Proposal to WG 2.5 for WoCo9 (2006)

1. Proposal to WG 2.5 for WoCo9 (2006) James C. T. Pool Center for Advanced Computing Research California Institute of Technology WG 2.5 Meeting Washington, DC June 2, 2004

2. Outline • Technical Focus • Proposed Organization • Venue • Scheduling • Venue, Revisited

3. Proposed focus Grid-based PSEs: Implications for development and deployment of numerical software

4. Rationale • Confluence of trends • Grids everywhere • Proliferation of commodity based clusters • Emergence of component based software architectures • Preference for open source software • Dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams • Access for broad user communities • Simulating • Science gateways, aka grid-based PSEs, aka Workflow, aka …

5. WoCo4 A Working Conference on "Problem Solving Environments for Scientific Computing" was held 17 - 21 June 1985 in Sophia-Antipolis, France. Although the general-purpose scientific languages form the basis of general purpose scientific computation, there is a need for more specialized languages and computing environments. These can free the user from the necessity to learn a sophisticated programming language, and they can address the problem area directly using its own vocabulary. The list of topics included self contained versus knowledge-based systems, user interfaces, data flow and structures, parsing the user dialogue, algorithm selection, interpretation of results, hardware support.

6. WoCo6 A Working Conference on "Programming Environments for High-Level Scientific Problem Solving" was held 23 - 27 September 1991 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Programming environments are intended to provide a unified extensive range of capabilities for a person wishing to solve a problem using a computer. High-level scientific computation usually requires sophisticated computing techniques and a large amount of computing resources. Managing these resources in an efficient way, and combining a diverse and complicated set of computing techniques, to provide insight to solve the underlying problem, are the main goals of a programming environment. This working conference explored a range of the various tools, architectures and philosophies that currently exist or are being developed.

7. WoCo8 A working conference on "Software Architectures for Scientific Computing Applications" was held on the NRC Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2 - 4 October 2000. The conference focused on current and emerging issues in the design and structure of software for scientific computation, including the implications of widespread connectivity, the effects of distributed computing models such as CORBA and the Remote Method Invocation of Java, and the development of reliable, portable object-oriented numerical software.

8. Discussion • Is proposed focus • appropriate for WG 2.5? • too broad, too narrow? • timely in 2006? • …? • Will proposed focus attract • quality presentations? • attendees? • funding from agencies and vendors? • Are there similar, conflicting conferences planned? • …?

9. Discussion • Is proposed focus • appropriate for WG 2.5? • too broad/narrow? • timely in 2006? • …? • Will proposed focus attract • quality presentations? • attendees? • funding from agencies and vendors? • Are there similar, conflicting conferences planned? • …?

10. Outline • Technical Focus • Proposed Organization • Venue • Scheduling • Venue, Revisited

11. Proposed Organization • Conference Chair • J. Pool • Deputy Conference Chair • B. Ford • Program Chair • To be determined • Co-Editors • To be determined • Local Arrangements Chair • D. Pool

12. Program Committee • Chair • To be determined • Members • To be determined • Conference Chair • J. Pool • Deputy Conference Chair • B. Ford • Co-Editors • To be determined

13. Executive Committee • Conference Chair • J. Pool • Deputy Conference Chair • B. Ford • WG 2.5 Chair • R. Boisvert • Program Chair • To be determined • Co-Editors • To be determined • Local Arrangements Chair • D. Pool

14. Financial (and other) Support • Proposals • Primarily travel support for participants • Presenters • Junior faculty, postdocs • Agencies • National Science Foundation • Computer and Information Science and Engineering • Division of Shared Cyberinfrastructure • Division of Computing and Communications Foundations • Office of International Science and Engineering • Department of Energy • Office of Science • Office of Advanced Scientific Computing • HPC vendors • Primarily support for amenities • California Institute of Technology • Primarily administrative and logistical support

15. Program Schedule

16. Outline • Technical Focus • Proposed Organization • Venue • Scheduling • Venue, Revisited

17. Possible venues • Pasadena, CA • California Institute of Technology • Space commitment issue • Shuttle to campus from hotels • Conference hotel • Expensive! • Various CA locations • Santa Barbara • Bodega Bay • Paso Robles • Prescott, AZ • “We call it Preskit”

18. Prescott Ambiance

19. Hassayampi Inn Arizona Room 150 Theater Style 70 Classroom Style 110 Banquet Style Hotel St. Michael’s Crystal Ballroom 300 Theater Style 125 Classroom Style 150 Banquet Style Walk to restaurants, shops, galleries, museum, etc. Currently minimal network support Yavapai College Various possibilities Performance Hall Lecture Halls Classrooms Requires shuttle service from hotels Network support probably better Prescott Resort Isolated Casino Meeting facilities

20. Room rates Regular: $119 and up Discounted rates Breaks Patio Lobby Additional meeting rooms, if required Conference services A/V Food Hassayampi Inn

21. Walk to other lodging Spring Hill Suites Marriott Hotel Vendome Elegant B&B Drive to other lodging Usual chains Holiday Inn Express Hampton Inn … Lots of “Mom & Pop” motels Hassayampi Inn, cont.

