions

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Integrating existing open-source tools & services


Methodology

Shift from industrial to organic education

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Fixed schedule Changing subjects

Linear development Standard assessment

Personalized Outside and inside school involvement

Flipped classes Close community links New role of teachers


Up2U at CERN

Let the kids use the very same tools & services used by real researchers doing Big Science at CERN

Sharing the same tools = removing the technology friction between these two worlds

Opportunity for feedback and collaboration Existing outreach programmes at CERN

Neighboring institutions (e.g. local universities)

Growing interest in education from the Physics community Open Data, …

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Outreach opportunities at CERN

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F.Gianotti, Jan 2017

Many Edu/Outreach projects target high schools and teachers

Ongoing discussion with Edu/Outreach teams (IR-ECO) on future opportunities for collaborating on Up2U


Technology: What makes it hard…

Traditionally Big Science tools require “Big Expertise”

It’s usually quite hard to Setup and use the tools

Access to data

Share the “data analysis code & data”

Even harder to “export” the environment and tools to set them up elsewhere

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Technology: What makes it plausible…

Jupyter Notebooks Full data science environment in a web browser

Evolution of analysis service for physics at CERN

Dropbox-like Cloud Storage Easy sharing and access from any device

Container and Virtualization Services Simple and quick deployment anywhere

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EP-SFT

IT-CM

IT-ST


Jupyter Notebooks: Technology of wider interest

Notebooks are playable, interactive documents Similar to Matlab or Mathematica

“read a book and play with it as you go”

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Outreach Notebooks from Physics Community

Notebooks are playable, interactive documents Similar to Matlab or Mathematica

“read a book and play with it as you go”

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Hiukkasfysiikan avoin data opetuksessa Particle open data teaching

Paavo Rikkilä

CMS Open Data


Jupyter Notebook Example

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Embed images

Write rich text in Markdown format

Write code and run it


CERN cloud services for Up2Universe platform

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Students

Teachers

Notebooks


Access from any device anywhere

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Backed by scalable storage technology

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Up2U Timeline

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Methodology & Content

Technology & Infrastructure


Early prototyping and experimentation

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CERN tools & services Integration Deployment

Early-on experimentation a real setting Informal MicroExperiment

Methodology & Content Technology

The Up2U Platform

Up2Universe


Up2Universe Toolbox


Up2Universe Toolbox

Recording and Publishing

Open Educational Content

Public and private content repositories

Learning Management System

https://up2university.eu

Federated SSO and group management

Federated Sync & Share

Web front-end

• Content Delivery • Wi-Fi coverage

Network access

Interactive Notebooks with Sharing


Up2Universe: Architecture

eduGAIN OpenID Orcid

Social Networks

LDAP


AAI

Group management

LMS

Up2U playground

Up2U Toolbox Proxy

Apps

eduOER aggregator

Content Providers


Up2Universe: Connecting schools


Social Networks

LDAP


AAI

Group management

LMS

Up2U playground

Up2U Toolbox Proxy

Apps

eduOER aggregator

Content Providers




Social Networks

LDAP


AAI

Group management

LMS

Up2U playground

Up2U Toolbox Proxy

Apps

eduOER aggregator

Content Providers

NREN Cloud

NREN IdP

School A




Social Networks

LDAP


AAI

Group management

LMS

Up2U playground

Up2U Toolbox Proxy

Apps

eduOER aggregator

Content Providers

NREN Cloud

School A

NREN IdP

School B

School IdP Apps


Up2Universe across countries

CERN

PSNC

GWDG


Cloud Federation with Open Cloud Mesh

GWDG

CERN

Open Cloud Mesh

Federated content sharing beyond the borders of individual clouds

Ease the dissemination of high quality content for teaching

PSNC


CERNBox and SWAN in Up2Universe

Need of a flexible, scalable, and highly-available deployment model Up2U architecture evolves to accommodate new requirements

