HPCwire's CONFERENCE AND EVENTS GUIDE 04.12.05 ========================================================================= Important Upcoming HPC Events... As an added service to our readers, HPCwire produces a Conference and Events section, which offers information related to conferences, workshops, and user group meetings within North America, Europe and the Asian Pacific Rim. The content in this section will be updated bi- weekly and provides an excellent planning guide to subscribers. For information and quotes for posting your organization's individual or multiple conference/events, contact HPCwire customer service at (858) 625-0070 or events@hpcwire.com . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** Indicates New Event Listing APRIL ^^^^^ April 10-15, 2005 USENIX Technical Conference 2005 (USENIX '05) Anaheim, California http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783130 USENIX's Annual Technical Conference 2005 (USENIX '05) includes 5 days of training by industry experts such as Ted Ts'o, Gerald Carter, Aeleen Frisch, and Marcus Ranum; keynote address by historian George Dyson; starting April 13, technical sessions including General and FREENIX/ Open Source Refereed Papers, Invited Talks, and Guru Is In Sessions. Learn the latest groundbreaking practices from the technical best. Themes include: system administration, Linux, open source, security, networking, and more. Early bird registration deadline is March 21, 2005. April 12-15, 2005 Storage Networking World (SNW) 2005 Phoenix, Arizona http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783117 Are you wrestling with storage and data management in today's challenging business climate? Is your infrastructure under increased pressure? Are business continuity worries keeping you up at night? Then attend Storage Networking World (SNW), the only conference where IT managers and professionals get an SNIA-endorsed education, a hands-on view of the world's only SNIA-sanctioned Interoperability and Solutions Demo, and access to legions of peers, experts and solutions you won't find anywhere else. April 12-14, 2005 National HPCC Council's 19th Annual Conference: Exploring the Next Frontier Newport, Rhode Island http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783121 The National High Performance Computing and Communications Council will hold its 19th Annual HPC Conference at the Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel and Spa, Rhode Island's premier resort complex. Now in its 19th year, this high level government conference is known for it's contents and networking, not commercial glitz and hype. The program includes, among others, presentations from: DARPA, DOD, NASA, NSF, DOE, MCNC, SGI, INTEL, Platform Computing, American Power Conversion and a panel discussion of Grid Computing. Special conference features include: an Apple Internet Cafe as well as a real time demonstration of Project Urban Resolve by the Institute for Defense Analysis and the Joint Forces Command. All attendees receive the government hotel room rate. Early bird registration deadline is March 22, 2005. **April 19-20, 2005 Western Grid Summit 2005 Banff, Alberta http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783126 Set at the Banff Centre in Banff National Park, the Western Grid Summit is gathering grid leaders, grid researchers, and others interested in emerging grid computing technology for a two-day summit on current challenges in grid developments. Guests include: Carl Kesselman, Mark Linesch, Al Bunchaft, Walter Stewart, Dr. Alexander Reinefeld, and Michael E. Papka. Register today! April 26-28, 2005 The 6th Int'l Conference on Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2005 Chapel Hill, North Carolina http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783111 The Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2005 Conference, organized by the Linux Clusters Institute (LCI), is the premier international forum for sharing information on management, administration, and scientific computing techniques on Linux-based systems for high- performance computing. The technical program will include both peer -reviewed paper presentations and discipline- and industry-specific sessions offering researchers and industry leaders the opportunity to present their experiences. Call for papers deadline is January 7, 2005. April 26-27, 2005 CESC 2005: Combustion Simulation Washington, D.C. http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783131 CESC 2005 is jointly sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In the technical sessions on ground transportation, high speed combustion, gas turbine combustion and enabling technologies, speakers at CESC 2005 will address barriers and opportunities related to the full effective utilization of HEC for large-scale simulations of combustion engineering and science. These discussions will focus on combustion this year, and will be applicable to all application science and engineering disciplines. Special sessions will provide a venue for federal Program Managers to discuss policy issues and future opportunities affecting HEC across mission agencies, and for industry representatives to identify improved opportunities for collaboration and HEC advances needed to impact the industrial competitiveness of the United States. Agency perspectives by senior executives in DOE, DoD and NASA will bring to light the future relationship between HEC and large-scale science and engineering challenges we face. The registration deadline is April 5, 2005. MAY ^^^ May 5, 2005 Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing New York, NY http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783135 Forbes presents a seminar titled "The Business of Grid Computing." Dates include May 5th, 2005 at the Harvard Club in New York City and May 11th, 2005 at the City Club of San Francisco. This exclusive event will examine how businesses take advantage of Grid Computing to lower the costs of their infrastructures and improve quality of service at the same time. Registration