13th Workshop

Distributed Virtual Supercomputers

March 9th – 12th, 2009 – Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA

SOS is a series of highly interactive Workshops on Distributed Supercomputing, sponsored jointly by the Sandia National Labs, the Oak Ridge National Lab, and the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH and EPFL). SOS13 in 2009 will be the 13th year. The last one hosted by Sandia was SOS10 in Maui, HI, USA, in March 2006 attended by over 80 people, as many of you will recall. With your help, SOS13 will be the best ever in the series.

Logistics

Hotel:
Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa
One Hotel Circle
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928, USA
1-888-511-5086

Hotel reservations deadline is February 9, 2009.

Reservations: We have negotiated a rate of $98.00 per night per room. Reference “SOS13” to receive the discounted rate. The discounted rate cannot be guaranteed after the reservations deadline. The above rate will be made available to event attendees for three days before and after the Official Program Dates on a space-available basis. Each attendee is responsible for his/her hotel reservation.

Phone reservations call: 1-888-511-5086. Reference “SOS 13 Workshop .”

Internet reservations: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hhhgr-hilton-head-marriott-resort-and-spa/
(Group Code: SOSSOSA)

Special Accommodations: Let the Resort know if you require any special accommodations, services or special diet requests.

Hotel contact for lodging issues:
Carol E. Grindstaff
Group Housing Coordinator
Telephone: (843) 686-8478
Fax: (843) 686-8448
E-mail: Carol.Grindstaff@marriottsales.com

Registration

Please follow these steps to register:

  1. Fill in the registration form and fax/email it to Dee Cadena, dacaden@sandia.gov,
    fax – 505-284-2518.

    SOS13 Registration Form

    If you do not receive confirmation within 72 hours please contact Dee. Your form may not have been received.
  2. Make payment.

Registration Fee——–US $650

Additional Reception and Dinner guests for Monday, March 9, 2009 and Wednesday, March 11, 2009 will be: Adult – $125.00 and Children 12 years of age and over – $75.00 each. Children under 12 years of age are free.

NOTE: Guests must be paid for via check. Only participant registration can be paid for by credit card.

If you will be paying by credit card, please click here. Select the Event Name “SOS 13 Workshop” from the drop down list and fill in all required information within the form.

If you will be paying by check/money order, please make it payable to: SNL

Send the check along with the attendee’s name and what the payment is for (ex. registration, dinner guest, number of children) to:

Sandia National Laboratories
Attn: Dee Cadena
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1322
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1322

If you have any questions regarding the registration process, please contact Dee Cadena at

505-284-1458, dacaden@sandia.gov.

Participants

SOS 13 Participants, 2009
SOS 13 Participants, 2009

Photos taken at SOS 13

Last NameFirst NameAffiliation
AhernSeanOak Ridge National Laboratory
AhrensJimLos Alamos National Laboatory
AlexanderRichardCSCS
AngJamesSandia National Laboratories
AhusbordeEtienneUniversite de Bordeaux
BeckmanPeteUniversity of Chicago
BergmanKerenColumbia
BerneyJean-ClaudeEPFL
BrightwellRonSandia National Laboratories
CampWilliamIntel Corporation
ChoiuDerekUniversity of Texas at Austin
ChukkapalliGiriSun Microsystems
CookPaulSilicon Graphics, Inc.
DalyJohnDepartment of Defense
DorigattiMartinSCS
DosanjhSudipSandia National Laboratories
EdwardsHaroldSandia National Laboratories
EngelmannChristianOak Ridge National Laboratory
FavreJeanCSCS
GeistAlOak Ridge National Laboratory
GriceDonIBM
GruberRalfEPFL
HargrovePaulLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
HemmertScottSandia National Laboratories
HerouxMichaelSandia National Laboratories
HoisieAdolfyLos Alamos National Laboratory
JacobBruceUniversity of Maryland
JonesAndrewNAG/HECToR
KaufmannRichardHewlett-Packard
KellerVincentSCAI/University of Bonn
KleinDeanMicron
KoervJennyAMD
KranzlmuellerDieterLudwig-Maximilians-University
KropfPeterUniversity of Neuchatel
KuonenPierreUniversity of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland
LabryJohnSun
LeeSanderDOE/NNSA
LevesqueJohnCray, Inc.
LuijtenRonaldIBM Zurich Research
MaccabeArthurOak Ridge National Laboratory
MichaelsGeorgeIntel Corporation
MorinChristineINRIA
MorrisonJohnLos Alamos National Laboratory
MuellerDavidSCS
MurphyRichardSandia National Laboratories
NicholsJeffOak Ridge National Laboratory
NumrichBobUniversity of Minnesota
OlikerLennyLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
OlukotunKunleStanford University
OwenJayAMD
PunditNeilSandia National Laboratories
RalstonBenAWE plc
RiesenRolfSandia National Laboratories
RodriguesArunSandia National Laboratories
RogersDavidSandia National Laboratories
SawleyMarie-ChristineETH Zurich group at CERN
SchaeliBasileEPFL
SchulthessThomasCSCS
ScottStephenOak Ridge National Laboratory
ScottSteveCray, Inc.
SnavelyAllanUniversity of California, San Diego
SterlingThomasLouisiana State University
TomkinsJamesConsultant
VetterJeffreyGeorgia Institute of Technology
WheatStephenIntel HPC
White, IIIJames B.Oak Ridge National Laboratory
WinklerKarl-HeinzLos Alamos National Laboratory
WorleyPatrickOak Ridge National Laboratory
YalamanchiliSudhakarGeorgia Tech
ZachariaThomasOak Ridge National Laboratory
ZieglerWolfgangFraunhofer Institute SCAI

