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Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications

WORKSHOP I: AN ASSESSMENT OF HPCC AND APPLICATION NEEDS

AGENDA

Monday, August 15, 1994

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-8:45

Welcoming Remarks and Introductions

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University, Steering Committee Chair

8:45-9:45

Relationships: High-Performance Computing, National Information Infrastructure, and the Internet

  • Thomas Kalil, National Economic Council (via video)

9:45-10:30

Technology Status and Directions: Internet—The Once and Future Network

  • David Farber, University of Pennsylvania

10:30-10:45

Break and Informal Discussions

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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10:45-12:15 p.m.

Applications and Needs in Information Delivery and Services

  • Daniel Schutzer, Citibank
  • Clifford Lynch, University of California

12:15-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:45

Applications and Needs in Medical Care

  • James Ostell, National Library of Medicine
  • Joel Saltz, University of Maryland

2:45-3:00

Break and Informal Discussion

3:00-4:30

Applications and Needs in Design and Manufacturing

  • David Jack, The Boeing Company
  • Peter Will, Information Sciences Institute

4:30-5:30

Assessment and Discussion of Common Needs

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University

5:30

Reception and Dinner

Tuesday, August 16, 1994

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:00

Technology Status and Directions: The Emerging Global Digital Library (Including Mosaic Demonstration)

  • Larry Smarr, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

9:00-9:30

Technology Status and Directions: Computer Architectures and Hardware

  • John Hennessy, Stanford University
  • Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company

9:30-9:45

Break and Informal Discussions

9:45-10:45

Technology Status and Directions: Operating Systems

  • Brian Bershad, University of Washington Distributed and Heterogeneous Systems
  • Clifford Neuman, University of Southern California
  • Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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10:45-11:00

Break and Informal Discussions

11:00-11:45

Technology Status and Directions: Computing Environments

  • Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Languages, Compilers, and Application Development Tools
  • Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University
  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University

11:45-1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00-2:15

Middle Layer Services and Application Needs

  • William Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Randy Katz, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

2:15-2:30

Break and Informal Discussions

2:30-3:45

Privacy, Authentication, and Security in Network Commerce

  • Clifford Neuman, University of Southern California
  • Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:45-4:00

Break and Informal Discussions

4:00-5:00

Application Needs and Research Directions

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University

5:00-7:30

Dinner

Wednesday, August 17, 1994

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:30

Building the Needed Infrastructure

  • Leonard Kleinrock, University of California, Los Angeles
Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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9:30-10:15

Government Applications of the Developing Infrastructure

  • Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey

10:15-10:30

Break and Informal Discussions

10:30-11:45

Overall Application Critique of Technical Status and Directions

  • Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University

11:45-12:30 p.m.

Summation, Future Activities, and Workshop Closing

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University

12:30

Lunch and Adjourn

Participants

Robert Aiken, Department of Energy

Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Brian Bershad, University of Washington

Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey

David Farber, University of Pennsylvania

Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University

Dennis Gannon, Indiana University

Robert Haar, General Motors Research Laboratories

Stephen Haynes, West Publishing Company

John Hennessy, Stanford University

David Jack, The Boeing Company

Richard Johnson, Booz-Allen & Hamilton

Thomas Kalil, National Economic Council

Randy Katz, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Ken Kennedy, Rice University

Leonard Kleinrock, University of California, Los Angeles

Clifford Lynch, Office of the President, University of California

Robert Neches, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Clifford Neuman, University of Southern California

James Ostell, National Library of Medicine

Judith Ozbolt, University of Virginia

Merrell Patrick, National Science Foundation

Friedrich Prinz, Carnegie Mellon University

Al Rosenheck, Congressional Fellow

Paul Rubbert, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

Joel Saltz, University of Maryland

William Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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Daniel Schutzer, Citibank

Henry D. Shay, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Larry Smarr, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company

Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul Tang, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

John Toole, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Jan Tulinius, Rockwell International

J. Douglas Tygar, Carnegie Mellon University

Peter Will, University of Southern California

William Wulf, University of Virginia

Paul Young, National Science Foundation

WORKSHOP II: HPCC AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Agenda

Monday, June 12, 1995

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:00

Opening Remarks

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University, Steering Committee Chair
  • John Hwang, Federal Emergency Management Agency

9:00-10:00

Damage Assessment and Response Modeling

  • Robert Kehlet, Defense Nuclear Agency

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-11:15

Sensors, Data, and Modeling

  • Kelvin Droegemeier, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma

11:15-12:15 p.m.

