- Upcoming Gelato Events
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GridAsia 2007, June 5-8 in Singapore.
This series with the grid computing theme caters to everyone keen on grid, from interested individuals, practitioners and user organizations in industry, to the research and development community. This is an exciting major annual event, bringing together international researchers, practitioners, and industry players in grid computing.
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International Supercomputer Conference (ISC2007), June 26-29 in Dresden, Germany.
The International Supercomputer Conference (ISC)--the leading supercomputing event in Europe--constitutes the premier venue for gaining an international perspective in the field of high-performance computing (HPC).
On Tuesday, June 26 from 8:00-12:00, Gelato and Intel will offer a free seminar on multi-core programming. Please see ISC Accompanying Events for program details and registration information.
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October 2007 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo, September 30-October 3 in Singapore.
Gelato ICE is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture. The conference will be hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of High Performance Computing, and National Grid Office.
Gelato ICE Singapore will feature three full days and 40 technical presentations spotlighting Linux on Itanium-based platforms. Presenters will include international experts working on this architecture and speaking on topics such as: optimization, scalability, compilers, and grids.
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Supercomputing Conference (SC|07), November 13-15 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
SC|07, the premier international conference on high-performance computing, networking, and storage, will convene for its 20th annual tradition. Visit Gelato at booth #2836.
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- Past Gelato Federation and Member Events
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- April 2007 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo--San Jose, California, USA
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Over 145 scientists, developers, and engineers from 57 companies and institutions met in San Jose, California, for the April 2007 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo. Attendees addressed current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture. This year, new features included tracks on virtualization and IA-64 Linux kernel. We would like to thank our attendees, speakers, exhibitors, conference sponsors (HP, Intel, and the Itanium Solutions Alliance), and media sponsors (HPCwire and GRIDtoday) for helping to make this event such a success.
Over a 3-day period, attendees were treated to 72 technical presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on the Itanium-based platform. Aside from the techncial presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events.
View meeting details:
 Technical Presentations
Gelato Member Posters
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- October 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo--Singapore
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Over 100 scientists, developers, and engineers from 30 companies and institutions met in Singapore for the October 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo. Attendees addressed current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture. This year, new features included a multi-core programming seminar and lab. We would like to thank our hosts (Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of High Performance Computing, and National Grid Office), conference sponsors (HP, Intel, and the Itanium Solutions Alliance), and media sponsors (HPCwire and GRIDtoday) for helping to make this event such a success.
Over a 3-day period, attendees were treated to nearly 40 technical presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on the Itanium-based platform. Aside from the techncial presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events.
View meeting details:
Technical Presentations
Gelato Member Posters
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- April 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo--San Jose, California, USA
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The depth, breadth, and qualtity of the technical presentations were impressive. |
Attendees caught up on the progress of each other's work. |
Gelato Members displayed posters describing their cutting-edge research. |
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Over 200 scientists, developers, and engineers from 80 companies and institutions met in San Jose, California, for the April 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo. Attendees addressed current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture. This year, new features included an exhibition area and integrated technical content to complement the collocated Itanium® Solutions Alliance Developer Days. We would like to thank our conference sponsors HP, Intel, and the Itanium Solutions Alliance, and media sponsors HPCwire and LinuxHPC.org for helping to make this event such a success.
Over a 3-day period, attendees were treated to 65+ technical presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on the Itanium-based platform. Aside from the techncial presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events.
View meeting details:
Technical Presentations
Gelato Member Posters
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- Intel Developer Forum (IDF)--San Francisco, California, USA
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Mark Smith gets the Gelato ready for the show. |
Attendees check out the Gelato booth to learn more about the Linux-Itanium platform. |
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IDF brings together top Intel technologists and industry thought leaders from over 1400 companies. The spring 2006 IDF held on March 7-9 presented a fantastic opportunity for the Gelato Federation to establish new contacts with additional Itanium hardware vendors and ISVs. It was extremely helpful to meet and greet many of the Itanium Solution Alliance Steering Committee members. We were able to engage with the appropriate technical staff to discuss participation in the upcoming Gelato ICE/Developer Days event.
