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Program Agenda

Presentations, demonstrations, poster sessions, and birds-of-a feather sessions are planned for this first annual TeraGrid '06 conference. These sessions will address the development of new grid computing capabilities and the application of TeraGrid to research and education. You will be able to select offerings from four separate conference tracks:

  • Scientific impacts that are the results of work on the TeraGrid and with TeraGrid partners
  • Technology development, capabilities, and services
  • Education, outreach, and training
  • Demonstrations

Detailed Agenda

MONDAY JUNE 12
Time Description
8:00–8:30 Registration

Slate Foyer, UPCC
8:30–5:15

Tutorials

  1. TeraGrid Visualization Tutorial
  2. TeraGrid Institute: User Introduction to the TeraGrid
  3. Strategies for Integrating Cyberinfrastructure within Education
  4. The Virtual Data System—a workflow toolkit for TeraGrid science applications
  5. Science Gateways
  6. Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5)
  7. Data Collections
  8. Developing Web Services for Use on TeraGrid
5:15–6:15

Birds of a Feather (BOF)


Education Outreach & Training Working Group
S. Lathrop

TeraGrid Documentation
T. Gumto

TeraGrid Gateways
I. Judson/S. Martin

Data Working Group
B. Bannister
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TUESDAY JUNE 13

Monday June 12 | Wednesday June 14 | Thursday June 15

Time Description
8:00–8:45 Registration

Slate Foyer, UPCC
8:45–9:00 Welcome address
Sebastien Goasguen, Purdue University
Scott McCaulay, Indiana University

Auditorium, UPCC
9:00–9:15 Welcome address
Jim Bottum, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Purdue University
Craig Stewart, Associate Vice President for Research and Academic Computing, Chief Operating Officer, Pervasive Technology Labs, Indiana University

Auditorium, UPCC
9:15–10:00 Keynote Address
Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation

Auditorium, UPCC
10:00–11:00 TeraGrid Resource Provider's Showcase

Student Competition Finalist's Poster Displays and Demonstrations
11:00–12:00 State of the TeraGrid Address
Charlie Catlett, Director, TeraGrid

Auditorium, UPCC
12:00–1:15 Lunch

Bistro Lounge Area, UPCC
1:15–2:00 Invited Plenary Talk
Dr. Daniel Atkins, Director (Designate) of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure

Auditorium, UPCC
  Education and
Outreach
Science Impact Technology Demonstrations
2:00–3:00 Zecosystem—
Cyberinfrastructure-
enabled learning ecosystems of 2020

K. Madhavan, G. Bertoline, S. Goasguen, M. Vorvoreanu

MSI-CIEC: MSI Cyberinfrastructure Empowerment Coalition and the TeraGrid
G. Fox

Broadband access and digital equity: the international picture
B. Bracey
SCEC/CME CyberShake: Calculating the Probability of Strong Ground Motions on the TeraGrid
P. Maechling, L. Zhao, Y. Cui, E. Deelman, T. Jordan

SCEC TeraShake Simulations: High Resolution Simulations of Large Southern San Andreas Earthquakes Using the TeraGrid
K. Olsen, S. Day, B. Minster, T. Cui, P. Maechling

Design and Implementation of Services for a Synthetic Seismogram Calculation Tool
D. Seber, C. Youn, T. Kaiser, C. Santini, T. Bollman
The OptIPuter: A National and Global-Scale Cyberinfrastructure for Enabling LambdaGrid Computing
M. Brown, L. Smarr, T. DeFanti, J. Leigh, M. Ellisman, P. Papadopoulos

Northwest Indiana Computational Grid (NWICG)
G. Bertoline, C. Hoffmann, N. Bohlmann, D. Sharp, D. Latimer

Application Hosting Services: Requirements and Architecture
I. Foster
AstroPortal: A Science Gateway for Large-scale Astronomy Data Analysis
I. Raicu, I. Foster, A. Szalay, G.Turcu