22. Getting to Prescott • Fly to Phoenix International Airport (Sky Harbor) • Shuttle services from Sky Harbor • $26-$35 one way • Round trip discount • Rental car • Four lane highway from Phoenix International Airport to downtown Prescott • Interstate 17 • Arizona 69 & 89 • 108 miles; ≤ 2.5 hours

23. Possible Wednesday Excursion

24. Possible Wednesday Dinner Blazin’ M Ranch Chuck Wagon Dinner and “Live” Western Stage Show

25. WG Dinner @ Williamson Valley Ranch

26. Outline • Technical Focus • Proposed Organization • Venue • Scheduling • Venue, Revisited

27. May Week of 15th - 19th June Week of 5th - 9th Week of 12th - 16th Week of 19th - 23th July Monsoons (Really!!) Hot, ~95° F August Monsoons (Really!!) Hot, ~95° F September Week of 11th - 15th Week of 18th - 22th Week of 25th - 29th October Week of 2th - 6th Scheduling Alternate Best Alternate

28. Outline • Technical Focus • Proposed Organization • Venue • Scheduling • Venue, Revisited

29. Prescott Ambiance, Revisited • Restaurants, etc. • “Whisky Row” • Art and crafts galleries • Shopping • Antiques • Museums • Outdoor activities • Proximity to attractions • Opportunities for pre/post conference excursions

30. 500 National Register Buildings Saloons & Restaurants Hotels and B&Bs

31. Acme Fish Company Just opening -- should be excellent Agostino's Italian Cucina Southern & Northern Italian Apple Pan Too! Worth the walk Belvedere's Bistro French Bistro with classic French jazz Caffe St. Michael Homestyle Cattleman's Bar & Grill Steaks Coyote Joe's Desperados Bar & Grill Dinner Bell Domino's Pizza El Charro Restaurant Fazoli's Italian Restaurant Genovese's Ristorante Italiano Gurley Street Grill Kendall's Famous Burgers & Ice Cream Murphy's Restaurant Prime Rib, Seafood The Office Restaurant and Bar The Palace Doc Holiday & Wyatt and Virgil Earp were patrons in the 1870s! Peacock Dining Room at Hassayampa Inn Restored dining room Plaza Cafe Prescott Brewing Company Quiznos Subs Roadhouse 69 The Rose Restaurant A special restaurant: continental cuisine in a cottage setting. Streets Of New York Thai House Cafe Treat Center on Courthouse Square The Uptown Zuma's Woodfire Café 129 1/2 American Jazz Restaurants, etc (Walking)

32. A Loft Gallery Arts Prescott Gallery Bella Home Furnishings Black Arrow Indian Art Eclectic Interiors Gabriel’s Plum Granite Mountain Gallery Lavender's Blue Living Museum & Gallery Llama House Boutique Mountain Artists’ Guild Gallery Mountain Spirit Gallery Muse Gallery Parada Gallery Prescott Fine Arts Gallery Priscilla’s on the Plaza Seasons Shoestring Gallery Van Gogh’s Ear Wellspring Gallery Art and Crafts Galleries

33. Antiques In The Alley Antiques Off The Square Bella Home Furnishings Country Road Antiques Cowboy Corner Deja Vu End of the Trail Antiques Gabriel's Plum Harvey Eugene Antiques Keystone Antiques Merchandise Mart Mi Java Ogg's Hogan Pennington's Antiques Prescott Antique and Craft Market Prescott Museum and Trading Company Red Lamp Antiques Sophie's Antiques, Home & Garden Decor Z Wizard Ntiques and Avalon Antiques Zodiac Antique Company Shopping, Antiques

34. Museums • Sharlot Hall Museum • Buildings form an architectural sequence spanning years from founding of Prescott in 1864 to the present. The exhibits and collection of artifacts tell stories of those who settled Arizona and the West. • Smoki Museum • The Smoki Museum promotes understanding and appreciation for the historic and prehistoric Native American culture of the Southwest. • Professor Hall’s Cinema Museum • 40-year collection devoted to preserving the history of cinema technology and Arizona film history

35. Outdoor activities • 450 miles of scenic trails for hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, or mountain biking in Prescott National Forest, including • a National Recreational Trail • Granite Mountain Trail • a National Historic Study trail • General Crook Trail

36. Jerome: 35 miles Mining “ghost town”, built on Cleopatra Hill above a vast deposit of copper Tuzigoot: 40 miles Pueblo consisted of 110 rooms, including second and third story structures, started around A.D. 1000. Sinagua Indians left the area around 1400. Proximity to attractions

37. Sedona: 61 (or 68) miles Incredible red rock formations Oak Creek Canyon Pink Jeep Tours Hummer Tours Shopping Montezuma’s Castle: 46 miles Five-story, 20-room cliff dwelling served as a "high-rise apartment building" for prehistoric Sinagua Indians over 600 years ago Proximity to attractions

38. Proximity to attractions, cont. • Grand Canyon: 95 miles • A unique experience • Canyon de Chelly National Monument: 309 miles • At the base of sheer red cliffs and in canyon wall caves are ruins of Indian villages built between AD 350 and 1300

39. Proximity to attractions, cont. • Scottsdale: 102 miles • Old Town • Art galleries, western apparel, bookstores, …, $$ • Taliesin West • In late 1937 Frank Lloyd Wright and his apprentices took on the task of building a winter "camp," including residential spaces, theaters, a shop, and an architectural studio and drafting room.

40. Pre/Post Conference Excursions • Opportunities for individuals or groups to plan independent excursions • If sufficient interest, we will consider organizing one or more excursions