The Texas Advanced Computing Center, in association with the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, is pleased to present the third annual "Scientific Software Days" event. The purpose of the event is to increase communication among scientific software users, vendors, and service providers.
Day 1, May 21: Short presentations and Keynote Address
| 9:00-9:30 | Computational Biology at TACC. Michael Gonzales, Texas Advanced Computing Center (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 9:30-10:00 | libMesh: A Parallel Adaptive Finite Element Library. John Peterson, Texas Advanced Computing Center (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 10:15-10:45 | Introduction to parallel debugging with DDT. Carlos Rosales, Texas Advanced Computing Center (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 10:45-11:15 | Use ssh, catch bullets between your teeth. Bill Barth, Texas Advanced Computing Center. View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 11:30-12:30 | The Impact of Computational Science on the Scientific Method (keynote). Victoria Stodden of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 13:30-14:00 | Parallel Programming in Fortress. Eric Allen, SunLabs (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 14:00-14:30 | Scientific computing at BP. Phuong Vu, BP (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 14:45-15:15 | Computational Application Development with Python Steve Lang (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 15:15-15:45 | Automated Code Analysis and transformation tools to Support Scientific Computing Ira Baxter (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 15:45-16:15 | Efficient Parallel Fourier transform Using Non-blocking Collective Communications and Its Application to Seismic Modeling and Imaging Chunlei Chu, Paul L. Stoffa and Roustam Seif, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides |
Day 2, May 22: Tutorials
Two half-day tutorials will be offered, that will teach you in-depth about various software packages. The tutorials include hands-on lab sessions.
| 9:00-12:30 | Introduction to PETSc. Dr. Matthew G. Knepley, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL. (abstract) Note: the instructor will be available the remainder of the day for personal consultation. If you want to make use of this opportunity, please note so on your registration. View/Download Lecture Slides |
| 13:30-17:00 | Scientific Data Management: version control and storage. Karl Schulz, Texas Advanced Computing Center (abstract) View/Download Lecture Slides: – Scientific Data and I/O Libraries – Lab Exercises for I/O Libraries – Scientific Data Management: Source Version Control and I/O Libraries – Lab Exercises for SVN Tutorial |
For further information, please contact softwareday@tacc.utexas.edu.
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Austin, TX 78758
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