is complimentary but subject to approval by Forbes. Breakfast and lunch will be served. For agenda and registration details, please see http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783132 Please reference promo code SP4. **May 8-11, 2005 HP-Cast 4/HP's Worldwide HPC User Conference Krakow, Poland http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783138 HP-CAST 4 / HP's Worldwide HPC User Conference - Krakow, May 8-11 The HP-CAST User Group Conference provides an interactive forum between HP's High Performanace Computing Customers and HP management and technical staff. The user group works to increase the capabilities of HP systems for large-scale, scientific and technical computing. HP-CAST provides guidance to HP on the essential development and support issues for HP systems. The conference includes a series of presentations from HP-CAST members, representatives of HP's High Performance Computing Division and several invited speakers. The next conference, HP-CAST 4 will take place in Krakow, Poland, May 8-11th. HP will be launching new products for scalable computing during this time. Attendees of HP-CAST 4 will receive early information on these new products. There are still a few slots available for presenters, see details at the URL! For more details and registration information see www.hp-cast.org. HP-CAST-5 will be held in Seattle, WA, just prior to SC05, on November 11-12, 2005. For more information on HP-CAST-5, please visit http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783134 May 9-12, 2005 CCGrid 2005: Cluster Computing and Grid Cardiff, UK http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783133 CCGrid2005, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society is designed to bring together international leaders who are pioneering researchers, developers, and users of clusters, networks, and Grid architectures and applications. The symposium will also serve as a forum to present the latest work, and highlight related activities from around the world. The conference will contain: over 75 papers in the main track, 9 workshops, 4 tutorials, 2 keynote speakers including "e-Science, Cyberinfrastructure and Web Service Grids" by Professor Tony Hey, University of Southampton/ERSRC, UK, and, "Experiences with System X" by Professor Srinidhi Varadarajan, Virginia Tech, US. An Invited talk on Securing Remote Access to Clustered Systems, an Industry Track with Industry Keynote "WS-Agreement" by Dr Heiko Ludwig, IBM T.J.Watson Research Centre, US, a "Work in Progress" Session and a Conference Banquet at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales. Sponsors: IBM, AMD, WDA, Cardiff Initiative, Cardiff University, Welsh eScience Centre, MCNC, HP, Cybula, ORACLE, NEC, HPCWire, GridToday, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TCSC. Registration details at: http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783137 **May 9-10, 2005 Cornell Theory Center's Windows High-Performance Computing New York, NY http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783112 The Cornell Theory Center will offer two, back-to-back workshops on May 9-10 and May 11-12, 2005, in New York City, on Windows High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Introduction to .NET and Web Services, respectively. You may register for one or both. The workshops are for representatives of companies, universities, and government agencies who want to learn more about implementing and using high-performance computing on Windows clusters. The Windows HPC workshop will focus on installing clusters and writing parallel applications to efficiently solve computationally and data-intensive challenges. For more information and to register for either or both of these workshops, visit http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783127 May 11, 2005 Forbes Seminar: The Business of Grid Computing San Francisco, CA http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783123 Forbes presents a seminar titled "The Business of Grid Computing." Dates include May 5th, 2005 at the Harvard Club in New York City and May 11th, 2005 at the City Club of San Francisco. This exclusive event will examine how businesses take advantage of Grid Computing to lower the costs of their infrastructures and improve quality of service at the same time. Registration is complimentary but subject to approval by Forbes. Breakfast and lunch will be served. For agenda and registration details, please see http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783113 Please reference promo code SP4. **May 11-12, 2005 Cornell Theory Center Workshops: Introduction to .NET and Web Services New York, NY http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783120 The Cornell Theory Center will offer two, back-to-back workshops on May 9-10 and May 11-12, 2005, in New York City, on Windows High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Introduction to .NET and Web Services, respectively. You may register for one or both. The workshops are for representatives of companies, universities, and government agencies who want to learn more about implementing and using high-performance computing on Windows clusters. The .NET and Web Services workshop offers hands-on experience implementing and using .NET and Web Services on Windows clusters. After completing this workshop, participants will be able to design and deploy an integrated solution using .NET. For more information and to register for either or both of these workshops, visit http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783124 May 16-19, 2005 Cray User Group 2005 Conference, Petroglyphs to Petaflops Albuquerque, NM http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783116 Cray User Group conferences provide truly a unique opportunities for you to exchange problem-solving information and enjoy professional interactions with your fellow Cray Inc. high performance computing system users. CUG 2005 will be in Albuquerque, NM, USA, May 16-19, 2005. Sandia National Laboratories is pleased to be