Invited Speakers

Dr. Shekhar Y. Borkar

Shekhar received M.Sc in Physics from University of Bombay in 1979, MSEE from University of Notre Dame in 1981 and joined Intel Corp., where he worked on the 8051 family of microcontrollers, and Intel’s supercomputers. Shekhar is an Intel Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, and Director of Academic Programs and Research in Intel Labs.

Prof. Laxmikant Kale

Our goal is to develop technology that improves performance of parallel applications while also improving programmer productivity. We aim to reach a point where, with our freely distributed software base, complex irregular and dynamic applications can (a) be developed quickly and (b) perform scalably on machines with thousands of processors.

Mr. David Böhme

I am a doctoral student at the RWTH Aachen University since 2008 and associated with the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. I earned my Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) in Computer Science in 2008 from the University of Potsdam, Germany. My research interests include parallel programming paradigms, performance modeling and analysis, and development tools for parallel programming.

Prof. Norman Christ

My current interests focus on the physics of the strong interactions at low energies, especially the phenomena of quark confinement and the spontaneous chiral magnetization of the vacuum.  more

Dr. Wibe Albert de Jong

Dr. de Jong has been a chief scientist at the EMSL for 11 years. EMSL is a national user facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). At EMSL he is the Capability Lead and manager of the High Performance Software Development Group responsible for the development of the NWChem computational chemistry software.

Prof. Michael Feig

Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University more

Prof. Sandro Sorella

Full Professor in Condensed Matter physics, SISSA Trieste  (International School for Advanced Studies) more

Dr. James L. Kinter III

Dr. James L. Kinter III is Director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) where he manages all aspects of basic and applied climate research conducted by the Center. Dr. Kinter's research includes studies of climate predictability on seasonal and longer time scales. Of particular interest in his research are prospects for prediction of El Niño and the extratropical response to tropical sea surface temperature anomalies using high-resolution coupled general circulation models of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface.