NSF RI SimMillennium Site Visit

                        March 2, 1998

I    Introduction and Overview (Wozniak Lounge, 4th Floor Soda Hall)

        8:30 - 8:55     Welcome to the EECS Department (Randy Katz)
        8:55 - 9:20     SimMillennium Project Overview (David Culler)

II    Computational Science Requirements

        9:20 - 9:40     Application Opportunities and Needs in SimMillennium  (Jim Demmel)
        9:40 - 9:55     The Computation of Star Formation (Chris McKee, Phil Marcus)

        Soda Titan/NOW Tour

        9:55 - 10:15     Soda Walk-through and Break
        10:15 - 10:20   Wrap-up of Results from Previous NSF RI grant  (David Culler)

III    Programming and System Support (606 Soda)

        10:20 - 10:35   High Performance Solvers for SimMillennium (Jim Demmel)
        10:35 - 10:50   Programming Models for SimMillenium  (Kathy Yelick)
        10:50 - 11:10   System Support and Communication (David Culler)

Morning Caucus

        11:10 - 11:25   Visit Team in 6th Floor Reading Room

IV    Computational Economy

        11:25-11:50     Mechanism Design, Algorithms, and Evolution (Hal Varian and Christos Papadomitriou)
        11:45-12:05     Infrastructure Services (Eric Brewer)
 

V         Working Lunch with Demos

        12:05 - 1:00    (sandwiches/fruit salad/green salad/dessert)
                                Technology for a Computational Economy (Eric Brewer)
                                Network Simulation and Visualization Case Study (Steve McCanne)
                                Analysis and Maintenance of System Health  (Anthony Joseph)
                                Discussion on Management and Facilities

VII    Novel User Interfaces: The Electronic Desk as a Workspace of the Future

        1:00 - 1:15    Interface Issues on the Electronic Desk (James Landay)
        1:15 - 1:30    Interactive Visualization for the Networked Economy (Marti Hearst)
        1:30 - 1:45    3DDI: 3D Direct Interaction   (John Canny)

VIII   Meetings with Campus Administration

        1:45 - 2:00     Break and walk-over
        2:00 - 2:30     Administration Meeting  with Chancellor Berdahl, Vice Chancellor Christ,  Dean Gray, Dean Price and Dean Varian (200 California Hall )
        2:30 - 2:40     Walk back

IX    Large-scale Application Drivers

       2:40 - 2:55      Digital Libraries Demo (Robert Wilensky)
       2:55 - 3:10     Simulation and Modeling in the Earthquake Engineering Research Center  (Greg Fenves)
       3:10 - 3:25     Technology CAD: Opportunities and Impact (Andy Neureuther)

X    Poster Session with Students

        3:25 - 3:45 Posters in 6th Floor Foyer, Soda Hall

       Wrap-up

        3:45 - 4:15 Caucus
        4:15 - 4:30 Meeting with PI's
        4:30            Exit for airports