Exploring the Next Frontier: Program Schedule

12-14 April 2005

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

8:00
    Preparing your Data Center for the Next Generation High Density Blade Server
Robert Sawyer
Director, Data Center Technology,
American Power Conversion
Breakfast and Presentation
9:00

The Digital HPC Future
Stephen Pawlowski
Senior Fellow and CTO, Platform Planning Group, Intel Corporation

Challenges in Designing a Petaflop System Before 2010
Dr. Eng Lim Goh
Chief Technology Officer, Silicon Graphics

The Metric of Scale: Real-World Experiences via Infrastructural Software
Ian Lumb

Grid Solution Manager, Platform Computing

 

10:00

 

Cyberinfrastructure: Enabling Science and Engineering Research
Dr. Sangtae Kim

Division Director, Shared Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

 

Collective HPC Services with a Distributed Delivery Model
Brad Comes

Project Manager, HPC Modernization Office, DoD

NIST IT Security Guidance - An Emerging Family: How Do They Relate?
Marianne Swanson
Senior Advisor for IS Management, NIST

10:30  

Break - Expo Exhibits Break - Expo Exhibits

Break - Expo Exhibits

11:00

The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the 21st Century
Bradd Hayes

Professor Strategic Studies, Naval War College

10 Year Plan of Platform Aquisitions and Directions of Investment in Computing
Bob Meisner

Deputy Director, Office of ASC, National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE

Multi-Disciplinary HPC for Smart Weapon Design
Jubaraj Sahu

Deputy Branch Chief, Aerodynamics Branch, U.S. Army Research Lab

11:45

Productivity Update: High Productivity Computing Systems
Robert Graybill

HPC Program Manager, HPC Productivity Program, DARPA
Project Urban Resolve: Urban Warfare Simulation
Col Rae Dehncke (ret)

Simulation Team Leader, J9, USJFCOM
2005 High-End Computing Market Trends
Dan Little

Chief Technology Officer, High-End Computing Market Services

12:30

Lunch - Expo Exhibits Lunch - Expo Exhibits

Conference Close

 

 

1:30

GridComputing: The Convergence of HPC and Mainstream Computing
Panel Moderator: Mike Bernhardt, CEO, Grid Strategies
Panel Participants:
Dr. Charles Catlett, ANL
Walter Stewart, SGI
Dr. Stephen Wheat, Intel
Dr.
Wolfgang Gentzsch, MCNC

NASA's Columbia Supercomputer: Deployment and Impact
Dr. Walter Brooks

Advanced Supercomputer Division, NASA Ames

 

2:15
The Grid: Defining the Future of the Net
Dr. Wolfgang Gentzsch
Director, MCNC Grid Computing and Network Services

3:00

Break - Expo Exhibits

Break - Expo Exhibits

3:30

Mars Mission
Dr. Larry Bergman
Manager, Space Mission IS Technology, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA

Next Generation Networks
Ronald Broersma
HPC Modernization Office, DOD

4:00

MACH5 an Apple Supercluster for Hypersonic CFD
Dr. John Medeiros
Senior Scientist, COLSA Corporation, US Army R&D Command

HPC at Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center
Charles Kleinschmidt
Director of Programs, Fleet Numeric Meteorology & Oceanography Center

4:30
Cluster Technology for Large Scale Applications
Thomas Kendall
Chief Engineer, Army Research Lab
DoD Software Protection Initiative
Dr. Christopher Reuter
SPI Team Lead, AFRL/SNT, WPAFB, USAF
5:00
Conference Networking Reception

The Astor's Beechwood Mansion
Reception and Dinner (6:30pm)