Salishan 2004

Theme: Applications, Algorithms, Architectures – Past Accomplishments, Current Issues, and Future Trends

Keynote Address: The Next Quarter-Century at Salishan (pdf), Burton J. Smith, Chief Scientist, Cray, Inc.

Session 1: 25 Years of Problems, Challenges, and Successes

• Is There a Moore's Law for Algorithms? (pdf) David Womble, SNL
• Nuclear Weapons Design Codes: A 50-Year Perspective (pdf), Bill Chandler, LANL
• 30+ Years of Algorithms for Inertial Confinement Fusion (pdf), George Zimmerman, LLNL
• 25 Years of Challenges and Successes in Architecture (pdf), Bill Buzbee, Fellow, ARSC

Session 2: Applications

• HPC Applications over 25 Years (pdf), Geoffrey Fox, University of Indiana
• Some Advances in Parallel Computing (pdf), Steven Orszag, Yale University
• Building an Astrophysics Code: Lessons learned from FLASH (pdf), Robert Rosner, ANL
• Computational Biology (pdf), Reinhold Mann, ORNL

Session 3: Algorithms

• Adaptive Mesh Refinement: Methods, Software, and Parallel Computing (pdf), Richard Hornung, LLNL
• Parallel ALE Hydrodynamics (pdf), Rob Neely, LLNL
• Peridynamic Modeling of Structural Damage and Failure (pdf), Stewart Silling, SNL
• Parallel Transport Solution Algorithms and Associated Archtectural Requirements (pdf), Jim Morel, LANL

Session 4: Architectures

• An Overview of High Performance Computer Architectures (pdf), Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee
• Vector Supercomputing: Past, Present and Future (pdf), Steve Scott, Cray, Inc.
• New Architectural Technologies for Shared Memory Systems (pdf), Josep Torrellas, University of Illinois
• An Emerging Grid Experience Base (pdf), Fran Berman, San Diego Supercomputing Center

Session 5: The Next 10 Years in High-Performance Computing

• HPC Productivity Perspective: High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) (pdf), Robert Graybill, DARPA
• High-End Computing Revitalization (pdf), Daniel A. Reed, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, and NC State University
• The Future of Supercomputing-A National Academy of Sciences Report (pdf), Marc Snir, University of Illinois
• Report on the JASON's Study (pdf), Dan Meiron, California Institute of Technology