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- SC|05 (Supercomputing 2005)--Seattle, Washington, USA
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Show goers flock to the Gelato booth to learn more about the Linux-Itanium platform. |
Attendees of the BP-sponsored "Beer and Pizza" dinner catch up on the progress of each other's work. |
Intel's Itanium-centric Fellow Traveller tours were very popular, giving snapshots of all the Itanium work being done currently. |
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SC|05 is the premier international conference on high-performance computing, networking, and storage. This year mark the 18th in the conference's history and drew nearly 10,000 attendees and 265 exhibitors. Gelato's attendance on November 14-17 at SC|05 was a big success.
The Gelato Federation's presence blanketed the show floor. The SC|05 team--Mark K. Smith, Matthieu Delahaye, Andy Schuh, Nan Holda, and Shailesh Patel--distributed hundreds of Gelato ice-cream scoops and brochures. In addition, two dozen member, sponsor, and partner exhibitors helped the team distribute over 1,600 copies of the Gelato resource DVD titled Companion for Linux®/Itanium®-based Systems.
At the booth, Gelato gave a demonstration of a next-generation Intel Itanium 2 processor code-named "Montecito," using Scilab and Tachyon software to highlight the advantages of the Montecito processor. Scilab, created by INRIA and ENPC, has been modified to exploit the Montecito processor's multi-core design. Tachyon, created by John Stone, is a ray tracer used as one of the back-ends for VMD (visual molecular dynamics). It is heavily parallelized code and demonstrates strong performance on a multiprocessor Montecito system.
On November 15, BP hosted a Gelato "Beer and Pizza" get together for the purpose of discussing the Linux-Itanium platform. New relationships were formed and continuing collaborations were strengthened. The following afternoon, Gelato held a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session for a crowd of 40 attendees. Mark K. Smith (Gelato Central Operations) opened with a review of October 2005 Gelato Meeting and a Federation update. Details on the upcoming Montecito processor release were given by Scott Diaz (Intel), Bruce Toal (HP), and Bill Mannel (SGI).
Engaging conversations with attendees, members, sponsors, and potential sponsors allowed opportunity to share insights on the Itanium platform and discuss ways to strengthen it. Potential sponsorship and membership was cultivated, and interest from NEC and in Fujitsu was especially encouraging. SC|05 was an overwhelmingly successful event for the Gelato community.
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- October 2005 Gelato Federation Meeting--Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Attendees catch up on the progress of each other's work. |
Before the meeting, attendees enjoy the Brazilian sunshine. |
The traditional churrascaria dinner was one of the social highlights. |
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Over 90 scientists, developers, and engineers from 25+ institutions met at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil on October 2-5, 2005. Gelato would like to thank our host, PUCRS, for a great event with well-planned social events and carefully-managed logistics.
In a 2-1/2-day period, attendees were treated to two dozen technical presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on Itanium.
Click here to see the technical presentations.
Aside from the presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events.
Click here to see photographs from the meeting.
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- ISC2005 (International Supercomputer Conference)--Heidelberg, Germany
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Mark Smith manned the Gelato booth. |
HP's Dr. Frank Baetke presented at the conference. |
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- The International Supercomputer Conference (ISC2005), the leading supercomputing event in Europe, celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 22-24, 2005. For Gelato, it was our third consecutive year exhibiting at ISC. Gelato Director Mark K. Smith manned the booth and had encouraging conversations with potential members and sponsors. He also had the opportunity to spend extended time talking with current Gelato members and sponsors. Prior to the conference, Mark was able to visit with Gelato member LRZ in Munich.
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- May 2005 Gelato Federation Meeting--San Jose, California, USA
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Attendance reached an all-time high of 150+. Here folks watch one of the 36 presentations. |
The poster session presenting Gelato Members' Itanium projects was a crowd favorite. |
People relaxed during a great meal and raffle drawing at the Los Gatos Opera House. |
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Over 150 scientists, developers, and engineers from 30+ Gelato Member and Sponsor institutions met at the HP campuses near San Jose on May 22-25, 2005, which focused on understanding Itanium systems to maximize performance. Gelato would like to thank HP, our meeting host, for a great event with well-planned social events and carefully-managed logistics.
