NUG Meeting of November 12, 2001, in Denver, Colorado

The next meeting of the NERSC Users Group has been scheduled for Monday, November 12, 2001, in Denver, Colo. The meeting will coincide with SC2001, the annual conference of high-performance computing and networking, to be held Nov. 13-16 at the Denver Convention Center. If you plan to attend, we suggest making hotel arrangements now as hotels near the convention center fill up fast. Information about conference hotels can be found on the Web at http://www.sc2001.org/housing.shtml.

The NUG meeting will be held in the Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California Street, in Denver. The Marriott is one of the conference hotels for SC. We will be meeting in the Colorado Ballroom, Salons A, B and C. The hotel phone number is 1-303-297-1300. For more information about the hotel, go to http://www.marriotthotels.com/dpp/Meeting.asp?marshacode=DENDT.

A speaker-phone and 800-number conference call will be provided for this meeting. Here is what you need to know to join this call:

To Attend:
- Long Distance users call 1-877-252-5250
- Local users call 510-647-3480
- then press 1, enter access code 166890#, and follow the instructions.
Call Telephone Service Center for any questions, problems or trouble +1-510-486-7997 or email us at tsc@lbl.gov.

Agenda: NERSC User Group Meeting, November 12, 2001

Note: all times are Mountain Time.

 8:00- 8:30            Continental Breakfast

 8:30- 8:45   Ryne     Welcome / Introductions
 8:45- 9:30   Kramer   Overview: NERSC status report and plans for FY02
                       NERSC-3 status, user survey, mass storage, 
                       networking, elimination of clear text passwords 
                       in the near future
 9:30-10:00   Simon    NERSC Strategic Plan

10:00-10:15            Break

10:15-10:45   Miner,   Report from Washington DC
              Polansky
10:45-11:15   Kramer   NERSC-4 RFP
11:15-11:45   Rotman   Status of Greenbook
11:45-12:00   Marques  Status of the ACTS Toolkit

12:00- 1:15            Lunch

 1:15- 1:45   Craw     Queue and Throughput Status and Plans
 1:45- 2:15   Turner   PVP User requirements and Possible Paths
 2:15- 2:30   Ng       Strategic Project Special Services
 2:30- 2:45   Schwartz Visualization Services
 2:45- 3:00   Gorda    Future Technology Group

 3:00- 3:15            Break

 3:15- 3:30   Welcome  Linux Cluster Investigations
 3:30- 3:45   Wang     Material Science Support Status
 3:45- 4:30   Johnston DOE Science Grid Support for Computational Science

 4:30                  Adjourn