June 6, 2011

Midwest Academic Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC³ www.Marc3.info )

June 6th, 2011

High Performance Computing (HPC) Innovation Cluster (IC) Workshop

Date/Time: Monday June 06, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. pm to 12:00 p.m.

Sponsored By

Location:

Oakton Community College - Skokie Campus
7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie, IL 60077

Room P103

http://www.oakton.edu/about/ourlocations/directions/index.php

MARC³ Event Key Note:

Congressman Robert Dold http://www.doldforcongress.com/pages/home/1.php

Event Co-Hosts: Oakton Community College, Workforce Board of Northern Cook County

Workforce Board of Northern Cook County

http://www.oakton.edu/  http://www.workforceboard.org/

HOST: Oakton Community College (Robert Sompolski Dean of Mathematics and Technologies)

America COMPETES Reauthorization Act 2010:

“Congress finds that the utilization of high-end computing simulation and modeling by large-scale government contractors and Federal research entities has resulted in substantial improvements in the development of advanced manufacturing technologies; and such simulation and modeling would also benefit small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States if such manufacturers were to deploy such simulation and modeling throughout their manufacturing chains.”

Event:

High Performance Computing (HPC) Innovation Cluster (IC) Workshop announcing:

Center of Excellence (COE) for Manufacturing Applications in the Cloud

COE for Biomedical Engineering & Applications in the Cloud

COE for Business Resilience & Predictive Analytics in the Cloud

COE for Medical Records & Health Care

COE for HPC Cyber Security

All of the above employing Business on Demand (Expertise As A Service)

These COEs will employ Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) locally from

Community Colleges such as:

Oakton Community College, College of Lake County, Joliet Community College, Harold Washington Community College, Harper Community College, College of Lake County, Daley Community College, Truman Community College

Universities such as:

Illinois Institute of Technology, Rosalind Franklin, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern, Rutgers, Washington University, Imperial College-London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Dartmouth, Ohio State, DePaul University, Governor State University

Agenda:

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Networking and Registration

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Congressman Robert Dold

Enhance U.S. Global Competitiveness While Creating Jobs

Through

HPC Centers of Excellence (COE)—(e.g. Oakton Community College HPC COE )

9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Presentation & Discussion (Speakers including Dell, Juniper Networks )

11:45 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.  Next Steps & Closing Remarks

Location:

Oakton Community College - Skokie Campus
7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie, IL 60077

On Democratizing HPC: An update on the Missing Middle
Stephen R. Wheat, Ph.D.
Sr. Director, HPC Worldwide Business Operations
Data Center Group (DCG)
Intel Corporation