In a 2-1/2-day period, attendees were treated to three dozen technical presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on Itanium.
Click here to see the technical presentations.
Click here to see Members' posters.
Aside from the presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events.
Click here to see photographs from the meeting.
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- GridAsia 2005--Biopolis, Singapore
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Gelato's orange-clad booth was an eye-catcher at GridAsia 2005. |
Prof. Jin Hai from Huazhong University gives a presentation about the ChinaGrid Supporting Platform (CGSP) during the Gelato BOF. |
Gelato Members enjoyed a dinner sponsor by HP after a tour of the Global Operational Grid.
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May 2-6 was the premiere of GridAsia 2005. Gelato Member the National Grid Office (NGO) organized this inaugural GridAsia event, which drew a crowd of roughly 400. The grid computing theme catered to everyone, from interested individuals, practitioners, and user organizations in industry to the research and development community. On the afternoon of May 4, Jon Lau (NGO) hosted a Gelato Birds of a Feather (BOF) session. Nearly 30 Gelato Members and Sponsors were in attendance for presentations on Gelato's grid-related work.
Click here for a GRIDtoday interview with Gelato's Mark Smith about the event.
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- OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit 2005--Burlingame, California, USA
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The Gelato booth was well-organized for the event. |
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The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, hosted its first-ever Enterprise Linux Summit (OSDL-ELS) on January 31 through February 2, 2005. Gelato was represented by Andy Schuh at the summit, which brought together Linux users, developers and vendors to explore practical solutions for accelerating Linux deployment across the enterprise.
Two new attractions were added to the Gelato exhibit booth: a live link to the Gelato portal and the inaugural issue of the Gelato Gazette. While show floor traffic was relatively light, there were lots of opportunity for more in-depth discussions about Gelato and Gelato-related activities. Reporters from Investor's Business Daily, La Tribune, and internetnews.com were especially interested in Gelato's efforts.
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- HP/Gelato Workshop 2005: Improving the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) on Itanium--Geneva, Switzerland
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Leading compiler experts from around the world gathered to discuss how to improve GCC performance on Itanium. |
All the workshop attendees posed for a group photo. |
Even during breaks, attendees continued discussing their ideas. |
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Many have dismissed Itanium as viable platform based only on GCC-compiled application performance. It is generally thought that improving GCC performance on Itanium will accelerate Itanium's adoption in the broader computing community beyond HPC. This workshop, held on January 25-26, 2005, brought together members of the Gelato Federation and the GCC community interested in improving GCC (the GNU Compiler Collection) on Itanium 2 processors. An "improved GCC" is a GCC that produces faster running code for Itanium 2, ideally in shorter compilation times.
The initial goals for the workshop were to develop and encourage an active Gelato forum for discussing issues related to improving GCC on Itanium, understand work in progress that could be applied to improving GCC, and examine ways to cooperate/collaborate in improving GCC. The workshop accomplished the following:
- Identified specific improvements to GCC that could potentially boost performance on Itanium 2.
- Broke down the top three improvements thought most likely to produce significant benefit into specific tasks, in order to gain insight into the expertise and levels of effort required to implement these improvements.
- Allowed attendees to exchange information on their relevant work that might be leveraged into improvement implementations.
- Identified possible project managers and implementers for each of the three recommended GCC improvements.
Click here for full details on the workshop.
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- Supercomputing Conference (SC2004)--Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, USA
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Bob Kidd (left), Matthieu Delahaye (center), and Mark K. Smith (right) pose at the eye-catching Gelato booth. |
Gelato Members and Sponsors enjoyed discussing the latest Linux/Itanium advances during the pizza event. |
Matthieu Delahaye tells interested attendees about Gelato and the Linux on Itanium movement. |
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Leading up to Supercomputing 2004 (SC2004), announcements of the new Itanium-based SGI/NASA Supercomputer dominated press releases. This Itanium buzz carried into SC2004 "Bridging Communities" held on November 6-12. The 17th year in the conference's history drew thousands of attendees and hundreds of high-performance computing exhibitors.
