Salishan 2009

Theme: Energy-Centric HPC: Systems and Applications

Keynote Address: Potential Roles for High Speed Computing in the Obama Administration, Vic Reis, U.S. Department of Energy

Session 1: Energy Applications I

• Energy Security and Climate Change: A New Approach for Global Sustainability in the 21st Century, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Energy Modeling and HPC, 3D Sim video (.avi), John Mitchiner, Sandia National Laboratories
• Computational Challenges at the Petascale and Beyond for Fusion Energy Sciences, William Tang, Princeton University
• Computational Challenges in Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Michael Celia, Princeton University

Session 2: Energy Applications II

• The Outlook for Energy, John Kuzan, Exon Mobil Corporation*
• Petascale Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Combustion, Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories*
• Large-Scale Biomolecular Simulations: Biomedical and Bioenergy Applications, Kevin Sanbonmatsu, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Computer Simulations for Nuclear Energy Applications, Marius Stan, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Working Dinner/Speaker

• Climate Prediction for Decision Support: Intellectual and Computational Challenges, Philip Duffy, Climate Central, Inc. and University of California Institute for Research on Climate Change and its Societal Impacts

Session 3: Energy Efficient Computing I

• Energy Efficient Computing-From Bits to Buildings, Horst Simon, Laawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Major Challenges to Achieve Exascale Performance, Shekhar Borkar, Intel Corporation
• Impacts of Energy Efficiency on Supercomputer Programming Models, Craig Stunkel, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
• Of FLITS and FLOPS: Balancing Energy and Interconnect Performance, K. Scott Hemmert, Sandia National Laboratories

Session 4: Energy Efficient Computing II

• Color Me Green! Color Me Fast! Wu Feng, Virginia Tech
• Sequoia Sets New FLOP:Watt Standard, Mark Seager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Energy Smart High Performance Computing, Moe Khaleel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Energy Efficiency in High Performance Computing-An Industry Perspective, Tahir Cader, Power and Cooling Strategist, HP

Session 5: HPC Platforms Update

• Green Data Centers, Stephen Wheat, Intel Corporation*
• Next Generation Supercomputer Project in Japan, Its Current Status and Applications in Life Science, Ryutaro Himeno, Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Center, RIKEN
• Jaguar: Powering and Cooling the Beast. What Comes Next?, Arthur "Buddy" Bland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Roadrunner Science and Technology, Andrew White, Los Alamos National Laboratory*

*will not be posted