- resolve issues using better solutions;
- provide better guidance to IBM;
- improve our own capabilities through sharing knowledge;
- collaborate to develop capabilities that we would not typically be able to do as individual institutions.
SP-XXL is a user group for sites which have large installations of IBM equipment. The focus of the SP-XXL group is on large-scale scientific/technical computing using IBM hardware. Some of the areas we cover are: Applications, Code Development Tools, Communications, Networking, Parallel I/O, Resource Management, System Administration, and Training. We address topics across a wide range of issues that are important to achieving terascale scientific/technical computing on scaleable parallel machines.
The SP-XXL is a self-organized and self-supporting group. Members and affiliates are expected to participate actively in the SP-XXL meetings and activities and to cover their own costs for participating. SP-XXL meetings are open only to members and affiliates of the SP-XXL. SP-XXL member institutions must have an appropriate non-disclosure agreement in place with IBM, since at times IBM discloses and discusses information of a confidential nature with the group.
Upcoming SP-XXL Meetings
Summer Meeting, Co-located with ScicomP14:
- May 19-23, 2008 Hudson Valley, NY, IBM Report Response (SP-XXL Session is open to Member Sites and IBM only)
- Hosted by IBM. Meeting hotel is the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel. Registration for ScicomP14 is $280 (more info).
- Travel information to Poughkeepsie and the hotel is available here - Travel Info
Agenda Highlights:
* Keynotes- Dr. Ajay Royyuru, IBM Computational
Biology Center and Dr. Richard Loft, NCAR (Petascale Climate Simulation)
* Tutorials- I/O, Power6, IB on Power, System Performance Panel for System Admins
* RoadRunner Hybrid Architecture and Petascale Buildout Factory tour
- The ScicomP14 meeting is open to everyone, their web site: http://www.spscicomp.org/ScicomP14
Supercomputing SC'08
- November 17, 2008, time/location TBD, SC'08, Austin, Texas USA - Open Meeting - New Membership Recruiting2009 Winter Workshop
- January/February 2009 (dates TDB), Maui Prince Hotel, Maui, HI USA. IBM Report Writing. (SP-XXL Member Sites Only)
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