May 28-29 Panel Sessions
From Modelado Foundation
Link: May 28-29, 2014 PI Meeting
Runtime Systems
Moderator: Vivek Sarkar
Panelists: Ron Brightwell, David Grove, Sanjay Kale, Wilf Pinfold, Kathy Yelick
We have presented the results of the Runtime Summit, which include challenges, solutions, a set of important questions to be answered, and a vision for a runtime architecture, with major components, interfaces, and how to measure success.
This session will focus on getting feedback from selected panelists and the audience on our results. Panelists will first provide us with constructive criticism and suggestions, followed by the interaction with the audience.
Runtime Systems Vision Panel Summary
Compilers and Auto-tuning
Moderator: Mary Hall
Panelists: Saman Amarasinghe, Una-May O'Reilly, Dan Quinlan
Panel description.
Languages and DSLs
Moderator: Dan/Saman
Panelists: Mary Hall, David Padua, Anshu Dubey, Katherine Yelick, Saday Sadayappan, Shoaib Kamil
Panel description.
GPLs and and DSLs Panel Summary)
Mapping and Optimization Framework
Moderator: Armando Solar-Lezama
Panelist: Mary Hall (University of Utah), David Padua (UIUC), Muthu Baskaran (Reservoir Labs), Shoaib Kamil (MIT)
Panel description: The panel will consist of short (8 min) presentations by each panelist on their views on new approaches to map high-level representations of a computation down to an efficient implementation specialized for a particular platform.
Mapping Framework Panel Summary)
Resilience
Moderators: Andrew A. Chien and Mattan Erez
Panelists: Kath Knobe, Dan Quinlan, Vivek Sarkar, Martin Schulz, Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Michael Carbin, and the moderators.
A focused discussion on how resilience should reflected in the X-stack runtime abstract architecture and the critical research technologies.
Simulation technology
Moderator: Wilfred Pinfold
Panelists: John Shalf, Jeff Vetter, Arun Rodrigues, Romain Cledat
Panel description: Simulators are tools for getting a job done. There are many jobs we can use simulators for in designing an Exascale system. First there are simulators for use in various stages of design; conceptual, functionality, final (cycle accurate). Then there are simulators for CPU, memory, network, storage, IO. Finally there are simulators to explore different machine characteristics such as power, resilience or performance. These simulators can be designed to work separately, as cooperating parts or as an integrated system simulation. In this panel we will explore the simulators in use today, the benefits and challenges of integration and the direction we should take to optimize system design and minimize effort expended on tool development.
Simulation Technology Panel Summary
X-Stack OS/R requirements
Moderator: Ron Brightwell(SNL), Steve Hofmeyr (LBNL), Marc Snir (ANL) and Barney Maccabe (ORNL)
Panelists: Vivek Sarkar (Rice), Shekhar Borkar (Intel), John Feo (PNL), Pat McCormick (LANL), Martin Schulz (LLNL), Brian Van Straalen (LBL)
Panel description: The intent of this panel is to collect requirements from people developing architectures, tools, and runtime systems.
OS/R Requirments Panel Summary)
Performance Tools and Their Interfaces for the X-Stack
Moderator: Martin Schulz (LLNL)
This panel will discuss the role of performance tools in the exascale software stacks: which tools will users expect and which questions should they address, what abstractions should they map their results to and what interfaces in the X-Stack will be available for tools to require the necessary information?
Panelists: Ron Brightwell (SNLs), Romain Cledat (Intel), Jeff Hollingsworth (UMD), John Mellor-Crummey (Rice), Brian Van Straalen (LBL)