The process of selecting the Best Paper for the conference is difficult and challenging. The selection committee spent many hours reading and analyzing each paper. Though the process is time consuming and challenging, the end result is truly rewarding.
It is with great pleasure that I announce the CUG 2010 Best Paper Award Winner and Finalists.
Congratulations!
Nicholas P. Cardo
Vice-President and Program Chair
The CUG 2010 Best Paper Award Winner!
Application Acceleration on Current and Future Cray Platforms
Alice Koniges, Robert Preissl, and Jihan Kim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory David Eder, Aaron Fisher, Nathan Masters, and Velimir Mlaker, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Stephan Ethier and Weixing Wang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Martin Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley
and Nathan Wichmann, Cray Inc.
The two Finalists were
Configuring and Optimizing the Weather Research and Forecast Model on the
Cray XT
A. R. Porter and M. Ashworth, STFC Daresbury Laboratory
Analyzing the Effect of Different Programming Models Upon Performance and Memory Usage on Cray XT5 Platforms
Hongzhang Shan, Future Technology Group, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Haoqiang Jin, NAS Division, NASA Ames Research Center Karl Fuerlinger, University of California, Berkeley, EECS Department, Computer Science Division Alice Koniges and Nicholas J. Wright, NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
What is CUG?
The Cray User Group (CUG) is an independent, volunteer organized, international corporation of member organizations that own, operate, or utilize Cray Inc. High Performance Computing systems with an emphasis on high-performance and technical computing. CUG’s mission is to provide leadership and information exchange to enable the development and effective use of high performance computing assets, tools, and resources in achieving the business and research objectives of its members. new text
A bit of history
CUG conferences have been held all over the world including Germany, Spain, Japan, UK, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Canada, Finland, and many interesting cities in the US. As of 2009, 51 major conferences have been held since the origin of CUG in 1978.
