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Java Grande Forum Homepage
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SC98 Java Grande Panels -- DRAFT July 1 1998
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To be held at SC98 Orlando for a total of 3 hours on the morning of Friday November 13
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1. Java Grande I: Rationale Status and the Forum
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2. Java Grande II: Issues and Futures
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Overview
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This is a set of two linked panels, which will focus on the status, issues and futures of Java Grande and include a presentation of and public comment on the activities of the Java Grande forum.
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Grande applications are large-scale applications typical of HPCC, scientific and engineering computations, or distributed simulations.
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The goal of the Java Grande forum is to further community activities that will make Java a much better (and probably the best) programming environment for Grande applications. The first three meetings of the Forum were March 1,98 May 9-10 and August 6-7. The Panels will consist of presentations from the community covering technologies, applications and studies relevant to Java Grande, which will set the scene and give possibly controversial position papers.
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The two Java Grande working groups will present their current findings and lead an open discussion.
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The public comments will be integrated into revised versions of the working group reports.
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Audience for both panels should include academia, government and industry.
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The topics should interest people from both application and computer science (technology) fields.
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Leading questions and issues:
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1. What is Java Grande and should we care?
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2. Can we develop the industry support (in terms of quality tools and changes in Java standards) to make Java a superior programming environment for Grande applications?
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3. What are the changes in Java (if any) needed to realize the goal in 2)
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4. What are the key research issues and technologies underlying Java Grande
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5. What application areas are particularly enabled/helped by Java Grande
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Abstract of First Panel -- Java Grande I: Rationale, Status and the Forum
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Moderator: Siamak Hassanzadeh (Sun Microsystems)
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This panel will set the scene and present initial findings of the two Java Grande Forum working groups. It will consist of approximately 5 presentations.
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The first part of the panel (of about 50 minutes) will consist of 3 presentations, which will define Java Grande and describe critical technologies, applications and performance studies of relevance to Java Grande.
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Technologies could include nifty compilers or distributed computing infrastructure. Applications could include libraries or larger scale systems.
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These talks will be designed to complement any related papers in the main SC98 technical sessions.
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The final 40 minutes will feature the two forum working groups
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Here we will briefly describe forum (goals and process) and present current state of findings of these two working groups.
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Abstract of Second Panel -- Java Grande II: Issues and Futures
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Moderator: Geoffrey Fox (Syracuse University)
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This session will start with selected short (approximately 10 minute) presentations on alternative or augmentative ideas with goal of broadening the involved community.
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Topics will include "experiences from Industry users" , views from world community (there is a relevant meeting in Europe(Cardiff) during the summer), and naysayers (Why Java Grande is doomed).
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These talks will be chosen for their broad impact on Java Grande and not particularly their technical wizardry. We will actively solicit suggested contributors.
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This 60 minute introduction will be followed by a debate of the two draft reports presented in previous panel. To encourage this, we will make the documents available on the web and on the exhibit floor before the meeting.
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Audience comments will be incorporated into revised versions of the reports and will help set the agenda for future forum activities.
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