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HPCS95 Keynote Presentation: HPC at the Crossroads Academic Niche or Economic Development Cornucopia

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at HPCS95 Symposium on July 10-12 Montreal Canada. Foils prepared July 9,1995

What is status of High Performance Computing and Communications ?
  • In a nutshell, we understand issues and technologies quite well but next step frfom research to reality is hard and not clear where the "killer(winning) applications are"
The current U.S. Federal HPCC Program and particular work at NPAC on industrial implications
  • The survey of industrial applications and its implications
InfoVision (Information,Video, Simulation, Imagery, on demand) and MPP's as WebServers
  • Applications to Education. Television and other media, Community Networks
Lessons from a meeting at Pasadena, January 1995. HPCC does not clearly make business sense. Need expand user(application) and technology base
  • This will also improve(revolutionize) HPCC Software Infrastructure with productivity and Software Engineering tools.


This mixed presentation uses parts of the following base foilsets which can also be looked at on their own!
HPCS95master                            Master Foilset for HPCS95 
                                         Keynote Presentation
InfoMall95                              Overview of InfoMall -- A 
                                         Virtual Corporation for HPCC 
                                         Systems and Software
crpcappls                               Overview Foils for Parallel 
                                         Applications and software 
                                         Talk
NPACAddons                              Collection of GIF Images for 
                                         General NPAC Projects 
                                         1995-March96
Ida2                                    Dual Issues and a discussion 
                                         of HPCC Defense Applications
Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1                    Overview foils of Status of 
                                         HPCC with NPAC Bias
Pasadena2                               Conclusions of Working Group 2
                                          at Second Pasadena Workshop 
                                         on System Software and Tools 
                                         for HPCC
CompSciMay95                            Overview foils for 
                                         Computational Science 
                                         Overview at Illinois -- May 
                                         1995
NIIkids                                 Implications of NII for Kids 
                                         in Schools and Home
Infovision95                            InfoVISION: Information Video 
                                         Simulation Imagery ON demand
Screendumps of Living Textbook web pagesScreendumps of Living Textbook
                                          web pages
Screendumps of Kidsweb                  Screendumps of kidsweb web 
                                         pages
Phy105                                  Pictures of Web Pages for 
                                         Modules of Phy105/106
CRPCWebWindows                          CRPC Annual Meeting WebWindows
                                          Presentation
NPACDBover                              Overview foils for NPAC 
                                         Database Activity including 
                                         Web March 1995
Webworkaddons                           Additional Material for Web 
                                         Technology Presentations July
                                          95 -- March 96

Table of Contents for HPCS95 Keynote Presentation: HPC at the Crossroads Academic Niche or Economic Development Cornucopia



Presentation at HPCS95 on Status of HPCC and its relation to Web and Real World(Industry)

                            HPCS95master 001 001 HPC at the Crossroads
                                                 Academic Niche or 
                                                 Economic Development 
                                                 Cornucopia
                            HPCS95master 002 002 Abstract of HPC(C) at
                                                  the Crossroads
                            HPCS95master 003 003 Superficial 
                                                 Observations on High 
                                                 Performance 
                                                 Computing-I
                            HPCS95master 004 004 Superficial 
                                                 Observations on High 
                                                 Performance 
                                                 Computing-II
                            HPCS95master 005 005 Superficial 
                                                 Observations on High 
                                                 Performance 
                                                 Communication
                            HPCS95master 006 006 Some Implications of 
                                                 HPCC Observations
                            HPCS95master 007 007 Current Status of 
                                                 HPCC Applications, 
                                                 Hardware and Software

Start new Section:
Technology Status

                              InfoMall95 004 008 Advances in Parallel 
                                                 Computer and High 
                                                 Speed Network (HPCC) 
                                                 Technology
                              InfoMall95 008 009 Some 
                                                 Hardware/Software 
                                                 Trends over next 5 
                                                 years
                               crpcappls 002 010 What is Status of 
                                                 HPCC Applications?
                               crpcappls 003 011 Two Major Parallel 
                                                 Programming Paradigms

