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PRAGMA Tutorials
Tutorials - Monday, 10 March 2008
Dynamic Data Streaming @ 3D Theater, NMNS
9:00-10:30 Interactive Visualization in 4k With COTS Hardware download(1)


- Jurgen Schulze
10:30-10:50 Coffee break
10:50-12:20 High resolution and Dynamic streaming: Applications/Tools/Networking
Kevin Lin, Jurgen Schulze, Charlie Chang
13:30-16:30 Visit "921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan"

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PRAGMA Workshop
Welcome Reception - Monday, 10 March 2008
Welcome Reception @ Blue Hall, NMNS
18:30-21:00 Welcome Reception
  Registration
Day 1 - Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Plenary @ Blue Hall, NMNS
9:00-9:30 Welcome Address- 
  • Dr. Ching-Ray Chang, Director of Department of International Cooperation, National Science Council
  • Dr. William Y. Chang, Director of U. S. National Science Foundation Beijing Office S&T Attache
  • Dr. Joe Juang, President of National Applied Research Laboratories
  • Dr. Tzong-hsien Lin, Director, National Museum of Natural Science
  • Dr. Jengten Tsai, Vice President, Tunghai University
  • Dr. Wen-Kuang Chou, Vice President, Providence University
  • Dr. Eugene Yeh, Director, National Center for High-Performance Computing
  • Dr. Peter Arzberger, PRAGMA Chair, UCSD
9:30-9:40 Group Photo Group Photo
9:40-9:50 Introduction- download(1)

  • Peter Arzberger, UCSD, PRAGMA chair
  • Fang-Pang Lin, NCHC, PRAGMA 14 chair
  • Dato' Muhammad Idiris Saleh, Universiti Sains Malaysia,PRAGMA 15 chair and PRAGMA 14 co-chair
  • Radha Nandkumar, NCSA, PRAGMA 14 co-chair

Updates since PRAGMA 13
  • Peter Arzberger, PRAGMA chair
9:50-10:40 Keynotes:
"A PRAGMA-OptIPlanet Collaboratory Partnership" by
Larry Smarr, Director, CALIT2 download(1)

10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Working group updates download(3)


Session chair: Whey-Fone Tsai
Resources: Mason Katz
Telesciences: Shinji Shimojo
Biosciences: Karpjoo Jeong
Geosciences: Ryosuke Nakamura
Education: David Abramson
12:00-13:30 Poster session w/ coffee break
Breakout @ Blue Hall, Red Hall, Room I and Room II, NMNS
13:30-15:20 Breakout sessions for working groups download(14)


Resources and Data (Blue Hall)
Telesciences (Red Hall)
Biosciences (Room I)
Geosciences (Room II)
15:20-15:40 Poster session w/ coffee break
Plenary @ Blue Hall, NMNS
15:40-17:00 Demo/Innovation Session 1 download(1)


Chair: Weicheng Huang
Introduction to Demo session
  1. Nimrod/K: Towards Massively Parallel Dynamic Grid Workflows
    by David Abramson, Colin Enticott, MonashIlkay Altinas, UCSD
  2. The Avian Flu Grid: a Multigrid Virtual Organization for Antiviral Drug Discovery
    by Wilfred W. Li, SDSC
  3. NCHC Grid Computing Portal
    by Chien-Lin Eric Huang, Chien-Heng Gary Wu, Weicheng Huang, Yi-Lun Serena Pan, NCHC
  4. Interactive visualization of CAMERA meta-data
    by Jurgen Schulze, Kayo Arima, Mason Katz, UCSD
17:00-17:20 Presentation by new PRAGMA members download(3)


Chair: Putchong Uthayopas
17:20-17:40 Wrap-up / Departure for Dinner at CBU, NCHC
18:30-21:00 Dinner @ CBU, NCHC
Day 2 - Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Plenary @ Blue Hall, NMNS
9:00-9:40 Invited Talk: download(1)


"Atmospheric Research at Taiwan Typhoon & Flood Research Institute"
by Wen-Yih Sun, Director,
Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, NARL
9:40-10:40 Demo/Innovation Session 2 download(2)


Chair: Steven Shiau
  1. Modulated 3D Image Database for Drosophila Brains
    by Hsiu-Ming Chang , Brain Research Center, NTHU, Taiwan
  2. MIMOS-Altair eBIOCHEM Portal
    by Wai Keat, Ng, MIMOS Grid Computing Lab with Collaboration of Altair Engineering, Malaysia
  3. How to deploy GPFS nodes massively using Diskless Remote Boot Linux
    by Rock Kuo, Waue Chen, Che-Yuan Tu, Barz Hsu, NCHC
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Demo/Innovation Session 3 download(1)


