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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ling Liu's SC13 paper "Large Graph Processing Without the Overhead" featured by HPCwire.
ISTC-CC provides a listing of useful benchmarks for cloud computing.
Another list highlighting Open Source Software Releases.
Second GraphLab workshop should be even bigger than the first! GraphLab is a new programming framework for graph-style data analytics.
ISTC-CC 2015 Retreat
5TH annual ISTC-CC Retreat
August 26 - 28, 2015
Intel Corporation, Jones Farm Campus
Hillsboro, OR.
We are pleased to welcome our ISTC Collaborators to the
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TENTATIVE Retreat Agenda
Additional agenda details will be added as the event approaches.
Wednesday, August 26 Optional Event - Pre-retreat dinner |
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| 6:00 - 8:30 pm |
Optional Event - Pre-retreat Dinner Golden Valley Brewery |
Thursday, August 27 Event Location |
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8:30 - 8:55 am |
Continental breakfast / Registration |
| 8:55 - 9:00 am | Welcome Jeff Parkhurst (Intel University Collaboration Office, |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Opening Remarks Rich Uhlig (Intel Labs, Executive Sponsor for ISTC-CC, |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am | Center Overview Greg Ganger (CMU-PI) / Phil Gibbons (Intel-PI) |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Research Talks Session 1 Garth Gibson (CMU) Hyeontaek Lim (CMU), Ren Wang (Intel, SSR/NPL), |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:05 pm | Research Talks Session 2 Eric Xing (CMU) Naila Farooqui (Georgia Tech grad student) |
| 12:05 - 12:35 pm | Keynote Speaker 1 Introduced by Michael Kozuch (Intel Labs, ISTC-CC) |
| 12:35 - 1:05 pm | Lunch |
| 1:05 - 2:20 pm | Research Talks Session 3 Guy Blelloch (CMU) Rachit Agarwal (UC Berkeley) Calton Pu (Georgia Tech) |
| 2:20 - 2:45 pm | Break / Group Photo |
| 2:45 - 3:35 pm | Research Talks Session 4 Carlos Guestrin (U. Washington) Kayvon Fatahalian (CMU) |
| 3:35 - 3:55 pm | Short Research Talks and Poster Previews Liting Hu (Georgia Tech) Neeraja Yadwadkar (UC Berkeley) Timmy Zhu (CMU) Ankur Dave (UC Berkeley) Sheng Li (Intel Labs, SSR/PCL) |
| 3:55 - 4:15 pm | Poster Previews (30 seconds each) Chaired by Babu Pillai (Intel Labs) |
| 4:15 - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm | Reception / Dinner |
Friday, August 28 Event Location |
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| 8:30 - 8:50 am | Continental breakfast |
| 8:50 - 9:00 am | Welcoming Remarks Scott Hahn (Intel Labs, Managing Sponsor for ISTC-CC, Principal Engineer) |
| 9:00 - 9:15am | Forward Looking Remarks Mike Mayberry (Intel New Technology Group, Corporate Officer, Head of Intel Labs) |
| 9:15 - 9:45 am | Keynote Speaker 2 Valerie Young (Intel) |
| 9:45 - 10:10 am | Research Talk Session 5 Mahadev Satyanarayanan (CMU) |
| 10:10 - 10:25 am | Break |
| 10:25 - 11:40 am | Research Talk Session 6 Ion Stoica (UC Berkeley) Vivek Seshadri (CMU) Greg Ganger (CMU) |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | All-hands Brainstorming Moderated by Jeff Parkhurst (Intel University Collaboration Office, ISTC-CC Program Director) |
| 12:00 pm | Conclusion of retreat for all but BoA and Intel Stakeholders |
BoA / Intel - Friday, August 28 Event Location |
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| 12:00 - 2:15 pm | Board of Advisors meeting (includes Lunch) |
| 2:15 - 3:00 pm | Intel-only Strategy meeting (All Intel stakeholders invited) |
Hillsboro Accommodations
The ISTC has several rooms on hold at each
of the hotels listed below. When you call the hotel to make reservations,
tell them that you'd like a room booked for the ISTC Retreat (or quote
the appropriate code listed below). You may also book extra nights at
the preferred rate if you request them at the time of your booking.
If there are any problems or questions, please contact
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| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS 5900 NE Ray Circle Hillsboro, OR reservations: 503-844-9696 fax: 503-844-6988 email: gm.hihb@bhghotels.com Booking link |
Group rate is $140/night + tax, includes breakfast Cutoff date is August 12, 2015. FREE Cancellation until 4:00 PM local hotel time on August 25, 2015. Shuttle service available- 7am to ~3pm |
SPRINGHILL SUITES - MARIOTT Booking link |
Group rate is $165/night + tax, includes breakfast Cutoff date is July 30, 2015.
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Transportation
The hotels we have listed above have shuttle transportation
to the Intel campus available during the day.
- Holiday Inn has a shuttle. If you are interested in taking the shuttle you must arrange this with the hotel in advance.
- Springhill Suites – shuttle that departs at 7:30am and 8:00am (front desk can assist).
Local taxi services
- Yellow Cab - 503-922-1234 (does not go to PDX)
- Metro Cab - 503-888-8383
Public transportation
- Light Rail MAX
- Rail System Map
Info: Blue Line Hillsboro to Gresham - Take blue line to Beaverton TC, get off and catch the red line. Red Line (Airport) takes you to the airport. - Blue line M-F Schedule
- Red line M-F Schedule
- Rail System Map
MAPS
- Map to the Intel Jones Farm Campus. Everyone should plan on coming in through the JF1 entrance. The event will be in the JF1 Presentation room.
- Map to Retreat Venue, directions to hotels, etc.
Contacts
LOCAL CONTACT:
Tanya McCutchen
tanya.j.mccutchen@intel.com
503-264-9173
MAIN ISTC-CC CONTACTS:
ISTC-CC Program Director
Intel Labs
Academic PI, ISTC-CC
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
4720 Forbes Avenue - CIC 2209
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891
T (412) 268-1297
F (412) 268-3010
Intel PI, ISTC-CC
Carnegie Mellon University, ISTC-CC
CIC 4th Floor
4720 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
T (412) 268-6215
