NERSC @ SC09
November 14, 2009
NERSC staff and NERSC users will be contributing to a wide variety of key activities at SC09, the 22nd annual supercomputing conference, recognized globally as the premier international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis.
SC09 convenes in Portland, Oregon, November 14-20, 2009.
Technical Program Events
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Berkeley Lab Booth Events
Stop by the Berkeley Lab booth, #723, on the exhibit floor, where you can enter a drawing to win a NERSC t-shirt...
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and check out the globe display device, a 24-inch Magic Planet globe made by Global Imagination. Berkeley Lab staff will use the globe to display global climate simulations, astrophysics research, and the growth and operation of ESnet, DOE's network for advancing science. Information presented on the globe will be complemented by displays on a 57-inch touchscreen, allowing visitors to select among the various demos.
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| ESnet | climate modeling |
supernova simulation |
hurricane formation |
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Meet NERSC Staff at the Berkeley Lab Booth
| TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 | |
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| 10:30 am - 12 noon | High Performance Visualization & Analytics Wes Bethel / Hank Childs |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate Michael Wehner |
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Checkpoint/Restart Research Paul Hargrove |
| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 | |
| 10:30 am - 12 noon | Green Flash John Shalf / David Donofrio |
| SciDAC Outreach David Skinner/Jon Bashor |
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| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Magellan: A Cloud for Science Kathy Yelick / Jeff Broughton |
| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 | |
| 10:30 am - 12 noon | NERSC Global File System Shane Canon |
Session Chair Activities
- John Shalf, Exhibitor Forum, HPC Architectures: Microprocessor and Cluster Technology, Wednesday November 18, 1:30PM - 3:00PM
- John Shalf, Exhibitor Forum, Infiniband, Memory and Cluster Technology, Wednesday November 18, 3:30PM - 5:00PM
- Alice Koniges, Exhibitor Forum, Parallel Programming and Visualization, Wednesday November 18, 3:30PM - 5:00PM
- Horst Simon, Masterworks, High Performance at Massive Scale, Thursday November 19, 1:30PM - 2:15PM
Organizational Activities
The SC conferences depend on the time, effort, and careful planning of several hundred volunteers from universities, companies, and national laboratories. NERSC staff participating in the organization of SC09 are listed below.
- Esmond Ng (NERSC SDSA), Technical Papers Committee, Applications Area Chair
- Tony Drummond (NERSC SDSA), Technical Papers Committee
- Lin-Wang Wang (NERSC SDSA), Technical Papers Committee
- Alice E. Koniges (NERSC SDSA), Tutorials Committee
- Harvey Wasserman (NERSC USG), Tutorials Committee
- Harvey Wasserman (NERSC USG), Masterworks Chair
- Cary Whitney (NERSC CSG), SCinet Open Fabrics Co-Chair
- David Stewart (NERSC NSWSG), SCinet Help Desk/Fiber Commitee Member
- Scott Cambell (NERSC NSWSG), SCinet Network Security Co-Chair
- Jason Lee (NERSC NSWSG), SCinet Network Security Committee Member
Additional Activities
- David Paul and Jeff Broughton, SPXXL IBM User Group Meeting, NERSC site update and "Magellan - Building a Science Cloud," Monday November 16, 2:30-4:00, Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center
- David Paul and Jeff Broughton, SPXXL IBM User Group Meeting, Tuesday, November 17, Room F150 Convention Center.
- James Craw, Cray User Group XTreme SIG Meeting, NERSC talks on Job failure analysis/Job completion metric, DVS, and other topics, Sunday, November 15, Crowne Plaza (limited to CUG XT members) .
About NERSC and Berkeley Lab
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is the primary high-performance computing facility for scientific research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the NERSC Center serves more than 4,000 scientists at national laboratories and universities researching a wide range of problems in combustion, climate modeling, fusion energy, materials science, physics, chemistry, computational biology, and other disciplines. Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory located in Berkeley, California. It conducts unclassified scientific research and is managed by the University of California for the U.S. DOE Office of Science. For more information about computing sciences at Berkeley Lab, please visit www.lbl.gov/cs.