The UIUC OpenIMPACT compiler demo, led by Bob Kidd, proved to be a central point of interest to Linux/Itanium users and compiler gurus alike. We would like to thank HP for donating the Itanium system that was used for the demo. New this year, Gelato hosted a Birds of a Feather (BOF) event for current and prospective members/sponsors. Highlighted by presentations from our sponsors as well as a review of the Beijing meeting, the BOF proved largely successful. Later that evening, Gelato hosted a "Beer and Pizza" informal get together for the purpose of continuing the discussions started at the BOF. New relationships were formed and continuing collaborations were strengthened.
The SC2004 team--Mark K. Smith, Matthieu Delahaye, Bob Kidd, and Andy Schuh--distributed hundreds of Gelato scoops, brochures and BOF announcements. Engaging conversations with attendees allowed opportunity to share Itanium insights and strengthen the platform. Potential sponsorship and membership was cultivated. SC2004 was a critically successful event for the Gelato community.
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- October 2004 Gelato Federation Meeting--Beijing, China
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Tsinghua U students, who handled many of the meeting logistics, relax at the kick-off dinner. |
The meeting itself was held at the Nanotechnology Center on the Tsighua campus. |
Members were treated to a boat ride and dinner at the beautiful Summer Palace. |
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Nearly 60 scientists and engineers from 30 Gelato Member and Sponsor institutions attended the October 2004 Gelato
Federation Meeting, which focused on current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to the Itanium platform. Gelato would like to thank Tsinghua University, our meeting host, for a great event with well-planned social events and carefully-managed logistics.
In a 2-1/2 day period, attendees were treated to presentations by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on Itanium. Major discussion addressed the commoditization of Itanium, and critical modifications to the gcc compiler were presented for Linux/Itanium. Regarding the Itanium processor, Gelato members were optimistic about Intel's new multi-core technology, promised in 2005, and confident that x86 64-bit extensions will drive the move to the Itanium platform.
Click here to see the technical presentations.
Aside from the technical presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events, including a meeting kick-off dinner and a tour of the Summer Palace.
Click here to see photographs from the meeting.
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- LinuxWorld San Francisco 2004--San Francisco, California, USA
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Andy Schuh (right) explains details about the Gelato slide show to an interested attendee. |
The buzz about Linux Itanium is increasing as attendees were attracted to the Gelato booth. |
Our Itanium 2 system was graciously donated by HP especially for this event. |
Gelato Partner Progeny displays their Gelato loyalty. |
Gelato Founding Sponsor HP makes their Gelato support known. |
New Gelato Sponsor Intel gets into the Linux Itanium movement by showing their orange. |
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Now in its sixth year, LinuxWorld is the largest and most comprehensive event focusing on Linux and open-source solutions. Gelato was represented at LinuxWorld San Francisco 2004 on August 3-5 by Kevin Cernekee, Andy Schuh, and Mark Smith. In addition to our standard Gelato slide show, scoops, and candy, this year we added a working demo. Thanks to HP loaning us an Itanium 2 system, we were able to demonstrate our latest software ported to the Itanium platform, Eclipse 3.0.
As part of Gelato's continuing influence in the Itanium open-source market, we are now members of the Free Standards Group (see press release). On the last day of the conference, the Free Standards Group held a meeting to discuss Linux Standard Base (LSB) requirements. Kevin Cernekee represented Gelato's interest at this meeting. LinuxWorld was an absolute success with many strategic discussions with future sponsors, members, and Itanium users. Gelato Sponsors HP and Intel and Partner Progeny were also present and acted as invaluable resources.
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- ISC2004 (International Supercomputer Conference)--Heidelberg, Germany
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Dr. Mark K. Smith (left), Gelato Managing Director, Prof. Hans Meuer (center), ISC General Chairman, and Dr. Martin Walker (right), HP Scientific Research Manager, pose in front of the Gelato booth.
