Notes and Action Items

ERSUG Action Items from June 1996 meeting at Germantown, MD

1. Get DOE staff on mailers for broadcast of ERSUG issues
   Responsibility: Kendall and Kitchens
2. Review and comment on ERSUG Proposal to SAC
   Responsibility: All of ERSUG
   • Comments to Rick Kendall by July 17th
   • email: ra_kendall@pnl.gov
   • Fax : (509) 375-6631
3. Review and comment on Requirements Document "Greenbook"
   Responsibility: All of ERSUG
   • Comments to Rick Kendall by August 7th
   • email: ra_kendall@pnl.gov
   • Fax : (509) 375-6631
4. Form a joint DCCC/ERSUG Working Group
   Responsibility: Bas Braams and Gerald Potter
   
   
5. Vote on Name Change:
   ERSUG -> ERSUG
   Energy Research Supercomputing User Group change to
   Energy Research Scientific computing User Group
   Responsibility: ExERSUG
   Exersug Vote by July 12
   
   
6. Cooperate with NERSC outreach activities
   • Focus Groups
   • Surveys
   • User Input
   
   Responsibility: ERSUG
   
   
7. User Group to Beta ERCAP system
   Responsibility: User Volunteers
   • Kendall
   • Xantheas
   • Other Volunteers contact Francesca Verdier at NERSC
     email: verdierf@nersc.gov
8. SubCommittee on Vector Capability
   Responsibility: Steve Jardin/Judy Giarrusso/Nersc Staff
   • C90 going away in 12-18 months
   • How do dusty deck applications transition to other platforms?
   • Should users wait or redesign/port/reimplement now?
   • Actions for SubCommittee
     • Survey of Vector Applications used
     • Identify Kernels that are vector specific.
9. Form Users Helping Users Group to aid in the transition to MPP systems
   Responsibility: Rick Kendall, Phil Colella, Bas Braams, NERSC Staff
   
   
10. Develop Users Helping Users Rewards
    Responsibility: Rick Kendall, Tom Kitchens, Horst Simon
    
    
11. SubCommittee on Visualization and Graphics Software
    Responsibility: JN Leboeuf, Judy Giarrusso, Steve Jardin, and Steve Lau
    Actions:
    • Determine packages currently used
    • Determine packages available on new resources
    • Develop migration strategy and procedures
12. Determine names for new resources before they come in.
    Responsibility: ExERSUG
    Theme: Respected Scientists that have contributed to high performance computational science.