Annual NorduGrid Conference 2015
Data Intensive Science on HPC
Welcome to the homepage for the 2015 Annual
NorduGrid Conference 2015, which will be held at
at the University of Bern (CH) on June 4 and June 5 in 2015.
The conference brings together people from data intensive science,
resource providers, developers of resource connectors and industry.
It offers contributions on the following topics.
- Future of data intensive computing
- Academic computing in Switzerland
- Application trends
- Provider trends
On June 2 and 3 there will be open technical meetings
about the software (ARC) the NorduGrid collaboration provides.
Meeting Details, Agenda, Registration and Poster
The conference is free of charge. Agenda and registration form you find
here.
Conference poster you can download
here.
Invited speakers include
- Thomas Schulthess on
Future of data-intensive science on HPC, director of CSCS and professor at ETHZ, Switzerland.
- Ian Bird on
High Energy Physics towards the Exascale, project leader of the Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, CERN IT, Switzerland.
- Peter Kunzst on
academic computing in Switzerland, director of Service and Support for Science IT, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- Felix Schuermann
on computing for the Human Brain Project, co-director of the Blue Brain Project, EPFL, Switzerland.
- Ronald Luijten on hardware trends, IBM Zurich.
- Miles Deegan on the Science Data Processor of the SKA telescope, engineering project manger, SKA Organisation, UK.
- Estela Suarez on the DEEP-ER way of approaching exascale I/O and resilience, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany.
- Nicholas Corda
on An HPC center towards the Exascale, HPC Operations Group Lead, Swiss National Super-Computing Centre, CSCS, Switzerland.
Venue
The conference is held in the UniS building of the University of Bern (
Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern), lecture
hall A003 on the ground floor. Technical meetings and NorduGrid board meeting
are in seminar room A301 on the third floor in the same building. It is
a 3 minutes walk from the railway station.
We think Bern old town is the most beautiful mideaval city in the world.
Recommended is a swim in the river, a climb to the top of the cathedral
and strolls in the old town, maybe with a visit at Einstein's apartment.
Bern is located centrally with good
access to all Swiss high-lights.
Travel to Bern and Accommodation
Airport Zuerich (1.5h from Bern)
Airport Basel (1.5h from Bern), served by EasyJet.
Airport Geneva (2h from Bern), served by Easyjet.
Airport Bern (15m from Bern), served by
SkyWork.
Train served by
Swiss Railways.
Accomodation (
search) :
www.campingeichholz.ch. About 25 CHF for room, less for tent.
www.youthhostel.ch/bern. From about 40 CHF per night.
www.bernbackpackers.com. From about 60 CHF per night.
www.arabelle.ch. About 140 CHF per night (Hotel).
www.isola-bern.ch. About 120 CHF per night (Hotel).
www.bristolbern.ch. About 240 CHF per night (Hotel).
www.bellevue-palace.ch. Above 360 CHF per night (Palace).
Organising committee
Sigve Haug
(chair), AEC-LHEP University of Bern, Switzerland
Farid Ould-Saada, University of Oslo, Norway
Balazs Konya, Lund University, Sweden
Gudmund Hoest, NeiC, Norway
Sadaf Alam, CSCS, Switzerland
Vaidas Giedrimas, Siauliai University, Lithuania
Oxana Smirnova, Lund University, Sweden
Local technical support:
Jeremy Singh
With support from
Universität Bern |
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics |
Sidlerstrasse 5 |
CH-3012 Bern