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ISC2004 attendees on the way to the conference attendee party at the Heidelberg Castle. |
Keith Gray (left) from BP and Mark K. Smith (right) hanging out at the show. |
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For the second consecutive year, Gelato exhibited at ISC2004 in Heidelberg, Germany, on June 22-25, 2004. Gelato Director Mark Smith manned the booth and had many encouraging conversations with potential members and sponsors. He was able to spend time visiting with Keith Gray from BP. And based on discussions at the show, SSC Karlsruhe will be submitting an application for Gelato Federation membership.
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- International Free Software Forum--Porto Alegre, Brazil
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César De Rose (in orange) and the PUCRS team at the International Free Software Forum 2004. |
Avelino Zorzo (left) and César De Rose (right) show their support for Gelato. |
Tiago Ferreto (left) and César De Rose (right) pose by their CPAD display. |
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The 5th edition of the International Free Software Forum-organized by Projeto Software Livre RS, a member of Projeto Software Livre Brasil-was held on June 3-5, 2004.
This year's event was the largest ever, with approximately 5,000 people from 35 countries attending. There were technical lectures and case presentations from business, government, and academic researchers, along with the latest advances from the international Free Software community. Avelino Francisco Zorzo from Gelato Member PUCRS gave a presentation on Linux for parallel machines, while team member, César De Rose, manned the PUCRS booth and fielded attendee questions about projects at PUCRS, the Gelato Federation, and Gelato members' activities. Gelato Sponsor HP also exhibited.
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- May 2004 Gelato Federation Meeting--Illinois, USA
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Attendees view one of the 28 presentations given by some of the top research and industry users of Linux on Itanium. |
The meeting itself was held at the impressive Siebel Center for Computer Science. |
Americana music provided by The Prairie Dogs added the perfect touch to a relaxing barbeque at Homer Lake. |
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More than 90 representatives of 30 different Gelato Federation Member institutions and corporations met at the University of Illinois May 24-26, 2004, to review and exchange research advances for Linux on the Intel Itanium® 2 platform. The 2-1/2 day meeting, hosted by Gelato founding members NCSA and the University of Illinois Coordinated Science Laboratory, was the largest in the Federation's history, as well as the first held in the USA since Gelato was launched in early 2002.
Over two dozen scientific presentations by top research and industry users of Linux on Itanium focused on high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions among member institutions. The program also included a full day of meetings for Gelato's technology focus groups (Clusters and Grids, Parallel File Systems, and Box Scalability) and opportunities to interact informally with representatives from Hewlett-Packard, Intel, SGI, TopSpin Communications, Cluster File Systems, Inc., LinuxHPC.org, and others.
Click here to see the technical presentations.
Aside from the technical presentations and discussions, attendees were treated to a variety of social events: pre-meeting dinners in Campustown, a formal reception at Grainger library, and a special barbeque at beautiful Homer Lake.
Click here to see photographs from the meeting.
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- ClusterWorld 2004--San Jose, California, USA
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Andy Schuh (left) and Mark Smith (right) of Gelato Central Operations diligently man the Gelato booth. |
Gelato's logo was visable throughout the show, including a banner over the entrance/exit doors. |
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Despite moderate attendance, ClusterWorld 2004 held April 5-8 was critically important for the Gelato Federation. Mark Smith and Andy Schuh manned the Gelato booth and mingled with people, representing the Gelato Federation. Attendee conversations included significant interest from Cambridge University, UK, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, USA. In addition, opportunity arose for significant discussions with Intel representatives and others. Overall, it was a very positive and productive experience.
