[[PageOutline]] = The 5th Pan-Galactic 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 workshop is supported in part by IBM. 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. == 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: The EdGES project Attila Marosi (SZTAKI) talks: 1. GenWrapper: Generic wrapper for BOINC 2. 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) Fernando Costa (U. Coimbra, Portugal) Gianni De Fabritiis (UPF) Ghengis Rios Kruger (Cath. Univ. of Peru) Talk: The Legion desktop grid computing system. Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein Issal Al-Azzoni (INRIA) Jack Schultz Jarno Rantala (CERN) Talk: VMwrapper Jeremy Cowles (UC Berkeley) Talk: TBA Jordi Portell (IEEC/UB) talk: Data compression for BOINC Kevin Reed (IBM) Malek Smaoui (UH) Marc Garbey (UH) talk: Update on the Virtual Prairie project Reinhard Prix (MPI) Michael Weber Martin Bertheau Nico Mittenzwey Nicolas Maire (Swiss Tropical Institute) Talk: TBA Oliver Bock (MPI) Oscar Diaz Barriga (Cath Univ of Peru) 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 Zoltan Balaton (SZTAKI) possible: Andrey Voronkov Bruce Allen (MPI) }}} == Tentative schedule == === Thu 22 Oct === 9:00-10:40: welcome and talks 10:40-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:40 talks 12:40-14:00 lunch 14:00-15:40 talks 15:40-16:00 coffee 16:00-18:00 talks === Fri 23 Oct === 9:00-10:40: talks 10:40-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:40 talks 12:40-14:00 lunch 14:00-14:45 parallel BOF session #1 14:45-15:30 parallel BOF session #2 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 (more information here soon); 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.]