Start new Section:
Application Analysis

                              InfoMall95 007 012 When will Parallel 
                                                 Computing Take Over  
                                                 ?
                            HPCS95master 008 013 However we need more 
                                                 than fast enough 
                                                 machines
                                                 We also need a large 
                                                 enough market to 
                                                 sustain technology 
                                                 (systems and 
                                                 software) 
                              InfoMall95 009 014 The Federal High 
                                                 Performance Computing
                                                  and Communication 
                                                 Initiative (HPCCI)
                            HPCS95master 009 015 A Survey of New York 
                                                 State Industrial 
                                                 Opportunities for 
                                                 HPCC was very 
                                                 influential for me 
                                                 and my group(NPAC)
                              InfoMall95 015 016 New York State 
                                                 Economic Development 
                                                 Program
                              InfoMall95 025 017 Categories of 
                                                 Industrial and 
                                                 Government 
                                                 Applications of HPCC 
                                                 (with reference to 
                                                 academic 
                                                 applications)
                              InfoMall95 026 018 Tables of Industrial 
                                                 HPCC Applications 1 
                                                 to 4:SIMULATION
                            HPCS95master 010 019 The 33 Application 
                                                 areas were studied in
                                                  detail:
                                                 Simulation (Roughly 
                                                 the Grand Challenges)
                            HPCS95master 011 020 The 33 Application 
                                                 areas were studied in
                                                  detail:
                                                 Information Analysis 
                                                 -- DataMining
                            HPCS95master 012 021 The 33 Application 
                                                 areas were studied in
                                                  detail:
                                                 InfoVision: 
                                                 Information, Video, 
                                                 Imagery and 
                                                 Simulation on Demand
                              NPACAddons 007 022 Visit of Hillary 
                                                 Clinton to Syracuse 
                                                 University April 
                                                 5,1994 -- Tornado 
                                                 Simulation
                            HPCS95master 013 023 The 33 Application 
                                                 areas were studied in
                                                  detail:
                                                 Information 
                                                 Integration combining
                                                  Simulation, Analysis
                                                  and InfoVision

Start new Section:
What about HPCC in special case of Manufacturing?

                            HPCS95master 014 024 Some detailed 
                                                 Analysis of 
                                                 Opportunities for 
                                                 HPCC in the Science 
                                                 and Engineering 
                                                 Simulation Arena
                                    Ida2 005 025 An Example to 
                                                 Illustrate Importance
                                                  of Dual-Use 
                                                 Philosophy
                                    Ida2 006 026 Opportunities for 
                                                 HPCC in the Science 
                                                 and Engineering 
                                                 Simulation Arena
                                    Ida2 007 027 Some Simulation Areas
                                                  which will be 
                                                 Difficult to exploit 
                                                 in near term
                                    Ida2 008 028 Suprisingly Difficult
                                                  and Suprisingly 
                                                 Promising Areas for 
                                                 HPCC in Simulation
                                    Ida2 009 029 Why is it hard to use
                                                  HPCC in 
                                                 Manufacturing-I?
                                    Ida2 010 030 Why is it hard to use
                                                  HPCC in 
                                                 Manufacturing-II?
                            HPCS95master 042 031 ASOP and 
                                                 Multidisciplinary 
                                                 Analysis and 
                                                 Design(MAD)

Start new Section:
And now we must look at National Challenges

                            HPCS95master 015 032 From the 
                                                 Grand(Simulation) 
                                                 Challenges to the 
                                                 National 
                                                 (information) 
                                                 Challenges
                              InfoMall95 014 033 Characteristics of 
                                                 Grand Challenges
                    Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1 032 034 The Blue Book Covers
                    Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1 030 035 The Blue Books
                                                 Supplements to the 
                                                 President's Fiscal 
                                                 Year Budget
                    Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1 052 036 Grand Challenge 
                                                 Applications
                    Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1 096 037 National Challenge 
                                                 Applications

Start new Section:
Some Important Systems and Software HPCC Industry Issues

                               Pasadena2 001 038 Second Pasadena 
                                                 Workshop: Working 
                                                 Group 2 - 
                                                 Characteristics of 
                                                 Scientific and 
                                                 Engineering 
                                                 Applications.
                               Pasadena2 006 039 Initial Summary of 
                                                 Technical Points
                               Pasadena2 009 040 Another Non Technical
                                                  Issue -- What is the
                                                  Community ?
                               Pasadena2 010 041 Initial Vignettes 
                                                 Identified
                               Pasadena2 011 042 Action Items:
                                                 1) Support viable 
                                                 base enterprise model
                                                  with platform 
                                                 independent standards
                                                  scaling from 
                                                 workstations to MPPs 
                                                 with tools using 
                                                 these standards

