1. Welcome To The 41 st HPC User Forum Meeting April 2011

2. Important Dates For Your Calendar FUTURE HPC USER FORUM MEETINGS: International Meetings:  2011 CEA in France on October 3 and 4  2011 HLRS/University of Stuttgart, October 6 & 7  2012 Imperial College, UK June US Meetings:  2011 September 6 to 8, San Diego, California  2012 April 16 to 17, Richmond, Virginia  2012 September 17 to 19, Dearborn, Michigan

3. Thank You To Our Sponsors! Tuesday:  NASA Tour – Intel and HP  Tuesday Dinner - IBM, Altair Engineering and LSI  SHIRTS - Penguin Computing Wednesday:  Wednesday Breakfast - Mellanox  AM Break - Panasas  Wednesday Lunch - Platform Computing  PM Break - Appro International  Wednesday Dinner - Intel and HP Thursday:  Thursday Break - Adaptive Computing  Thursday Lunch - Bright Computing and General Atomics  PM Break - BlueArc

4. Tuesday Dinner Vendor Updates: 10 Minutes Altair Appro BlueArc Bright Computing Dell General Atomics LSI Mellanox Panasas Platform Virident

5. Welcome To The 41 st HPC User Forum Meeting April 2011

6. Dinner Thanks to: Altair Engineering, IBM and LSI Breakfast Thanks to: Mellanox

7. Thank You To Our Sponsors! Tuesday:  NASA Tour – Intel and HP  Tuesday Dinner - IBM, Altair Engineering and LSI  SHIRTS - Penguin Computing Wednesday:  Wednesday Breakfast - Mellanox  AM Break - Panasas  Wednesday Lunch - Platform Computing  PM Break - Appro International  Wednesday Dinner - Intel and HP Thursday:  Thursday Breakfast - Adaptive Computing  Thursday Lunch - Bright Computing and General Atomics  PM Break - BlueArc

8. Important Dates For Your Calendar FUTURE HPC USER FORUM MEETINGS: International Meetings:  2011 CEA in France on October 3 and 4  2011 HLRS/University of Stuttgart, October 6 & 7  2012 Imperial College, UK June US Meetings:  2011 September 6 to 8, San Diego, California  2012 April 16 to 17, Richmond, Virginia  2012 September 17 to 19, Dearborn, Michigan

9. HPC User Forum Mission To Improve The Health Of The High-performance Computing Industry Through Open Discussions, Information- sharing And Initiatives Involving HPC Users In Industry, Government And Academia Along With HPC Vendors And Other Interested Parties

10. Steering Committee Members Steve Finn, BAE Systems, Chairman Sharan Kalwani, KAUST, Vice Chairman Earl Joseph, IDC, Executive Director Vijay Agarwala, Penn State University Alex Akkerman, Ford Motor Company Doug Ball, The Boeing Company Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames Paul Buerger, Avetec Steve Conway, IDC Research Vice President Jack Collins, National Cancer Institute Jeff Broughton. NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Merle Giles, NSCA/University of Illinois Chris Catherasoo, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory James Kasdorf, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Doug Kothe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Paul Muzio, City University of New York Michael Resch, HLRS, University of Stuttgart Vince Scarafino, Industry Expert Allan Snavely, San Diego Supercomputer Center

11. Introduction: Logistics Ask Mary if you need a receipt We have a very tight agenda (as usual)  Please help us keep on time! Review handouts  Note: We will post most of the presentations on the web site  Please complete the evaluation form

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13. New HPC Innovation Award Program: www.hpcuserforum.com/innovationaward/

14. First awards will be given at ISC:

15. IDC HPC Market Update

16. Top Trends in HPC The global economy in HPC is growing again  2010 grew by 10%, to reach $9.5 billion  We are forecasting 7% to 9% growth in 2011 Major challenges for datacenters  Power, cooling, real estate, system management  Storage and data management continue to grow in importance Software hurdles will rise to the top for most users SSDs will gain momentum and could redefine storage GPUs are seeing real tractions in certain verticals The worldwide Race on Petascale is in full speed

