1. Welcome! C omputing in Atmospheric Sciences CAS2K3 Created by: Lynda Lester, NCAR/SCD/Digital Information Group

2. Al Kellie Director, Scientific Computing Division CAS2K3 Conference Chair National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, USA

3. Greetings from NCAR!

4. Introductions A look at this year’s attendees Short history of CAS Program highlights Practicalities Overview

5. … to our sponsor and co-sponsors!

6. National Science Foundation

12. CAS2K3 team

13. Tom Bettge Program Committee Chair CAS2K3

14. Gene Harano Program Committee CAS2K3

15. Don Middleton Program Committee, Grid Demo CAS2K3

16. Steve Worley Program Committee, Data CAS2K3

17. Bernie O’Lear & Rachelle O’Lear Meeting Consultants and Planners CAS2K3

18. Marcia Killingsworth Meeting Planner CAS2K3

19. Janice Kauvar Financial Officer CAS2K3

20. A short history CAS:

21. In the late 1970s, supercomputing and parallel computing were novel, esoteric technologies Communities were small

22. Bill Buzbee (LANL) and George Michael (LLNL) headed groups involved in computing research Got together, organized two conferences on high-speed computing

23. Generally called the Salishan meeting One of them is the DOE “Conference on High-Speed Computing” Still held annually at Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA

24. Bill Buzbee, NCAR, ’87: A similar conference might be valuable for the atmospheric sciences community Atmospheric science is a global community — conference would have to be global Decided to hold a conference every couple of years With help from DKRZ and other sites, organized the first “Computing in Atmospheric Sciences” conference

25. 1 st CAS: September 1990 Salishan (Oregon, USA) CAS ’90

26. Review capability of state-of-the-art models … Purpose CAS:

27. Discuss enhancements that would characterize the next generation of models and their computational requirements … Purpose CAS:

28. Review advances in computing technologies … Purpose CAS: See how these advances would impact future model requirements

29. 2 nd CAS: June 1992 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA CAS ’92

30. 3 rd CAS: 1994 Monterey, California, USA CAS ’94

31. 4 th CAS: 1996 Washington, DC, USA CAS ’96

32. 5 th CAS: 1998 Annecy, France CAS ’98

33. 6 th CAS: 2001 Annecy, France CAS ’01

34. 7 th CAS: 2003 Annecy, France CAS2K3

35. Gone beyond focus on models Purpose CAS: Scope has become wider End-to-end computing environment

36. Get updates on enabling technologies (software frameworks, grid computing, portals …) Today CAS:

37. Look at Terascale data issues (storage management, visualization, availability …) Today CAS:

38. Review progress and plans from national weather, climate, and research labs worldwide Today CAS:

39. CAS2K3 Some of our attending institutions …

42. International flavor... CAS2K3

43. India United StatesFrance

44. NetherlandsSwitzerlandGermany

45. Japan CanadaAustralia

46. Norway United Kingdom South Korea

47. Finland Denmark Ireland

48. Excellent meeting facilities

49. Special Topics: Grid Cyberinfrastructure Frameworks

50. Terascale issues & Solutions

51. Reports, Plans & Progress at centers around the globe…

52. … and vendor performance

53. Receptions …

54. Sightseeing …

55. Minibar: complimentary Practicalities Lunches: Brasserie du Parc(L0) Banquet: Imperial Tent(L3) Speakers: –See AV technician in the break before your session to set up –Connect your laptops to the power strip onstage –Laser pointer available

56. Enjoy the conference!

57. ECMWF