Interoperability, Command and Control

  • Don Eddington, Naval Research and Development Laboratory

12:15-1:15

Lunch

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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1:15-2:45

Field Applications: Emergency Response and Instant Administration

  • David Kehrlein, Office of Emergency Services, State of California
  • James Beauchamp, Deployable Joint Task Force Augmentation Cell, CINCPAC

2:45-3:00

Discussion and Charge to Working Groups

  • Steering Committee

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-5:30

Working Group Sessions 1. Data and Communications: Sensors, Networks, Interconnectivity, Security

  • Moderators: Vinton Cerf, MCI Telecommunications Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2. Analysis and Computation: Modeling and Simulation, Validation, Integration
  • Moderators: Ken Kennedy, Rice University Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company 3. Interpretation and Action: Decision Support, Human Interaction, Information Management
  • Moderators: Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University

5:30

Reception and Dinner

Tuesday, June 13, 1995

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:30

Preliminary Reports from Working Groups

  • Nature of the Crisis Management Information and Communications Problem
  • Unmet Needs of the Crisis Management Community in Computing and Communications
  • Emerging Opportunities for New Technology Development
Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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9:30-12:00 p.m.

Working Group Sessions

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-2:30

Working Group Sessions

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-4:00

Final Reports by Working Groups

  • Refined Statement of Unmet Computing and Communications Needs
  • Possibilities for (A) Incremental Improvements and (B) "Breakthrough" Applications Enabled by Advances in Computing and Communications Power, Integration, Ease of Use, and Wide Availability
  • High-potential HPCC Research Opportunities to Meet Crisis Management Needs

4:00-5:15

Discussion, Synthesis, and Assignment of Research Priorities

5:15-5:30

Next Steps and Adjourn

Participants

W. Richards Adrion, University of Massachusetts

Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

David Austin, Edgewater, Md.

Madeleine Bates, BBN Systems and Technologies

James Beauchamp, U.S. CINCPAC (U.S. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command)

Donald Brown, University of Virginia

Bernd Bruegge, Carnegie Mellon University

William Buzbee, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Vinton G. Cerf, MCI Telecommunications

Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey

Nicole Dash, University of Delaware

Larry Davis, University of Maryland

Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma

Daniel Duchamp, Columbia University

Don Eddington, Naval Research and Development Laboratory

Richard Entlich, Institute for Defense Analyses

Robert Fleming, Naval Research and Development Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University

Peter Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Victor Frost, University of Kansas

Roger Ghanem, State University of New York, Buffalo

Egill Hauksson, California Institute of Technology

Charles J. Henkin, CNA Corporation

William Hibbard, University of Wisconsin, Madison

John Hwang, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Rajeev Jain, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Kehlet, Defense Nuclear Agency

David Kehrlein, Office of Emergency Services, State of California

Richard A. Kemmerer, University of California, Santa Barbara

Ken Kennedy, Rice University

Paul Kowalski, Unisys Corporation

David Maier, Oregon Graduate Institute

William Mark, Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratories

Lois Clark McCoy, National Institute of Urban Search and Rescue

Walter McKnight, National Communications System

Alan McLaughlin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mary Fran Myers, University of Colorado

Robert Neches, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Peter G. Neumann, SRI International

Judith Ozbolt, University of Virginia

Ira Richer, MITRE Corporation

Steven Roa, Naval Research and Development Laboratory

Joel Saltz, University of Maryland

Charles A. Slocomb, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company

Jonathan Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Steven J. Smith, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joseph Stewart II, MITRE Corporation

