The 5th BOINC Workshop
A workshop on volunteer computing and BOINC will be held 22-23 October 2009, at the Catalan Academy of Letters, Sciences and Humanities in Barcelona, Spain. Map. The meeting room is "Sala Pi i Sunyer", with capacity for 42 people.
The workshop is supported in part by IBM. Fundació.cat also provides the funds for the meeting room.
The objective of this workshop is to share information about BOINC and projects using it, through short presentations and informal discussions, in a relaxed, open and friendly atmosphere. The workshop aims to stimulate new developments and activities related to volunteer computing, by allowing participants to share their experience and requirements, giving developers the opportunity to outline their plans, and stimulating new collaborations between participants.
Reports and webcasts
For those who can't attend this workshop there are other ways to follow this event.
- Follow the BOINCworkshop twitter account
- Read the open-source Notes blog at blog.os-tools.net
Who should attend
The workshop is for researchers, scientists and developers with significant experience with BOINC. It will be smaller and with a more technical focus than in previous years. Areas of interest include:
- GPU and multi-thread applications; CUDA and OpenCL
- Virtual machines as application container
- Genetic optimization algorithms for volunteer computing
- Scheduling goals and policies
- High-level job submission interfaces: workflows and master/worker systems
- Integrating BOINC with clouds and grids
- Desktop grid computing with BOINC
- Data compression in BOINC transfers
All participants will present and discuss their work. Slides will be published on the web, but there will be no papers or proceedings.
Registration
The workshop is free but attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please email David Anderson|k=01o5RAw95mV48kf6x-NVERig==&c=RSUgx-KG3aii0O1aEHoRwV0obvhd9SciJkpE21FkRJ0=)?, indicating your areas of interest.
Tentative attendees:
probable: Adam Kornafeld (SZTAKI) talk: Tools to Ease Writing Applications: PyMW and GenWrapper Attila Marosi (SZTAKI) talk: Virtualization for Desktop Grid Clients Bahman Javadi (INRIA) Ben Segal (CERN) Bernd Machenschalk Benjamin Knispel (MPI) talk: Einstein@home's Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search Bill Bovermann (IBM) Christian Beer Daniel Lombraña (U Extremadura) talk: BOINC on USB David Anderson (UCB) talk: BOINC: the year in review David Garcia Quintas (CERN) talk: VM controller infrastructure Derrick Kondo (INRIA) talk: Volunteer Computing Research @ INRIA Fernando Costa (U. Coimbra, Portugal) talk: Expanding the scope of BOINC: Beyond Embarrassingly Parallel Applications Gianni De Fabritiis (UPF) Genghis Rios (PUCP) Talk: The Legion Desktop Grid Computing System. Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein Jack Schultz Jarno Rantala (CERN) Talk: VMwrapper Jaspal Subhlok (U. of Houston) talk: Volpex Communication for Volunteer Computing (pref. Thur) Jeremy Cowles (UC Berkeley) Talk: PyMW implementation and usage Jordi Portell (IEEC/UB) talk: Data compression for BOINC Kevin Reed (IBM) talk: WCG: connecting with our community Malek Smaoui (UH) Marc Garbey (UH) talk: Update on the Virtual Prairie project (pref. Thur) Reinhard Prix (MPI) Michael H.W. Weber (Rechenkraft.net e.V. / Philipps-University of Marburg) talk: RNA World Nico Mittenzwey (Rechenkraft.net e.V.) Nicolas Maire (Swiss Tropical Institute) Talk: Estimating parameters for mathematical models of malaria epidemiology Oliver Bock (MPI) talk: Optimizing BOINC project databases Oscar Diaz (PUCP) Paco de Vega (U Extremadura) Tolu Aina (Oxford) Toni Giorgino (UPF) talk: Submitting and managing distributed computations: the researcher's interface to a BOINC project Travis Desell (RPI) talk: Robust Asynchronous Optimization for Volunteer Computing Grids Uwe Beckert (Rechenkraft.net e.V.) Zoltan Balaton (SZTAKI) talk: 3G-Bridge: Bridging the Gap between BOINC and Other Systems (pref order: Balaton, Kornafeld, Marosi) possible: Andrey Voronkov Bruce Allen (MPI)
Schedule
Thu 22 Oct
9:00-10:40: welcome and talks
- Jordi Portell: Opening remarks
- David Anderson: BOINC: the year in review
- Derrick Kondo: Volunteer Computing Research @ INRIA
10:40-11:00 coffee break
11:00-12:40 talks
- Adam Kornafeld: Tools to Ease Writing Applications: PyMW and GenWrapper
- Jeremy Cowles: PyMW implementation and usage
- Jaspal Subhlok: Volpex Communication for Volunteer Computing
- Zoltan Balaton: 3G-Bridge: Bridging the Gap between BOINC and Other Systems
12:40-14:00 lunch
14:00-15:40 talks
- Fernando Costa: Expanding the scope of BOINC: Beyond Embarrassingly Parallel Applications
- Jordi Portell: Data compression for BOINC
- Toni Giorgino: Submitting and managing distributed computations: the researcher's interface to a BOINC project
- Oliver Bock: Optimizing BOINC project databases
15:40-16:00 coffee
16:00-18:00 talks
- Benjamin Knispel: Einstein@home's Arecibo Binary Pulsar Search
- Marc Garbey: Update on the Virtual Prairie project
- Nicolas Maire: Estimating parameters for mathematical models of malaria epidemiology
- Travis Desell: Robust Asynchronous Optimization for Volunteer Computing Grids
Fri 23 Oct
9:00-10:40: talks
- Attila Marosi: Virtualization for Desktop Grid Clients
- David Garcia Quintas: VM controller infrastructure
- Jarno Rantala: VMwrapper
10:40-11:00 coffee break
11:00-12:40 talks
- Daniel Lombraña: BOINC on USB
- Genghis Rios: The Legion Desktop Grid Computing System
- Kevin Reed: WCG: connecting with our community
- Michael Weber: RNA World - A BOINC-based distributed supercomputer for high-throughput bioinformatic studies to advance RNA research
12:40-14:00 lunch
14:00-14:45 parallel BOF session #1
- Tools for scientists, e.g. remote job submission
- User issues, including credit
- Interprocess communication
14:45-15:30 parallel BOF session #2
15:30-16:00 coffee
16:00-17:00 BOF presentations
17:00-18:00 Round-table discussion
(total of 10 1/3 hours of talks)
Recreation
As usual, there will be a hike the day after the workshop (24 Oct, Saturday).
