[Fornlist] lunch/lecture by Jack Dongarra, "An Overview of High Performance Computing and the Computational Grid" @ 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:01:43 -0500

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and certainly =
very salient and topical

program:=20

December 2003 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture

"An Overview of High Performance Computing and the Computational Grid"

by Jack Dongarra

University Distinguished Professor University of Tennessee

Department of Computer Science / Director, Innovative Computing =
Laboratory, UTK

Director, Center for Information Technology Research, UTK

Adjunct R&D Participant, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, ORNL

Wed. 17 December 2003: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike see directions below

Speaker's bio below.

Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 (NOTE INCREASE), and includes at =
least 2 choices of hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice =
of iced tea or hot coffee, and choice of dessert. As always, registered =
professional engineers who attend shall receive one (1) PDH certificate. =

AGENDA:=20

11:00 a.m. Socializing and coffee=20

11:30 a.m. Lunch served=20

12:00 noon Lecture begins=20

12:45 p.m. Q&A=20

1:00 p.m. Adjourn=20

HEADS UP:=20

Jan 21 - - Norbert Holtkamp, SNS Accelerator

Feb 18 - - Gerald Boyd, Reflections after a year in Oak Ridge

Mar 17 - - TBA

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION

Our meeting location is the white-colored

(presently labeled) "Pro-2-Serve" building at

1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)

between Taco Bell and Applebee's

at the intersection of the Turnpike and

Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).

At the south-west corner of the white-colored building

there is an entrance with a canopy.

Caution - - there is an additional entrance with

a canopy close by - - the entrance we use is that

closest to the Jameson Inn. The glass door is identified as

"University of Tennessee - Outreach of Continuing Education."=20

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jack Dongarra received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Chicago =
State University in 1972 and a Master of Science in Computer Science =
from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973. He received his Ph.D. =
in Applied Mathematics from the University of New Mexico in 1980. He =
worked at the Argonne National Laboratory until 1989, becoming a senior =
scientist. He now holds an appointment as University Distinguished =
Professor of Computer Science in the Computer Science Department at the =
University of Tennessee and is a Distinguished R&D Participant in the =
Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National =
Laboratory (ORNL), and an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science =
Department at Rice University.

He specializes in numerical algorithms in linear algebra, parallel =
computing, use of advanced-computer architectures, programming =
methodology, and tools for parallel computers. His research includes the =
development, testing and documentation of high quality mathematical =
software. He has contributed to the design and implementation of the =
following open source software packages and systems: EISPACK, LINPACK, =
the BLAS, LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, Netlib, PVM, MPI, NetSolve, Top500, ATLAS, =
and PAPI. He has published approximately 200 articles, papers, reports =
and technical memoranda and he is coauthor of several books. He is a =
Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, and the IEEE and a member of the National =
Academy of Engineering.

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Tennessee Today - FOR IMMEDIATE USE - November 21, 2003=20

http://pr.tennessee.edu/news/article.asp?id=3D1874

--- Dr. Jack Dongarra, UT-ORNL Distinguished Professor, has won the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society's =
Sidney
Fernbach Award. Dongarra directs the Innovative Computing Laboratory and
the Center for Information Technology Research. The award recognizes
outstanding contributions in the field of high-performance computers.

-=20

Robert Costner

http://www.fornl.org=20

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and =
certainly very=20
salient and topical

program: 
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December 2003 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture
"An Overview of High Performance Computing and the =
Computational=20
Grid"
by Jack Dongarra
University Distinguished Professor University of Tennessee
Department of Computer Science / Director, Innovative Computing =
Laboratory,=20
UTK
Director, Center for Information Technology Research, UTK
Adjunct R&amp;D Participant, Computer Science and Mathematics =
Division,=20
ORNL
&nbsp;
Wed. 17 December 2003: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike see directions below
Speaker=92s bio below.
Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 (NOTE INCREASE), and includes =
at=20
least 2 choices of hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice =
of iced=20
tea or hot coffee, and choice of dessert. As always, registered =
professional=20
engineers who attend shall receive one (1) PDH certificate. 

AGENDA: 

11:00 a.m. Socializing and coffee 

11:30 a.m. Lunch served 
12:00 noon Lecture begins 

12:45 p.m. Q&amp;A 

1:00 p.m. Adjourn 
HEADS UP: 

Jan 21 - - Norbert Holtkamp, SNS Accelerator
Feb 18 - - Gerald Boyd, Reflections after a year in Oak Ridge
Mar 17 - - TBA
&nbsp;
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION
Our meeting location is the white-colored
(presently labeled) "Pro-2-Serve" building at
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)
between Taco Bell and Applebee's
at the intersection of the Turnpike and
Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).
At the south-west corner of the white-colored building
there is an entrance with a canopy.
Caution - - there is an additional entrance with
a canopy close by - - the entrance we use is that
closest to the Jameson Inn. The glass door is identified as
"University of Tennessee - Outreach of Continuing Education." 
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jack Dongarra received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from =
Chicago=20
State University in 1972 and a Master of Science in Computer Science =
from the=20
Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973. He received his Ph.D. in =
Applied=20
Mathematics from the University of New Mexico in 1980. He worked at the =
Argonne=20
National Laboratory until 1989, becoming a senior scientist. He now =
holds an=20
appointment as University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in =
the=20
Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee and is a=20
Distinguished R&amp;D Participant in the Computer Science and =
Mathematics=20
Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and an Adjunct =
Professor in=20
the Computer Science Department at Rice University.
He specializes in numerical algorithms in linear algebra, parallel =
computing,=20
use of advanced-computer architectures, programming methodology, and =
tools for=20
parallel computers. His research includes the development, testing and=20
documentation of high quality mathematical software. He has contributed =
to the=20
design and implementation of the following open source software packages =
and=20
systems: EISPACK, LINPACK, the BLAS, LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, Netlib, PVM, =
MPI,=20
NetSolve, Top500, ATLAS, and PAPI. He has published approximately 200 =
articles,=20
papers, reports and technical memoranda and he is coauthor of several =
books. He=20
is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, and the IEEE and a member of the National =
Academy=20
of Engineering.
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Tennessee Today - FOR IMMEDIATE USE - November 21, 2003 
<A =
href=3D"http://pr.tennessee.edu/news/article.asp?id=3D1874"><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>http://pr.tennessee.edu/news/article.asp?id=3D1874</F=
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--- Dr. Jack Dongarra, UT-ORNL Distinguished Professor, has won=20
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer =
Society's=20
Sidney Fernbach Award. Dongarra directs the Innovative Computing =
Laboratory=20
and the Center for Information Technology Research. The award=20
recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of high-performance =

computers.</P>
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<P>Robert Costner</P>
<P>http://www.fornl.org </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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