Start new Section:
We must educate people in technology

                            HPCS95master 016 043 Need to Educate 
                                                 People to take 
                                                 advantage of HPCC 
                                                 technologies
                              InfoMall95 005 044 Educational and 
                                                 (Re)training 
                                                 Challenges
                            CompSciMay95 003 045 What is Computational
                                                  Science?
                            CompSciMay95 005 046 Program in 
                                                 Computational Science
                                                 Implemented within 
                                                 current academic 
                                                 framework
                            CompSciMay95 028 047 Program in 
                                                 Information Age 
                                                 Computational Science
                                                  Implemented Within 
                                                 Current Academic 
                                                 Program
                                 NIIkids 012 048 Some of the Jobs that
                                                  will Need 
                                                 NII(Internet, World 
                                                 Wide Web) Skills
                            CompSciMay95 032 049 What we taught this 
                                                 Spring CPS600 --
                                                 "Technologies 
                                                 for Webwindows" 
                                                 --
                                                 The next generation 
                                                 (meta)Computing and 
                                                 Communications 
                                                 Environment
                            CompSciMay95 033 050 Master's Degree in 
                                                 Multimedia Studies
                    Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1 005 051 NPAC Collaborators:
                                                 Internal, Syracuse 
                                                 University

Start new Section:
An NII Opportunity: Webservers and InfoVision

                            HPCS95master 017 052 WebServers and 
                                                 InfoVision as an 
                                                 example of 
                                                 Opportunity for MPP's
                                                  on the NII
                            Infovision95 005 053 Integration of 
                                                 Industry Sectors 
                                                 forming the NII
                            Infovision95 004 054 The Standard Scenario
                                                  for HPCC and NII
                            Infovision95 007 055 NII Compute & 
                                                 Communications 
                                                 Capability in Year 
                                                 2000 --> 2005
                            Infovision95 008 056 Ultimate Vision and 
                                                 Implementation of NII
                                                  and InfoVision
                            Infovision95 009 057 What will National 
                                                 Information 
                                                 Infrastructure give 
                                                 us?
                            Infovision95 012 058 The InfoVision 
                                                 Scenario: INFOrmation
                                                  Video Imagery and 
                                                 Simulation ON demand
                                                 -- Home clients and 
                                                 High Performance 
                                                 Multimedia Servers
                            Infovision95 016 059 What is a Web or 
                                                 HPMMCC Network Server
                                                  ?
                            Infovision95 018 060 A Typical 
                                                 Hierarchical Server 
                                                 Network
                            Infovision95 025 061 Comments on Storage 
                                                 of Movies on HPCC 
                                                 WebServers
                              NPACAddons 005 062 Visit of Hillary 
                                                 Clinton to Syracuse 
                                                 University April 
                                                 5,1994 -- Mrs Clinton
                                                  and Fox
                              NPACAddons 006 063 Visit of Hillary 
                                                 Clinton to Syracuse 
                                                 University April 
                                                 5,1994 -- Medical 
                                                 Demonstration

Start new Section:
We can use technology in education

                            HPCS95master 018 064 The Virtual 
                                                 University and Other 
                                                 Opportunities to use 
                                                 HPCC in Education
                            HPCS95master 019 065 Some Virtual 
                                                 University Projects 
                                                 with which NPAC is 
                                                 Collaborating
                                 NIIkids 014 066 Overview of the 
                                                 Living Textbook 
                                                 Project
                                 NIIkids 015 067 The Living Textbook 
                                                 Project Partners

The Living Schoolbook is designed to exploit ATM performance real time video and so one cannot illustrate directly on slower web.

A reasonable description is electronically Screendumps of Living Textbook web pages And example images and Example page from Living Textbook showing "Video on Demand" with content from Discovery Channel are available

Screendumps of Living Textbook web pages 003 068 New York State 
                                                 Interactive Journey 
                                                 Page and clickable 
                                                 map of downtown 
                                                 Syracuse
Screendumps of Living Textbook web pages 007 069 Discovery Channel 
                                                 project
                                 NIIkids 018 070 Curricula 
                                                 Opportunities Opened 
                                                 Up by the World Wide 
                                                 Web

Kids Web is a digital library for K-12 use of Internet and the following Illustrates Title page and one section of library (on Space from NASA)

                  Screendumps of Kidsweb 002 071 Kidsweb Home Page and
                                                  Table of Contents 
                                                 for Arts, Science
                  Screendumps of Kidsweb 007 072 Astronomy and Space 
                                                 content - Combined 
                                                 picture of Jupiter 
                                                 with Comet 
                                                 Shoemaker-Levy9 
                                                 fragments