VisEnable: A User Friendly and Extensible System for Remote Visualization
D Guzman, G. Johnson, P. Shanmugam
3:00–3:30 Break

TeraGrid Resource Provider's Showcase continued

Student Competition Finalist's Poster displays and Demonstrations continued
3:30–5:00 SCEC Earthworks Science Gateway: Widening SCEC Community Access to the TeraGrid
J. Muench, P. Maechling, H. Francoeur, D. Okaya, Y. Cui

TeraGrid User Portal: An Integrated Interface for TeraGrid User Information & Services
E. Roberts, M. Dahan, J. Boisseau

Supporting "Big Humanities": An Introduction to HASTAC
A. Balsamo

iShare - Bringing the TeraGrid to the User's Desktop
A. Basumallik, X. Ren, R. Eigenmann, S. Goasguen
Location of Earthquakes in Three-dimensional Media Using a Divide and Conquer Method
G. Pavlis, P. Wang, F. Vernon

Use of the TeraGrid for High-Performance Subsurface Modeling and Oil Discovery
B. Rutt, T. Kurc, U. Catalyurek, J. Saltz

The Earth System Grid and TeraGrid
D. Middleton, L. Cinquini, I. Foster, D. Williams, D. Bernholdt

Using PLAPACK and MPICH-G2 to Grid-Enable Bayesian Geostatistical Models
W. He, S. Wang, J. Yan, M. Cowles, M. Armstrong
Automatic Co-Scheduling on the TeraGrid
D. Marcusiu, M. Margo, K. Yoshimoto, P. Kovatch

Predicting Bounds on the Batch Queuing Delay Experienced by Individual TeraGrid User Jobs in Real Time
R. Wolski, R. Garver, D. Nurmi, J. Brevik

A Prediction Service for Grid Computing
W. Smith

Adaptive Grid-enabled SIMOX Simulation on Japan-US Grid Testbed
Y. Tanaka, H. Takemiya, S. Sekiguchi, S. Ogata, A. Nakano, R. Kalia, P. Vashishta
The nanoHUB—Online Simulations and a Community for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
M. McLennan, C. Heitzinger, K. Madhavan, D. Kearney, J. Cychosz

Using Shared Collections to Manage Teragrid Simulation Output
R. Moore, S. Meier, G. Kremenek, W. Schroeder, L. Brieger

Managing Storm Simulation Workflows using LEAD Gateway
S. Marru, M. Christie
5:15–6:15

Birds of a Feather (BOF)


2006 User Surveys
S. Sanielevici, A. Zimmermann

Security Working Group
J. Marsteller

Software Working Group
D. Skow

External Relations Working Group
S. Lathrop

Internships and Mentoring to Broaden Participation in Computing
D. Baxter, L. McGinnis, E. Wiziecki
6:30–8:30

Evening Reception

Bistro Lounge, UPCC

GRASS PLUS

Join "Grass Plus" for an evening of New Acoustic Bluegrass Music with world-renowned Michael Lindeau, and Toby Oler and Ryan Deasy from the Indiana University School of Music.
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 14

Monday June 12 | Tuesday June 13 | Thursday June 15

Time Description
8:00–8:30 Registration

Slate Foyer, UPCC
8:30–9:15 Invited Plenary Talk
Professor Donna Cox, Director of Visualization and Experimental Technologies, NCSA

Auditorium, UPCC
  Education and
Outreach
Science Impact Technology Demonstrations
9:15–10:15 The Open Science Grid TeraGrid Partnership and Interoperability Work
M. Livny, R. Pordes, F. Wuerthwein, L. Grundhoefer

vGrid—On-demand Virtual Supercomputing
T. Stef-Praun, S. Goasguen, K. Madhavan

Adler Planetarium Outreach
Greenberg
McStas Neutron Instrument Simulation on the TeraGrid
M. Chen, J. Cobb, G. Granroth, M. Hagen, J. Kohl, S. Miller

