TFCC / TCDP / TCPP / TCSA and Proposal f or a new TC on Scalable Comput ing (TCSC) Mar cin Papr zycki OSU, Tulsa, OK, US / SWPS, War szawa, Poland mar cin@cs.okst at e.edu Mark Baker Univer sit y of Por t smout h, UK Mar k.baker @Comput er.or g Raj kumar Buyya Univer sit y of Melbour ne, Au r aj @cs.mu.oz.au http://www.ieeetfcc.org 1
Pr oblem(s) TFCC t abled since 2002 I t was on hold due over lap issues Opposit ion t o gaining TC st at us f r om TCPP and TCDP (and somewhat TCSA) TCSA non-exist ent f or a f ew year s bef or e 2002 wait ing f or t he over all sit uat ion t o clear
Road t o a Solut ion Ear ly solut ion pr oposal cr eat ion of a Council t ur ned out t o be pr emat ur e. Conf er ence calls involving TCDP, TCPP, TFCC and TCSA Chair s. Possible int er mediat e solut ion has been wor ked out Hist or y and dat a f ir st
TFCC I nt r oduct ion TFCC cr eat ed in 1999 t o cover clust er comput ing r esear ch, development, and educat ion. TFCC act ivit ies pr of essional event s publicat ions r egional pr ogr ams guidelines f or educat ional pr ogr ams WWW sit e / por t al bi-annual newslet t er
Scope and Event s TFCC cover s all aspect s of clust er s, clust er s of clust er s and t he gr id Thr ee maj or annual event s: I nt er nat ional Conf er ence on Clust er Comput ing st ar t ed in 1999. I nt er nat ional Symposium on Clust er Comput ing and t he Gr id (CCGr id) st ar t ed in 2001. I nt er nat ional Wor kshop on Gr id Comput ing st ar t ed in 2000.
I nt l. Clust er Comput ing Conf. Clust er 1999, Melbour ne, Aust r alia, Dec 1999, 105 delegat es. Clust er 2000, Chemnit z, Ger many, Nov 2000, 161 delegat es. Clust er 2001, Newpor t Beach, Calif or nia, Oct 2001, 304 delegat es. Clust er 2002, Chicago, Sep 2002, 283 delegat es. Clust er 2003, Hong Kong, China, Dec 2003, 176 delegat es. Clust er 2004, San Diego, Calif or nia, 2004, expect 250+ delegat es. Clust er 2005, Bost on. Clust er 2006, pr oposal f r om Bar celona.
I EEE/ ACM CCGr id CCGr id 2001, Br isbane, Aust r alia, May 2001, 165 delegat es CCGr id 2002, Ber lin, Ger many, May 2002, 250 delegat es. CCGr id 2003, Tokyo, J apan, May 2003, May 11-16, 2002, ~300 delegat es. CCGr id 2004, Chicago, USA, Apr il 2004, 200+ delegat es. CCGr id 2005, Car dif f, UK, May 2005. CCGr id 2006, Singapor e. CCGr id 2007, pr oposal f r om Br azil.
I EEE/ ACM Gr id Wor kshops Gr id 2000, Dec 2000, Bangalor e, I ndia, 105 delegat es. Gr id 2001, Nov 2001, Denver, Color ado, held in conj unct ion wit h SC 2001, 150+ delegat es. Gr id 2002, Nov 2002, Balt imor e, MD held in conj unct ion wit h SC 2002, 150+ delegat es. Gr id 2003, Nov 2003, Phoenix, AZ held in conj unct ion wit h SC 2003, 400 delegat es. Gr id 2004, Nov 2004, Pit t sbur gh, held in conj unct ion wit h SC 2004.
Some ext er nal sponsor s of TFCC event s
At t endance Gr owt h in TFCC Event s Par t icipant s (Clust er +CCGr id+gr id) 1000 800 600 400 200 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year St art ed: Clust er XY Gr id XY CCGr id XY
TFCC Web site: http://www.ieeetfcc.org
Technical Ar eas and Leader s
Regional Act ivit ies
Book Donat ion Pr ogr am ht t p:/ / www.ieeet f cc.or g/ edupr omot e.ht ml Over 1200 copies of books and j our nals have been donat ed t o f acult ies all over t he wor ld as par t of educat ional pr omot ion pr ogr amme. I n co-oper at ion wit h many int er nat ional publisher s and aut hor s. 50% r eser ved f or f acult ies wor king in less developed count r ies.
http://www.clustercomputing.org
Ot her Act ivit ies Comput ing Resear ch Reposit or y on Clust er Comput ing par t of t he ACM/ Los Alamos e-pr int ar chive ht t p:/ / ar xiv.or g/ ar chive/ cs/ int r o.ht ml TopClust er s j oint ef f or t wit h Top500 ht t p:/ / www.ieeet f cc.or g/ TopClust er s TFCC Whit epaper ht t p:/ / dsg.por t.ac.uk/ ~mab/ t f cc/ Whit epaper /
TFCC Member ship Over 608 r egist er ed member s (as of a year ago) Over 800 member s on t he TFCC s Open Technical Discussion mailing list <t f cc@clust er compt ing.or g>
TCSA Main conf er ence SC xx last year 7,500 at t endees Second conf er ence PARELEC Member ship 850-325 500 Execut ive Commit t ee cr eat ed in Apr il, 2004 WWW sit e cr eat ed in May, 2004 Newslet t er of SC xx + ot her TCSA it ems send out mid-may 2004
PROPOSAL Mer ger of TFCC and TCSA int o TC on Scalable Comput ing (TCSC) Mer ged char t er (clust er s, gr ids and super comput ing applicat ions) and act ivit ies. TFCC TCSA + TCSC
Fut ur e Det ails of t r ansit ion r eady f or TAB in November. Cr eat e a Technical St eer ing Commit t ee (TSE) involving TCSC / TCDP / TCPP I EEE Dist r ibut ed Syst ems (online) Tr ansact ions PDS Conf er ences? Fut ur e-f ut ur e Council