[[PageOutline]] = The 7th BOINC Workshop = A workshop on BOINC and volunteer computing will be held 18-19 August 2011 in Hannover, Germany. 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, and to guide the future development of BOINC. The workshop is for researchers, scientists and developers with significant experience or interest in BOINC. Areas of interest include: * GPU and multi-thread applications; CUDA and OpenCL * Virtual machines as application container * Multi-user projects * Remote job submission * Integration with hubs, clouds, grids, and desktop grids * OpenID All participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work. Slides will be published on the web, but there will be no papers or proceedings. The workshop will be co-located with [http://desktopgridfederation.org/8th-idgf-workshop a meeting of the International Desktop Grid Federation] (IDGF), which will take place from 14:00 to 18:00 on 17 August. Workshop participants are encouraged to consider attending this as well. == Venue == The workshop will be held at the [http://www.aei.mpg.de/ Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics] in Hannover, Germany. Directions are [http://www.aei.mpg.de/hannover-en/02-instAnreise/index.html here]. '''Warning''': The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics has TWO locations, one in Hannover and one in Golm (near Berlin). '''Do NOT travel to the Golm location for this meeting''', or you'll find yourself 200km away from where you should be. If you're traveling by car, be aware that driving within Hannover requires an "environmental badge". [http://www.umwelt-plakette.de/englis_informations.php?SID=8ee1524691c675cbed74abd6aa346493 More info here]. A list of hotels is [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/hannover_hotels.html here]. == Registration == #registration The workshop is free but attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please contact David Anderson, indicating your areas of interest. == Remote Participation == You can participate remotely by visiting the following website: [http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate] 1. Register an account 1. Click on "Start EVO" to download/start the client. 1. Log in to EVO 1. select the following meeting in "Universe": '''7th Multiversal BOINC Workshop''' (Password: AEI2011) == Schedule == The workshop will consist of two activities: * '''Talks''': All participants are encouraged to give a short (~15 min) talk describing their activities and plans related to volunteer computing. These talks do not have to be polished or present results. Please send your talk title to David Anderson. * '''Hackfest''': On the 2nd day of the workshop we'll divide into small groups, each of which will try to advance some aspect of BOINC. All attendees should sign up for one or more groups, and should come prepared to contribute. [wiki:Workshop11/HackFest More Hackfest info]. Schedule: '''18 Aug''' * 9:00 - 10:00 * Bruce Allen: Introductory remarks * David Anderson: BOINC status report * 10:00 - 10:40 * Benjamin Knispel: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/BOINC_WS11_Knispel.pdf One year of finding new radio pulsars with Einstein@Home] * Kevin Reed: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/BW2011.WorldCommunityGrid.KevinReed.v1.pdf An Update on World Community Grid] Break * 11:00-13:00 * David Coss: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/David_Coss_boinc_workshop_2011.pdf Grid Computing at St Jude Children's Research Hospital] * Jesse Kaukonen: The Renderfarm.fi project * Andy Bowery, Erwan Keribin, Neil Massey: CPDN status report * Simon Wilson, UK Met Office: Multi-processor Climate Models in Climateprediction.net * Robert Lovas: The first year of DEGISCO: hybrid infrastructure and new applications based on BOINC * Torbjoern Klatt: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/Talk_BOINC-Workshop_2011_SlidesShort.pdf Rechenkraft.net status report] Lunch * 14:00 - 15:40 * Ben Segal: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/Ben_Segal_BOINC_Wkshop_2011.pdf Early experience with CERN's Volunteer Cloud] * Peter Hanappe: Low-power volunteer computing * Henrik Schnell, Gábor Molnár: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/GridBee.pdf GridBee Web Computing Framework]: scientific computing in browsers * Hien Nguyen: Volpex: Parallel execution in a volunteer environment * Ian Kelley, U. of Cardiff: The Attic distributed file system Break * 16:00 - 18:00 talks * Christian Benjamin Ries: Visu@lGrid : A Model Driven Engineering Approach for BOINC * Evgeny Ivashko: Cloud service of mathematical computations based on desktop grid * Natalia Nikitina: Web-based interface to desktop grid computing resources * Peter Kacsuk: Enable the use of BOINC