Northwest Indiana Computational Grid - NWICG Inaugural Workshop (March 8-9, 2005)

NWICG Inaugural Workshop (March 8-9, 2005)

March 8, 2005

12:00 pm	-	1:00 pm	Welcome	Peter Kogge - Associate Dean of Engineering for Research, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
1:00 pm	-	1:30 pm	Network for Compuational Nanotechnology	Gerhard Klimeck - Professor, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette
1:30 pm	-	2:00 pm	Using the Communication, Computational, Storage, and Visualization capabilities of the NWICG to enhance energy supply options, reliability, and economics	Robert Kramer - Director, Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center, Purdue University Calumet
2:00 pm	-	2:30 pm	Determining Thermophysical Properties of New Materials via Molecular Modeling	Edward Maginn - Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
2:30 pm	-	3:00 pm	Design Optimization in a Grid Environment	Christoph Hoffmann - Professor, Computer Science/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
3:30 pm	-	4:00 pm	First Light at Argonne's BG/L System	Bill Gropp - Associate Div. Director & Senior Computer Scientist, MCS Argonne
4:00 pm	-	4:30 pm	Large Scale data: biometric and video surveillance	Patrick Flynn - Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
4:30 pm	-	6:00 pm	Envision Center Tour	Steve Dunlop - EOTMU Project Director, Envision Center, Purdue University West Lafayette
7:00 pm	-	9:00 pm	Dinner presentation	Bill Gropp - Associate Div. Director & Senior Computer Scientist, MCS Argonne

March 9, 2005

8:15 am	-	8:45 am	Analyzing massive data from the Large Hadron Collider	Norbert Neumeister - Assistant Professor, Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette
8:45 am	-	9:15 am	Grid computing for High Energy Phyics in the LHC Era	Michael Hildreth - Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Notre Dame
9:15 am	-	9:45 am	Building Cellular Interaction Databases: Analysis, Synthesiss, and Interfaces	Ananth Grama - Associate Professor, Computer Science, Purdue University West Lafayette
9:45 am	-	10:15 am	The Numercial Nuclear Reactor for High-Fidelity Integrated Simulation of Neutronics, Thermal-Hydraulic, and Therom-Mechanical Phenomena	Thomas Downar - Professor, Nuclear Engineering/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
10:45 am	-	11:15 am	Multiscale Modeling in Environmental and Biological Systems	Olaf Wiest - Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

Participants

Gary Bertoline	AVP Discovery Resources/Professor CPT, ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Daniela Bortoletto	Professor, Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette
Jim Bottum	Vice President/Information Technology, ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Thomas Downar	Professor, Nuclear Engineering/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
Rudi Eigenmann	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette
Patrick Flynn	Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Curt Freeland	Associate Professional Specialist, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Ananth Grama	Associate Professor, Computer Science, Purdue University West Lafayette
Bill Gropp	Associate Div. Director & Senior Computer Scientist, MCS Argonne
Michael Hildreth	Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Notre Dame
Christoph Hoffmann	Professor, Computer Science/CRI Co-Director, Purdue University West Lafayette
Gerhard Klimeck	Professor, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette
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
Edward Maginn	Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Jyoti Mathur	Educational Programs Coordinator, CRI, Purdue University West Lafayette
Norbert Neumeister	Assistant Professor, Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette
Faisal Saied	Senior Research Scientist, CRI/ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Mohamed Sayeed	Research Programmer, CRI/ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Mike Shuey	HPC Tech Arch, ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Rick Smith	AVP Private Sector Prog., ITaP, Purdue University West Lafayette
Doug Thain	Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Easy Sharing of NWICG Resources through iShare
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Docking, Virtual Screening and MD in Drug Discovery
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September 11 WTC Attack Simulations Using LS-Dyna
The graphics group used professional animation and visualization tools to bring the simulation results of the 9/11 attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center to life. Still images, papers, and animations are available here: … [more]
On-Line Biometric Data Repository
The biometrics research group at Notre Dame conducts (with support from DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, NSF, ITIC, DOJ, and UNISYS) cutting-edge research and performance evaluation of multibiometric systems. Notre Dame currently hosts the largest open research … [more]
Enhancing Electric System Reliability and Communications with the NWICG
This proposal seeks to conduct research and developmental activities to assist in enhancing reliability and communications for the interconnected electric transmission network. As evidenced by the huge financial and personal losses resulting from … [more]
Large-scale Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Novel Nano-ceramic Matrix Composites
One of the key focus areas in the nanomaterials technology is the development of nanocrystalline materials with desired improvements in the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. Examples of such nanomaterials are nanocrystalline Al, Cu, … [more]
PURE-NX
We propose developing PURE-NX: a real-time remote rendering and interactive visualization platform for Doppler weather radar data. PURE-NX allows users to interactively access, analyze, and visualize remote 3-D data. Moreover, such a system is … [more]
Parallel 3D Cellular Potts Model Package and its Applications
Morphogenesis is one of three fundamental mechanisms of developmental biology along with cell growth and differentiation. Understanding morphogenesis requires understanding the processes which control the spatial distribution of cells during … [more]
High-performance Grid Computing Support for Detection, Identification, and Tracking in Sensor-Cyber
Detection, identification, and tracking (DIT) problems that arise in applications such as perimeter surveillance for suspected group activities or detection/assessment of radiation and chemical dispersions, require capabilities beyond those of … [more]
Need for Grid Computing in High Energy Physics
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to be completed in 2007, will smash particles, protons to protons with nearly the speed of light to create conditions that occurred a few seconds after the Big Bang. These collisions will happen at an unprecedented … [more]
Enabling Scientific Collaboration using Application-Level Multicast
Scientific collaboration applications such as large-scale reliable transfer of data to multiple sites, web-service notification, and video conferencing (e.g. Access Grid) require the ability to efficiently disseminate high-bandwidth content to a … [more]
A Distributed Active Storage Testbed for Scientific Applications on NWICG
Users with large computing needs have easy access to an enormous array of CPUs via systems such as the TeraGrid, the Open Science Grid, and (soon) NWICG. However, users of these systems are almost universally constrained by the performance of … [more]
Computational Models of Star Cluster Evolution
Star clusters in the Galaxy come in several varieties, ranging primarily in their size (number of stars) and distribution within the Galactic gravitational potential. A proper understanding of the observational results of star clusters requires … [more]