Science for the Twentyfirst Century is a more sophisticated hyperlinked educational resource and includes simulation, homework, internal and external material

                                  Phy105 002 073 Phy105/106 Home Page 
                                                 - Science for the 
                                                 21st Century
                                  Phy105 003 074 Home Page for SETI - 
                                                 Search for 
                                                 Extraterrestrial 
                                                 Intelligence
                                  Phy105 008 075 Biology section - 
                                                 what is life? - table
                                                  of contents
                                  Phy105 009 076 Home Page for Mind 
                                                 and Machine Module
                                  Phy105 013 077 Encoder neural 
                                                 network tutorial and 
                                                 simulation page

FLAG is a major effort to link Africa and the Far East by ocean cable
                              NPACAddons 002 078 Fiber Link Across the
                                                  Globe FLAG -- 
                                                 Topology

Start new Section:
WebWindows and WebWork -- a new approach to HPCC

                            HPCS95master 020 079 The World Wide 
                                                 WebWindows and our 
                                                 contributions -- 
                                                 WebWork
                          CRPCWebWindows 016 080 The Hyperworld of New
                                                  Interactive Media
                              NPACDBover 002 081 Four Related  
                                                 Information 
                                                 Infrastructure 
                                                 Thrusts at NPAC
                              NPACDBover 003 082 What is WebWindows ?
                              NPACDBover 004 083 Current Components of
                                                  WebWindows
                              NPACDBover 005 084 Future Components of 
                                                 WebWindows
                          CRPCWebWindows 020 085 A WebWork Approach to
                                                  Breaking Bank of 
                                                 England
                          CRPCWebWindows 021 086 WebHPL: HPCC 
                                                 Infrastructure for 
                                                 WebWindows
                            HPCS95master 022 087 What Is WebWork -- 
                                                 NPAC,
                                                 Boston University, 
                                                 Cooperating Systems 
                                                 Collaboration -- I?
                            HPCS95master 023 088 What Is WebWork -- 
                                                 NPAC,
                                                 Boston University 
                                                 Cooperating Systems 
                                                 Collaboration -- II?
                            HPCS95master 024 089 Some Key Features of 
                                                 WebWork
                            HPCS95master 025 090 WebWork Architecture
                           Webworkaddons 003 091 Figure 2: WebWork -- 
                                                 System Overview with 
                                                 Three Layers
                            HPCS95master 026 092 NPAC WebTools-I 
                                                 (Basic WebWindows 
                                                 Functionality)
                            HPCS95master 027 093 NPAC WebTools-II
                            HPCS95master 028 094 Web Productivity 
                                                 Tools and Virtual 
                                                 Software Laboratory 
                                                 (VSL)
                           Webworkaddons 004 095 Figure 3: WebTools 
                                                 CASE tools sample 
                                                 manual page Including
                                                  hyper-source code
                           Webworkaddons 005 096 Figure 4:Java 
                                                 documentation sample 
                                                 page
                           Webworkaddons 006 097 Figure 5:Java 
                                                 class/metrics/applets
                                                  manager (NPAC 
                                                 Internal Project)
                            HPCS95master 029 098 World-Wide Virtual 
                                                 Machine
                           Webworkaddons 002 099 Figure 
                                                 1:Server-to-Server 
                                                 Communication Diagram
                            HPCS95master 030 100 WebFlow Paradigm
                           Webworkaddons 007 101 Figure 6:Impressive 
                                                 early Java demo 
                                                 (fromBrown Univ.) -- 
                                                 sorting algorithms
                           Webworkaddons 008 102 Figure 7: Java demo 
                                                 (NPAC) -- WebFlow 
                                                 Editor prototype
                            HPCS95master 031 103 Software Project 
                                                 Manager -- Example of
                                                  Agent Middleware
                           Webworkaddons 009 104 Figure 8: Java demo 
                                                 (NPAC) -- WebFlow 
                                                 application 
                                                 prototype: Project 
                                                 Manager
                            HPCS95master 032 105 General WebScript and
                                                  Agents
                           Webworkaddons 010 106 Figure 9: Example of 
                                                 use of VRML -- Black 
                                                 Hole Collision 
                                                 Diagram (NCSA)
                           Webworkaddons 011 107 Figure 10: VRML 
                                                 source code example
                           Webworkaddons 012 108 Figure 11: Java 
                                                 source code example
                            HPCS95master 033 109 WebWork Integration 
                                                 Model
                           Webworkaddons 013 110 Contrast of 
                                                 Technologies in 3 
                                                 Worlds
                            HPCS95master 038 111 WebWork Terms and 
                                                 Concepts -- I
                            HPCS95master 039 112 WebWork Terms and 
                                                 Concepts -- II
                            HPCS95master 040 113 WebWork Terms and 
                                                 Concepts -- III
                            HPCS95master 041 114 WebWork Terms and 
                                                 Concepts -- IV

