1. Benefits from Participation in the Supercomputing 2008 (SC08) Conference Jim Bottum Jill Gemmill Walt Ligon Mihaela Vorvoreanu

2. What IS Supercomputing? Dr. Walt Ligon Electrical and Computer Engineering

3. Annual Supercomputing Conference  Technical program, exhibits, education  High performance computing, networking, storage  Technologies, applications, management, education  Research, engineering, policy  CIOs, IT managers, technical, funding  Universities, industry, government

4. Technical Program  Invited Speakers  Papers  Tutorials  Posters  Panels  Workshops  BOFs (Birds of a Feather) ‏

5. Exhibits  Machine Manufacturers  Network Hardware Vendors  Software Developers  Systems Integrators  National Laboratories  Government Agencies  Universities  Research Groups

6. Education Program  Workshops  Keynotes  Lectures  Awards  Project Demonstrations  Challenges

7. Other Activities  Cluster Challenge  Bandwidth Challenge  HPC Storage Challenge  Receptions  Banquet  Music Initiative (new for Austin) ‏

8. What Might I See at SC08?  Latest HPC system available  Keynote on molecular quantum computers  Demonstration of a new software development tool  Tutorial on using OpenMP and MPI  Paper on modeling the neocortex on a Cray  Poster on simulating plasma instability in fusion

9. What Might I See?

10. Why Should I GO to SC08?  Meet program officers  Meet potential collaborators  Meet potential graduate students  Show off Clemson's work in HPC  Learn about latest HPC technologies

11. SC07 Dr. Mihaela Vorvoreanu Dept. of Communication Studies

12. Clemson @ SC07  Created SC 3 - South Carolina Computing Consortium: Clemson University University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Marine Laboratory Savannah River National Laboratory

13. Communication objectives: 1.Attract visitors to SC 3 booth 2.Communicate key message at the booth: We’re in the race!

14. Attract visitors to the booth  Personalized invitations before the conference  Meeting space in the booth  Meet-me cards  Booth signage  Interactive video- game  Promotional gifts

15. Communicate We’re in the race message  Booth setup: 4 pillars HPC & Communications Data & Visualization Learning Virtual organizations  Nintendo Wii racing game  Attire: SC 3, Clemson shirts  Booth signage  Publications: fact sheets, project summaries, etc.  Presentation templates  Website sccomputing.org

16. sccomputing.org  twitter  Flickr group SC3

17. Results: 1068 recorded booth visits

18. Higher education  U.S.  Russia  Japan  Switzerland  U.K.  Brazil Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University

19. Industry  Cisco  Dell  HP  GE  GM  Google  IBM  Intel  Microsoft  Sun Microsystems

20.  NSF Program officer Almadena Chtchelkanova with Walt Ligon NSF officers visiting with Jim Bottum at SC 3 booth Federal agencies  DoD  DoE & NNSA  NASA  NIH  NSF  U.S. Army

21. Research centers & laboratories  National Laboratories: Los Alamos Oak Ridge Argonne Pacific Northwest etc.  Supercomputing centers Ohio Pittsburgh San Diego etc. Bill Kramer, NERSC, SC05 Conference chair and his wife, with Nathan Bohlmann at SC 3 booth

23. Faculty and Student Experience at SC07 (Video)

24. Organizing SC08 : You’re Invited! Jim Bottum Vice Provost and CIO

25. Who should be interested in SC08?  People already using HPC, SciViz, and Grids  Anyone interested in how Cyberinfrastructure is revolutionizing Humanities biology and medicine energy efficiency earth sciences More!

26. Goals for Clemson SC08 presence  Increase the numbers of Clemson participants across conference tracks  Feature Clemson research in the South Carolina exhibit booth  Connect with the many Clemson alumni who are employed throughout the HPC industry  Feature Clemson grad and undergrad research

27. How You Can Get Involved  Submit a proposal to any of the SC08 tracks/activities/student programs  Join the Clemson SC08 planning committee; work on a collaborative South Carolina exhibit  Limited support for travel costs will be available; an RFP is being developed and will be advertised

28. Undergraduate Research  “CyberInfrastructure for Creative Inquiry” undergraduate competition to showcase Clemson Creative Inquiry research projects give students an opportunity to participate  Comments on this idea?

29. Q & A Dr. Jill Gemmill CCIT Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration