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September 21, 2007
NCSA to Host PRAGMA Events
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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is hosting two PRAGMA events in conjunction -- PRAGMA 13 workshop (Sept. 23-25) and the first PRAGMA Institute (Sept. 26-27). NCSA is a member institution of the Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) and has a robust International Affiliates program with sister institutions in countries that include Australia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Cypress, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan and the UK. NCSA organizes regular collaborative meetings with its International Affiliates.
The PRAGMA 13 workshop with the theme "PRAGMA Engagements in CyberInfrastructure" is from Sept. 24th-25th, with a welcome reception and dinner on the evening of the 23rd. PRAGMA workshops normally are working group meetings, with demonstrations and discussions of collaborative projects. These are related to both applications and infrastructure development and deployment. There will be 10 demonstrations of collaborative projects during the demo sessions. Poster presentations have been introduced into the agenda for the first time at PRAGMA 13, with 10 posters.
The first PRAGMA Institute called the "Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies Institute" is sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies (IACAT) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This will be the first instantiation of a PRAGMA Institute and involves two days of discussions and tutorials. The applications discussions on day one will be on life sciences and on day two on geosciences. The institute includes in-depth tutorials on PRAGMA community- and member-institutions-developed software and applications technologies.
More than 140 participants have registered for the events. (Registration is now closed.) There will be an almost equal number of participants from abroad and from within the United States.
NCSA Staff and several Illinois faculty will be actively participating in the events. People from abroad include participants and presenters from Australia, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Chancellor Richard Herman from UIUC will provide the welcome address on Sept. 24. Professor Thom Dunning, NCSA director, will provide the keynote. Dr. Peter Arzberger, UCSD, PRAGMA PI and director will provide updates on PRAGMA. The rest of the day will be filled with demonstrations, working group discussions and poster session.
Professor David Abramson from Monash University in Australia will present an invited talk on applications using Nimrod on the morning of Sept. 25. The attendees will get a tour of the NCSA facilities around mid-day. The rest of the day will be filled with demonstrations, working group discussions, and updates and plans. Provost Linda Katehi will join the attendees during the evening.
The first PRAGMA Institute will commence on the morning of Sept. 26. Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Chip Zukoski will provide the welcome address. Professor Larry Smarr from Calit2 and Professor Rick Stevens from Argonne will provide keynotes in life sciences. The rest of the day will be spent in tutorial sessions.
On the morning of Sept. 27, Professor Arun Agarwal from the University of Hyderabad in India and Professor Don Wuebbles from UIUC will present keynotes in geosciences. Professor Miron Livny will present an invited talk on Condor. The rest of the day will be spent in tutorial sessions.
Dr. Radha Nandkumar, director of NCSA's ICARE-International and CAmpus RElations, is the general chair for the PRAGMA events. The other chairs and co-chairs include Peter Arzberger, PRAGMA PI and director, UCSD; Thom Dunning, NCSA and IACAT director, UIUC; Fang-Pang Lin, NCHC (Taiwan), PRAGMA 14 chair and PRAGMA 13 co-chair; Danny Powell, NCSA, PRAGMA 13 co-chair; Piyawut Srichaikul, NECTEC (Thailand), PRAGMA 13 co-chair.
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