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Computational steering on the Grid (2/2)
(90 mins)
Helen Wright, Stephen Pickes, Martin Turner
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Computational steering is a valuable mechanism for scientific investigation in which the parameters of a running program can be altered and the results visualized immediately. As an investigative paradigm its history goes back more than ten years, though it has only relatively recently captured the scientific imagination since, with the advent of Grid computing, the range of problems that can be tackled interactively has widened markedly. Applications specialists now see the prospect of accomplishing ‘real’ science using computational steering whilst, at the same time, computing researchers are working to bring about the supporting infrastructure of middleware, toolkits and environments that will render this prospect concrete.
Successful steering on the Grid requires a number of different components to be available simultaneously, notably access to computation and visualization resources, facilities for distributed collaboration and, not least, the application scientists themselves. Important issues still to be resolved are: usability, both for developers and applications scientists; visualization on the Grid, itself still an emerging topic, yet absolutely essential for steering, and; advance reservation of diverse resources. This workshop brings together key practitioners to share their views on these issues. It follows on from the highly successful workshop "Visualization on the Grid", held at OGF19, and draws on experiences from the "Workshop on Grid-Based Visualization" held at IEEE Visualization 2006. The target audience is middleware developers, visualization developers, standardisation authorities, and application scientists.
Agenda:
Session 2
APIs for computational steering and visualization from RealityGrid and e-Viz
Stephen Pickles, Mark Riding, University of Manchester
A standard API for computational steering: Applications and the SAGA approach
Shantenu Jha, Louisiana State University; Andre Merzky, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Panel – user experiences and the way forward
Chairs: Helen Wright, University of Hull; Martin Turner, University of Manchester
Location: Charter Suite 1
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| | Slides (PDF): Panel Discussion |
| | Document (PDF): Panel Discussion Notes |
| | Slides (PDF): RealityGrid and e-Viz |
| | Slides: RealityGrid and e-Viz.pdf |
| | Slides (PDF): Steering - a SAGA View |