17. 2010 HPC WW Market Results 20092010 WW HPC Server Revenues 8,614,145 9,504,32310.3% WW HPC Units 105,054 119,84514.1% WW HPC Node Volume 1,362,848 1,446,8576.2% Q1Q2Q3Q4 Revenues 2,004,973 2,204,466 2,355,289 2,939,595 9.9%6.8%24.8%

18. HPC Vendor Revenue Shares, 2010

19. Industry/Application Segments 20092010Growth Bio-Sciences 1,171,457 1,240,1275.9% CAE 912,942 1,013,23311.0% Chemical Eng 186,874 193,1323.3% DCC & Dist 477,588 521,7379.2% Econ/Financial 204,762 253,60723.9% EDA / IT / ISV 558,836 594,1876.3% Geosciences 563,817 579,3552.8% Mech Design 75,409 75,316-0.1% Defense 894,248 919,5582.8% Government Lab 1,418,244 1,467,9803.5% University 1,721,368 1,762,7772.4% Weather 371,371 396,7016.8% Other 80,200 98,51522.8%

20. The Broader HPC Market 20092010 Server 8,637,114 9,116,225 Storage 3,022,990 3,328,312 Middleware 1,062,365 1,103,797 Applications 2,971,167 3,164,293 Service 1,658,326 1,727,976 Total 17,351,963 18,440,603

21. HPC Market Forecasts

22. HPC Server Revenue ($K) Forecast 2009 - 2014 200920102011201220132014 CAGR (09-14) Workgroup 1,680,687 1,887,400 2,094,112 2,300,825 2,585,000 2,714,25010.1% Departmental 2,516,253 2,708,998 2,901,743 3,094,488 3,287,233 3,479,9786.7% Divisional 1,070,764 1,129,930 1,189,097 1,248,263 1,307,430 1,366,5965.0% Supercomputer 3,369,410 3,389,896 3,632,520 3,920,716 4,217,767 4,810,3917.4% Total 8,637,114 9,116,225 9,817,472 10,564,292 11,397,430 12,371,2157.5%

23. The Broader HPC Market -- Forecasts 200920102011201220132014 CAGR (09-14) Server 8,637,114 9,116,225 9,817,472 10,564,292 11,397,430 12,371,2157.5% Storage 3,022,990 3,328,312 3,664,472 4,034,583 4,442,076 4,890,72610.1% Middleware 1,062,365 1,103,797 1,146,845 1,191,572 1,238,044 1,286,3273.9% Application Software 2,971,167 3,164,293 3,369,972 3,589,020 3,822,307 4,070,7576.5% Service 1,658,326 1,727,976 1,800,551 1,876,174 1,954,973 2,037,0824.2% Total 17,351,963 18,440,603 19,799,312 21,255,642 22,854,829 24,656,1077.3%

24. Conclusions  2010 was a year of return to healthy growth in the worldwide HPC market  IDC predicts the HPC market will continue growth in 2011 and grow by 7% to 9% in 2011  And then will rebuild to exceed $12 billion by 2014  The recovery will benefit HPC segments unevenly:  With hard-hit verticals such as automotive recovering more slowly than oil and gas, or government and academia  The Supercomputer segment growth will remain turbo-charged by government spending aimed at HPC leadership and “petaflop club” membership