the host of this technically packed program. In particular, our Center for Computation, Computers, Information and Mathematics and its new Cray Red Storm supercomputing facility, welcome you to an exciting program. May 17-19, 2005 Bio-IT World Boston, MA http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783128 The Bio-IT World Conference program provides a unique educational forum for life science professionals to learn first-hand how the leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations utilize technologies to speed, store, analyze and interpret the flood of information being produced in the post-genomic era. **May 22-25, 2005 Gelato Federation May 2005 Meeting: "Understanding Your Itanium System to Maximize Performance" San Jose, CA http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783140 Gelato Federation Meeting (May 22-25, 2005 in San Jose, California, USA) The next Gelato Federation meeting-themed "Understanding Your Itanium System to Maximize Performance"-will be hosted by HP, Gelato's Founding Sponsor. Technical meetings will take place at HP's Palo Alto and Cupertino campuses, while hotel accommodation and most social time will take place in San Jose. More than 100 scientists and engineers from three dozen Gelato Sponsor and Member institutions are expected to attend this 2-1/2 day highly-technical event. This meeting will address current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux on Itanium, and will feature formal papers, poster sessions, and the exchange of information in formal and informal settings. Gelato Federation meetings are open to current members and invited guests. If you are interested in attending and are not a current member, please contact Gelato's Managing Director, Mark K. Smith at mksmith@gelato.org. If you are planning on attending the May Gelato Meeting in San Jose, California, register online by May 1. Your registration will be complete once you receive an email confirmation. Attendance registration and visa invitation inquiries please e-mail Nan Holda at nan@gelato.org. May 23-26, 2005 Future in Review: A Strategic News Service Conference (FiRe 2005) San Diego, California http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783136 Hosted by Mark Anderson, publisher of the Strategic News Service, the annual FiRe conference features the world's top CEOs and other experts on the future of technology in telecom, high-performance computing, grid, world economy, nanotech, robotics, education, Internet security, China/Japan/Korea/India/Russia/EU, and more. Register Today! Go to: http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783119 JUNE ^^^^ June 13-17, 2005 SGI Worldwide User Group Conference (SGIUG 2005) Munich, Germany http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783118 The 2005 SGI User Group conference is a MUST for anyone using SGI products. The conference includes tutorials, technical presentations, workshops, visualization demonstrations, reports from SGI Executives and information you may not find elsewhere. The user group will be organizing itself, so attendees have the opportunity to help shape the group's future. Early bird registration ends April 30, 2005. Other questions should be directed to info@sgiug.org. June 14-17, 2005 2005 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2005) University of Oslo, Norway http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783122 The conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to present their latest research findings in any aspects of parallel and distributed computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Architecture, Algorithms & Applications, Cluster Computing, Compilers and Languages, Network- Based/Grid Computing, OS & Resource Management, Peer-to-Peer Technology Petaflop Computing, Programming Methodologies, Tools, Parallel Embedded Systems, Multimedia & Network Services, and Wireless & Mobile Computing. **June 20-21, 2005 Sun Microsystems High Performance Computing Consortium - Europe 2005 Heidelberg, Germany http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783125 Whether you are a CIO, VP of Research, Director, IT Manager, or if you are a Research Scientist or Research Manager, engineer, or developer, you will benefit from the this conference covering the most up-to-date information from Sun, Sun customers, and Sun partners. This year our theme will be "Innovation Matters." There will be talks from Sun and AMD as well as customers such as Aachen, Cambridge, Stanford, Ulm, and USC, on the many different challenges facing Universities and Research Institutions to carry on state-of-the-art computational science and engineering today. The talks will cover a wide range of topics, including: processor technologies, Grids & Utility computing, Best practices for campus computing, Computational Biology, and we will feature a panel discussion on "bridging the gap between the CIO and scientist." For more information please email us at hpcconsortium-info@sun.com. JULY ^^^^ July 26-28, 2005 On the Use of Commodity Clusters for Large-Scale Scientific Applications 2005 Greenbelt, Maryland http://news.taborcommunications.com/ct.jsp?uz1317805Biz783114 Hosted by the Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC), Raytheon, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), the third annual international program will address challenges associated with the rapidly expanding interest and acceptance of the use of commodity computer clusters for scientific applications. The symposium will explore the suitability of these clusters to operate within a heterogeneous production computing environment to solve very large scientific applications requiring extensive computer resources and execution times. This year's program will include technical papers, panels, birds-of-a-feather and tutorials in the areas of: Technology Trends, Production Issues, Applications, Storage and Security. -------- Modify your preferences or unsubscribe here: http://news.taborcommunications.com/al.jsp?vk=j2kZpXcA&un=dolinsky@gsu.by&an=357