Table of Contents
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KEYNOTE:
José Munoz,
National Science Foundation
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PLENARY:
Henry Neeman,
University of Oklahoma
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PLENARY:
Michael Mascagni,
Florida State University
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Joshua Alexander,
University of Oklahoma
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Keith Brewster,
University of Oklahoma
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Chris Franklin,
University of Oklahoma
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Paul Gray,
University of Northern Iowa
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Kyran (Kim) Mish,
University of Oklahoma
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Greg Monaco,
Great Plains Network
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Horst Severini,
University of Oklahoma
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Chad Shafer,
University of Oklahoma
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Bradley C. Wallet,
University of Oklahoma
Other speakers to be announced
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract:
coming soon
Biography:
coming soon
PLENARY
SPEAKERS
Director
OU
Supercomputing Center for Education
& Research (OSCER)
University
of Oklahoma
Topic:
"OSCER State of the Center Address"
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract
The
OU
Supercomputing Center for
Education & Research
(OSCER)
celebrated its 7th anniversary
on August 31 2008.
In this report,
we examine
what OSCER is,
how OSCER began,
and where OSCER is going.
Biography
Dr.
Henry Neeman
is the
Director of the
OU
Supercomputing Center for Education &
Research
and
an adjunct assistant professor in the
School of
Computer Science
at the
University of
Oklahoma.
He received his BS in computer science
and his BA in statistics
with a minor in mathematics
from the
State
University of New York at Buffalo
in 1987,
his MS in CS from the
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 1990
and his PhD in CS from UIUC in 1996.
Prior to coming to OU,
Dr. Neeman was a postdoctoral research
associate at the
National
Center for Supercomputing Applications
at UIUC,
and before that served as
a graduate research assistant
both at NCSA
and at the
Center for
Supercomputing Research &
Development.
In addition to his own teaching and research,
Dr. Neeman collaborates with
dozens of research groups,
applying High Performance Computing techniques
in fields such as
numerical weather prediction,
bioinformatics and genomics,
data mining,
high energy physics,
astronomy,
nanotechnology,
petroleum reservoir management,
river basin modeling
and engineering optimization.
He serves as an ad hoc advisor
to student researchers
in many of these fields.
Dr. Neeman's research interests include
high performance computing,
scientific computing,
parallel and distributed computing,
structured adaptive mesh refinement
and
scientific visualization.
Professor
Department
of Computer Science
Florida State
University
Topic:
"Random Number Generation:
A Practitioner's Overview"
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract
We will look at random number generation
from the point-of-view of
Monte Carlo computations.
Thus, we will examine
several serial methods of
pseudorandom number generation
and two different parallelization techniques.
Among the techniques discussed with be
"parameterization,"
which forms the basis for
the Scalable Parallel Random Number Generators
(SPRNG)
library.
SPRNG was developed several years ago
by the author,
and has become widely used
within the international Monte Carlo community.
SPRNG is briefly described,
and the lecture ends with
a short revue of quasirandom number generation.
Quasirandom numbers offer
many Monte Carlo applications
the advantage of superior convergence rates.
Biography:
coming soon
OTHER PLENARY SPEAKERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
BREAKOUT
SPEAKERS
IT Support Specialist
OU Information
Technology
University
of Oklahoma
Topic:
"Implementing Linux-enabled Condor in
Multiple Windows PC Labs"
(with
Chris Franklin
and
Horst Severini)
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract
At the
University
of Oklahoma
(OU),
Information
Technology
is completing a rollout of Condor,
a free opportunistic grid
middleware system,
across 775 desktop PCs in IT labs
all over campus.
OU's approach,
developed in cooperation with the
Research
Computing Facility
at the
University
of Nebraska Lincoln,
provides the full suite of Condor features,
including
automatic checkpointing,
suspension and migration as well as
I/O over the network
to disk on the originating machine.
These features are normally limited
to Unix/Linux installations,
but OU's approach allows them on
PCs running Windows as
the native operating system,
by leveraging
coLinux
as a mechanism for providing Linux as
a virtualized background service.
With these desktop PCs otherwise idle
approximately 80% of the time,
the Condor deployment is allowing OU
to get 5 times as much value
out of its desktop hardware.