25. Please email: hpc@idc.com Or check out: www.hpcuserforum.com Questions?

26. Agenda: Day One 8:10amWelcome and HPC Market Update, Steve Finn, Sharan Kalwani and Earl Joseph Morning Session Chair: Steve Finn 8:15amHPC in Healthcare/Medicine and in the Life Sciences Semantic Web Technologies on HPC for Life Sciences and Other Domains, Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics The Anton Project at the National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing, Jim Kasdorf, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Public cloud computing in Healthcare, John Considine Gates Foundation Work: Global Risk Informatics, Debra Goldfarb 10:00am Break 10:15amuHPC Program Research Plans 12:00amVendor technology update: Adaptive Computing 12:15pmNetworking Lunch Afternoon Session Chair: Rupak Biswas 1:00pmHPC in Healthcare/Medicine and in the Life Sciences (continued): Generating Petabytes of Medical Data, Keith Cheng, Penn State - Hershey Medical Center Dr Newhauser, MD Anderson 2:00pmTechnical Issues and Concerns in Getting to Exascale, Steve Pawlowski, Intel 2:30pmIBM Technology Update, David Turek 2:45pmPanel and Updates on Industry Outreach Programs, Panel Chair: Merle Giles 3:45pmBreak 4:00pmAlternative Energy Research Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-water Reactors, Tom Evans, ORNL Fusion Simulation: The Problem; the Successes; the Challenges, Lee Berry, ORNL HPC and the U.S. Burning Plasma Organization, Dylan Brennan, University of Tulsa 5:15pmNetworking Break and Time for 1-on-1 Meetings 6:30pm Special Reception and Dinner Event, The Exploration of Mars and the Search for Life, Dr. Everett Gibson, NASA Johnson

27. Lunch Break Thanks to: Platform Computing Please Return Promptly at 1:00pm

28. Thank You Platform Computing For Lunch

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30. Agenda: Day One 8:00amWelcome and HPC Market Update, Steve Finn, Sharan Kalwani and Earl Joseph Morning Session Chair: Steve Finn 8:15amHPC in Healthcare/Medicine and in the Life Sciences Semantic Web Technologies on HPC for Life Sciences and Other Domains, Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics The Anton Project at the National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing, Jim Kasdorf, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Public cloud computing in Healthcare, John Considine Gates Foundation Work: Global Risk Informatics, Debra Goldfarb 10:00am Break 10:15amuHPC Program Research Plans 12:00amVendor technology update: Adaptive Computing 12:15pmNetworking Lunch Afternoon Session Chair: Rupak Biswas 1:00pmHPC in Healthcare/Medicine and in the Life Sciences (continued): Generating Petabytes of Medical Data, Keith Cheng, Penn State - Hershey Medical Center Dr Newhauser, MD Anderson 2:00pmTechnical Issues and Concerns in Getting to Exascale, Steve Pawlowski, Intel 2:30pmIBM Technology Update, David Turek 2:45pmPanel and Updates on Industry Outreach Programs, Panel Chair: Merle Giles 3:45pmBreak 4:00pmAlternative Energy Research Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-water Reactors, Tom Evans, ORNL Fusion Simulation: The Problem; the Successes; the Challenges, Lee Berry, ORNL HPC and the U.S. Burning Plasma Organization, Dylan Brennan, University of Tulsa 5:15pmNetworking Break and Time for 1-on-1 Meetings 6:30pm Special Reception and Dinner Event, The Exploration of Mars and the Search for Life, Dr. Everett Gibson, NASA Johnson

31. Dinner Logistics  Special Dinner Event  Sponsored by Intel and HP

32. Welcome To Day 2 Of The HPC User Forum Meeting

33. Thank You To Our Sponsors! Tuesday:  NASA Tour – Intel and HP  Tuesday Dinner - IBM, Altair Engineering and LSI  SHIRTS - Penguin Computing Wednesday:  Wednesday Breakfast - Mellanox  AM Break - Panasas  Wednesday Lunch - Platform Computing  PM Break - Appro International  Wednesday Dinner - Intel and HP Thursday:  Thursday Breakfast - Adaptive Computing  Thursday Lunch - Bright Computing and General Atomics  PM Break - BlueArc

34. Dinner Thanks to Intel and HP Breakfast Thanks to Adaptive Computing

35. Important Dates For Your Calendar FUTURE HPC USER FORUM MEETINGS: International Meetings:  2011 CEA in France on October 3 and 4  2011 HLRS/University of Stuttgart, October 6 & 7  2012 Imperial College, UK June US Meetings:  2011 September 6 to 8, San Diego, California  2012 April 16 to 17, Richmond, Virginia  2012 September 17 to 19, Dearborn, Michigan

