Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe Professioneller IT-Betrieb in mittleren und grossen Umgebungen sind Sie zu den folgenden Vortraegen herzlich eingeladen (Anmeldung nicht erforderlich). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large-scale on-demand computations are becoming more and more crucial for decision making in critical environments and situations. Urgent computing seems to be a promising new branch of computer science addressing prioritized access to modern e-infrastructures. The session will explore fundamental aspects of Urgent Computing using hydro-meteorologic urgency as an example. Alle Vortraege werden auf Englisch gehalten. | All talks will be given in English. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Urgent Computing: Late Results are Useless Results Dr. Michael Schiffers (Munich Network Management Team) Large-scale collaborative computations are becoming more and more crucial for decision making in critical medical environments and disaster prediction and preventing situations. Urgent computing is a promising new branch of computer science addressing algorithms, methods and tools enabling the required prioritized and immediate access to e-infrastructures. The talk will explore urgent computing in more detail using the EU-funded DRIHM project as use case. ------------------------------------------ Dr. Michael Schiffers is a member of the Munich Network Management (MNM) team at LMU. His research interests cover Grid Computing, Dependable Systems, and Urgent Computing. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the EU-funded DRIHM project. [Beginn: 15:15 Uhr, Dauer: 15 Minuten] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- High-resolution meteorological simulations of catastrophic Mediterranean floods Dr. Antonio Parodi (CIMA Research Foundation) On November 4th, 2011, the city of Genoa, Italy, was witnessing a catastrophic flash flood resulting from more than 500 millimeters of rain in approximately 6 hours. In the talk we analyze the performance of model simulations related to this extreme event using the Advanced Research Weather and Forecasting Model focusing on the aspect of model quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) for flash flood predictions. The simulations performed at the LRZ SuperMUC suggest the crucial role of state-of-the-art high performance computing resources to better understand these extreme hydro-meteorological events. This aspect is especially explored in the EU-funded DRIHM project. ------------------------------------------ Antonio Parodi, Ph.D. is a Project leader at the Italian CIMA Research Foundation in Savona. His research interests cover modeling of dry and moist convection with special emphasis on uncertainties. He is author and co-author of several publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He is the Project Director of several Hydro-Meteo EU-funded projects, including DRIHMS, DRIHM and DRIHM2US. [Beginn: 15:45 Uhr, Dauer: 25 Minuten] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Progress and challenges in coupling hydrological and atmospheric models for Earth System prediction research Dr. David Gochis (US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)) The need for improved assessments and predictions of many key environmental variables is driving a multitude of model development efforts in the geosciences highlighting the role of model coupling as a fundamental activity itself and, at times, a significant bottleneck in Earth Systems and climate impacts research. This talk explores some of the recent activities and progress that has been made in assessing the attributes of various approaches to the coupling of Earth Systems models. As an example we will present the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Hydro system. The talk will also discuss the opportunities for fostering open, standards-based approaches for code development, model interoperability and data and metadata structures. ------------------------------------------ Dr. David Gochis is a member of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). His academic background is inter-disciplinary between the meteorological and hydrological sciences and civil and agricultural engineering disciplines. Prior to returning to academia Dr. Gochis worked as a consulting engineer for water resource evaluations and the design of irrigation systems. His current research interests include hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology, atmospheric convection and land surface hydrology where he focuses on observation, diagnosis and modeling of warm season precipitation and runoff processes in complex terrains. Dr. Gochis participates in the DRIHM2US project jointly funded by the European Commission and the US NSF. [Beginn: 16:30 Uhr, Dauer: 25 Minuten] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Designing a Hydro Meteo Infrastructure: The DRIHM Approach Prof. Dr. Andrea Clematis (Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies) We shortly review the challenges and outline the strategy adopted in the DRIHM project to design a new e-science infrastructure dedicated to meteorological and hydrologic research and covering the whole chain of models from meteorological forecast via hydrological effects study to impact analysis. The core of this talk is the presentation of the DRIHM aspects that characterize the approach to the design of this infrastructure: * The strong involvement of end users * The learning by doing approach * The exploitation of European e-infrastructures * The global interoperability requirement ------------------------------------------ Prof. Dr. Andrea Clematis leads as Research Director the high performance and Grid computing group at the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies of the Italian National Council of Research in Genova. He chairs the Euromicro Technical Committee and is editor of the Journal of Systems Architecture. He is the Italian representative of the Managing Committee of the Open European Network for High Performance Computing on Complex Environments. His research interests include Grid and parallel computing, distributed visualization and image processing. He has co-authored more than 150 technical papers and he acted as project leader for more than 20 international research projects. He leads the DRIHM Work Package on Use Case and Application Requirements Analysis. [Beginn: 17:05 Uhr, Dauer: 25 Minuten] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Termin: Do. 8.11.2012 von 15:15 bis 17:40 Uhr Ort: LRZ-Gebaeude; hinsichtlich des Raums siehe das Hinweis-Schild am Eingang Vortragsreihe: Weitere Informationen (u.a. das komplette Programm und Kurzfassungen aller Vortraege): www.lrz.de/vr-it-betrieb /wise_12_13/ Diese Information finden Sie im WWW unter http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/schulung/aktuell/ali4453/ Ernst Boetsch