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Council on Competitiveness:High Productivity Computing
Initiative
CASC Members MeetingMarch 4, 2004
Washington, D.C.
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Council Background• Founded 1986 by John Young (CEO
Hewlett-Packard)
• Non-profit, non-partisan
• MissionSet a public policy action agenda that
drives economic growth and raises the standard of living for all Americans Continued
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Council Background• Membership
Only national organization whose membership is comprised exclusively of CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders
• Leadership Chairman: Duane Ackerman, CEO, BellSouth
Corporation Immediate Past Chair: Raymond Gilmartin, CEO, MerckUniversity Vice Chairman: Charles Vest, President, MITLabor Vice Chairman: Sandra Feldman: President,
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
CASC-Members in Common• Arizona State University
• California Institute of Technology
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Indiana University
• Ohio State University
• Purdue University
• State University of New York at Buffalo
• Texas A & M University
• The University of North Carolina• University of California, Berkeley• University of California, San
Diego• University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign• University of Michigan• University of Pittsburgh• University of Texas at Austin• Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State
Univ.
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Objective
Three-year initiative to:• Analyze the economic rationale for
sustaining U.S. Leadership in HPC • Leverage government investment in
HPC research and development for a more vibrant, dual-use market
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Participants
• Private sector HPC users• U.S. Government agencies and
laboratories
• Industry HPC manufacturers
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Funders• DARPA• Department of Energy
Office of ScienceNNSA
• HPC manufacturers• Cooperative funding model permits
each funder to leverage its contribution for greater return.
Council on Competitiveness HPC InitiativeProject at a Glance: Funders/Deliverables
DARPA / Private Sector
HPC Advisory Committee
Annual Private Sector User Survey
Annual Users Meeting
Private Sector
HPC Congressional Briefings via Council-Sponsored Programs:
Monthly Tech Forum
Monthly Breakfast Bytes
Annual Staff Forum Retreat
DOE Office of Science/
Private Sector
Sector Workshops
Industry Grand Challenge Case Studies
DOE NNSA
Economic Assessment
Scoping Paper
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Components• Advisory Committee
Public/private sector executives to provide leadership and guidance to project.
Meets annually.
• Annual private sector user survey and interviews Results will identify factors that encourage/inhibit HPC
use; future applications and compute needs; opportunities for public/private sector partnership, etc.
Continued
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Components• Industry “grand challenge” case studies
Identify: Industry-specific challenges that could make a significant contribution to company/industry/national productivity and competitiveness if more computational capability could be made available to solve them.
Address:• Barriers to accessing/applying HPC tools • Potential ROI to company/industry/country if
challenges can be solved.
Continued
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
• Industry sector workshopsUse grand challenge reports/survey results as
framework to identify sector-specific needs and trends related to the application of HPC.
• Economic assessment scoping paper Identify risk-reward analysis the private sector
employs when considering an investment in HPC
Offer methodology for companies to use to measure bottom-line return if not doing so now
Project Components
Continued
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
• Annual HPC users conferenceDARPA-Council co-sponsoredShare findings from the case studies, survey and
interviews, to identify cross-cutting sectoral needs; assess the impact of HPC on industry productivity.
• Congressional Briefings Educational outreach to Congress via Council-sponsored
programs: monthly Tech Forum (Senate) and Breakfast Bytes (House) and annual senior staff Forum Retreat.
Project Components
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Deliverables 2004 • Put together Advisory Committee and
convene first meeting (April 27th)
• Conduct first user survey (Begin March)
• Conduct first user conference and release survey results (July 13th)
• Prepare three grand challenge case studiesContinued
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Project Deliverables 2004• Conduct three sector workshops and release findings
• Prepare economic assessment scoping paper
• Congressional outreach and education
• Incorporate year-1 findings into Council’s National Innovation Summit in December, 2004 Co-chairs: Sam Palmisano, CEO, IBM and Dr. Wayne
Clough, President, Georgia Tech
Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative
Council ContactSuzy Tichenor, VP/HPC Project Director