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| More than 100 principal investigators in Computer Science supported by the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) gathered in Denver March 31-April 2 to learn more about each other's work, explore opportunities for collaboration, and discuss future high-performance computing research needs. | ||||
| Expanding the scope of the Computer Science based program to include programs in collaboratories and distributed computing, the meeting featured two days of presentations and an evening poster session that fostered lively discussions. Dr. Fred Johnson, acting director of the Computational Science Research and Partnerships Division in ASCR, and Dr. Stephen Scott of Oak Ridge National Laboratory served as co-chairs for the meeting. | ||||
| "It has been a few years since we had a Computer Science PI meeting and it was clear that researchers needed to have a broader understanding of the high-performance software stack that's out there," Dr. Johnson said. "We also wanted the PIs to learn more about the work of others so they can leverage those efforts and at the same time see how their own work fits into the bigger picture. The feedback we received encouraged us to hold such meetings more frequently." | ||||
| In addition to featuring presentations in the areas of programming models, scalable systems software, performance tools, visualization, data management/analytics, distributed data infrastructure/collaboratories, and application development frameworks, the agenda also allowed time for presentations on applications. "We invited researchers from the applications side who are major consumers of cycles at DOE computing facilities so that they could provide insight and set the stage for discussions by addressing software challenges from an applications perspective," Dr. Johnson said. | ||||
| Among the scientists discussing their applications were Dr. John Daly of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Dr. Robert Harrison, chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Nathan Barton, engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Dr. Jacqueline Chen, combustion researcher at Sandia National Laboratories. | ||||
| On Monday night, attendees had an opportunity to view 30 research posters and talk with poster presenters. Tuesday evening was focused on breakout sessions organized around the meeting topics. Breakout groups reported back to the meeting as a whole on Wednesday as part of a high-end computing strategic planning session. |
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| Further Information http://www.hpcsw.org/pi_meeting/index.shtml
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| Published by IOP Publishing in association with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for the US Department of Energy, Office of Science. Copyright © 2008 by IOP. | ||||
