On behalf of the CUG Program Committee...

Welcome to the 46th Cray User Group meeting, CUG 2004 - - Peaks, Streams, & Cascades. This is truly a unique opportunity for you to exchange problem-solving information and enjoy professional interactions with your fellow Cray Inc. high performance computing system users.

The CUG Program Committee has assembled a diverse and impressive array of detail-packed presentations in General and Parallel Technical Sessions, Tutorials, and Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings.  Further more, Cray Inc. has committed to holding three unique workshops.

• General Sessions will provide you with the latest corporate and technical information from Cray Inc. executives, as well as general interest technical presentations.
• Parallel Technical Sessions will give you the opportunity to focus on the specific knowledge domains of the SIG's. The presentations in the technical sessions have been reviewed and selected for you by the SIG Chairpersons.
• Tutorials (available to you at NO additional charge) are a great opportunity for you to update your technical skills with the help of selected technical experts from Cray Inc. and/or other CUG sites.
• SIG Meetings include discussion of the technical areas for each SIG. These meetings are where we work together to maintain and improve our CUG technical program.
• Cray Workshops will assist you in getting the most out of your Cray systems and provide an additional opportunity for you to address specific questions with the Cray technical staff. 

In addition to these prepared presentations and workshops, there are many opportunities for informal discussions.

• Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions, the most dynamic aspect of a CUG conference, are scheduled as needed. You are welcome to organize a BoF session. Notices of BoF sessions will be posted on the Message Board.
• The CUG Night Out, the Cray Reception, and luncheons are among the many occasions you will have to exchange information with your colleagues from other CUG sites and to engage the insight and expertise of representatives from Cray Inc.

Two excellent Keynote Speakers are part of this year’s program:

• Thomas Zacharia - Associate Laboratory Director for Computing and Computational Sciences at ORNL.  Dr. Zacharia leads ORNL’s missions in advancing science, national security, energy security, and sustainable development in Terascale Computing and Simulation Science.
• Thomas Sterling - Center of Advanced Computing Research, California Institute of Technology.  Dr. Sterling is a leader in the field of innovative HPC architecture and has conducted extensive research in advanced parallel computer structures and computational models.  Currently Sterling and JPL are developing a new class of advance Processor in Memory architecture and are collaborating with several institutions on research related to its development.

CUG 2004 promises to be a rewarding, educational, and entertaining conference.

I look forward to meeting you at the May conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.

David J. Gigrich
CUG Vice-President and Program Chair
The Boeing Company

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