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CRPC Workshops: Past, Present, and Future
Since the center's establishment in 1989, Center for Research on
Parallel Computation (CRPC) researchers have been actively involved in
workshops on parallel computing. Workshops highlight research
achievements to targeted audiences from industry, academia, and
government. Given below are examples of successful workshops that were
either sponsored by the CRPC or were organized with the help of CRPC
researchers. Many of these workshops have either led to collaborations
between the CRPC and outside institutions or have influenced the
research direction of CRPC projects.
Workshop on System Software and Tools for High Performance Computing
Environments
Pasadena, CA, April 1992
Sponsored by nine federal agencies, this workshop has greatly influenced
the agenda for software research in the High Performance Computing and
Communications program. Out of the 150 participants attending, there
were 13 CRPC researchers, several of whom either helped to organize the
workshop or lead working group discussions on special topics. The
concept of programming templates that is being developed at the CRPC
grew out of this workshop. Results were presented at Supercomputing '92
last November.
The Changing Culture of Science: Bringing it into Balance
Berkeley, CA,
July 21-23, 1992
Sponsored in part by the CRPC, this conference brought together
scientists, engineers, students, and science administrators to discuss
the attitudes, practices, and policies woven into the fabric of
America's science culture. Several multicultural issues were explored,
including racial and sexual stereotyping, "family vs. career" choices,
the value of a competitive environment, the "glass ceiling," and the
interaction of science with the rest of society. The conference provided
a forum for sharing personal experiences and allowed a broad spectrum of
science professionals to reach a consensus on social issues related to
science.
Joint MADIC/NASA Workshop on Multidisciplinary Design
Fort Worth, TX,
October 21-23, 1992
CRPC researchers participated in the MADIC/NASA Workshop on
Multidisciplinary Design to identify the technical barriers preventing
the development of automated multidisciplinary design systems. The
workshop proved to be an effective focal point for defining the roles
for this development among the participants from industry, academia, and
government. This workshop also lead the optimization group into new
research in this area (see page 6 for related article on
multidisciplinary design optimization).
Sixth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing
Norfolk, VA, March 22-24, 1993
At this conference, the CRPC sponsored a minisymposium that covered
several research areas explored by center researchers. Mani Chandy
discussed his group's work on Fortran M, an extension of Fortran 77 that
enables users to write task-parallel and data-parallel programs that
have standard sequential debugging and verification features. A talk on
multidisciplinary optimization by Robert Michael Lewis emphasized the
importance of this field in engineering design. In addition, John Salmon
discussed CRPC research on treecodes, which enable large amounts of data
to be analyzed for problems in astrophysics and other areas, and Mary
Wheeler reported on the activities of the Flow in Porous Media group,
emphasizing their work in parallel models for reservoir engineering and
groundwater hydrology. At the same meeting, Jack Dongarra and Ken
Kennedy gave invited presentations on CRPC work in linear algebra and
parallel Fortran, respectively.
Computational Science Workshops
Los Alamos, NM, February 22 - May 14 and
June 14 - September 3
CRPC researchers participate in the Computational Science Workshops,
held at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The workshops provide attendees
with an advanced education in high-performance computing as it applies
to computationally intensive scientific research. Attendees collaborate
with center researchers and work on individual research interests in an
enriched environment for research on scientific and industry problems.
They are also given access to high-performance workstations and
innovative computer architectures. Workshop overviews and tutorials
focus on the newest advances in parallel algorithms, architectures,
operating systems, distributed computing, parallel languages, and
visualization tools. The workshops also address applications issues with
a special focus on the use of high-performance computing in the grand
challenge applications. This year, more than 100 attendees will
participate in one of two workshops, with options to participate in one-
week, three-week, or 12-week configurations.
Computers: The Machines, Science, People, and Jobs!
Pasadena, CA, March
18-19, 1993
This recent two-day program at Caltech provided 100 minority high school
students with a stimulating first-hand exposure to problems and issues
in computer science. The event served to demystify and humanize
scientific research professionals through face-to-face interaction of
the participants with successful minority scientists. In addition, the
students gained new insights into what career opportunities are
available to them in science, engineering, and mathematics.
Students in the program, "Computers: The Machine, Science, People,
and Jobs!" play the "Sorting Race" game to learn how computers solve
problems by designing rules for solutions. To demonstrate how an
algorithm regulates a computer's internal communication, the students
in this picture are each holding cards with specific numbers.
According to the algorithm being run, each student then communicates
the value of the number on their card to another student.
Herb Keller and Richard Tapia (second and third from left) of the
CRPC discuss career opportunities with participants in the program,
"Computers: The Machine, Science, People, and Jobs!" held at the
California Institute of Technology in March 1993.
SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the
Geosciences
Houston, TX, April 19-21, 1993
Several CRPC researchers are involved in this conference. The conference
has a heavy focus on parallel computing and features presentations and
minisymposiums on computing applications in hydrology, reservoir
engineering, porous media, seismic imaging, flow and transport,
geochemical systems, oceanography, atmospheric science, and ecological
characterization. Demonstrations of several applications will be given
at Rice University. The program also includes a tutorial on parallel
computing with applications to linear algebra.
Additional Workshops
The CRPC sponsors other meetings including special-topic workshops such
as the "Standards for Message Passing in a Distributed Memory
Environment" workshop (Williamsburg, VA, April 1992) and the "Compiler
Infrastructure Workshop" (Houston, TX, May 14-15, 1993). CRPC
researchers have also submitted proposals for workshops to
Supercomputing '93, including the proposed "High Performance Fortran:
Implementor and User Workshop." Also, special workshops in computational
science are given for participants of the "Research Experiences for
Undergraduates" program at Syracuse University.
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