The purpose of the Workshop was to acquaint US lattice gauge theory scientists with the potential advantages of the QCDOC computing architecture and hardware as it could be operated for this community in a BNL-located venue. Locating a QCDOC based user facility at BNL represents an attractive and economical direction for realizing a large advance in the computing power available for lattice gauge work by the US lattice gauge community, especially since this gain could be achieved within a three year design and construction time framework.
In the conceptual scoping of the BNL QCDOC facility, it is envisioned that no less than 80% of the computing capacity would be devoted to lattice gauge calculations and the remainder could be made available to other HENP uses that are technically compatible with this facility.
DOE's recently announced 'Topical Computing Center' program concept for realizing additional computing capability for DOE science users represents an appropriate means of funding the construction and operation of such a national facility for the lattice gauge community.
Through this Workshop we hope to obtain feedback from active members of the US lattice gauge community as well as from the wider US HENP community on the ways in which a new QCDOC facility at BNL could best meet their needs. Also we would like to engage the community's support in seeking approval and funding of this facility by DOE.
This workshop provided an opportunity for a significant number of active lattice physicists, representing the broad U.S. community, to meet together to learn about and consider all options that might substantially advance the computer resources available to pursue the exciting research opportunities in lattice physics.
The conference was organized by Claudio Rebbi (chair), Norman Christ, Michael Creutz, Tom Kirk, and Steve Sharpe.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12
1:30-1:45 Opening remarks - Tom Kirk
1:45-2:15 Status of the DOE SDAC (Scientific
Discovery through Advanced Computing)
initiative - Bob Sugar
2:15-2:55 Matrix element calculations - Aida El-Khadra
2:55-3:35 Finite density algorithms - Keh-Fei Liu
3:35-4:00 Coffee break
4:00-4:40 High temperature QCD - Carleton DeTar
4:40-5:20 The Jefferson Lab.-MIT project - John Negele
5:20-6:00 The FNAL project - Paul Mackenzie
6:00 Reception
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13
9:00-9:30 Calculations with domain wall - Tom Blum
fermions
9:30-10:00 Implementation of Neuberger's - Robert Edwards
operator
10:00-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:10 QCDOC: design concepts and status - Norman Christ
of the machine
11:10-12:00 Software systems on QCDSP and - Robert Mawhinney
plans for QCDOC
12:00 LUNCH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 13
2:00-2:50 Lattice QCD in Europe and the - Richard Kenway
UKQCD-QCDOC collaboration
2:50-3:20 The ``Users' guide to QCDSP'' - Balint Joo
3:20-3:50 Experience using QCDSP - I - Weonjong Lee
3:50-4:05 Coffee break
4:05-4:35 Experience using QCDSP - II - Mike Creutz
4:35-5:15 Experience with clusters - Steve Gottlieb
5:15-5:30 Coffee break
5:30-6:30 Round table discussion:
What are the desired characteristics
of a computational facility for - moderator:
the U.S. lattice community? Claudio Rebbi
7:00 BANQUET
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14
9:00-10:00 Round Table discussion of draft - moderator:
consensus statement Steve Sharpe
10:00-12:00 Consensus statement write-up
12:00 WORKSHOP ADJOURNS