# Presentation: 164106

## SC Global: The World’s First Truly Global Technical Conference—Overview—

- www.scglobal.org (soon)
- planners@mcs.anl.gov

- Ian Foster -  Argonne National Laboratory and Univ. of Chicago

## SC Global Concept

-    SC’2001 as a trans-national, trans-cultural locus for discussion and exchange of ideas concerning advanced computation and its role in science and society

*Image compliments of:  Jason Leigh, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Univ. Illinois at Chicago, Paul Morin, University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Michigan Media Union, Peter van Keken, University of Michigan Department of Geological Sciences, Kent Kirkby, University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Geophysics*

## Realization

- Use _advanced collaboration technology_ to link SC’2001 conference with _a diverse set of constellation sites_, and develop a program that exploits this distributed infrastructure to both _disseminate SC’2001 content_ and to _increase the range of ideas presented and discussed at the conference_

## Advanced Collaboration Technology

- Why Access Grid technology
- Design point similar to our requirements
- Already in place at O(20) sites in U.S.
- Proven ability to scale

## A Diverse Set of SC Sites:Cultural and Geographical

- International: as many as we can get
- Australia, Brazil, Germany confirmed
- Others will appear: iGrid, STAR-TAP, ...
- U.S.: 10-20
- Universities in states with little SC participation
- Centers: PACIs, Washington DC ACCESS
- Diverse set of other universities
- Within DCC: 6
- In meeting rooms
- On showfloor

## A Constellation Site

- Deploys AG technology and organizes local and wide area networking
- Develops a local program that consumes and contributes to SC’2001, ideally will also be a significant local event as well
- E.g., Australia, Germany, Brazil plan computational science workshops
- E.g., university training/outreach event

## Disseminate SC’2001 Content 

- Real-time “web-cast” selected sessions to remote sites, who can program (or not) as they like
- Recording for subsequent playback using Voyager technology, hence supporting time-shifting

## Increase Range of Ideas Presented and Discussed at SC’2001 

- Panels designed to exploit distribution, e.g.
- EPSCOR university presidents discuss implications of technology for education
- International research leaders discuss prospects for international collaboration
- BOFs with international participation
- E.g., Grid Forum, STAR-TAP, ...
- Invited talks from reluctant luminaries
- Workshops on international topics
- Adjunct for regular talks

## Example Constellation Site Program:

| Local | Denver | Activity |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6am | 2pm | Panel: Intl Cooperation |
| 7am | 3pm | Grid Forum BOF |
| 8am | 4pm | Invited talk from Australia |
| 9am | 5pm | Showfloor walkabout |
| 10am | 6pm | Technical session (playback) |
| 11am | 7pm | APAC BOF |
| 12pm | 8pm | Keynote (playback) |
| 1pm | 9pm | Technical session (playback) |
| 2pm+ | 10pm | Local events |

- Australia

## Example Constellation Site Program:Germany (+8 hours)

| Local | Denver | Activity |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3pm | 7am | Local events |
| 4pm | 8am | Technical session (playback) |
| 5pm | 9am | Keynote (live)  |
| 6pm | 10am | Euro-US networking BOF |
| 7pm | 11am | Invited talk from Europe |
| 8pm | 12pm | Technical session (playback) |
| 9pm | 1pm | Showfloor walkabout (live) |
| 10pm | 2pm | Panel: Intl Cooperation |
| 11pm | 3pm | Grid Forum BOF (?) |

## Example Format Showing Co-Location

| Denver (-7) | Austr. (+15) | German (+1) | Brazil (-2) | ACCESS (-5) | EPSCOR (-6) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 17 | 9 |  | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 18 | 10 |  | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 EU-US BOF | 0 | 16 EU-US BOF | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 9  Keynote | 1 | 17 Keynote | 14 Keynote | 11 Keynote | 10 Keynote |
| 10 Panel: EPSCOR | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 Panel: EPSCOR | 11 Panel: EPSCOR |
| 11 Tech Session | 3 | 19 Tech Session | 16 Tech Session | 13 Tech Session | 12 Tech Session |
| 12 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| 13 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
| 14 Panel: Intl | 6 Panel: Intl | 22 Panel: Intl  | 19 Panel: Intl | 16 Panel: Intl | 15 |
| 15 GF BOF | 7 GF BOF | 23 GF BOF | 20 GF BOF | 17 GF BOF | 16 GF BOF |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 17 Tech Session | 9 Tech Session | 1 | 22 Tech Session | 19 Tech Session | 18 |
| 18 APAN BOF | 10 APAN BOF | 2 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 20 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 21 |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 22 |
| 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

## SC Global: How You Can Participate

- Propose multi-national and multi-site BOFs, panels, workshops
- Develop remote educational activities
- Bring unique remote content to technical talks or the showfloor
- Propose an international or U.S. Constellation Site
- Apply SC Global infrastructure to industrial programs
- Sponsor SC Global development
- _Help us build and operate SC Global infrastructure!_

## To Be a Constellation Site

- Access Grid node
- Network: 100 Mb/s
- Local team
- Point of contact
- Program coordinator
- Network engineer

## Timetable

- February: Ideas for panels, BOFs, etc.
- March: International sites finalized
- April: Content ideas finalized
- May: Intl Access Grid Training
- June: Test Cruises begin
- Sept: Production Training Institute
- Nov:  SC01 Conference

## To Do List

- Contact us if you are interested in establishing a constellation site
- Contact us if you have content ideas (however wild or mundane)
- Contact us if you want to help with technology development or operation
- Contact us if you want to sponsor the event or host a training session
- planners@mcs.anl.gov