US-Egypt International Workshop on Supercomputing Applications in Climate Sciences and Remote Sensing, March 17-19, Cairo, Egypt

0743948Greenshields该项目是为美国- 2007年3月17日至19日在埃及开罗举行的题为"超级计算在气候科学和遥感中的应用国际讲习班"的埃及讲习班。 会议组织者是来自康涅狄格大学计算机科学和工程系的Ian Greenshields博士、Reda Ammar博士和Sanguthevar Rajasekaran博士以及来自开罗国家遥感和空间科学管理局的Ayman El-Dessouki博士、来自开罗电子研究所的Salwa Nasser博士和埃及开罗开罗大学机械工程系的Atef Sherif博士。讲习班将侧重于气候科学家和计算科学家在中东气候研究方面的协同作用。具体而言，讲习班将研究参与中东气候大规模模拟的气候科学家与对这种模拟的算法方面感兴趣的计算科学家之间的协同作用，特别关注并行算法和网格计算。与会者将包括来自美国和中东国家（包括埃及、约旦和黎巴嫩）的气候和计算科学方面的特邀科学家。 Dr. A. El-Dessouki博士在遥感和气候科学方面处于国家领导地位，因为它们影响了埃及; Nasser带来了并行和网格计算方面的专业知识;谢里夫带来了空间科学方面的专业知识。 预计来自整个中东地区的至少14名其他气候和计算科学家将参加讲习班。讲习班"将讨论参与中东气候大规模模拟的气候科学家与参与研究与这种大规模模拟有关的算法的计算科学家之间的协同作用（特别是并行算法），并在使用现代网格计算范式建立美国和中东的气候科学家和计算科学家之间的长期合作工作关系。除了气候科学家和计算科学家之间的知识交流外，讲习班还将在以下领域设立三个工作组：a）为中东气候科学和遥感研究提供计算支持; B）为研究中东的气候、遥感和计算科学家提供合作支持（美国/中东气候网格）; c）规划支持，将研讨会的合作成果推广到更广泛的中东地区。更广泛的影响：正在进行的工作组的建立有望促进美国和中东气候/计算科学家之间的进一步互动。研讨会将有一个专门的教育会议，预计研究生交流将发生在美国和中东之间。 美国-中东气候网格的长期前景可以成为气候科学以外其他学科网格合作的原型，该项目得到美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

0743948GreenshieldsThis project is for a U.S.-Egypt Workshop entitled "International Workshop on Supercomputing Applications in Climate Sciences and Remote Sensing" to be held in Cairo, Egypt March 17-19, 2007. The organizers are Drs. Ian Greenshields, Reda Ammar and Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, all from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut and Dr. Ayman El-Dessouki from the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences in Cairo, Dr. Salwa Nasser from the Electronics Research Institute in Cairo, and Dr. Atef Sherif, Mechanical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. The Workshop will focus on the synergy between climate scientists and computational scientists as it relates to the study of the climate of the Middle East. In particular, the Workshop will study the synergy between climate scientists engaged in large-scale simulations of the climate of the Middle East and computational scientists interested in the algorithmic aspects of such simulations, with particular attention paid to parallel algorithms and Grid computing. Participants will include invited scientists, in climate and computational sciences, from the US and countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Dr. A. El-Dessouki is in a national leadership position in Remote Sensing and Climate Sciences as they impact Egypt; Dr. S. Nasser brings expertise in parallel and grid computing; and Dr. A. Sherif who brings expertise in space sciences. It is expected that a minimum 14 other climate and computational scientists from throughout the Middle East will be participants in the Workshop.Intellectual merit: The Workshop' will cover the synergy between climate scientists involved in large-scale simulations of the climate of the Middle East and computational scientists involved both in the study of algorithms as they relate to such large-scale simulations (especially parallel algorithms) and in the use of the modern Grid computing paradigm to establish long-term collaborative working relationships between US and Middle Eastern climate scientists and computational scientists. In addition to the intellectual exchange between climate and computational scientists, the Workshop will allow for establishing three Working Groups in the areas of a) Computational Support for the Study of Climate Sciences and Remote Sensing in the Middle East; b) Collaborative Support for Climate, Remote Sensing and Computational Scientists studying the Middle East (US/Middle East Climate Grid); c) Planning Support to extend the collaborative outcomes of the Workshop to the wider Middle East.Broader impacts: The establishment of on-going working groups is expected to catalyze further interaction between US and Middle Eastern climate/computational scientists. The workshop will have a dedicated session on education, and it is expected that graduate student exchanges to occur between the US and the Middle East. The long-term prospect of a US-Middle Eastern Climate Grid can be a prototype for other Grid collaborations in disciplines other than climate sciences.This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.