Speakers
Jacko Koster
(UNINETT The Norwegian research network)
Kimmo Koski
(CSC Center for Scientific Computing (Finland))
Lennart Johnsson
(PDC/KTH)
Sverker Holmgren
(SNIC)
Description
Over the past couple of years intense discussions on the
future landscape of Nordic computing have taken place and
now we see first concrete steps with a high-throughput
prototype being jointly commissioned by DCSC, UNINETT
Sigma, and SNIC, and CSC planning to build a large scale
computer center in northern Finland. These developments
together with international developments on EGI, DEISA,
and PRACE open a number of questions both from an
operational as well as usage view.
In this panel we try to discuss questions like
- Is there a need for national resources? How much?
- How can cross-country user access be organized in a fair
way?
- Could remote hosting lead to a drain of knowledge?
- What systems should be centralized/distributed?
- Do we need a "Nordic Supercomputer" or are the PRACE
resources sufficient? What will be the role of EGI?
- How to position Sweden and the Nordic countries on the
European and international landscape?
- How should advanced user support be organized?
- What will be the impact of energy-reuse techniques?
- What are the metrics to be taken into account for a
decision?
and of course the panel will be happy to discuss any further
questions asked by the audience.