Stuart Thorson, Syracuse University

Jonathan Turner, Washington University

Richard Watson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jon Webb, Carnegie Mellon University

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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WORKSHOP III: HPCC RESEARCH AND APPLICATION NEEDS

Agenda

Thursday, August 24, 1995

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-8:45

Opening Remarks

  • Ken Kennedy, Rice University, Steering Committee Chair

8:45-9:45

Application Needs for Advances in HPCC

  • Banking and Commerce, Daniel Schutzer, Citibank
  • Health Care, Joel Saltz, University of Maryland
  • Manufacturing, Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University Presenters will draw from Workshop I and other efforts to establish a baseline for further discussion, focusing on what appears most essential today.

9:45-10:45

Crisis Management Application Needs

  • Overview of Workshop II Findings, Ken Kennedy
  • Crisis Scenarios, Geoffrey Fox; Vinton Cerf,
  • MCI Telecommunications Presentation of one or two crisis scenarios to help guide subsequent discussions. Focus is on identifying problems that stretch the capabilities of HPCC technologies.

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30 p.m.

Research Issues: Computation and Analysis

  • Discussion Leaders: Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company; Ken Kennedy Issues may include, among others: modeling complex phenomena; multidisciplinary simulation and optimization; distributed information systems with prioritized data caching based on meta-data; database verification through simulation and parameter identification; scalable systems; simulation applications in training and planning.
Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:30-3:00

Research Issues: Communications and Sensors

  • Discussion Leaders: Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Vinton Cerf Issues may include, among others: self-configuring, rapidly deployable networks; architectures and network management (e.g., distributed systems with smart sensors and portable workstations; centralized systems with high-bandwidth links); security; reliability; protecting intellectual property; data compression; and other efficiency techniques.

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-4:45

Research Issues: Interpretation and Action

  • Discussion Leaders: Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; Geoffrey Fox; William Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University Issues may include, among others: adaptive user interfaces (flexible, easy to use by nonexperts during crises); multisource and multimedia data fusion; data mining; knowledge extraction and judgment; computer-supported collaborative work.

4:45-5:30

Synthesis and Next Steps

  • Ken Kennedy
  • HPCC Agency Representatives Generalizability of workshop findings across domains and sectors; ordering of findings; research and other possible action items for DARPA and other agencies; relationship of HPCC-based activity to broader initiatives in the federal government and in application domains.

5:30

Reception and Dinner

Participants

Duane Adams, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Robert Aiken, U.S. Department of Energy

Frances Allen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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Yigal Arens, University of Southern California

William Arms, Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Donald Brown, University of Virginia

Vinton G. Cerf, MCI Telecommunications

Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey

David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stephen Cross, Carnegie Mellon University

Walter C. Ermler, U.S. Department of Energy

David Farber, University of Pennsylvania

Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University

Dennis Gannon, Indiana University

David Gunning, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Lee Holcomb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John Hwang, Federal Emergency Management Agency

David Kehrlein, Office of Emergency Services, State of California

Ken Kennedy, Rice University

Thomas Kraay, Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.

Barbara Liskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Teresa F. Lunt, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Clifford Lynch, Office of the President, University of California

Lois Clark McCoy, National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue

Clifford Neuman, University of Southern California

Joel Saltz, University of Maryland

William Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University

Daniel Schutzer, Citibank, N.A.

Allen Sears, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Burton Smith, Tera Computer Company

Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mary Vernon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

John Wroclawski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William Wulf, University of Virginia

Michael J. Zyda, Naval Postgraduate School

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications." National Research Council. 1996. Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5280.
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This book synthesizes the findings of three workshops on research issues in high-performance computing and communications (HPCC). It focuses on the role that computing and communications can play in supporting federal, state, and local emergency management officials who deal with natural and man-made hazards (e.g., toxic spills, terrorist bombings). The volume also identifies specific research challenges for HPCC in meeting unmet technology needs in crisis management and other nationally important application areas, such as manufacturing, health care, digital libraries, and electronic commerce and banking.

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