Program

Monday, March 9, 2009

6:00 – 9:00Registration and Reception

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

7:30 – 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 – 10:30 amSession 1
Petascale System Challenges
SpeakersAffiliation
Chair:  Sudip Dosanjh,
SNL
Sudip Dosanjh/John Morrison (presentation)
Al Geist (presentation)
Thomas Schulthess  (presentation)
Vincent Keller/Wolfgang Ziegler (presentation)
ACES
ORNL
CSCS
SCAI Univ.
10:30 – 11:00 amAM Break
11:00– 12:00 pmSession 2
Resiliency
PanelAffiliation
Chair:  John Daly, CEC/NSAJim Ang
Christian Engelmann
Paul Hargrove
Andrew Jones
SNL
ORNL
LBL
NAG/HECToR
12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 – 3:00 pmSession 3
Industry
SpeakersAffiliation
Chair:  Ben Ralston,
AWE, UK
Steve Scott (presentation)
Don Grice (presentation)
Giri Chukkapalli (presentation)
Jenny Koerv (presentation)
Cray
IBM
Sun
AMD
3:00 – 3:15 pmPM Break
3:15 – 4:45 pmIndustry (cont.)Richard Kaufmann (presentation)
Bill Camp (presentation)
HP
Intel
4:45 pmDinner on your own

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

7:30 – 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 – 10:30 amSession 4
Memory
SpeakersAffiliation
Chair:  Thomas SterlingRichard Murphy (presentation)
Bruce Jacob (presentation)
Dean Klein (presentation)
Kunle Olukotun (presentation)
SNL
U of MD
Micron
Stanford
10:30– 11:00 amAM Break
11:00– 12:00 pmSession 5
System Software
PanelAffiliation
Chair:  Barney Maccabe, ORNLRon Brightwell
Pete Beckman
Stephen Scott
Christine Morin
SNL
U Chicago
ORNL
Europe
12:00 – 3:45 pmAfternoon Free
Lunch on your own
3:45 – 5:45 pmSession 6
Interconnects
SpeakersAffiliation
Chair:  Keren Bergman, ColumbiaJeff Vetter (presentation)
Ronald Luijten (presentation)
Jim Tomkins (presentation)
Keren Bergman (presentation)
GA Tech
IBM
Consultant
Columbia
5:45 – 6:00 pmPM Break
6:00 – 7:00 pmSession 7
Algorithms
PanelAffiliation
Chair:  Mike Heroux, SNLTrey White
Bill Gropp
Andrew Jones
Carter Edwards
ORNL
UIUC
NAG/HECToR
SNL
7:00 – 9:00 pmConference Banquet Dinner
Dinner Speaker
Coastal Discovery Museum
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Thursday, March 12, 2009

7:30 – 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 – 10:30 amSession 8
Simulations & Modeling
SpeakersAffiliation 
Chair:  Jim Ang, SNLAdolfy Hoisie (presentation)
Arun Rodrigues (presentation)
Derek Chiou(presentation)
Sudhakar Yalamanchili (presentation)
LANL
SNL
UT Austin
GA Tech
10:30– 11:00 amAM Break
11:00– 12:00 pmSession 9
Benchmarking
PanelAffiliation
Chair: Marie-Christine Sawley, ETH ZurichPat Worley
Leonid Oliker
Andrew Jones

John Levesque
ORNL
LBL
NAG/HECToR
Cray
12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch 
1:00 – 3:00 pmSession 10
Analysis and Informatics
SpeakersAffiliation
Chair:  Jean Favre, CSCSSean Ahern (presentation)
David Rogers (presentation)
Dieter Kranzlmueller (presentation)

Jim Ahrens (presentation)
ORNL
SNL
Ludwig-Maximilians
LANL
3:00 – 3:15 pmPM Break
3:15– 4:15 pmSession 11
Crystal Ball
PanelAffiliation
Chair:  Jeff Nichols
           
Marie-Christine Sawley
Sudip Dosanjh
Sander Lee
ETH Zurich
SNL
NNSA/ASC
4:15 – 4:45 pmSession 12
SOS 14 Planning

Tentatively Savannah,
GA, USA
Al Geist
SOS Program Committee
4:45 pmAdjourn

Contacts

Technical Matters:

Sudip Dosanjh, Program Chair
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1322
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1322
phone: (505) 845-7018
fax: (505) 284-2518
email: ssdosan@sandia.gov

Neil Pundit
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1319
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1319
phone: (505) 845-7601
fax: (505) 845-7442
email: pundit@sandia.gov

David Rogers
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1323
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1323
phone: (505) 844-5323
fax: (505) 284-2518
email: dhroger@sandia.gov


Administrative Matters:

Dee Cadena – Conference Organizer
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800, MS-1322
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1322
phone: (505) 284-1458
fax: (505) 284-2518
email: dacaden@sandia.gov

Hilton Head, South Carolina

Photos courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Visitor & Convention Bureau.
Aerial view of Harbor Town
Golf at Hilton Head
Golf at Hilton Head
Harbour Town Lighthouse at The Sea Pines Resort
Harbour Town Lighthouse at The Sea Pines Resort