OSCER State of the Center Address 2008

Table of Contents WELCOME: Dennis Aebersold, University of Oklahoma KEYNOTE: José Muñoz, National Science Foundation PLENARY: Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma PLENARY: Michael Mascagni, Florida State University PLENARY: Stephen Wheat, Intel Corp Joshua Alexander, University of Oklahoma John Antonio, University of Oklahoma Keith Brewster, University of Oklahoma Dana Brunson, Oklahoma State University Karen Camarda, Washburn University Wesley Emeneker, University of Arkansas Jeni Fan, University of Oklahoma Robert Ferdinand, East Central University Larry Fisher, Creative Consultants Dan Fraser, University of Chicago Roger Goff, Sun Microsystems Paul Gray, University of Northern Iowa Tim Handy, University of Central Oklahoma Takumi Hawa, University of Oklahoma Scott Lathrop, TeraGrid Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma William Lu, Platform Computing Kyran (Kim) Mish, University of Oklahoma Greg Monaco, Great Plains Network Jeff Pummill, University of Arkansas Jeff Rufinus, Widener University Susan J. Schroeder, University of Oklahoma Horst Severini, University of Oklahoma Dan Stanzione, Arizona State University Bradley C. Wallet, University of Oklahoma Dan Weber, Tinker Air Force Base Kenji Yoshigoe, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Other speakers to be announced KEYNOTE SPEAKER José Muñoz José Muñoz Deputy Office Director/Senior Scientific Advisor Office of Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation Topic: "High Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Activities at the National Science Foundation" Slides: available after the Symposium Talk Abstract The National Science Foundation (NSF) has a long history of supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) and making the technology available to the open science and engineering communities. The NSF Cyberinfrastructure Vision document presents other CI components that are meant to complement the HPC investments and create an environment consistent with the needs of the 21st century. This presentation will discuss where we are in the HPC area as well as the other CI Vision areas, in particular the new activities in Data as well as where more work is required in order to achieve the CI Vision. Biography José Muñoz is Deputy Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) at the National Science Foundation. Prior to coming to NSF in February 2004, Dr. Muñoz was Director of Simulation and Computer Science for the Advanced Simulation and Computing program at the US Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and was at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) prior to DOE. Dr. Muñoz received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut in 1984, and his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from New York University in 1967. PLENARY SPEAKERS Henry Neeman Henry Neeman Director OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) University of Oklahoma Topic: "OSCER State of the Center Address" Slides: PowerPoint PDF 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, what OSCER does, 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.The OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) celebrated its 7th anniversary on August 31 2008. In this report, we examine what OSCER is, what OSCER does, and where OSCER is going.The University of Oklahoma Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) The University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium 2008 The University of Oklahoma Department of Information TechnologyN