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On behalf of the CUG Program Committee...
Welcome to the 48th Cray User Group meeting, CUG 2006—Scaling to New Heights. 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. Furthermore, Cray Inc. is committed to having many technical experts on hand throughout the entire program.
- General Sessions provide you with the latest corporate and technical information from Cray Inc. executives, as well as general interest technical presentations.
- Parallel Technical Sessions give you the opportunity to focus on the specific knowledge domains of the SIGs. The presentations in the technical sessions have been reviewed and selected for you by the SIG Chairpersons.
- Tutorials 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 Cray platform (X1, XT3, and XD1). These meetings are where we work together to maintain and improve our CUG technical program.
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, luncheons, and breaks 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:
- Manuel C. Peitsch—Global Head of Systems Biology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. Dr. Peitsch directs a department spanning experimental sciences (Proteomics), Computational Systems Biology, Computational Knowledge Management and Text Mining as well as Information Sciences. Prior to his current position, Dr. Peitsch was Global Head of Informatics and Knowledge Management where he was responsible for Research IT, Scientific Computing and Knowledge Management. Dr. Peitsch has published numerous papers, book chapters, technical reports and patents and made his most important contributions in the fields of life science informatics (bioinformatics, protein structure modeling, and knowledge management) and cell death research. He is the recipient of several honors and awards. In addition to his work at Novartis, he serves on the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Foundation Council of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, and the Steering Boards of the Swiss Supercomputing Centre and the SwissBioGRID. In 1997, Dr. Peitsch co-founded the startup company Geneva Bioinformatics and the Research site GlaxoWellcome Experimental Research in Geneva. In 1998 he co-founded the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and later played a key role in extending this Institute to Basel. In 2003 he co-founded the SwissBioGRID. Mr. Peitsch received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and spent his post-doctoral years at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH and at the University of Lausanne. Since 2002, he has been a Professor for Bioinformatics with the University of Basel.
- Marie-Christine Sawley—CEO Swiss Nation Supercomputing Centre. Dr. Sawley completed her doctoral studies in physics at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) in 1985 in the Plasma Physics Institute. After a post-doc at the University of Sydney, she directed her career towards HPC management and was appointed head of the User Group at the Scientific Computing Centre (SIC) of EPFL when the first supercomputers were installed in Switzerland (1988). Over the past 15 years Dr. Sawley has been an active member in a number of selection committees for HPC systems purchase and development projects such as the PATP (PSC Parallel Applications Technology Program) collaboration with Cray, the Swiss Tx series with Compaq, and the establishment of the Vital IT centre with HP and Intel. From 1995 to 1998 Dr. Sawley was President of the Speedup forum and since 1997 she has been a committee member for the SOS workshops (Sandia National Labs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Switzerland). She was appointed CEO of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, CSCS, in July 2003.
CUG 2006 promises to be a rewarding, educational, and entertaining conference.
I look forward to meeting you at the May conference in Lugano, Switzerland.
David J. Gigrich
CUG Vice-President and Program Chair
The Boeing Company
