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VGrADS Site Visit Agenda
Events are in room Duncan Hall 1049, unless otherwise noted
Thursday, April 28, 2005
| 7:15 AM |
Van Pickup at the Warwick Hotel |
Out-of-town visitors |
| 7:30 AM |
Light Refreshments A private room for the site visit team will be provided upon request. |
|
| 8:00 AM |
Greetings Introductions of all participants and site visitors will be followed by brief remarks by Rice University Provost Eugene Levy and Dean of Engineering Sidney Burrus. |
All |
| 8:30 AM |
The Virtual Grid Application Development Software (VGrADS) Project We will give an overview of the goals, research directions, and organization of the VGrADS project. |
Ken Kennedy |
| 9:15 AM |
The Virtual Grid and vg Execution System (vgES) We will present the design rationale for the Virtual Grid, the design of the Execution System, and an initial prototype implementation. |
Andrew Chien |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
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| 10:30 AM |
VGES Demonstrations We will continue presenting the design rationale for the Virtual Grid, the design of the Execution System, and an initial prototype implementation. |
Henri Casanova |
| 11:00 AM |
VGrADS Programming Tools Research: Vision and Overview We will present an overview of the requirements for Grid programming, the abstract programming models that support it, and the tools that enable effective use of these models. |
Ken Kennedy |
| 11:30 AM |
VGrADS Education, Outreach and Training Activities: Unlocking
the Doors of Opportunity We will present an overview of VGrADS education and outreach activities. |
Keith Cooper |
| Noon |
Lunch Site visit team will meet with students over lunch in DH 3076. Other participants will meet for lunch in DH 3092. |
|
| 12:50 PM |
Break |
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| 1:00 PM |
Executive Session |
Site Visit Team |
| 1:15 PM |
Fault Tolerance For Sparse Linear Algebra Computations Implemented In A Grid Environment We will describe work in progress toward providing fault tolerance for sparse linear algebra computations implemented in a Grid environment. |
Jack Dongarra |
| 1:45 PM |
Resource Characterization We describe a new methodology for making statistical predictions of the time individual jobs spend waiting in a batch queue (as might be used on a Grid resource). We also present an empirical verification of its effectiveness and an implementation with the goal of providing such estimates to grid application scheduling. |
Rich Wolski |
| 2:15 PM |
Break |
|
| 2:30 PM |
EMAN, Scheduling, Performance Prediction, and
Virtual Grids We will describe experiments with the GrADS and VGrADS infrastructures in implementing the Electron Microscopy Analysis (EMAN) package, and the influence this has had on Virtual Grid development. |
Charles Koelbel |
| 3:15 PM |
LEAD,
Workflows and Virtual Grids We will describe experiences and collaborations with the Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) ITR project, including integration of performance measurement and orchestration atop virtual grids. |
Dan Reed |
| 4:00 PM |
Student Poster Session In DH 3092, students representing every VGrADS institution will present research that spans all areas of the project. |
|
| 4:45 PM |
Executive Session |
Site Visit Team |
| 5:45 PM |
Key Issues/Questions Needing Clarification |
Site Visit Team |
| 6:00 PM |
Adjourn A van will be provided to take visitors to the Warwick Hotel. |
Friday, April 29, 2005
| 7:45 AM |
Van Pickup at the Warwick Hotel |
Out-of-town visitors |
| 8:00 AM |
Light Refreshments A private room for the site visit team will be provided upon request. |
|
| 8:30 AM |
Clarification of Issues Raised by the Site Visit Team We will present a response to key issues and questions raised by the site review team at the end of the first day. |
Ken Kennedy |
| 10:00 AM |
Report Writing |
Site Visit Team |
| 12:00 PM |
Working Lunch |
Site Visit Team |
| 3:00 PM |
Adjourn
A van to take visitors to the Warwick Hotel will be provided upon request. |