List of Foils Used as they occur

HPCS95master                            Master Foilset for HPCS95 
                                         Keynote Presentation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 42 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 38 39 40 41
InfoMall95                              Overview of InfoMall -- A 
                                         Virtual Corporation for HPCC 
                                         Systems and Software
4 8 7 9 15 25 26 14 5
crpcappls                               Overview Foils for Parallel 
                                         Applications and software 
                                         Talk
2 3
NPACAddons                              Collection of GIF Images for 
                                         General NPAC Projects 
                                         1995-March96
7 5 6 2
Ida2                                    Dual Issues and a discussion 
                                         of HPCC Defense Applications
5 6 7 8 9 10
Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1                    Overview foils of Status of 
                                         HPCC with NPAC Bias
32 30 52 96 5
Pasadena2                               Conclusions of Working Group 2
                                          at Second Pasadena Workshop 
                                         on System Software and Tools 
                                         for HPCC
1 6 9 10 11
CompSciMay95                            Overview foils for 
                                         Computational Science 
                                         Overview at Illinois -- May 
                                         1995
3 5 28 32 33
NIIkids                                 Implications of NII for Kids 
                                         in Schools and Home
12 14 15 18
Infovision95                            InfoVISION: Information Video 
                                         Simulation Imagery ON demand
5 4 7 8 9 12 16 18 25
Screendumps of Living Textbook web pagesScreendumps of Living Textbook
                                          web pages
3 7
Screendumps of Kidsweb                  Screendumps of kidsweb web 
                                         pages
2 7
Phy105                                  Pictures of Web Pages for 
                                         Modules of Phy105/106
2 3 8 9 13
CRPCWebWindows                          CRPC Annual Meeting WebWindows
                                          Presentation
16 20 21
NPACDBover                              Overview foils for NPAC 
                                         Database Activity including 
                                         Web March 1995
2 3 4 5
Webworkaddons                           Additional Material for Web 
                                         Technology Presentations July
                                          95 -- March 96
3 4 5 6 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Sorted List of Foils Used

HPCS95master                            Master Foilset for HPCS95 
                                         Keynote Presentation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 38 39 40 41 42
InfoMall95                              Overview of InfoMall -- A 
                                         Virtual Corporation for HPCC 
                                         Systems and Software
4 5 7 8 9 14 15 25 26
crpcappls                               Overview Foils for Parallel 
                                         Applications and software 
                                         Talk
2 3
NPACAddons                              Collection of GIF Images for 
                                         General NPAC Projects 
                                         1995-March96
2 5 6 7
Ida2                                    Dual Issues and a discussion 
                                         of HPCC Defense Applications
5 6 7 8 9 10
Leskiw-ChinaJune95-1                    Overview foils of Status of 
                                         HPCC with NPAC Bias
5 30 32 52 96
Pasadena2                               Conclusions of Working Group 2
                                          at Second Pasadena Workshop 
                                         on System Software and Tools 
                                         for HPCC
1 6 9 10 11
CompSciMay95                            Overview foils for 
                                         Computational Science 
                                         Overview at Illinois -- May 
                                         1995
3 5 28 32 33
NIIkids                                 Implications of NII for Kids 
                                         in Schools and Home
12 14 15 18
Infovision95                            InfoVISION: Information Video 
                                         Simulation Imagery ON demand
4 5 7 8 9 12 16 18 25
Screendumps of Living Textbook web pagesScreendumps of Living Textbook
                                          web pages
3 7
Screendumps of Kidsweb                  Screendumps of kidsweb web 
                                         pages
2 7
Phy105                                  Pictures of Web Pages for 
                                         Modules of Phy105/106
2 3 8 9 13
CRPCWebWindows                          CRPC Annual Meeting WebWindows
                                          Presentation
16 20 21
NPACDBover                              Overview foils for NPAC 
                                         Database Activity including 
                                         Web March 1995
2 3 4 5
Webworkaddons                           Additional Material for Web 
                                         Technology Presentations July
                                          95 -- March 96
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13


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