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- LinuxWorld New York 2004--New York, New York, USA
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Lennart Johnson of KTH (left) and Rosalinda Mendez of University of Houston (right) visit with Laurie Talkington (center) in front of the Gelato booth. |
A large crowd gathers to hear Andy Schuh (left) talk about Gelato. |
Stephen Wong (center) and Patrick Lee (right) from BII in Singapore made the long trek to the Expo and the Gelato booth. |
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LinuxWorld NY 2004, January 20-23, 2004, "the world's most comprehensive event for the open source community," was an unqualified success for the Gelato Federation. Mark Smith, Laurie Talkington, and Andy Schuh manned the booth, which featured an animated presentation, the ubiquitous Gelato scoops, and orange candy, all of which drew large crowds to talk about the benefits of Linux on Itanium2. Gelato's success at LinuxWorld came as something of a surprise, since response was much greater than at Gelato's previous attendance at LinuxWorld in August 2003. In fact, most visitors, including a large number from both Intel and HP, remarked that they had already heard of Gelato or were in fact familiar with the Federation. The message is indeed getting out there!
Also exhibiting at the show were Gelato's founding sponsor Hewlett Packard and partner Progeny, Inc. Good friends and Gelato Members Prof. Lennart Johnson (KTH) and Rosalinda Mendez (University of Houston) were on hand, as well as Stephen Wong and Patrick Lee from Gelato Member BII in Singapore.
Congenial and collegial conversations continued with representatives from SGI and Intel, both of whom are potential Gelato Sponsors, and several additional companies expressed interest in leveraging Gelato's momentum with various partnership proposals, which will be discussed at the upcoming May meetings of the Gelato Strategy Council in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
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- Supercomputing Conference (SC2003)--Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Andy Schuh (left) and Laurie Talkington (right) display their Gelato colors. |
Rosalinda Mendez (University of Houston) is proud to be a Gelato Member. |
The Gelato booth enjoyed a steady stream of visitors. |
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The Gelato Federation made a real splash at Supercomputing 2003 (SC2003) "Igniting Innovation" in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 15-21. The conference's 16th year drew tens of thousands of high-performance computing and networking experts to see the latest technological tools, learn about new scientific applications, and interact with other experts.
The Gelato booth, which glowed in bright orange, drew a constant stream of visitors, many of whom were already acquainted with Gelato's work. In fact, Gelato created a buzz throughout the exhibit floor with a multi-media slide presentation explaining the scope and goals of Gelato. Also exhibiting were eight Gelato Federation Members--INRIA, OSC, PSC, NCSA, U Houston, PNNL, NCAR, and SDSC--as well as Gelato Sponsors HP and BP. In addition, Zhejiang University was on hand as part of the Chinese Academy of Science.
The SC2003 team--Mark Smith, Laurie Talkington, and Andy Schuh--distributed hundreds of gelato scoops while talking to many research institutions about membership and several prominent HPC companies about sponsorship. With roughly 250 exhibitors and thousands of attendees, SC2003 proved to be a highly productive venue for Gelato, and we hope to see results in membership and sponsorship growth.
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- October 2003 Strategy Council Meeting--Stockholm, Sweden
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Members gather in front of the Berns Hotel and Convention Center. |
The beautiful city of Stockholm provided an invigorating backdrop to the meeting. |
Members enjoyed sharing technical information and networking to form new collaborative efforts. |
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The Stockholm meeting of the Gelato Federation Strategy Council--held at the Berns Hotel and Conference Center on October 13-15, 2003--was hosted by KTH, Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology. The meetings comprised formal technical presentations by the Gelato Focus Groups--Performance in a Box, Scalability in a Box (SIAB), Cluster Scalability and Performance, Compilers, and Parallel Filesystems--as well as in-depth discussions in the areas of Itanium hardware and the potential for future focus on grid computing. The new member representatives were introduced from Fudan and Zhejiang universities, and several new collaborative relationships were formed among individuals and their corresponding institutions. Administrative business was minimal, but following discussion with Stuart Anderson and Mats Wichmann from the Linux Standards Base (LSB), the Strategy Council voted its intention to align upcoming software development standards as much as possible to those of the LSB.
Click here for more details on the Stockholm Strategy Council meeting, including pictures and a list of presentations.
