Workshop on the Frontiers of Computational Science and Engineering at Caltech
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 8:30am-4pm
Rock Auditorium, Broad 100
Hosted by the Center for Advanced Computing Research
NOW AVAILABLE: Video Streams of the workshop talks and panel sessions
Workshop Executive Summary (PDF)
The Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR) hosted a Workshop on the Frontiers of Computational Science and Engineering at Caltech on Saturday, November 18. The goal of this forward-looking workshop was to help develop a strategic vision for further developments of computationally enabled research, Institute-wide. Computation is playing an increasingly important and enabling role in all fields of science and engineering. We see a need to develop a coherent approach, share experiences, and leverage multiple investments already made by many groups. The event was primarily intended for faculty, research staff, senior administrators, and post-docs.
Workshop Chairs: Mark Stalzer George Djorgovski
Workshop Description: The goal of this workshop is to highlight the broad range of CS&E efforts at Caltech, and to identify some specific actions to help build and support the campus CS&E community. This is intended to be a forward-looking workshop, with the main theme being what can we do together to assume leadership in some approaches to e-Science? A related theme is how can CACR best serve the Caltech community as a catalyst, matchmaker, or forum for exchange of ideas and experiences across many different disciplines in CS&E?
The format is eleven 15-minute talks by current practitioners of CS&E at Caltech. After lunch, there will be two panel discussions on commonalities and strategic directions. The speakers have been asked to cover some of the following specific questions:
- Briefly describe their CS&E activities
- What is going well and not so well in their CS&E approach
- What are some outstanding challenges
- Do they see any potential interactions with other CS&E groups on campus, and
- What are the impacts of CS&E on Caltech's education mission?
The focus is not the provisioning and operation of high-performance computing facilities, although this will necessarily be a topic of discussion. Rather, the primary intent is to explore ways that e-Science and CS&E can have a broader impact at Caltech.
Agenda:
The workshop description and agenda is also available in a printable PDF file here. To view the video streams you will need to download Real Player.
8:30 - 9:00 |
Coffee |
9:00 - 9:15 |
Opening Remarks: Ideas Behind this Workshop |
9:15 - 9:30 |
CACR: Its History, Status, and Future Plans |
9:30 - 9:45 |
Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Materials |
9:45 - 10:00 |
DANSE: Distributed Data Analysis for Neutron Scattering |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Modeling of Functional Changes and Enzymatic Reactions in Cells |
10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45 - 11:00 |
Networking and Grids for High Energy Physics and the Large Hadron Collider |
11:00 - 11:15 |
How to Build a Virtual Observatory |
11:15 - 11:30 |
Simulation of Extreme Spacetimes |
11:30 - 11:45 |
Integrated Large-Scale Modeling and Simulation at JPL: A Recent Appraisal |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Spectral-Element and Adjoint Methods in Computational Seismology |
12:00 - 12:15 |
First Principles Prediction of Materials and Proteins |
12:15 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
1:15 - 2:15 |
Panel Discussion: What are the Commonalities?
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2:15 - 2:30 |
Coffee Break |
2:30 - 3:30 |
Panel Discussion: Strategic Trends and Future Directions
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3:30 - 3:45 |
Summary Comments |
3:45 |
Adjourn |
The workshop description and agenda is also available in a printable PDF file here. |
