[[PageOutline]] = The 5th BOINC Workshop = A workshop on volunteer computing and BOINC will be held 22-23 October 2009, at the [http://www.iec.cat/ Catalan Academy of Letters, Sciences and Humanities] in Barcelona, Spain. [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=C.%20del%20Carme%2C%2047.%2008001%20Barcelona&hl=en&oe=ISO-8859-1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Map]. The meeting room is "Sala Pi i Sunyer", with capacity for 42 people. The workshop is supported in part by IBM. [http://fundacio.cat Fundació.cat] also provides the funds for the meeting room. The objective of this workshop is to share information about BOINC and projects using it, through short presentations and informal discussions, in a relaxed, open and friendly atmosphere. The workshop aims to stimulate new developments and activities related to volunteer computing, by allowing participants to share their experience and requirements, giving developers the opportunity to outline their plans, and stimulating new collaborations between participants. == Reports and webcasts == For those who can't attend this workshop there are other ways to follow this event. * Follow the [http://twitter.com/BOINCworkshop BOINCworkshop] twitter account * Read the open-source Notes blog at [http://blog.os-tools.net/?tag=workshop09&language=en blog.os-tools.net] == Who should attend == The workshop is for researchers, scientists and developers with significant experience with BOINC. It will be smaller and with a more technical focus than in previous years. Areas of interest include: * GPU and multi-thread applications; CUDA and OpenCL * Virtual machines as application container * Genetic optimization algorithms for volunteer computing * Scheduling goals and policies * High-level job submission interfaces: workflows and master/worker systems * Integrating BOINC with clouds and grids * Desktop grid computing with BOINC * Data compression in BOINC transfers All participants will present and discuss their work. Slides will be published on the web, but there will be no papers or proceedings. == Registration == #registration The workshop is free but attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please [[T(MailHide|email David Anderson|k=01o5RAw95mV48kf6x-NVERig==&c=RSUgx-KG3aii0O1aEHoRwV0obvhd9SciJkpE21FkRJ0=)]], indicating your areas of interest. Tentative attendees: {{{ probable: Adam Kornafeld (SZTAKI) talk: Tools to Ease Writing Applications: PyMW and GenWrapper Attila Marosi (SZTAKI) talk: Virtualization for Desktop Grid Clients Bahman Javadi (INRIA) Ben Segal (CERN) Bernd Machenschalk Benjamin Knispel (MPI) talk: Einstein@home's Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search Bill Bovermann (IBM) Christian Beer Daniel Lombraña (U Extremadura) talk: BOINC on USB David Anderson (UCB) talk: BOINC: the year in review David Garcia Quintas (CERN) talk: VM controller infrastructure Derrick Kondo (INRIA) talk: Volunteer Computing Research @ INRIA Fernando Costa (U. Coimbra, Portugal) talk: Expanding the scope of BOINC: Beyond Embarrassingly Parallel Applications Gianni De Fabritiis (UPF) Genghis Rios (PUCP) Talk: The Legion Desktop Grid Computing System. Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein Jack Schultz Jarno Rantala (CERN) Talk: VMwrapper Jaspal Subhlok (U. of Houston) talk: Volpex Communication for Volunteer Computing (pref. Thur) Jeremy Cowles (UC Berkeley) Talk: PyMW implementation and usage Jordi Portell (IEEC/UB) talk: Data compression for BOINC Kevin Reed (IBM) talk: WCG: connecting with our community Malek Smaoui (UH) Marc Garbey (UH) talk: Update on the Virtual Prairie project (pref. Thur) Reinhard Prix (MPI) Michael H.W. Weber (Rechenkraft.net e.V. / Philipps-University of Marburg) talk: RNA World Nico Mittenzwey (Rechenkraft.net e.V.) Nicolas Maire (Swiss Tropical Institute) Talk: Estimating parameters for mathematical models of malaria epidemiology Oliver Bock (MPI) talk: Optimizing BOINC project databases Oscar Diaz (PUCP) Paco de Vega (U Extremadura) Tolu Aina (Oxford) Toni Giorgino (UPF) talk: Submitting and managing distributed computations: the researcher's interface to a BOINC project Travis Desell (RPI) talk: Robust Asynchronous Optimization for Volunteer Computing Grids Uwe Beckert (Rechenkraft.net e.V.) Zoltan Balaton (SZTAKI) talk: 3G-Bridge: Bridging the Gap between BOINC and Other Systems (pref order: Balaton, Kornafeld, Marosi) possible: Andrey Voronkov Bruce Allen (MPI) }}} == Schedule == === Thu 22 Oct === 9:00-10:40: welcome and talks * Jordi Portell: Opening remarks * David Anderson: [attachment:workshop_09.ppt BOINC: the year in review] * Derrick Kondo: Volunteer Computing Research @ INRIA 