Start 25 March 2010 at 13:30 Place: Polhemsalen, Ångströmlaboratoriet
Word of Welcome:
Information on UPPMAX, UPPNEX and Kalkyl
Ingela Nyström, Director of UPPMAX

Publicity in Nature:
Whole Genome Resequencing Reveals Signatures of Selection in Domestic Animals
Professor Leif Andersson, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, UU
and Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU

Panasas Large-Scale Parallel Storage Systems
Terry Rush, PANASAS, Regional Sales Manager, Northern Europe

Trends and Challenges in High Performance Computing
Peter Noring, BU Manager Industry Standard Server, Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB

Inauguration:
UPPMAX in the Context of the Development of the University
Ann Fust, Uppsala University Director

Coffee and Cake - Kaffe & tårta

Presentations by UU test users:

Parallelization of Path Integral Molecular Dynamics using Tuned MPI Alltoall Collectives
Daniel Spångberg, UPPMAX application expert on Molecular Dynamics
and Dept. of Materials Chemistry

Linear Scaling Quantum Chemistry Calculations Benchmarked using the Large-Memory Nodes of the new Kalkyl Cluster
Elias Rudberg, UPPMAX application expert on Algorithm and Code Development
and Dept. of Information Technology

Computational Design of a Fe/Co Fibonacci Superlattice using VASP
Biplab Sanyal, UPPMAX application expert on Theoretical Material Physics
and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Scalable Quantum Dynamics Simulations on Kalkyl
Magnus Gustafsson, Dept. of Information Technology

Challenges for the Future with Next-Generation Sequencing Data Storage and Analysis
Matthew Webster, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology

- 16:30

Closing Words
Questions and Answers on UPPMAX systems
UPPMAX staff