Future of AstroComputing | The University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HIPACC)

*25 minutes in length including discussion
†15 minutes in length including discussion

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9:30	Coffee & Snacks
10:00-10:15 (15m)	Joel Primack (UCSC)	Opening Remarks-The University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center†[.mp4]
10:15-10:40 (25m)	Ted Kisner (LBNL)	Astrophysical Data Processing on Heterogeneous Many-core Systems*[.mp4]
10:40-11:05 (25m)	Robert Fisher (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)	Barriers to Computing at Scale : Hardware, Algorithms, and Modeling*[.mp4]
11:05-11:20 (15m)	Michael Schneider (LLNL)	Fast generation of ensembles of cosmological N-body simulations via mode resampling†[.mp4]
11:20	Break
11:50-12:15 (25m)	Alex Szalay (JHU)	How Large Simulations and Databases can Play Nicely with One Another*[.mp4]
12:15-12:30 (15m)	Istvan Szapudi (IfA, Honolulu)	Algorithms for Higher Order Statistics†[.mp4]
12:30-12:55 (25m)	Tony Tyson (UCD)	LSST: Petascale Opportunities and Challenges*[.mp4]
12:55-13:10 (15m)	Matthew Turk (UCSD)	Open Source Astrophysics and Analysis†[.mp4]
13:10	Lunch

Thursday, December 16, Afternoon: SDSC Auditorium

14:30-14:45 (15m)	Michael Warren (LANL)	Optimizing the inner loop of the gravitational force interaction on modern processors†[.mp4]
14:45-15:00 (15m)	David Collins (UCSD)	Mass and magnetic distribution in Self Gravitating Super Alfvenic AMR simulations†[.mp4]
15:00-15:25 (25m)	Julian Borrill (LBNL & UCB)	Cosmic Microwave Background Data Analysis at The Exascale And Beyond*[.mp4]
15:25-15:50 (25m)	Peter Nugent (LBNL)	Wide Field Surveys and Real-Time Analysis*[.mp4]
15:50-16:05 (15m)	Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere (UCB)	Modeling the Signatures of Galaxy Assembly†[.mp4]
16:05	Coffee & Snacks
16:35-16:50 (15m)	Michael Boylan-Kolchin (UCI)	Simulating the Milky Way: there's no place like home?†[.mp4]
16:50-17:15 (25m)	Matthias Steinmetz (Astrophysical Institute Potsdam)	Modelling the Milky Way: Challenges in Scientific Computing and Data Analysis*[.mp4]
17:15-17:30 (15m)	John Wise (Princeton University)	The Birth of a Galaxy†[.mp4]
17:30-17:55 (25m)	Kathy Yelick (NERSC & LBLL)	Keynote: How HPC architecture and software are evolving toward exascale*[.mp4]

18:30	Reception
19:30	Dinner
20:30-20:45 (15m)	Rick Wagner (SDSC)	Interactive Remote Visualization Over Dynamic VLANs†
20:45-21:00 (15m)	Nina McCurdy (UCSC)	Visualizing Eternal Inflation using Maya†
21:00-21:15(15m)	Mark SubbaRao (Adler Planetarium)	Using Scientific Visualization to enhance informal science education: lessons from the Space Visualization Laboratory†[.mp4]
21:15-21:30(15m)	Tom Kennedy (Morrison Planetarium)	Opening segment of "Life: A Cosmic Story" †

8:30	Continental Breakfast
9:00-09:25 (25m)	Risa Wechsler (Stanford University)	Simulation Challenges for Next Generation Galaxy Surveys*[.mp4]
9:25-9:50 (25m)	John Hawley (University of Virginia)	The Challenges Associated with Future, More Predictive, 3D Dynamic Astrophysical Simulations*[.mp4]
9:50-10:05 (15m)	Michael Kuhlen (UCB)	Implications of Galactic dark matter substructure on detection efforts†
10:05-10:20 (15m)	Anatoly Klypin (NMSU)	Accessing large cosmological simulations†[.mp4]
10:20-10:35 (15m)	Adrian Pope (LANL)	Cosmological simulations on large, heterogeneous supercomputers†[.mp4]
10:35-10:50 (15m)	Robert Harkness (UCSD/SDSC)	Petascale Cosmology using ENZO†[.mp4]
10:50	Break
11:20-11:45 (25m)	Michael Norman (SDSC)	The Future of Enzo*[.mp4]
11:45-12:00 (15m)	Andrew MacFadyen (NYU)	Relativistic Gas Dynamics and Turbulence†[.mp4]
12:00-12:15 (15m)	Richard I. Klein (UCB, LLNL)	The Feedback Effects of Radiation and Protostellar Outflows on High Mass and Low Mass Star Formation†[.mp4]
12:15-12:40 (25m)	Alexei Kritsuk (UCSD)	ISM/molecular cloud/star formation simulations*[.mp4]
12:40	Lunch

Friday, December 17, Afternoon: SDSC Auditorium

14:00-14:15 (15m)	Po Kin Leung (UCSB)	Radiative Transfer Calculation of Accretion Flows around Supermassive Black Holes†[.mp4]
14:15-14:30 (15m)	Pak-Shing Li (UCB)	Ambipolar Diffusion Effects on the Weakly Ionized Turbulence Molecular Clouds†[.mp4]
14:30-14:55 (25m)	Anthony Mezzacappa (ORNL)	Toward Realistic 3D Core Collapse Supernova Modeling: Near-Term Expectations and Longer-Term Plans and Challenges*[.mp4]
14:55-15:10 (15m)	Andrew Benson (Caltech)	Advancing Galaxy Formation Modeling†[.mp4]
15:10-15:35 (25m)	Pablo Laguna (Georgia Tech)	Light-shows from Supermassive Black Hole Mergers*[.mp4]
15:35	Closing Remarks

*25 minutes in length including discussion
†15 minutes in length including discussion