Networking Resources for Collaborative Research in the Southeast

June 3-5, 1998

Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technologies (GCATT)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

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Sponsored by:

Research Competitiveness Program

Leadership Development Conferences

Southeastern Universities Research Association

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National Computational Science Alliance

Conference Agenda

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Wednesday, June 3

9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome

• Scott Hauger, Director, Research Competitiveness Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Dennis Barnes, President, Southeastern Universities Regional Association (SURA)
• Melanie Loots, Associate Director, National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA)

9:15 - 9:30

Introduction of Conference Concept

• Robert Rich, Senior Program Associate, AAAS

Plenary Session 1: Characterization of New Network Resources

9:30 - 10:15

Recent developments in networking nationwide

• Doug Van Houweling, President, University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)

10:15 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:00

Southern Crossroads and other regional networking initiatives

• Ron Hutchins, Director, Engineering, Office of Information Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:00 - 11:30

Local networks and middleware

• Peggy Davis, Director, North Carolina Research and Education Network

11:30 - 12:00

Southeastern Partnership for Shared Computer Resources (SEPSCoR)

• John Connolly, Director, Kentucky Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky

12:00 - 1:30

Luncheon: Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence

• Juris Hartmanis, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Breakout Session 1: National Priorities

Breakout groups in:

Environmental Hydrology

• Session Chair: S. Rocky Durrans, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
• Facilitator: Joanne Carney, AAAS
• Panelists:

David R. Maidment, University of Texas at Austin, Center for Research in Water Resources

Jeffrey T. Armbruster, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division, Southeastern Region

Molecular Biology

• Session Chair: Jerzy Leszczynski, Jackson State University
• Facilitator: Robert Rich and Kei Koizumi, AAAS
• Panelists:

Stanley Burt, Head, Scientific Applications Group, Federick Biomedical Supercomputing Center, National Cancer Institute

Jiri Sponer, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic

Charles Liarakos, Deputy Division Director, Directorate for Biological Sciences, NSF

Cosmology

• Session Chair: John F. Hawley, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia
• Facilitator: Ed Derrick, AAAS
• Panelists:

Greg Bryan, Princeton University Observatory

Joel Tohline, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

Sethanne Howard, Division of Astronomical Sciences, National Science Foundation

Chemical Engineering

• Session Chair: Thomas R. Hanley, Dean, Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville
• Facilitator: Sue Fratkin, SURA

Nanomaterials

• Session Chair: Sokrates Pantelides, William A. and Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University
• Facilitator: J. Scott Hauger, AAAS
• Panelists:

Uzi Landman, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Bernard Cooper, Department of Physics, West Virginia University

Frederick H.Streitz, Department of Physics, Auburn University

Shi-Yu Wu, Department of Physics, University of Louisville

Aichiro Nakano, Department of Physics, Louisiana State University

Vijay John, National Science Foundation.

1:30 - 2:15

Distinguished speaker

2:15 - 2:45

Federal Agency Representative

2:45 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 3:30

Regional Research Leader

3:30 - 4:30

Discussion

5:30 - 6:30

Networking Caucus: For those interested in advancing network connectivity

Co-Chairs:

• Dan Van Belleghem, Program Manager, NSF
• Melanie Loots, NCSA
• Bonnie Neas, Great Plains Network and North Dakota State University

7:00 - 8:30

Dinner and Keynote Address: New Collaborations

• Sid Karin, Director, National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego

Thursday, June 4

Plenary Session 2: Enabling Technologies

8:30 - 9:00 am

Distributed Applications Support

• Jim Ferguson, National Laboratory for Advanced Network Research (NLANR)

9:00 - 9:30

Parallel Computing - It is Easier Than You Think!

• Jim Browne, University of Texas, Austin

9:30 - 10:00

Distributed Computing

• Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory

10:00 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 10:45

Using VR Collaboratively

• Rachel Brady, NCSA

10:45 - 11:05

Computing Tools

• Marek Podgorny, Syracuse University

11:05 - 11:30

Interactive Scientific Programming

• Greg Eisenhauer, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:30 - 1:30 pm

Research & Tools Poster Session and Demos

Tours of GCATT Labs (Pre-registration required)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Box Lunches Available

Breakout Session 2: Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration

1:30-2:45, 3:00 - 4:30

Discussions with goal of identifying new areas for research, opportunities for new alliances and how networking could assist in the research.

2:45 - 3:00

Break

5:00 - 6:00

Computing Tools Caucus - How to meet identified research needs

Primarily for network tool providers to discuss research into new tools.

Chairs:

• John Connolly, University of Kentucky
• Ken Bishop, University of Kansas

(Dinner Thursday will be on your own.)

Friday, June 5

Breakout Session 3: Development of Action Plans

8:30 - 9:45 am

Discussion in small groups identified in session # 2 for collaborative proposals.

9:45 - 10:00 am

Break

Concluding Plenary Session

Moderators:

• Scott Hauger, AAAS
• Robert Rich, AAAS

10:00 - 11:00

Reports of action plans by discipline

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Identification of follow up activities and initiation of interdisciplinary discussion

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