10:40-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:40 talks * Adam Kornafeld: Tools to Ease Writing Applications: PyMW and !GenWrapper * Jeremy Cowles: [attachment:cowles.ppt PyMW implementation and usage] * Jaspal Subhlok: [attachment:jaspal.pdf Volpex Communication for Volunteer Computing] * Zoltan Balaton: [attachment:BOINC_WS09_3g-bridge.pdf 3G-Bridge: Bridging the Gap between BOINC and Other Systems] 12:40-14:00 lunch 14:00-15:40 talks * Fernando Costa: [attachment:boinc09_fcosta_beyond_parallel_apps.pdf Expanding the scope of BOINC: Beyond Embarrassingly Parallel Applications] * Jordi Portell: [attachment:jportell-datacompression.zip Data compression for BOINC] * Toni Giorgino: [attachment:boinc09_giorgino_submitting_and_managing.pdf Submitting and managing distributed computations: the researcher's interface to a BOINC project] * Oliver Bock: [attachment:boinc09_bock_optimizing_boinc_dbs.pdf Optimizing BOINC project databases] 15:40-16:00 coffee 16:00-18:00 talks * Benjamin Knispel: [attachment:boinc09_knispel_arecibo_binary_pulsar_e@h.pdf Einstein@home's Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search] * Marc Garbey: Update on the Virtual Prairie project * Nicolas Maire: [attachment:MaireBoincWS09.pdf Estimating parameters for mathematical models of malaria epidemiology] * Travis Desell: [attachment:desell.ppt Robust Asynchronous Optimization for Volunteer Computing Grids] === Fri 23 Oct === 9:00-10:40: talks * Attila Marosi: [attachment:marosi-virtualization-boinc_ws_2009.pdf Virtualization for Desktop Grid Clients] * David Garcia Quintas: [attachment:VMControllerInfraestructure_DGQ.pdf VM controller infrastructure] * Jarno Rantala: [attachment:VMwrapper.pdf VMwrapper] 10:40-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:40 talks * Daniel Lombraña: [attachment:boincpills.pdf BOINC on USB] * Genghis Rios: [attachment:"legion workshop boinc.pdf" The Legion Desktop Grid Computing System] * Kevin Reed: [attachment:wcg.pdf WCG: connecting with our community] * Michael Weber: [attachment:_MW_Talk_23-10-2009_Barcelona.pptx RNA World - A BOINC-based distributed supercomputer for high-throughput bioinformatic studies to advance RNA research] 12:40-14:00 lunch 14:00-14:45 parallel BOF session !#1 * [wiki:WorkShop09/ScientistUsability Tools for scientists, e.g. remote job submission] * [wiki:WorkShop09/UserIssues User issues, including credit] * [wiki:WorkShop09/InterprocComm Interprocess communication] 14:45-15:30 parallel BOF session !#2 * [wiki:WorkShop09/VmApps VM apps] * [wiki:WorkShop09/BatchSched Batch scheduling] 15:30-16:00 coffee 16:00-17:00 BOF presentations 17:00-18:00 Round-table discussion (total of 10 1/3 hours of talks) == Recreation == As usual, there will be a hike the day after the workshop (24 Oct, Saturday). Possible destination: [http://www.easytravel777.com/id15.html Montserrat]. Some useful information: [http://www.fgc.net/eng/index.asp Trains from Barcelona], [http://www.cremallerademontserrat.cat/website_cremallera/eng/index.asp Montserrat train], and [http://www.aeridemontserrat.com/op_b1.htm Montserrat gondola]. Some hints: * From the city center, take the Metro L3 (green) to Espanya (~10 minutes, ~1EUR) * Take the "Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (FGC - one of the train lines here), line R5 (Manresa), and stop at Montserrat-Aeri or Monistrol de Montserrat (not sure - should be the first one). It should be ~1h and ~4EUR * Once in the base of Montserrat, you can either start climbing right there (see the information in the attachment below); or you could take the "Aeri" (gondola) or "Cremallera" (steep train) to the Sanctuary, and from then follow the signs to the summit (2-3h, yet somehow strenuous). Alternative destination: [http://www.valldenuria.com/website_valldenuria/eng/nuria_lavall.asp Santuari de Núria (Pyrenees)], arriving by train to Queralbs (~3h walking, ~800m uneveness, fairly easy - and we can return by the "cremallera" train). Lovely sightseeings. Probably a bit cold by those dates. Possible cultural tourism in Barcelona and surroundings: [http://www.literattours.cat/index.php?lang=esp Literat Tours] (from a SETI.cat colleague) == Hotels == Cheap hotels near the conference: [http://www.hotelcurious.com/ Hotel Curious] (50m from conference; free Wi-Fi and breakfast; 80€/night) Hotel Inglés, Barcelona (70€/night) Hotel Canton (72€/night) [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/attachment/wiki/WorkShop09/preus%20resid%C3%A8nices%20BCN.pdf Residencia La Ciutadella] Precios: E65 single, E86.50 double [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=es&msa=0&msid=106032162917029695803.0004749f5ab3d580ab3dc&t=h&z=14 Google map with hotels around the workshop venue.]