Northwest Indiana Computational Grid - 2nd Annual NWICG Workshop (August 16-17, 2005)

2nd Annual NWICG Workshop (August 16-17, 2005)

August 16, 2005

1:30 pm	-	2:00 pm	Aerospace Vehicle Design with Grid Computing	John Sullivan - Professor-AAE/Nuclear Engr/Dir of CAM, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University West Lafayette
2:00 pm	-	2:30 pm	Enhancing Energy Supply Options, Reliability, Economics, and Communications with the NWICG	Robert Kramer - Director, Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center, Purdue University Calumet
2:30 pm	-	3:15 pm	High Performance Computing for Environmental Catalysis Simulation	Bill Schneider - Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
3:45 pm	-	4:15 pm	A View from the Hill	Peder Maarbjerb - Argonne National Laboratory
4:15 pm	-	5:00 pm	AMUSE: Acquiring and Modeling Urban Simulations Environments	Daniel Aliaga - Assistant Professor/Computer Science, Computer Science, Purdue University West Lafayette
5:00 pm	-	5:30 pm	Grid Computing in Particle Physics	Norbert Neumeister - Assistant Professor, Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette
5:30 pm	-	6:00 pm	Computational Demands for Phylogenetic Analysis	Jeanne Romero-Severson - Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame

August 17, 2005

8:30 am	-	8:45 am	Opening Remarks	Tony Hyder - Associate Vice President, Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
8:45 am	-	9:15 am	Scale-Free Networks	A. Laszlo Barabasi - Professor, Physics, University of Notre Dame
9:15 am	-	9:45 am	Grid Computing and Educational Outreach: e-Labs - Extending the Research of Outreach	Patrick Mooney, Physics, University of Notre Dame
9:45 am	-	10:15 am	CI-Education for Gen-Z: The Zecosystem Vision	Krishna Madhavan - Research Scientist/Teaching-Learning, IT Discovery Resources, Purdue University West Lafayette
10:45 am	-	11:30 am	Update from NWICG Technical Committee	Dewitt Latimer - Deputy CIO, Deputy CIO (Assistant VP/Assistant Provost) and Chief Technology Officer, University of Notre Dame
1:00 pm	-	1:30 pm	Breakout Sessions	Peter Kogge - Associate Dean of Engineering for Research, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
1:30 pm	-	2:00 pm	The Atomistic Modeling Groups	Edward Maginn - Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Participants

Mark Alber	Math, University of Notre Dame
Daniel Aliaga	Assistant Professor/Computer Science, Computer Science, Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy Ashenfelter	Physics, University of Notre Dame
Kathleen Ashenfelter	Psychology, University of Notre Dame
Brian Baker	Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Notre Dame
A. Laszlo Barabasi	Professor, Physics, University of Notre Dame
Gary Bertoline	AVP Discovery Resources/Professor CPT, ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Nathan Bohlman	IT Information Analysis, Purdue University West Lafayette
Steve Boker	Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Notre Dame
Paul Brenner	Student, CSE, University of Notre Dame
LeRoy Castle	University of Notre Dame
David Cavalieri	Research Specialist, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Cesar Cedena	Student, CBE, University of Notre Dame
Sanatu Chatterjee	Student, CSE, University of Notre Dame
Frank Collins	Director, Biology, University of Notre Dame
Kathy Davis	CEO, Global Access Point, Argonne National Laboratory
Thomas Downar	Professor, Nuclear Engineering/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
J. C. Ducom	Associate Professional Specialist, Science Computing, University of Notre Dame
Sebastien Goasguen	Research Scientist, ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael Hildreth	Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Notre Dame
Christoph Hoffmann	Professor, Computer Science/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
Jeff Kantor	Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Dan Karmgard	Physics, University of Notre Dame
Peter Kogge	Associate Dean of Engineering for Research, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Robert Kramer	Director, Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center, Purdue University Calumet
Dewitt Latimer	Deputy CIO, Deputy CIO (Assistant VP/Assistant Provost) and Chief Technology Officer, University of Notre Dame
Bruce Loftis	IT Discovery Resources - HPC, Purdue University West Lafayette
Bob Long	Director of Data Network, ITI Networks, Purdue University West Lafayette
Tom Loughran	University of Notre Dame
Yuhui Lu	EE, University of Notre Dame
Gitta Lubke	Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Notre Dame
Peder Maarbjerb	Argonne National Laboratory
Greg Madey	Professional Specialist, CSE, University of Notre Dame
Krishna Madhavan	Research Scientist/Teaching-Learning, IT Discovery Resources, Purdue University West Lafayette
Edward Maginn	Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Chris Maziar	VP and Associate Provost, VP and Associate Provost, University of Notre Dame
Dwight McKay	Director of Systems Engineering, Rosen Center, Purdue University West Lafayette
Samy Meroueh	Chemistry, University of Notre Dame
Patrick Mooney	Physics, University of Notre Dame
Norbert Neumeister	Assistant Professor, Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette
George Nnanna	ME, Purdue University Calumet
Liz Osika	Director of User Services, User Services, Purdue University Calumet
Sam Paolucci	AME, University of Notre Dame
Joe Powers	AME, University of Notre Dame
Jeanne Romero-Severson	Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Lynda Rose	University of Notre Dame
Faisal Saied	Senior Research Scientist, CRI/ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Susan Sakimoto	CEGEOS, University of Notre Dame
Bill Schneider	Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Jeff Schwab	IT Discovery Resources, Purdue University West Lafayette
Tony Serianni	Chemistry, University of Notre Dame
Doug Sharp	CIO, Purdue University Calumet
Shawn Slavin	Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Purdue University Calumet
Mark Stadtherr	University of Notre Dame
Rich Sudlow	HPCC, University of Notre Dame
In-Saeng Suh	HPCC, University of Notre Dame
John Sullivan	Professor-AAE/Nuclear Engr./Dir. of CAM, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University West Lafayette
Doug Thain	Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Jana Whitington	Computer Graphics, Purdue University Calumet
Bill Whitson	IT Discovery Resources, Research Computing, Purdue University West Lafayette
Olaf Wiest	Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Gordon Wishon	University of Notre Dame
Justin Wosniak	CSE, University of Notre Dame
Haizhong Zhang	CBE, University of Notre Dame
Helen Zhao	CS, Purdue University Calumet

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