Service adoption and user population unknown

Use of container technologies Self-contained, light-weight

Deterministic and repeatable deployment

Enable rapid prototyping and easy distribution of software

In-house expertise from IT-CM group • CERN Container Service


Containerized CERN-IT Technology

Development of Boxed

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• Single-box installation via docker-compose

• No configuration required

• Download and run services in 15 minutes

https://github.com/cernbox/uboxed

One-Click demo Deployment

• Container orchestration with Kubernetes

• Ability to scale according to storage and computing needs

• Tolerant to node failure for high-availability

https://github.com/cernbox/kuboxed

Production-oriented Deployment

https://github.com/cernbox/uboxed

https://github.com/cernbox/kuboxed



Development of Boxed

File Servers eos-fst{1..N}

Sync Client

Namespace eos-mgm

Messaging eos-mq

EOS

CERNBox

SWAN

CERNBox Web Server cernbox

EOS Access eos-fuse

Software cvmfs

Users Authentication and session orchestration

JupyterHub

N Single-user Jupyter containers

jupyter-user0 jupyter-userN

…

…

CERNBox cernboxgateway



Applications of Boxed go beyond Up2U

Concrete example of CERN core technologies running in containers

“disposable” deployment for testing and development

within IT-ST and EP-SFT groups

Porting improvements to upstream production

Simplified try-out and deployment for partners • Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARNET)

• Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

• National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

• Academia Sinica Grid Computing Centre (ASGC), Taipei, Taiwan



Single-box deployment running on multiple clouds

Amazon Web Services

Helix Nebula Cloud (T-Systems & IBM)

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC)

Greek Research and Technology Network (GRnet)

OpenStack at CERN

Your own laptop!

Production-oriented deployment with Kubernetes on

OpenStack at CERN

CERN Container Service (on-going effort)

Pilot service for Up2U


Up2U Pilot at CERN

Up2U Pilot for participant schools starting in early 2018

CERN will be a piloting site together with PSNC Containerized version of EOS, CERNBox, and SWAN in production

Several deployment scenarios foreseen Self-managed cluster of OpenStack VMs

Cluster of containers via CERN Container Service


Up2U Pilot at CERN



Several deployment scenarios foreseen Self-managed cluster of OpenStack VMs

Cluster of containers via CERN Container Service

Hybrid cluster with physical and virtual machines


Up2U Pilot at CERN



Several deployment scenarios foreseen

Integrated with CERN Single Sign-On User log-in via eduGAIN credentials

No CERN account required

Consolidated technology approved by CERN Computer Security


Up2U MicroExperiment

Would tools for Big Science work for high schools students? Are they easy and intuitive enough for the context?

Is the interface eye-catchy and friendly?

How to learn to use them properly?

The Idea – Up2U MicroExperiment Leverage short-term apprenticeships at CERN for high-school students

Early road test of CERN services for Up2U

Asset for Up2U development and fulfillment



Our Apprentice Maja – 16 years old student from the UK

• Two years from university

• General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) this year

• Interested in physics and mathematics

The Goal Produce interesting content as example of Up2U platform

Try-out Up2U platform in the setting of an educational facility

Provide an example of interaction between Big Science and high-schools



The Preparation Identification of scientific topic of her interest

and part of her study plan: Superconductivity

Swan 101 Training • Few readings, many working examples!

• Python Coding, data analysis, plots, …

The Execution Assigned task: Create a reportage of her journey

Physiscope: Collect scientific data as a real scientist!

CERN: Describe her voyage through experiments sites

University of Geneva

Physiscope


Physiscope

Physiscope is an outreach programme established in 2007 with the education mandate defined by the Swiss National Science Foundation

This project has been developed in collaboration with the Physics Department of the University of Geneva (UniGE)

It consists of an open laboratory where are organized interactive lessons covering different topics of physics. All the lessons are strongly linked to the contemporary scientific research


Physiscope

The Goal This programme aims at motivating young people to choose a scientific career

The first step is changing the negative perception of students towards science, physics in particular

The Tools The approach used by Physiscope is based on the so-called “hands-on science”:

The audience does not attend a frontal lesson but is actively involved in the experiments!