Possible destination: Montserrat. Some useful information: Trains from Barcelona, Montserrat train, and Montserrat gondola. Some hints:
- From the city center, take the Metro L3 (green) to Espanya (~10 minutes, ~1EUR)
- Take the "Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (FGC - one of the train lines here), line R5 (Manresa), and stop at Montserrat-Aeri or Monistrol de Montserrat (not sure - should be the first one). It should be ~1h and ~4EUR
- Once in the base of Montserrat, you can either start climbing right there (see the information in the attachment below); or you could take the "Aeri" (gondola) or "Cremallera" (steep train) to the Sanctuary, and from then follow the signs to the summit (2-3h, yet somehow strenuous).
Alternative destination: Santuari de Núria (Pyrenees), arriving by train to Queralbs (~3h walking, ~800m uneveness, fairly easy - and we can return by the "cremallera" train). Lovely sightseeings. Probably a bit cold by those dates.
Possible cultural tourism in Barcelona and surroundings: Literat Tours (from a SETI.cat colleague)
Hotels
Cheap hotels near the conference:
Hotel Curious (50m from conference; free Wi-Fi and breakfast; 80€/night)
Hotel Inglés, Barcelona (70€/night)
Hotel Canton (72€/night)
Residencia La Ciutadella Precios: E65 single, E86.50 double
Attachments (29)
- preus residènices BCN.pdf (277.0 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
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Montserrat.zip (6.3 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Hiking guide of Montserrat
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Restaurants Raval.doc (31.5 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
Restaurants for having dinner, close to the IEC
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boinc09_bock_optimizing_boinc_dbs.pdf (319.7 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
Talk: Optimizing BOINC project databases (O. Bock)
- boinc09_giorgino_submitting_and_managing.pdf (284.8 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
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Hiking.doc (142.5 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
Indications to the Montserrat hike (trains, times, etc)
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jportell-datacompression.zip (435.1 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
Jordi Portell - Data Compression for BOINC projects
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boinc09_knispel_arecibo_binary_pulsar_e@h.pdf (13.7 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Talk by Benjamin Knispel on Arecibo binary radio pulsar search on Einstein@Home
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boincpills.pdf (2.7 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
BOINC on USB
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Hiking.2.doc (3.9 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Updated info on Montserrat hike
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_MW_Talk_23-10-2009_Barcelona.pptx (10.5 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Talk about RNA World, a project of Rechenkraft.net e.V.
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legion workshop boinc.pdf (1.5 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Genghis Ríos (PUCP) - Legion Desktop Grid System
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IMG_3402.jpg (2.9 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
A break on the hike
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IMG_3411.2.jpg (2.2 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
A break on the hike
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IMG_3450.jpg (3.1 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Enjoying the view
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IMG_3472.jpg (2.9 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
David Conquering the Mountain
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IMG_3495.jpg (2.3 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
The View Up to the Monastery
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BOINC_WS09_3g-bridge.pdf (2.7 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Zoltán Balaton: 3G-Bridge: Bridging the Gap between BOINC and Other Systems
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marosi-virtualization-boinc_ws_2009.pdf (9.1 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Attila Csaba Marosi: Virtualization for Desktop Grid Clients
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boinc09_fcosta_beyond_parallel_apps.pdf (1.5 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
Expanding the scope of BOINC: Beyond Embarrassingly Parallel Applications
- cowles.ppt (208.2 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
- desell.ppt (3.6 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
- workshop_09.ppt (528.5 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
- wcg.pdf (938.3 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
- VMwrapper.pdf (224.7 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
- MaireBoincWS09.pdf (181.9 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
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VMControllerInfraestructure_DGQ.pdf (1.4 MB) - added by 15 years ago.
BOINC Virtual Machine Controller Infraestructure presentation
- jaspal.pdf (593.1 KB) - added by 15 years ago.
- RNA World_MW-Talk_23-10-2009_Barcelona_final_mod4PDF.pdf (3.2 MB) - added by 15 years ago.