June 97 ERSUG Meeting Agenda

ERSUG Business Meeting, June 5-6, 1997, at
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
LOB (Lab Office Building)
TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30Take the hotel shuttle from Novotel to PPPL
9:00WelcomeJardin/Kendall
9:15NERSC Status and Plans for FY98 Kramer/Simon
9:45View from WashingtonKitchens
10:00Break
10:10PVP Systems
a) J-90 Scheduling, interactive and batch, large jobs
b) C-90 Transition and Roadmap
c) Superhome Plans
 
Craw
Verdier
Craw
11:20Break
11:30MPP Systems (T3E) and Cray Origin-2000, part I
a) Summary of PEP User Experiences
b) FCM Upgrade Plans and System Management
c) Account Allocation and Charging Policies
 
Verdier
Craw
Kramer
12:20Working lunch, perhaps three parallel sessions
- PVP session?
- MPP session?
- SAS and visualization session?
- NERSC Metrics for FY98?
- Consulting, Training, WEB Info?
- Mass storage, other session?
13:40MPP Systems (T3E) and Cray Origin-2000, part II
d) Overview on support of the Grand Challenges
e) Cray Origin-2000 Plans
 
Welcome
Kramer
14:20Replacements for SAS
a) Results of requirements study
b) Hardware options, configuration options
Kramer, Craw
15:00Break
15:20Mass storage
a) Transition to HPSS
b) NERSC Mass Storage Directions
 
Meyer
Fitzgerald
16:00GFDL's experience with T3E and T90 Bruce Ross, GFDL
16:30Climate modelling at NERSC Potter
16:40Break
16:50Research and Future Technologies projects
a) COMPS
b) NOW
c) Other research
Simon
17:30Return to hotel
18:30No-host dinner (arrangements to be made somewhere)

ERSUG Meeting, Friday, June 6th
PPPL, LOB

TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30Take the hotel shuttle from Novotel to PPPL
9:00ERSUG requirements for ESNET Program Plan
(please come prepared to discuss your current and visionary requirements for increased network bandwidth and/or services)
Merola
9:30Preparing the next big procurementSimon, Kramer
10:30Break
10:40Report on action items from last meeting
a) greenbook
b) users helping users?
[ other action items? ]
Kendall
11:10Define action items for next meeting
[ suggestions? ]
Braams
11:30Miscellaneous remaining issues
- User services issues?
- Video-conferencing?
- SAC issues?
- DOE2000 issues?
- ASCI issues?
12:00General ERSUG meeting closed
12:00Lunch with those interested
13:00ExERSUG Closed Session Begins
14:00ExERSUG Meeting Adjourns