Next Generation HPC Systems and the Grid

10-11 September, 2001

The University of Edinburgh Conference and Training Centre,
11 South College Street, Edinburgh, UK

Sponsored by Sun Microsystems

Full programme for both days now available

Invited Speakers

Tony Hey, Director of the UK e-Science Core Programme, EPSRC

Mike Vildibill, Deputy Director of Resources, San Diego Supercomputer Center

Jarek Nabrzyski, Head of Applications Department, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

Hugh Pilcher-Clayton, Head of High Performance Computing Programme, EPSRC

The Seminar

As part of the UK High End Computing (UKHEC) collaboration, EPCC is organising the Second UKHEC Annual Seminar. This year's event is sponsored by Sun Microsystems.

The annual seminars are intended to provide opportunities for scientists and engineers to keep up to date with the latest high-end computing research in the UK and beyond. The themes for this year's seminar should be particularly topical.

The first day will cover "Programming Next Generation High-End Systems." With EPSRC's HPC(X) procurement due early next year, it is important for prospective users to understand the techniques which have been developed to programme next generation architectures, particularly through ASCI-class SMP clusters.

This will be followed by a day on "Exploiting the Computational Grid." While there is currently a lot of talk (and money!) linked with the Grid, it is still far from clear how users can benefit from it - we will attempt to shine some light on this.

Programme

In addition to the invited speakers above, there will be a number of presentations from the members of the UKHEC Collaboration. See the full programme for further details.

Lunch will be provided on both days and a free evening dinner will be held on Monday 10th September in the Playfair Library at Edinburgh University's Old College. Further details of the evening dinner are available here.

Getting Here

This event will be held at the University of Edinburgh Conference and Training Centre 11 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. Information on getting to the venue can be found here. A copy of an e-mail which was sent to all delegates and which contains some information on the seminar can be found here.

Accommodation

Some delegates will be staying in Pollock Halls of Residence, which is a ten minute walk from the venue. A map of how to get to Pollock halls is shown here.

Other accommodation may be available within the city centre - further details can be found on the tourist board web site.

Registration

Attendance at UKHEC events is free to UK academics. This includes coffee and lunches on both days and evening dinner on Monday 10th September.

This event is now full, as we have reached the maximum capacity of the room. If you wish to attend please fill in the form below and you will be placed on a waiting list.

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Address

Postal address: UKHEC Annual Seminar 2001

EPCC

The University of Edinburgh

James Clerk Maxwell Building

Mayfield Road

Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK

Telephone: +44 131 650 5030

Fax: +44 131 650 6555

E-mail: ukhec-epcc@ukhec.ac.uk