Biography
Joshua Alexander is a
Computer Engineering
undergraduate at the
University
of Oklahoma.
He currently works with the Customer Services
division of
OU
Information Technology,
and also serves as
an undergraduate researcher
for the
OU
Supercomputing Center for Education &
Research (OSCER).
His current project for OSCER
involves both the OU IT
Condor
pool
and development of software tools
for deploying Condor at other institutions.
Senior Research Scientist
Center for
Analysis & Prediction of Storms
University of
Oklahoma
Topic:
to be announced
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract:
to be announced
Biography
Keith Brewster is a Senior Research Scientist
at the
Center
for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
at the
University
of Oklahoma
and an Adjunct Associate
Professor in the
OU School of
Meteorology.
His research involves
data assimilation of
advanced observing systems,
including data from
Doppler
radars,
satellites,
wind profilers,
aircraft
and
surface mesonet systems.
He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Meteorology
from the
University
of Oklahoma
and a B.S. from the
University
of Utah.
IT Systems Administrator
OU Information
Technology
University
of Oklahoma
Topic:
"Implementing Linux-enabled Condor in
Multiple Windows PC Labs"
(with
Joshua Alexander
and
Horst Severini)
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract
At the
University
of Oklahoma
(OU),
Information
Technology
is completing a rollout of Condor,
a free opportunistic grid
middleware system,
across 775 desktop PCs in IT labs
all over campus.
OU's approach,
developed in cooperation with the
Research
Computing Facility
at the
University
of Nebraska Lincoln,
provides the full suite of Condor features,
including
automatic checkpointing,
suspension and migration as well as
I/O over the network
to disk on the originating machine.
These features are normally limited
to Unix/Linux installations,
but OU's approach allows them on
PCs running Windows as
the native operating system,
by leveraging
coLinux
as a mechanism for providing Linux as
a virtualized background service.
With these desktop PCs otherwise idle
approximately 80% of the time,
the Condor deployment is allowing OU
to get 5 times as much value
out of its desktop hardware.
Biography
Chris Franklin
is a senior in the
School of
Computer Science
at the
University
of Oklahoma.
He has worked for
OU
Information Technology
for three years,
and is currently part of a team of 3 people
responsible for the administration of
approximately 800 lab PCs,
among other systems.
Associate Professor
Department of
Computer Science
University of
Northern Iowa
Topic:
to be announced
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract:
coming soon
Biography
Paul Gray is an Associate Professor of
Computer
Science
at the
University
of Northern Iowa.
He is the chair of the
SC
(SuperComputing) Conference
Education Program
and instructs summer workshops on
parallel computing education with the
Supercomputing Education program
efforts.
His current efforts combine the
Open
Science Grid
and
TeraGrid
with educational endeavors that revolve around
LittleFe
bringing aspects of grid computing into
the high school and undergraduate curriculum.
Director
Fears
Structural Engineering Laboratory
Presidential Professor of
Structural Engineering
School
of Civil Engineering &
Environmental Science
University
of Oklahoma
Topic:
to be announced
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Talk Abstract:
coming soon
Biography:
coming soon
Executive Director
Great
Plains Network
Topic:
"Roundtable:
The Great Plains Network's
Grid Computing & Middleware Initiative"
Slides:
available after the Symposium
Roundtable Abstract
This roundtable focuses on
recent developments in collaborative middleware
among the
Great
Plains Network
participants
and an exploration of directions
for the coming year.
The roundtable will feature
a demonstration of
resources
developed at the
University
of Missouri,
discussion of a
project
to use
Shibboleth
as a means of managing identities
for a Wiki
(e.g.,
GPN
Wiki),
participation in the
University of Oklahoma
Condor
project,
and,
finally,
Globus
grid issues
(extending access to GPN globus-based grid
to other users and institutions).
Biography
Dr.
Greg Monaco
has held several positions with the
Great
Plains Network
since August 2000, when he joined GPN.
He began as Research Collaboration Coordinator,
and then was promoted to
Director for Research and Education.
Greg is currently the
Executive Director of GPN.
His resume can be found
here.
