August 2009

The August 11-12, 2009 ASCAC meeting was held at the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 20009-1277 USA.

   Agenda
   Minutes

AGENDA
Time Event
PUBLIC REGISTRATION
SWEARING IN OF NEW MEMBERS(S) - session intended for ASCAC and the public do not need to attend
DOE Human Resources
OPENING REMARKS FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Roscoe Giles, ASCAC
OFFICE OF SCIENCE UPDATE
William Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science
BREAK
ASCR UPDATE
Michael Strayer, ASCR
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE
Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science
COMMITTEE LUNCH
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
Steve Hammond, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DISCUSSION OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S REPORT ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF HIGH-END CAPABILITY COMPUTING ON FOUR ILLUSTRATIVE FIELDS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Phil Colella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
BREAK
EMERGING STANDARDS AND TOOLS RELATED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING COMPILER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPTIMIZATION
Roch Archambault, IBM Toronto Lab
ARRA UPDATE - MAGELLAN (CLOUD COMPUTING FOR SCIENCE), LEADERSHIP COMPUTING UPGRADE, AND ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES
Dan Hitchcock, ASCR
ARRA UPDATE - ADVANCED NETWORKING INITIATIVE, SCIDAC-E
Vince Dattoria and Walt Polansky, ASCR
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY
SOMMER GENTRY
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
AGENDA
Time Event
Update from the ASCAC Committee of Visitors
Dona Crawford, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Ed Seidel, National Science Foundation
BREAK
REPORT ON "CHALLENGES IN CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND THE ROLE OF COMPUTING AT THE EXTREME SCALE"
Warren Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research
PETASCALE SCIENCE
Doug Kothe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN FOR THE DAY