The 6th BOINC Workshop

A workshop on BOINC and volunteer computing will be held 31 Aug - 1 Sept 2010, in London.

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, and to guide the future development of BOINC.

The workshop is for researchers, scientists and developers with significant experience or interest in BOINC. Areas of interest include:

• GPU and multi-thread applications; CUDA and OpenCL
• Virtual machines as application container
• Applications
• Scheduling
• Workflows
• Integration with hubs, clouds, grids, and desktop grids

All participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work. Slides will be published on the web, but there will be no papers or proceedings.

The workshop is being held in conjunction with a ​Citizen Cyberscience Summit conference, to be held in the same location on 2-3 Sept. BOINC workshop attendees are encouraged to attend the CC Summit as well. There will be a small charge for the CC Summit conference; let me know if you are interested in attending.

Venue

The workshop will be held at ​King's College London, Strand Campus in the ​Anatomy Theatre and Museum.

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.

Accommodations

Stamford Street Apartments :

Rooms are single and en-suite and cost £41.50 per person per night. Stamford Street Apartments are located in Waterloo in central London. This is just south of the river Thames in Zone 1. It's a perfect location if you are travelling by Eurostar, and if it's contemporary London you're looking for then the South Bank Arts Complex is right on your doorstep. You can't get more central than this residence! Guests also have access to the on site student shop, cafeteria, and gymnasium (payable locally).

​http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/admin/facser/facilities/conbro/accom/ssa.html

To book, please contact the reservations team on +44 (0)20 7848 1700 or email stopover@…

Goodenough student rooms:

Prices: Visiting academics £40, Students £30 There are a very small number of student rooms available all year. Bathroom facilities are shared and meals can be taken in the Great Hall. In the summer there is much greater availability as permanent residents vacate the College.

For enquiries and to book please call +44 (0)20 7769 4727 or email: reservations@… ​http://www.goodenough.ac.uk/visitor_accommodation.html

Strand Palace Hotel:

£85 ​http://www.strandpalacehotel.co.uk/

Travelodge on Drury Lane:

£72.50 ​http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=318

The Fielding Hotel:

£90 ​http://www.thefieldinghotel.co.uk/

Goodenough Club:

£99 ​http://www.club.goodenough.ac.uk/

Swissotel

£125 ​http://www.swissotel.com/EN/Destinations/United+Kingdom/Swissotel+The+Howard/Hotel+Home/Hotel+Description

Attendees

(as of July 13)

Confirmed:

• Tolu Aina, Oxford
• Issam Al-Azzoni, INRIA
• Bruce Allen, MPI
• David Anderson, UC Berkeley
• Adam Bazinet, U. Maryland
• Uwe Becker
• Christian Beer
• Oliver Bock, MPI
• Travis Desell, Rensselaer Poly. Inst.
• Guilllaume Gnaegi, Swiss Trop. Inst.
• Daniel Lombraña Gonzalez, U. Extremadura
• Diggory Hardy, Swiss Trop. Inst.
• Torbjoern Klatt
• Derrick Kondo, INRIA
• Martin Korth, Cambridge
• Bernd Machenschalk, MPI
• Nicolas Maire, Swiss Trop. Inst.
• Hien Nguyen, U. of Houston
• Thiago Presa, INRIA
• Kevin Reed, IBM
• Chris Reynolds, U. Westminster
• Ben Segal, CERN (and 2 students)
• Rytis Slatkevičius
• James Wanless
• TBA, SZTAKI Inst.

Probable:

• Carl Christensen, Stanford

Possible:

• Jaspal Subhlok, U Houston
• Jeremy Cowles, UC Berkeley