Neutron Science TeraGrid Gateway
J. Cobb, S. Miller, G. Pike, S. Vazhkudai, M. Hagen

Remote, real-time visualization of multidimensional biological images
C. Gilpin, L. Katherine, K. Gaither
Middleware Integration and Deployment: the nanoHUB
S. Goasguen, R. Kennell, R. Figueiredo, S. Adabala, A. Roy, J. Frey, Ruth, D. Xu

Prospects for Instrument Integration with TeraGrid Resources
G. Pike, J. Cobb, J. Rome

Network, Hardware, & Applications: An Integrated Approach to E2E Performance and Diagnostics
C. Rapier, K. Benninger
Building A Numerical Modeling Application Portal on TeraGrid Environment
B. Kim, N. Kim, J. Cho,K. Cho, Y. Kim

Developing the Modular Information Provider (MIP) to Support Interoperable Production-Level Grid Information Services
S. Wang, E. Shook, A. Padmanabhan, R. Briggs, L. Pearlman
10:15–11:00 Poster Session and Break Period
11:00–12:00 Joining the TeraGrid: Things I Wish I'd Known (Panel)
L. McGinnis
A Web Service-Enabled Workflow System for Climate Modeling Data Processing in TeraGrid
R. Kalyanam, L. Zhao, T. Park, S. Goasguen

The Grid Application Hosting Environment
P. Coveney
Managing Credentials on the TeraGrid with MyProxy
J. Basney

Adaptive MPI on the TeraGrid
R. Reddy, D.C. O'Neal

Infrastructure for Adaptive Scientific Applications
A. Adiga, A. Purkayastha
GAMA—Grid Account Management Architecture 2.0
K. Mueller, S. Chandra, K. Bhatia
12:00–1:15 Lunch

Bistro Lounge Area, UPCC
1:15–2:00 Invited Plenary Talk
Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma

Auditorium, UPCC
2:00–3:30 Engaging People in Cyberinfrastructure: A TeraGrid '06 Panel
R. Giles, S. McLean, G. Moses

Service Oriented Learning Services on the nanoHUB: Sakai Integration
K. Chung, K. Madhavan, S. Goasguen

Computational Science and Engineering Curriculum Concept Map
Moses
Managing Biomolecular Simulations in a Grid Environment with NAMD-G
M. Gower, J. Cohen, J. Phillips, R. Kufrin, K. Schulten

A Database for Biomolecular Simulations: Challenges in Computing and Storage Resource Management
B. Connelly, J. Sowell, L. Xiao, M. Feig

Enabling "Fat Queries" on a TeraGrid-powered Systems Biology Data Warehouse
J. Chen
Parallel IO Performance Studies and SRB Integration with HDF5
A. Cheng, M.. Yang, Q. Koziol, P. Cao, M. Wan

A Comparative Analysis of Grid Portal Security
D. Del Vecchio, V. Hazelwood, M. Humphrey

International Grid Trust Federation/The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority
J. Marsteller, D. Quesnel

Restricted Community Accounts
K. Price
SCEC Earthworks Science Gateway: Widening SCEC Community Access to the TeraGrid
J. Muench, P. Maechling, H. Francoeur, D. Okaya, Y. Cui, E. Deelman, G. Mehta, T. Jordan

Demonstration of the Computational Science and Engineering Online (CSE-Online)
M. Nayak, T. Cook, P. Mahajan, W. Duncan, T. Truong

NSTG portal demonstration
J. Cobb, S. Miller , G. Pike, S. Vazhkudai , M. Hagen , M. Chen ,G. Granroth, J. Kohl, V. Lynch
3:30–4:00 Break

Poster Session continued
4:00–5:00 Vendor Panel
Sun, IBM, Dell, Cray, SGI/JRT, Juniper, EMC
5:15–6:15

Birds of a Feather (BOF)

