{"50969":{"#nid":"50969","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Focuses on Experimental Systems and Computational Sciences at SC09","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETechnical papers, leadership activities and a research showcase round out active presence at leading high-performance computing conference\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA \u2013 November 11, 2009 \u2013 The Georgia Institute of Technology, an emerging leader in high-performance computing research and education, will be showcasing scientific research at the technical edge at next week\u0027s SC09, the international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis scheduled for Nov. 14-20, 2009, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. An SC09 best paper nomination for work in computational biology, a new GPU based experimental HPC system in the works, and expert presence across a range of hardware, software and application domains are just some of the ways Georgia Tech will feature multidisciplinary, cross-industry research efforts focusing on computational scientific discovery and sustainable high-performance computing (HPC). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At Georgia Tech, we have a history of tackling new frontiers with the realities of future needs in mind,\u0022 said Dr. Mark Allen, senior vice provost for Research and Innovation at Georgia Tech. \u0022As we look to high-performance computing to drive advanced breakthroughs in science, health, energy and other industries, true leaders in this field will emerge only by rethinking current systems and developing new computational methods that address today\u0027s challenges with massive data processing and energy-efficiency. Georgia Tech welcomes SC09 attendees to visit our booth, meet our researchers, and observe our work to expand the capabilities of the computational science community.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe papers and presentations outlined below will feature leading-edge Georgia Tech research, including the recently announced NSF Track 2 award, new research grants under the NSF Industry \u0026amp; University Cooperative Research program, and numerous NSF PetaApps awards.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Papers\/Poster Sessions\/Panels\/Birds-of-a-Feather\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETechnical papers, panels, poster sessions and Birds-of-a-Feather discussions featuring researchers from Georgia Tech include (activities held at the Oregon Convention Center unless otherwise noted):\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETECHNICAL PAPER: A Massively Parallel Adaptive Fast-Multipole Method on Heterogeneous Architectures (Best Paper Nominee) \u2013 presented on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 3:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. in Room PB255\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s George Biros, Ilya Lashuk, Aparna Chandramowlishwaran, Harper Langston, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Rahul Sampath, Aashay Shringarpure, and Rich Vuduc are co-authors on this paper that presents new scalable algorithms and a new implementation of our kernel-independent fast multipole method, employing both distributed memory parallelism (via MPI) and shared memory\/streaming parallelism (via GPU acceleration) to rapidly evaluate two-body non-oscillatory potentials.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETECHNICAL PAPER: SCAMPI: A Scalable Cam-based Algorithm for Multiple Pattern Inspection \u2013 presented on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 2:00 p.m. \u2013 2:30 p.m. in Room PB255\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Virat Agarwal (joint appointment with IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) is a co-author on this paper that presents SCAMPI, a ground-breaking string searching algorithm that is fast, space-efficient, scalable and resilient to attacks.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETECHNICAL PAPER: Age Based Scheduling for Asymmetric Multiprocessors \u2013 presented on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 2:30 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m. in Room PB255\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Nagesh B. Lakshminarayana, Jaekyu Lee and Hyesoon Kim are co-authors on this paper that proposes a new policy, Age based scheduling, that improves scheduling multithreaded applications in asymmetric multiprocessors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPANEL: Preparing the World for Ubiquitous Parallelism \u2013 Friday, Nov. 20, from 10:30 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m. in Room PB252\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Matthew Wolf will moderate a panel discussion, composed of a diverse set of industry and academic representatives, that presents and discusses the abstractions, models, and (re-)training necessary to move parallel programming into a broad audience.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPOSTER: Cellule: Lightweight Execution Environment for Virtualized Accelerators \u2013 presented on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 5:15 p.m. \u2013 7:00 p.m. in the Oregon Ballroom Lobby\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Vishakha Gupta, Priyanka Tembey, Ada Gavrilovska and Karsten Schwan present this poster that presents Cellule, which uses virtualization to create a high performance, low noise self-contained execution environments for the Cell processor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER: Cray XMT Massively Multithreaded Architecture- Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 10:30 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m. in the Roosevelt Conference Room, Doubletree Hotel\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s David A. Bader, David Ediger, Karl Jiang, and Jason Riedy will participate in this Birds-of-a-Feather to discuss characterizing and analyzing massive Spatio-Temporal Interaction Networks and Graphs (STING)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER: Accelerating Discovery in Science and Engineering through Petascale Simulations and Analysis: The NSF PetaApps Program \u2013 Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m. in Room D133-134\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s David A. Bader and George Biros will participate in this Birds-of-a-Feather update on recently-awarded NSF PetaApps research projects.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESC09 EDUCATION PROGRAM: \u0022Think Parallel\u0022 broadcast \u2013 Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 3:00 p.m.\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Matthew Wolf will be featured in a \u0022Think Parallel\u0022 web broadcast, a bi-weekly half-hour interview of experts in the education, government, and industry to explore how best to integrate parallel architectures, algorithms, and programming into the undergraduate computer science curriculum. \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBooth Events and Activities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers and staff will be on hand at Booth 132 to demonstrate and discuss the latest innovations in high-performance computing research. The Georgia Tech research display will feature updates on current research projects, video conversations with Georgia Tech experts in high performance computing, and an interactive display unlike any other \u2013 a virtual field trip to the world\u0027s largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium. Utilizing a high bandwidth (1Gbps) channel connecting the Aquarium to the SC09 show floor, visitors to the Georgia Tech booth will be able to interact with researchers, fish and other marine creatures live through this one-of-a-kind tradeshow experience. \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESC09 Leadership Activities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorge Biros and Rich Vuduc, Computational Science and Engineering division, are members of the Technical Papers Applications Area Committee.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGeorge Biros is a member of the Doctoral Showcase Committee.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAda Gavrilovska, School of Computer Science, is a member of the Technical Papers Architecture\/Network Area Committee.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EJeffrey Vetter, joint appointment to Georgia Tech\u2019s Computer Science and Engineering division and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is a member of the Technical Papers Storage Area Committee.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDavid A. Bader, Computational Science and Engineering division, is a member of the Posters Algorithms Committee.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERelated News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/grant-to-develop-petascale-computational-tools-could-revolutionize-understanding-of-genomic-evolution\u0022\u003EGrant to Develop Petascale Computational Tools Could Revolutionize Understanding of Genomic Evolution\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-launches-experimental-green-it-initiative\u0022\u003EGT Launches Experimental Green IT Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E top public universities, Georgia Tech\u0027s more than 20,000 students are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech is among the nation\u0027s top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E###\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor more information, contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStefany Wilson\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.7253\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stefany@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Estefany@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA \u2013 November 11, 2009 \u2013 The Georgia Institute of Technology, an\nemerging leader in high-performance computing research and education,\nwill be showcasing scientific research at the technical edge at next\nweek\u0027s SC09, the international conference on high-performance\ncomputing, networking, storage and analysis scheduled for Nov. 14-20,\n2009, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:39:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:20","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}