The 9th BOINC Workshop

A workshop on BOINC and volunteer computing will be held 25-27 September 2013 in Grenoble, France.

The objective of this workshop is to share information about BOINC and projects using it, through 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:

• BOINC on Android
• GPU, multi-thread, VM-based, and Android applications
• Data-intensive applications
• Multi-user projects
• Remote job submission
• 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.

Venue

​Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes Inovallée 655 avenue de l'Europe - Montbonnot 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex

Tel. +33 (0)4 76 61 52 00

From Grenoble: by bus and bus

​Grenoble Express Line from Grenoble and stop at Pré de l'eau stop. Then take ​bus number 6070 and stop at Inria.

From Grenoble: by tram then bus

Take tram B to the Grenoble university campus ("Bibliothèque" stop) then ​bus 6070 (in direction of "Pré de l'eau") to the "Inria" stop.

By air

You have a choice between the Lyon-Saint-Exupéry or Geneva-Cointrin airports.

Lyon Saint Exupéry is an international airport served by most airlines. At the airport, you can take a shuttle to the Grenoble bus station (around 60 minutes) or the high-speed train to the Grenoble station. Geneva-Cointrin is an international airport in Switzerland. From Geneva, you can take the train to Grenoble (around two and a half hours).

By train

From Paris, you can take the Paris "Gare de Lyon" high-speed train to Grenoble (approximately three-hour trip). By car

From the Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport (or from Lyon), take the A43 in the direction of Chambéry-Grenoble then the A41 towards Grenoble. Then, upon arriving in Grenoble, follow the A41 towards Chambéry and take exit 25 for Montbonnot. Then, follow the signs for Inria then for Inria parking. Inria's main entrance is located in the middle of the building between two small ponds.

By taxi from Grenoble

A taxi from central Grenoble (or the station) will cost around 20 euros. Depending on the traffic, the trip to Inria will take 15-30 minutes. Taxi Transialpes: +33 (0)4 76 71 67 02 By tram/bus from Grenoble

Registration

The workshop is free but attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please contact David Anderson, indicating your areas of interest and your dates of arrival and departure.

Please, also fill the following ​Doodle that helps us keeping track of participants.

Accommodations

Hotel des alpes (​http://www.hotel-des-alpes.fr/) is well located in the center of Grenoble and we can book rooms at a "discount" rate (keyword is INRIA BOINC workshop but you should register before 25 August) for 62€ (instead of 65).

You can find a range of hotel options on ​http://booking.com.

Schedule

The workshop will consist of two activities:

• Talks: All participants are encouraged to give a short (~20 min) talk describing their activities and plans related to volunteer computing. These talks do not have to be polished or present results. Please send your talk title to David Anderson.

• Hackfest: On the 2nd day of the workshop we'll divide into small groups, each of which will try to advance some aspect of BOINC. Please come with ideas.

Wed 25 Sept

Talks

Thu 26 Sept

Finish talks, start hackfest

Evening: workshop dinner

Friday 27 Sept

Hackfest, wrap-up

Hackfest topics

• Making app versions for Android
• Remote job submission: unification
• Scheduling: batches and user quotas
• Make project web sites translatable
• Prototype a BOINC GUI using HTML5
• Improving the BOINC server documentation
• Creating and deploying VM-based app versions
• How to automate the end-to-end testing of BOINC?
• Replacing the heartbeat mechanism, and other improvements to the client/app interface
• Drupal/BOINC tutorial
• Further simplifying the BOINC install process and GUI

Attendees (tentative)

1. David Anderson, UC Berkeley
2. Uwe Beckert, ​http://Rechenkraft.net
3. Christian Beer, ​http://Rechenkraft.net
4. Gerdus Benade, Stellenbosch University
5. Andy Bowery, Oxford Univ.
6. Wenjie Fang, Université Paris Diderot
7. Joachim Fritzsch, MPI
8. Bruno Gaujal, INRIA
9. Arnaud Legrand, INRIA
10. Mark McAndrew, Charity Engine
11. Wenjing Wu, IHEP/CAS

Before and after

24 Sept

I (David Anderson) will be available for talking/helping/hacking.

28 September

All day: hike in the mountains; details TBD