Purdue-Industry HPC Workshop
April 7-8, 2008
Hosted by: the Computing Research Institute
The Second Purdue-Industry HPC Workshop, held on April 7-8, 2008, with the goal of bringing together experts and users
of high-performance computing technology from industry and from Purdue. This workshop built upon the success of the
first workshop in the series, held March 20, 2007.
The first day of the workshop, April 7 2008, started with the Vendor Forum (link to Vendor Forum), followed by a
reception in the evening at the Purdue Memorial Union West Faculty Lounge. The reception included an address by
Dr. Jon Harbor, Associate Vice President for Research for Centers and Institutes, and [state senator], and a
Student Poster session. Workshop attendees had a chance to mingle, discuss research projects with poster presenters.
The second day began with welcoming remarks by Rudolf Eigenmann, Interim Director, Computing Research Institute &
Professor, School of ECE, Gerry McCartney, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
and Don Foley, Senior Project Manager, Indiana Economice Development Corporation.
This was followed by six presentations, by distinguished speakers from industry, the National Science Foundation
and Purdue.
The first speaker was Dr. Andrew Chien, Vice President, Corporate Technology Group and Director of Intel Research,
Intel Corporation, who spoke on "Pervasive Parallel Computing – A Historic Opportunity for Innovation in Programming
and Architecture". Dr. Chien spoke about the trend towards multicore architectures, and the growing importance of
parallel computing.
The second speaker was Dr. Jayathi Murthy, Professor or Mechanical Engineering at Purdue, who spoke on "HPC in
Microsystem Simulation". Dr. Murthy heads the PRISM project, and spoke about the challenges in developing high
performance simulation software for MEMS devices that meets strict verification and validation criteria.
Next, Dr. Dipankar Ghosh, Chief Engineer, Computer Aided Engineering at International Truck and Engine Corporation
spoke on "Example HPC Applications at International Truck & Engine Corporation", and described the growing role of high
performance computing in the design and manufacturing of trucks.
Dr. T.N. Vijaykumar, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue spoke on "Addressing
programmability of multicores".
The final two talks showed how the theme of the conference meshed well with important trends at the National Science
Foundation, related to cyberinfrastructure including HPC, and university-industry-government partnerships.
Dr. Jose Munoz, Office of Cyber Infrastructure, Deputy Office Director, Senior Science Advisor, National Science
Foundation spoke on "Cyberinfrastructure and It's Role at the National Science Foundation", and Dr. Frederica Darema,
Office of Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation,
addressed the issue of "The Tripartite University-Industry-Government Partnership".
In the afternoon, the attendees broke out into groups for Roundtable Discussions with the following topics: State of
the Art of HPC, Economic Development, Great Lakes Consortium, Science Gateways - delivering HPC end-to-end solutions,
HPC technology: state of the art and future.
The Purdue-Industry HPC Workshop April 2008 was the second in a series of annual workshops. Please direct inquiries and
comments to cri@purdue.edu.
Registration, Reception with Director speakers, Dr. Jon Harbor, Associate Vice President for Research
for Centers and Institutes, and Student Poster session
Tuesday, April 8 - STEW 206
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Registration and continental breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks Rudolf Eigenmann, Interim Director, Computing Research Institute & Professor, School of ECE Gerry McCartney, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Don Foley, Senior Project Manager, Indiana Economice Development Corporation
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Dr. Andrew Chien, Vice President, Corporate Technology Group and Director of Intel Research, Intel Corporation
"Pervasive Parallel Computing – A Historic Opportunity for Innovation in Programming and Architecture"
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Dr. Jayathi Murthy, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
"HPC in Microsystem Simulation"
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Break with refreshments
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Dr. Ghosh, Chief Engineer, Computer Aided Engineering at International Truck and Engine Corporation
"Example HPC Applications at International Truck & Engine Corporation"
11:15 - 11:45 AM
Dr. T.N. Vijaykumar, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
"Addressing programmability of multicores"
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Luncheon. A boxed lunch will be provided.
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Dr. Jose Munoz, Office of Cyber Infrastructure, Deputy Office Director, Senior Science Advisor, National Science Foundation
"Cyberinfrastructure and It's Role at the National Science Foundation"
1:00 – 1:15 PM
Dr. Frederica Darema, Office of Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering ?Directorate, National Science Foundation?
"The Tripartite University-Industry-Government Partnership"
