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DOE Software Workshop March 31, 2011 Chicago

DOE Software Workshop March 31, 2011 Chicago. Presented by Suzy Tichenor Director, Industrial Partnerships Program Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing ( SciDAC ).

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DOE Software Workshop March 31, 2011 Chicago

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  1. DOE Software WorkshopMarch 31, 2011Chicago Presented by Suzy TichenorDirector, Industrial Partnerships Program Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  2. Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) • What: 10 year DOE program to parallelize / scale legacy codes - write new DOE codes to take advantage of leadership computing systems • Why: To enable scientific discovery and address DOE mission critical problems in the physical, biological, and environmental sciences

  3. Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) How: • Applied math, CS, and physical sciences make proposals that call out specific collaborations • Institutes and Centers for Enabling Technology drive Scientific Application Partnerships • 35 projects: 9 centers, 4 institutes, 19 efforts in 12 application areas (Astrophysics, Accelerator Science, Climate, Biology, Fusion, Petabyte data, Materials & Chemistry, Nuclear physics, High Energy physics, QCD, Turbulence, Groundwater)

  4. Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) Output: • Developed over 60 SW packages to solve breadth of SW challenges relevant to today’s multicore environment

  5. Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) Opportunity: • DOE has never had focused outreach about the potential applicability of this software to private sector SW developers

  6. Why Reach Out to the Private Sector • DOE recognizes that the cost and difficulty to scalablly parallelize legacy codes can be prohibitive…especially for small busiesses • Also a challenge for large (Fortune 500) firms that still maintain internal SW development capabilities

  7. Workshop Goals • Introduce ISVs / industryto this software and its developers • Explain the process to obtain at no cost • Include small businesses who are particularly vulnerable to the high cost / difficulty of transitioning legacy codes to multicore • Identify private sector SW development requirements to help DOE understand areas for collaboration..and potential SBIR topics.

  8. Workshop Agenda • One day • “Speed dating” format: Quick hits on a number of SciDAC tools and applications • Explanation of the SBIR program: how it works • Overview of key open source licensing concepts (i.e this is readily accessible) • Discussion of Cost (generally none)

  9. Observations • 65 attendees representing large and small ISVs, user companies with internal software development capabilities, engineering service firms, universities • Most firms were not aware of the SciDAC program and the availability of this software • Most attendees discovered something that they think they can use • Most attendees wanted more information and we provided contact data for follow up. • A solid first effort, with room to grow.

  10. Contact David Skinner SciDAC Outreach Center deskinner@lbl.gov www.scidac.gov Suzy Tichenor Director, Industrial Partnerships Program Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate tichenorsp@ornl.gov

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