The sessions take place in a dedicated laboratory located next to real research labs


Physiscope

The Target The Physiscope activities are opened to the general public but the main

targets are 12–19 years old students from middle- and high-schools

Some Numbers This programme is very well known and appreciated in the Geneva area

The number of visitors is still growing: In the past few years the average number of session is 330/year for more than 5000 students

The Physics department is now studying the correlation between the observed increase of the physics 1st year students and the Physiscope programme



A prototype implementation of the Up2U project 1 week in August 2017

A 16 years old high school student from UK

Physiscope educational content

CERN-IT tools & services


Up2U MicroExperiment at Physiscope

The scientific framework of this project is the Superconductivity

Phase 1 Qualitative and Quantitative study of the phenomenon

Experiments on electrostatics and the electronic properties of materials

Cryogenics

The zero-resistance state

The Meissner effect

Measurement of the R vs T characteristic of a commercial superconducting tape (YBCO)


Up2U MicroExperiment at CERN

The scientific framework of this project is Superconductivity

Phase 2 She visited the main CERN facilities focusing on

the application of superconductivity Magnetic dipoles, RF-cavities, detector components, …



During her stay, she used the infrastructure provided by CERN-IT services to

Share

Sync/Store



Report/Present

Analyse



Descriptive notebook



Analysis notebook



The Main Outcomes Production of good quality educational material

potentially useful for future developments at Physiscope

Power of ready-to-go services for data treatment and sharing

Physics and computer science in education: The outreach activities often focus on the physics phenomena and do not consider the technological tools that scientists use to understand them. This is crucial for “Up to University students”!


Physiscope + Up2U

How Physiscope could benefit from Up2U services

After an ordinary visit, interested classes could have access to the Up2U platform

Access to data, informatics tools, and analysis templates

Sharing of scientific materials with other schools and outreach institutions


Scienscope + Up2U

In 2018 different “scopes” will be officially grouped in a unique institution

The Up2U platform would be an interesting opportunity to improve their activities and the scientific dialog among them and with other research centers

Conclusions


Conclusions

Integration of existing CERN tools & services into Up2U platform

Contribution to the development of services for physics users at CERN

Positive collaborations across CERN groups and departments EP-SFT, IT-CM, IR-ECO, Open Data initiatives, …

Up2U MicroExperiment produced very encouraging results Valuable educational materials as interactive notebooks

Good basis for future collaborations with University of Geneva and Outreach programmes at CERN

Thanks to the colleagues who helped in preparing the MicroExperiment!

https://twitter.com/i/moments/894136600254349313

Up To University




Future Directions

Piloting Up2Universe to candidate schools User feedback will drive the evolution of the platform

Collaborations within CERN on Outreach and Education Concrete use cases driven by existing outreach activities

Intersection between Up2U and, e.g., S’CoolLab and teacher programmes

Collaboration with UniGE Physiscope Potential users of Up2U services

Allow visitors to access additional resources after their session

Cloud Services for Education

Up2University Project at CERN-IT and UniGE Physiscope

Margherita Boselli (University of Geneva) Enrico Bocchi (CERN, IT-ST)

Jakub T. Mościcki (CERN, IT-ST)

Backup Slides


Up2U Working Packages

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Up2U Working Packages

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• Interaction with science lab

• Educational materials with scientific content

• Up2U MicroExperiment: Student summer apprenticeship

WP5

• CERNBox – File Sync&Share

• Open Cloud Mesh (OCM) – Federation of cloud storage spaces

• SWAN – Jupyter Notebooks

WP3


Open Data for Education


Open Data for Education


Cloud Services for Synchronisation and Sharing – CS3

2014 - CERN 2016 – ETH Zurich 2017 - SURFsara 2018 - Cyfronet

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Cloud Services for Education · Service adoption and user population unknown Use of container technologies Self-contained, light-weight Deterministic and repeatable deployment Enable