. "Appendix B: Agendas of Committee Meetings." The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
11:15
Discussion of study tasks and scope
George Strawn, NSF chief information officer and chair of NITRD steering group for the study (presenter)
Sally Howe, NCO/NITRD associate director
12:15 p.m.
Working lunch
1:00
Initial thoughts from the computational science and engineering subgroup of the committee (Choudhary, Colella, Head-Gordon, Wooley) on the context, scope, and goals of the study.
Discussion leader: Phil Colella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1:45
Plenary discussion of the charge, definitions, scope, plan of work, audience(s), and desired outcomes of the study and desired outcomes of the study
2:45
Break
3:00
Overview of the important scientific and technological problems in astrophysics
Christopher McKee, University of California at Berkeley (by speakerphone)
4:00
NSF perspectives on the study
Arden Bement, NSF director
Note: NSF’s perspective is included as an example of an agency that relies on high-end computing. This does not imply that the study will focus preferentially on NSF interests.
4:30
Open discussion of the role of high-end computing in science and engineering
