1. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#1 DOE2000 Directions - M2 group Members –Larry Rahn, SNLLarry Allard, ORNL –George Chin, PNNLTerry Disz, ANL –Debbie Gracio, PNNLJim Kohl, ORNL –Dan Quinlan, LLNLJohn Reynders, LANL –Bill Saphir, LBNLSteve Wright, ANL

2. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#2 DOE2000 Directions - M2 group Process First we discussed (for 8 hours...) –Program structure, technical goals –Challenges –Current program issues –DOE 2000 added value –Generally exchanged information, philosophies Then we finally answered A, B, & C

3. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#3 High-level priorities Promote interoperability/component specifications (e.g., CCA) Preserve unique DOE2k approach to complement SSI Identify new opportunities to exploit our approach to software development

4. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#4 Priorities for program structure Projects must be well defined Finite-time development cycle Follow-on funding for maintenance of successful projects Develop process for distributing DOE software Open source (www.opensource.org/osd.html) Uniform practice for DOE2k

5. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#5 DOE 2k project selection criteria Enhance software tools to be: Interoperable Portable Reusable Multi-application Highly leveragable High performance on parallel architecture

6. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#6 Priorities for collaboratory projects Close interaction of pilot projects with tool development to address needs Electronic notebook critical component Pilots need to incorporate more tools New mechanisms for pilot-tool collab. Document pilot tool integration to guide development of new collaboratories

7. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#7 New application opportunities - 1 Grid generation tools AMR Wide area group collaboration Collaborative Visualization Collaborative Problem Solving Environments Data management and mining

8. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#8 New application opportunities -2 New numerical methods -> performance Uncertainty analysis- Stochastic optimization, Sensitivity analysis, automatic diff. Also possible Visualization tools Eigen solvers

9. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#9 Coordinating with other agencies Technical activities NASA Ames - –Grid generation tools –Astrobiology Inst. -> Collabative tool devel. NASA, DARPA, NSF - –Post Doc(ument) for collaborative document generation NASA –PACI partners -Grids, integration frameworks –Education and lab involvement

10. DOE 2000 PI Retreat, 3/8-10/99, M2 report out Slide#10 Coordinating with other agencies Technical activities (cont’d) NIH - Telemicroscopy project NSF - Meta NEOS (Globus, optimization) NSF - SSI program in Human-Comp. Inter. Collaboration mechanisms Shared tools (NASA Grid from CAD) Site visits for awareness PACI partners alliance meetings