Welcome! C omputing in Atmospheric Sciences CAS2K3 Created by: Lynda Lester, NCAR/SCD/Digital Information Group
Al Kellie Director, Scientific Computing Division CAS2K3 Conference Chair National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, USA
Greetings from NCAR!
Introductions A look at this year’s attendees Short history of CAS Program highlights Practicalities Overview
… to our sponsor and co-sponsors!
National Science Foundation
CAS2K3 team
Tom Bettge Program Committee Chair CAS2K3
Gene Harano Program Committee CAS2K3
Don Middleton Program Committee, Grid Demo CAS2K3
Steve Worley Program Committee, Data CAS2K3
Bernie O’Lear & Rachelle O’Lear Meeting Consultants and Planners CAS2K3
Marcia Killingsworth Meeting Planner CAS2K3
Janice Kauvar Financial Officer CAS2K3
A short history CAS:
In the late 1970s, supercomputing and parallel computing were novel, esoteric technologies Communities were small
Bill Buzbee (LANL) and George Michael (LLNL) headed groups involved in computing research Got together, organized two conferences on high-speed computing
Generally called the Salishan meeting One of them is the DOE “Conference on High-Speed Computing” Still held annually at Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA
Bill Buzbee, NCAR, ’87: A similar conference might be valuable for the atmospheric sciences community Atmospheric science is a global community — conference would have to be global Decided to hold a conference every couple of years With help from DKRZ and other sites, organized the first “Computing in Atmospheric Sciences” conference
1 st CAS: September 1990 Salishan (Oregon, USA) CAS ’90
Review capability of state-of-the-art models … Purpose CAS:
Discuss enhancements that would characterize the next generation of models and their computational requirements … Purpose CAS:
Review advances in computing technologies … Purpose CAS: See how these advances would impact future model requirements
2 nd CAS: June 1992 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA CAS ’92
3 rd CAS: 1994 Monterey, California, USA CAS ’94
4 th CAS: 1996 Washington, DC, USA CAS ’96
5 th CAS: 1998 Annecy, France CAS ’98
6 th CAS: 2001 Annecy, France CAS ’01
7 th CAS: 2003 Annecy, France CAS2K3
Gone beyond focus on models Purpose CAS: Scope has become wider End-to-end computing environment
Get updates on enabling technologies (software frameworks, grid computing, portals …) Today CAS:
Look at Terascale data issues (storage management, visualization, availability …) Today CAS:
Review progress and plans from national weather, climate, and research labs worldwide Today CAS:
CAS2K3 Some of our attending institutions …
International flavor... CAS2K3
India United StatesFrance
NetherlandsSwitzerlandGermany
Japan CanadaAustralia
Norway United Kingdom South Korea
Finland Denmark Ireland
Excellent meeting facilities
Special Topics: Grid Cyberinfrastructure Frameworks
Terascale issues & Solutions
Reports, Plans & Progress at centers around the globe…
… and vendor performance
Receptions …
Sightseeing …
Minibar: complimentary Practicalities Lunches: Brasserie du Parc(L0) Banquet: Imperial Tent(L3) Speakers: –See AV technician in the break before your session to set up –Connect your laptops to the power strip onstage –Laser pointer available
Enjoy the conference!
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