for new communities - the IDGF experience * Pablo Fonseca: Legion: An extensible lightweight web framework for easy BOINC task submission, monitoring and result retrieval using web services * Dario Ferrer: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/multi_server_environment_ibercivis.odp BOINC Balanced Multi Server Environment] * 19:30 workshop dinner * venue: [http://hannover.bolerobar.de/ Bolero] [http://office.gastronovi.de/files/download/bolero-togo-eng-allg2010-pdf English menu] ([http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/WorkShop11/HowToFindTheDinnerPlace.pdf directions]) '''19 Aug''' * 9:00 - 15:00 [wiki:Workshop11/HackFest Hackfest] * 15:30 - 18:00 Presentation and discussion of hackfest results == Attendees == 1. Bader Ajrab, Alquds University - Palestine 1. Bruce Allen, Max Planck Institute 1. David Anderson, UC Berkeley 1. Artur Andrzejak, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg 1. Oscar Díaz Barriga, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 1. Uwe Beckert, [http://www.rechenkraft.net Rechenkraft.net e.V.] 1. Christian Beer, [http://www.rechenkraft.net Rechenkraft.net e.V.] 1. Oliver Bock, Max Planck Institute 1. Andy Bowery, Oxford 1. Francisco Brasiliero (AKA Fubica), UFCG 1. David Coss, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital * Grid Computing at St Jude Children's Research Hospital 1. Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein, Einstein@home volunteer developer 1. Zoltan Farkas, SZTAKI 1. Dario Ferrer, U. of Zaragoza * BOINC Balanced Multi Server Environment 1. Pablo Fonseca, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú * Legion: An extensible lightweight web framework for easy BOINC task submission, monitoring and result retrieval using web services 1. Peter Hanappe, Sony Research * Low-power volunteer computing 1. Thomas Hilbig, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld 1. Evgeny Ivashko, Russian Academy of Sciences * Cloud service of mathematical computations based on desktop grid 1. Peter Kacsuk, SZTAKI * Enable the use of BOINC for new communities - the IDGF experience 1. Jesse Kaukonen, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland * The Renderfarm.fi project 1. Ian Kelley, U. of Cardiff 1. Erwan Keribin, CPDN 1. Torbjoern Klatt, [http://www.rechenkraft.net Rechenkraft.net e.V.] * Rechenkraft.net status report 1. Benjamin Knispel, Max Planck Institute * One year of finding new radio pulsars with Einstein@Home 1. Derrick Kondo, INRIA 1. Arnaud Legrand, INRIA 1. Robert Lovas, SZTAKI * The first year of DEGISCO: hybrid infrastructure and new applications based on BOINC 1. Bernd Machenschalk, Max Planck Institute 1. Neil Massey Oxford 1. Mark !McAndrew, The Charity Engine 1. Juanjo Molinero, Ibercivis 1. Steffen Möller, University of Lübeck 1. Henrik Schnell, IIT Budapest 1. Gábor Molnár, IIT Budapest * GridBee Web Computing Framework: scientific computing in browsers 1. Hien Nguyen, Univ. of Houston * Volpex: Parallel execution in a volunteer environment 1. Natalia Nikitina, Russian Academy of Sciences * Web-based interface to desktop grid computing resources 1. Mikhail Posypkin, ISA RAS (Russia) 1. Kevin Reed, IBM * An Update on World Community Grid 1. Christian Benjamin Ries, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld * Visu@lGrid : A Model Driven Engineering Approach for BOINC 1. Patricia Santos, Ibercivis 1. Francisco Sanz, Ibercivis 1. Ben Segal, CERN * Early experience with CERN's Volunteer Cloud 1. Oleg Sukhoroslov, ISA RAS (Russia) 1. Michael Tarantino, Univ. of Basel 1. Keith Upplinger, IBM 1. Rom Walton, UC Berkeley 1. Simon Wilson, UK Met Office * Multi-processor Climate Models in Climateprediction.net == Before and after == Traditionally there is a hike the day after the workshop (i.e., Sat 20 Aug). There may or may not be any trails near Hannover, but we'll do our best. David Anderson will be in Hannover from Mon 15 Aug through Mon 22 Aug, and will be available for additional discussion and/or hacking. Send him email to reserve time. == The IDGF meeting == The tentative program for the IDGF meeting is: More information and slides can be found on [http://desktopgridfederation.org/programme8 desktopgridfederation.org]. {{{ Session 1: IDGF and Desktop Grid Systems 14:00-14:25 P. Kacsuk: Introduction to International Desktop Grid Federation (IDGF) 14:25-14:50 R. Lovas: The IDGF Road Map 14:50-15:10 D. Anderson: A Road Map for Volunteer Computing in the U.S. 15:10-15:45 F. Brasileiro: OurGrid and IDGF 15:45- 16:15 Coffee Break Session 2: Success Stories 16:15 . 16:30 German DG presentation 16:30 . 16:45 Russian DG presentation 16:45 . 17:00 Univ. of Westminster Local DG and its role in IDGF 17:00 . 17:15 IberCivis and IDGF 17:15- 18:00 Panel session Joint Dinner (self-paid) }}}