| The NOTUR 2002 "gathering" is a way for everyone involved with high performance computing in Norway to come together and share their opinion and their point of view on how high performance computing should be handled in the future. We encourage HPC leaders, scientists, administrators, industrial partners and vendors to enjoy the hospitality of the conference site, and to broaden their perspective on high performance computing, during two days dedicated to science and technology. The NOTUR Consortium is supported by the Research council of Norway and the member institutions: The Norwegian university of science and technology, Universitiy of Bergen, University of Oslo, University of Tromsø, SINTEF, Statoil, Ceetron and the Norwegian meteorological institute. Representatives from all the member institutions, the Research council of Norway as well as the rest of the research community, is welcomed to join hands at the NOTUR 2002 gathering. | | The program We hope that the two days will give the audience a good update on what is happening in the high performance computing community in and outside Norway. Thursday April 25: The first day will start at 1030 and will focus on HPC in new sciences like bioinformatics and on emerging technologies like GRID computing. The new 500 Gflop/s IBM Regatta system at Parallab will be inaugurated in the afternoon. The program at day one will be concluded with an update on a presentation of the Research Council report on the next HPC project in Norway. This report is currently under development, and is due for official release the week after NOTUR 2002. Friday April 26: Day two will focus on some application areas that will play a major role on the Regatta system. A more technical overview of the IBM Regatta and IBMs HPC strategy is planned as well. Experiences on coordinating HPC centres will also be covered. At the end of day two internal meetings in each of the main activites in NOTUR will take place.  
Day 1: Thursday 25th April 2002 *) | Time | Title | Speaker | Location | | 1000-1030 | Registration | | HiB datablokk | | 1030-1040 | Opening remark | Petter Bjørstad (Director of Parallab, University of Bergen) | HiB datablokk, Auditorium 2144 | | 1040-1110 | High performance computing in Norway 2000-2003: The NOTUR Consortium | Invited speaker: Knut Fægri (Head of NOTUR Board) | | | 1110-1140 | NOTUR Metacenter activities | Leif Reidar Røkkum (NOTUR Metacenter coordinator) | | | 1140-1200 | Coffee break | | | | 1200-1220 | NOTUR Technology Transfer projects (TTPs) | Trond Kvamsdal (NOTUR TTP-manager) | | | 1220-1240 | NOTUR Emerging Technology (ET) | Odd Arne Haugen (NOTUR ET-manager) | | | 1240-1300 | NOTUR Outreach and Dissemination (OD) | Svenn A. Hanssen (NOTUR OD-manager) | | | 1300-1400 | Lunch | | | | 1400-1420 | Official inauguration of the IBM Regatta system at Parallab | Kirsti Koch Christensen (Rector at University of Bergen) | | | 1420-1450 | The IBM Blue Gene project TowardsPetaflop Computing | Joseph M. Jasinski (Senior Manager, Computational Biology Center, IBM) | | | 1450-1525 | GRIDS: Projects, ambitions and challenges | Lennart Johnsson (Director at Texas Learning and computation center) | | | 1525-1600 | HPC in functional genomics research in Norway: The FUGE program. | Geir Stene-Larsen (Head of the FUGE board) | | | 1600-1620 | Coffee break | | | | 1620-1650 | Visions and strategies for CSC in 2005 and beyond | Jari Järvinen (Research Director at CSC) | | | 1650-1730 | Next generation HPC in Norway.
A preview of the committees report on how HPC should be organized in Norway 2004-2008 | Odd Gropen (Head of the Research Councils committe for next generation HPC in Norway) | | | 1930- | Dinner at Fløyen Restaurant | | | Day 2: Friday 26th April 2002 *) | Time | Title | Speaker | Location | | 0830-0900 | Registration | | HiB datablokk | | 0900-0940 | Highlights from the climate modelling in Bergen
| Tore Furevik (Associate Professor Bjerknes center for climate research) | HiB datablokk, Auditorium 2144 | | 0940-1020 | IBM technology roadmap | Carl Tengwall (IBM Life Sciences Solutions Executive, EMEA) | | | 1020-1040 | Coffee break | | | | 1040-1125 | Computational Biology at IBM Research | Joseph M. Jasinski (Senior Manager, Computational Biology Center, IBM) | | | 1125-1200 | HPC in economic research: The Frisch unemployment database. in Norway | Knut Røed (Senior Scientist at Frisch Centre for economic research) | | | 1200-1230 | HPC in economic research: Avenues to Nash equilibrium. | Sjur Flaam (Professor at Institute of Economics, University of Bergen) | | | 1230-1240 | Conference round-up | Petter Bjørstad (Director of Parallab, University of Bergen) | | | 1240-1330 | Lunch | | | | 1330- | Metacenter-meeting (track 1) - By invitation only | | HiB | | 1330- | OD-meeting (track 2) - By invitation only | | HiB | | 1330- | TTP-meeting (track 3) - By invitation only | | HiB | *) The topics, times and speakers may be subject to change. Locations The meeting will take place at the High Technology Center (Høyteknologisenteret i Bergen - HiB), Thormøhlensgate 55. The HiB is located at the extreme right of this map. Bus from Airport: From the airport you can either take a taxi to the HiB (20-25 minutes, cost ca 250 NOK) or you can take an airport bus to the main bus terminal (cost 60 NOK) and walk from there to the HiB (ca 10 minutes). The main bus terminal is situated to the right of the lake in the center of the map and marked "Bystasjonen" (but now also known as "Bergen Storsenter") and is marked yellow. Accomodations Hotel reservations must be made as early as possible, as there are only a limited number of rooms available during the meeting period. A detailed list of hotels and guesthouses in Bergen (with online reservation) is available online. The University of Bergen has agreed a special arrangement (627 NOK for single room) with: -
RICA Travel Hotel. Christies gate 5-7 Tel. 55 31 54 00 Fax: 55 31 32 50 (10 mins walk from HiB) Remember to mention that you visit UiB and/or NOTUR when making your reservation at RICA. Examples of other hotels in central Bergen and within walking distance from the HiB are: -
Hotel Park Pension. Harald Haarfagresgate 35 Tel. 55 54 44 00 Fax: 55 54 44 44 (5-10 mins walk from HiB) -
Anker Hotel. Vestre Torggate 5-7 Tel. 55 21 00 00 Fax: 55 21 00 01 (10 mins walk from HiB) -
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Hotel Charme. Rosenbergsgaten 13 Tel. 55 90 72 80 (10 mins walk from HiB) Please check prices at time of reservation. Another list of hotels in Bergen may be found here. Low-budget accomomdation is available from: NOTUR 2002 is sponsored by: Organizing committee Registration: Participation to the meeting is free but registration is necessary to plan the days optimally. To register please fill out the registration form above with your title (*optional), name, email, institution, and which day(s) you will attend to the conference, then press the "submit" button. Registration deadline: April 22th 2001. |
