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Supercomputing 2007 - Reno, NV
Integrated models for disaster planning and management, virtual environments for research and decision support, and computing and visualization to reveal the functions of proteins and gene mutations linked to cancer are among the presentations that were featured in the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) booth at SC07 in Reno.

The SC07 exhibition was held at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center as part of the SC07 conference, beginning Monday night, Nov. 12, through Thursday, Nov. 15.

In its second appearance at an SC conference, RENCI highlighted its work over the last year with federal and North Carolina-based agencies to use advanced technologies to improve disaster planning and response. A presentation on the Institute’s FEMA-funded effort to create new high-resolution floodplain maps for coastal North Carolinal kicked off the RENCI exhibit at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12. The presentation covered the background and approach to this work, which used an estimated 500,000 compute hours on RENCI’s Blue Gene/L supercomputer, Ocracoke. It included visualizations on a high-resolution tiled display wall showing a hypothetical tropical storm slamming into North Carolina’s Cape Fear River.

Links
SC07 website
RENCI SC07 Booth to Highlight Broad Impact of Computing and Collaborative Technologies
SC07 BoF to Examine NITRD Program Recommendations

Presentations
Collaborative Workspace Environment for Emergency Managers (NC-FIRST)
Ken Galluppi, Jessica Proud

Fault-Tolerance and Recovery for Large-Scale Scientific Workflows Using Qualitative Performance Analysis
Emma Buneci, Gopi Kandaswamy, Anirban Mandal

Teresa: A Qualitative Performance Analysis Framework for Large-Scale Scientific Applications
Emma Buneci, Daniel Reed

Integrated Modeling for Disaster Management
Jessica Proud

Open Science Grid and the Link Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) Job Flow
Gopi Kandaswamy

Melanoma 3D
Jeffrey L. Tilson, Ray Idaszak

MotifNetwork: Genome-Wide Domain Analysis
Jeffrey Tilson, RENCI, and Eric Jakobsson, NCSA

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Supercomputing 2006 - Tampa, FL
RENCI, founded in 2004, exhibited for the first time at the 2006 conference.  The RENCI booth showcased work on the North Carolina Forecasting System.  In addition, RENCI highlighted collaborations with the SURA Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction (SCOOP) program and the Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) project.

The NCFS atmospheric and hydrologic model ingests real-time North Carolina data to output storm and flooding forecasts at an unprecedented 4-kilometer resolution—about nine times the resolution of a National Weather Service Forecast. The system was demonstrated at SC06 on a high-resolution visualization wall consisting of nine 23-inch Dell displays.

Another demonstration showed how the ADCIRC coastal circulation and storm surge model has been adapted to run in a distributed grid environment. Development of the grid interface for ADCIRC is part of RENCI’s work with the SCOOP program. SCOOP is developing an open-access grid environment for the southeastern U.S. coastal zone that will integrate regional coastal observing and modeling systems. The LEAD project demonstration showcased RENCI’s role in creating a virtual grid environment for mesoscale weather research.

Links
SC06 website
RENCI Debuts at International Supercomputing Conference