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- LinuxWorld San Francisco 2003--San Francisco, California, USA (August 5-7)
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Kevin Cernekee (left) and Bob Kidd (center) man the Gelato booth while Michel Benard (right) looks on. |
The Gelato booth attracted a steady stream of visitors. |
Andy Schuh (left) and Nacho Navarro (right) hang out with a furry mascot. |
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LinuxWorld
2003, billed as the world's leading venue for everything
Linux and open source, gave Gelato good exposure to a very diverse
open source audience. Gelato's booth, in the ".Org Pavilion,"
was staffed by Managing Director Mark Smith, along with UIUC
engineers Kevin Cernekee, Andy Schuh, and Bob Kidd, as well
as Gelato Communications Director Laurie Talkington and Professor
Nacho Navarro from UPC. Also
on hand was Strategy Council Representative
Michel Benard
from HP and Ian Murdock of Progeny, Inc. Ian
was the developer of the Debian Linux release. Progeny has collaborated
with Gelato members NCSA and UIUC in developing a cluster solution.
Several companies expressed interest in Gelato's work and research model, including SGI, BP, MySQL,
and Intel, and important working relationships were explored through conversations with the Open-Source
Development Lab (Gelato and OSDL were in neighboring booths!), and with the Free Standards Group. From
that interaction, Gelato has begun to investigate strategies for aligning our members' software specs with
the FSG's standards.
After the exposition, Gelato participated with UIUC in an OpenIMPACT
compiler workshop at HP Labs in Palo Alto, California.
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- ClusterWorld 2003--San Jose, California, USA
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Sunny California lived up to its reputation at ClusterWorld 2003. |
César De Rose and Laurie Talkington display Gelato tradeshow giveaways. |
Gelato's logo was highly visable throughout the show, including a banner over the entrance/exit doors. |
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This first edition of ClusterWorld
was billed as "the most comprehensive event focused on the application
and management of clustered systems in commercial, research,
and academic environments." Held on June 23-26, attendance was
estimated at 2000+. Lead sponsors HP, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems
were joined by 41 other industry exhibitors offering hands-on
demonstrations of breakthrough clustering products and services.
The Gelato Federation served as a Media Sponsor for ClusterWorld 2003, with banners and signage at
the conference, recognition in the program, and literature in all attendees' conference packets.
Laurie Talkington, Gelato Communications Director, represented the Federation, while Gelato Strategy
Council Representative César De Rose,
Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Brazil, served on the Program Committee.
Gelato generated industry interest from HP and Intel, as well as NEC
and others. Gelato was mentioned in the presentation by Keith Gray of BP, while
John Picklo, HPC Manager at DaimlerChrysler, also lauded Linux on Itanium in his opening keynote address.
Overall, ClusterWorld 2003 offered outstanding exposure for Gelato, and opened opportunities for new
sponsors to join the Federation.
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- ISC2003 (International Supercomputer Conference)--Heidelberg, Germany
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Mark Smith takes a well-deserved breather while setting up the Gelato booth at ISC2003. |
Juergen Reuter (left) and Sverre Jarp (right) discuss various Gelato Members' current projects. |
Juergen, Mark and Sverre are happy with the response to Gelato's presence at ISC2003. |
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Mark Smith, Gelato Federation's Managing Director, represented Gelato as an exhibitor at ISC2003
on June 25-27. A couple of Gelato Federation members dropped by to show their support. Strategy
Council Representative, Sverre
Jarp (CERN), was a presenter at the conference and spent time at the Gelato booth. Juergen
Reuter (Karlsruhe) visited the show on Thursday, helped staff
the Gelato booth, and attended the Intel party with Mark Smith later that evening. Mark had several
productive conversations with potential Gelato sponsors (SGI, NEC, Intel, and Bull) and met some
great HP people. Author and HP Architect, Jerry Huck stopped
by the booth and introduced himself. In addition, several of the
German supercomputer centers showed interest in joining Gelato.
It was exciting to learn at this show about the strong interest in a streamlined version of Linux for
cluster deployment. ESIEE is currently looking into the needs of various organizations. If you have
feedback or an opinion on this topic, please contact Matthieu Delahaye at: m.delahaye@esiee.fr.
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