TeraGrid User Services
S. Sanielevici

The Future of the TeraGrid User Portal
E. Roberts, M. Dahan, J. Boisseau

GridFTP performance page
J. Lappa, B. Gill

TeraGrid Allocations and Accounting
D. Hart

SCxy Education Program
S. Lathrop
6:30–8:30

Visualization Demonstrations

ICTC Building

Remote, real-time visualization of multidimensional biological images
C. Gilpin, L. Katherine, K. Gaither

Lustre Wan Demo
D. Balog, J. Huffman, G. Pike, S. Simms

From Simulation to Visualization: Large-Scale Parallel CFD Application on The TeraGrid
R. Payli, E. Yilmaz, H. Akay, A. Ecer

Accelerating 3D Volume Visualization for nanoHUB.org
M. McLennan, W. Qiao, R. Kennell, G. Klimeck

VisEnable: A User Friendly and Extensible System for Remote Visualization
D. Guzman, G. Johnson, P. Shanmugam

The Data Capacitor Project
S. Simms, B. Hammond, M. Link, C. Stewart

Demonstration of Interactive Simulation, Analysis, and Visualization of Fluid Turbulence Using Distributed TeraGrid Resources
D. Porter
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THURSDAY JUNE 15

Monday June 12 | Tuesday June 13 | Wednesday June 14

Time Education and
Outreach
Science Impact Technology Demonstrations
8:30–9:30 Alice: Making Learning to Program Easy and Fun
C. Kelleher

Virtual environments for social networking
S. Tettagah

Building Virtual Clusters for Running Caltech CMS Private Production on a Widely Distributed Supercomputing Cyberinfrastructure
V. Litvine, E. Walker, J. Gardner
Exploring Large-scale Scientific Applications on the TeraGrid
Z. Lan, Y. Li, J. Lee

Massively parallel atomistic simulations of thermal properties of silicon on the TeraGrid
L. Sun, C. Le, F. Saied, D. McWilliams, J. Murthy
Bouncer: A Globus Job Forwarder
C. Baumbauer, S. Goasguen, S. Martin

Desktop E-Science: Enabling Access to the TeraGrid from the Windows Platform
G. Wasson, S. Eswaran, M. Humphrey

Authentication Framework in the Kepler Workflow System
Z. Guan, I. Altintas, E. Jaeger, M. Jones, N. Mangal, J. Tao, M. Miller
iShare—Bringing the TeraGrid to the User's Desktop
A. Basumallik, X. Ren, R. Eigenmann, S. Goasguen

Predicting Bounds on the Batch Queuing Delay Experienced by Individual TeraGrid User Jobs in Real Time
R. Wolski, R. Garver, D. Nurmi, J. Brevik
9:30–10:00 Break
10:00–11:00 Ensuring Quality Resources for Digital Libraries
P. Jacobs

The CI Channel—Capturing Science in Action
K. Walsh, A. Bailey

Security Challenges of the TeraGrid
A. Singer, J. Barlow, B. Link
Brokering Metaworkflows
S. Hampton, A. Rossi, J. Alameda, S. Parker, G. Daues, B. Jewett, R. Wilhelmson

Managing Storm Simulation Workflows using LEAD Gateway
S. Marru, M. Christie
An Overlay File-System for Distributed Computing on the TeraGrid
E. Walker, E. Turner

NCSA Trebuchet: A Powerful File Management Interface for TeraGrid
A. Rossi, S. Hampton, E. Wu, D. Adams, J. Alameda

Implementing GPFS-WAN on the TeraGrid
C. Jordan, J. White, P. Kovatch
vGrid—On-demand Virtual Supercomputing
T. Stef-Praun, S. Goasguen, K. Madhavan

The Application Hosting Environment: Lightweight Middleware for Grid Based Computational Science
P. V. Coveney, S. K. Sadiq, R. Saksena, M. Mc Keown, S. Pickles, and S. J. Zasada
11:00–12:00 Catlett Town Hall Meeting

Auditorium, UPCC
Conference Concluded
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