XSEDE12  Opening  Remarks  Craig  Stewart  

XSEDE12  General  Chair  Execu7ve  Director,  Indiana  University  Pervasive  Technology  Ins7tute  

XSEDE  &  XSEDE12  

•  XSEDE  is  the  eXtreme  Science  &  Engineering  Discovery  Environment  

•  One  organiza7on,  serving  the  na7on  

•  XSEDE12  is  the  first  annual  conference  about  XSEDE  and  about  how  XSEDE  fits  into  the  US  na7onal  and  interna7onal  cyberinfrastructure  

Bridging  from  the  eXtreme  to  the  campus    and  beyond  

•  NSF  funded  centers  have  led  in  the  eXtreme  since  the  origin  of  the  centers  program  in  the  1980s  

•  XSEDE  focuses  on  advanced  digital  cyberinfrastructure  in  research  and  research  educa7on  broadly  and  generally    

•  A  cri7cal  XSEDE  goal:  help  the  NSF  achieve  its  goal  of  a  na7onal,  integrated,  effec7ve  cyberinfrastructure  (Cyberinfrastructure  Framework  for  21st  Century  Science  and  Engineering  -­‐  CIF21)  

•  Bridging  to  the  campus  -­‐-­‐  and  beyond  -­‐-­‐  is  one  of  the  key  dis7nguishing  characteris7cs  of  XSEDE  and  thus  the  theme  for  XSEDE12  

What  makes  XSEDE12  different  •  Focus  on  quality  of  conference  AND  proceedings  (award  winning  speakers,  

informa7ve  and  extensive  proceedings,  record  seXng  aYendance)  •  In  coopera7on  status  with  ACM  SIGAPP  (Special  Interest  Group  on  Applica7ons)  •  XSEDE  and  beyond  

–  SP  Forum  (most  notably  Open  Science  Grid)  –  What  can  XSEDE  as  an  organiza7on  learn  from  the  na7onal  and  interna7onal  

cyberinfrastructure  community?  •  Student  Programs  

–  Open  Science  Grid  school  students  –  XSEDE  Scholars  –  XSEDE  student  volunteers  –  Programming  contest  

•  Focus  on  diversity  writ  large  •  AYen7on  to  impact  on  environment  

This  morning’s  speakers  

Keynote:  Richard  Tapia,    Rice  University  

Plenary:  John  Towns,  NCSA  

Thank  you,  XSEDE12  non-­‐profit  sponsors:  

BRONZE  

SILVER  

Thank  you,  XSEDE12  corporate  sponsors:  

PLATINUM  

GOLD  

SILVER  

BRONZE  

Thanks  to  everyone,  and  especially  •  Key  leads:  Philip  Blood,  Warren  Froelich,  Susan  McKenna,  Kay  Hunt,  Jeff  Gaede,  Randy  Butler,  

Tom  HuYon,  Nancy  Wilkins-­‐Diehr  •  Thanks  to  to  NSF  for  student  /  campus  champion  par7cipa7on  support  via  award  1237393  

and  JeneY  Tillotson  (PI);    Phillip  Blood,  Timothy  Cartwright  (co-­‐PIs)    •  Track  Chairs:  Philip  Blood,  Carlos  Rosales-­‐Fernandez,  Victor  Hazlewood,  Jay  Alameda,  Sandie  

Kappes,  Amy  Apon,  J.  Barr  von  Oehsen,    Mark  Fahey,    Chander  Sehgal  •  Logis7cs  &  Local  Arrangements  Chairs:  Warren  Froelich,  Kay  Hunt,  Randy  Butler,  Amit  

Chourasia,  Susan  Mehringer,  David  Liha,  Tom  Furlani,  JeneY  Tillotson  •  Special  thanks:  Linda  Akli,  ScoY  Lathrop  •  All  of  the  paper,  poster,  tutorial,  panel  presenters  and  authors  •  Everyone  who  reviewed  a  paper,  tutorial,  poster,  or  panel    •  Kenny  Armstrong  and  his  colleagues  at  AVI  for  audio  visual  •  Amy  WaYs,  Alana  Zeiger,  John  Barbier  and  their  colleagues    at  Hotel  Intercon7nental  •  Nina  Paine  •  Donna  Hunt  (President  HMS  Mee7ng  Services)  and  Yvonne  Bean  (Yvonne  Bean  Director,  

Global  Accounts  HelmsBriscoe)  •  Indiana  University  Purchasing  and  Counsel  •  Thanks  to  NSF  for  support  of  XSEDE  via  award  1053575  and  John  Towns  (PI);  Ralph  Roskies,  

Jay  Boisseau,  Nancy  Wilkins-­‐Diehr  (Co-­‐PIs)  •  My  wife  and  family    •  You,  and  your  families    

Allan  Snavely,  1962  -­‐  2012  

HPC  performance  analysis  leader;  key  architect  of  SDSC  Gordon;  finalist  for  Gordon  Bell  Prize    2007  &  2008;  SC09  Storage  Challenge  Award  for  the  design  of  Dash  (predecessor  to  Gordon)  

 Introducing  John  Towns,  XSEDE  PI  

•  John  Towns  is  the  principal  inves7gator  and  project  director  for  XSEDE  and  is  Director,  Collabora7ve  Cyberinfrastructure  Programs  at  NCSA  

•  AT  UIUC  since  1988  –  started  with  NCSA  in  1989  •  His  background  is  in  computa7onal  astrophysics  with  a  focus  

on  applica7on  performance  analysis  •  Volunteer  soccer  coach  

•  Switch  to  John  Towns’  laptop  •  Then  Richard  Tapia’s  laptop  

Enjoy  the  conference  &  the  Windy  City  •  Social  events  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  •  Also  recommended:  Art  Ins7tute  of  Chicago  

(Lichtenstein  retrospec7ve)  and  Field  Museum  (Extreme  Mammals)  

•  Student  volunteers  will  help  direct    •  We  will  begin  Wednesday  @  at  8:00  sharp    •  Discussion  board  –  post  and  read  about  

informal  events  &  breaking  news  go.illinois.edu/xsede12    

•  See  the  yellow  card  in  your  packets  for  network,  twiYer,  schedule  links  

©  Field  Museum  -­‐  Used  with  permission  -­‐  may  not  be  reused  without  permission  from  copyright  holder  

XSEDE12  –  on  with  the  conference!  

•  Cyberinfrastructure  consists  of  computa<onal  systems,  data  and  informa<on  management  systems,  advanced  instruments,  visualiza<on  environments,  and  people,  all  linked  together  by  soAware  and  advanced  networks  to  improve  scholarly  produc<vity  and  enable  knowledge  breakthroughs  and  discoveries  not  otherwise  possible.    

•  We  are  the  people!  •  Our  reach  will  forever  exceed  our  grasp,  but,  in  stretching  our  

horizon,  we  forever  improve  our  world  

Notes  •  Any  opinions,  findings,  and  conclusions  or  

recommenda7ons  expressed  in  this  material  are  those  of  the  author(s)  and  do  not  necessarily  reflect  the  views  of  the  Na7onal  Science  Founda7on  or  XSEDE  leadership.  

•  Please  cite  as:    Stewart,  C.A.  2012.  XSEDE12  opening  remarks.  Presenta7on.  Presented  at  XSEDE12,  Chicago,  IL.  16-­‐20  July  2012  hYp://handle###___  

•  All  slides  (except  where  explicitly  noted)  are  copyright  2012  by  the  Trustees  of  Indiana  University,  and  this  content  is  released  under  the  Crea7ve  Commons  AYribu7on  3.0  Unported  license  (hYp://crea7vecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)