Chair: Wilfred Li
  1. Satellite Database Federations on GEO Grid Portal
    by Naotaka Yamamoto, AIST
  2. A Framework for Accurate Estimation of Geospatial Models from Sparse Field Measurements Using Image Processing and Machine Learning
    by Yu-Feng Lin, UIUC Peter Bajcsy, Chulyun Kim, NCSA/UIUC Albert J. Valocchi, Jihua Wang, UIUC Randall J. Hunt, US Geological Survey
  3. Distributed Search Over Science Portals Using Service Oriented Architectures
    by Ashraf Memon, Kai Lin, SDSC
12:00-14:00 Lunch
PRAGMA steering committee meeting
14:00-15:00 Demo/Innovation Session 4 download(4)


Chair: Yoshio Tanaka
  1. Software cataloging support for PRAGMA: Where is my app?
    by Somsak Sriprayoonsakul, Sugree Phatanapherom, Nopparat Nopkuat, ThaiGrid
    Cindy Zheng, SDSC
  2. The Development of a Grid Resource Broker
    by Yi-Lun Serena Pan, Max Yu, Chien-Lin Eric Huang, Weicheng Huang, NCHC
  3. Practical Uses of Dataturbine in ECO-Research and Flood Mitigation Projects
    by Ebbe Strandell, NCHC
Summary of the experiences learned from the demo
15:00-15:20 Poster session w/ coffee break
Breakout @ Blue Hall, Red Hall, Room I and Room III, NMNS
15:20-16:50 Breakout sessions for working group
Resources and Data (Blue Hall)
Telesciences (Red Hall)
Biosciences (Room I)
Geosciences (Room III) download(2)

16:50-17:00 Poster session w/ coffee break
Plenary @ Blue Hall, NMNS
17:00-18:00 Working group updates/discussion download(2)


Chair: Dato' Muhammad Idiris Saleh
Resources and Data: Yoshio Tanaka
Telesciences: Shinji Shimojo
Biosciences: Karpjoo Jeong
Geosciences: Ryosuke Nakamura
18:00-18:30 Summary of executive committee meeting
Wrap up
Welcome by PRAGMA 15 organizers
18:30~ Banquet@ Splendor Hotel

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CREON Integration Workshop
Day 3 - Thursday, 13 March 2008
Field Meeting @ Kenting & NMMBA
6:00-12:00 Travel from Taichung to Kenting NMMBA
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-18:00 Marine Ecological/Biology Survey in Kenting
Visit NMMBA Facility
General Introduction of Kenting.
Marine Ecological/Biology Survey in Kenting
On-site discussions
18:30- Dinner
Day 4 - Friday, 14 March 2008
Plenary @ International Conference Hall, Kenting National Park Admin Office
8:30-10:30 Welcome, Goals, Overview, Updates download(2)


Welcome Address-
Wei-Hsien Wang, Director, National Museum for Marine Biology and Aquarium
Chin-Fan Shih, Director, Kenting National Park Administration Office

Goals of meeting
Overview of PRAGMA for Coral Reefs: Telescience, Resources, Geoscience and Bioscience (e.g. 4K video streaming, SAGE, Optiputer¡Ketc)
by Peter Arzberger, PRAGMA Chair, UCSD
Coral Reef related Projects
CAMERA project/ by Larry Smarr Director, CALIT2
CREWS Project/ by Pamela Fletcher, NOAA

Site updates:
Moorea Isaland/ by Sally Holbrook, UCSB
Great Barrier Reef/ by Stuart Kininmonth, AIMS
Kenting/ by Tung-Yung Fan, NMMBA and Fang-Pang Lin, NCHC

10:30-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-12:00 Site updates (continue)
Breakout Groups for Coral Reefs for Integration
  • Science
  • Sensor/Data Management
12:00-13:30 Lunch/ (Pre-steering committee meeting)
13:30-15:30 Panel discussions: CREON Integration Forum
  • Larry Smarr
  • Peter Arzberger
  • Sally Holbrook
  • Stuart Kininmonth
  • Tung-Yung Fan
  • Hsing-Juh Lin
  • Kwang-Tsao Shao
  • Rong-Quen Jan
  • Fang-Pang Lin
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:30 Wrap-up & Next Step

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