36. Agenda: Day Two 8:15amHigh-end Supercomputing at NASA AMES, Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames 8:45amInvited Vendor Technology Updates: Intel and HP 9:15amThe Road to Multi-Petaflop/Exaflop Computing: Large-Scale HPC at HLRS and Invitation to the HLRS fall meeting, Stefan Wesner, HLRS High-End Supercomputing in China, Liang Yuan, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences Lennart Johnsson, University of Houston 10:45amBreak 11:00amUtilities Servers, Center-wide File Systems and Storage Lifecycle Management, Stephen Scherr, DOD HPC Modernization Program Office 11:30amHPC Use and Future Directions at BP, Keith Gray 12:00pmPenguin 12:15pmNetworking Lunch Afternoon Session Chair: Sharan Kalwani 1:00pmPanel on: "HPC in Oil & Gas: Best Practices in Managing HPC Resources" Moderated by Bill Nitzberg, Altair 2:00pmEnvironmental Modeling How HPC Has Transformed EQM, including Deepwater Horizon, Dr. Gaurav Savant, U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center Environmental Quality Modeling of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Patrick Hogan, Naval Research Laboratory 3:00pmBreak 3:15pmPanel on HPC Cloud Developments, Moderator: Sharan Kalwani Key Panel Questions: Examples of successful uses of clouds in HPC today, which HPC workload/workflow profiles fit well on clouds? 4:30pmHPC and the NASA Shuttle Program, Ray Gomez, NASA Johnson Space Center 5:00pmMeeting Wrap-Up, Steve Finn, Sharan Kalwani, Steve Conway, and Earl Joseph

37. Lunch Break Thanks to: Bright Computing and General Atomics Please Return Promptly at 1:00pm

38. Thank You Bright Computing and General Atomics For Lunch

39. Agenda: Day Two 8:10amWelcome, Earl Joseph and Steve Finn Morning Session Chair: Paul Muzio 8:15amHigh-end Supercomputing at NASA AMES, Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames 8:45amInvited Vendor Technology Updates: Intel and HP 9:15amThe Road to Multi-Petaflop/Exaflop Computing: Large-Scale HPC at HLRS and Invitation to the HLRS fall meeting, Stefan Wesner, HLRS High-End Supercomputing in China, Liang Yuan, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences Lennart Johnsson, University of Houston 10:45amBreak 11:00amUtilities Servers, Center-wide File Systems and Storage Lifecycle Management, Stephen Scherr, DOD HPC Modernization Program Office 11:30amHPC Use and Future Directions at BP, Keith Gray 12:00pmNetworking Lunch Afternoon Session Chair: Sharan Kalwani 1:00pmPanel on: "HPC in Oil & Gas: Best Practices in Managing HPC Resources" Moderated by Bill Nitzberg, Altair 2:00pmEnvironmental Modeling How HPC Has Transformed EQM, including Deepwater Horizon, Dr. Gaurav Savant, U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center Environmental Quality Modeling of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Patrick Hogan, Naval Research Laboratory 3:00pmBreak 3:15pmPanel on HPC Cloud Developments, Moderator: Sharan Kalwani Key Panel Questions: Examples of successful uses of clouds in HPC today, which HPC workload/workflow profiles fit well on clouds? 4:30pmHPC and the NASA Shuttle Program, Ray Gomez, NASA Johnson Space Center 5:00pmMeeting Wrap-Up, Steve Finn, Sharan Kalwani, Steve Conway, and Earl Joseph

40. Important Dates For Your Calendar FUTURE HPC USER FORUM MEETINGS: International Meetings:  2011 CEA in France on October 3 and 4  2011 HLRS/University of Stuttgart, October 6 & 7  2012 Imperial College, UK June US Meetings:  2011 September 6 to 8, San Diego, California  2012 April 16 to 17, Richmond, Virginia  2012 September 17 to 19, Dearborn, Michigan

41. Thank You For Attending The 41 st HPC User Forum Meeting

42. Please email: hpc@idc.com Or check out: www.hpcuserforum.com Questions?