[Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016

Fri Jun 19 17:05:12 CDT 2015

> ... There is bus 560 that runs
> once per half hour from airport (once per hour during weekend) and the trip is
> about 50 minutes; ...

This public transport is nearly as perfect as in Chicago.
Therefore I've also no objection.

Rolf

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> From: "Anh Vo" <Anh.Vo at microsoft.com>
> To: "Main MPI Forum mailing list" <mpi-forum at lists.mpi-forum.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 4:16:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016

> I have no objection. My apartment is 3-4 blocks from the building where we’ll be
> hosting (if we decide with Bellevue) J .
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> From: mpi-forum [mailto:mpi-forum-bounces at lists.mpi-forum.org] On Behalf Of
> Schulz Martin
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016
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> I personally considered Seattle/Bellvue as the same general location (in
> particular, since both have hotels in walking distance), but we can certainly
> discuss this. Do others have comments on this?
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> Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov , http://scalability.llnl.gov/
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> CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
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> From: Anh Vo < Anh.Vo at microsoft.com >
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> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016
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> Hi Martin,
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> The last time we took the straw vote for the June meeting people were indicating
> that Seattle was first choice and San Jose was second choice. Now we know that
> Seattle is not feasible (due to the lack of meeting space), the alternative to
> Seattle is Bellevue. Bellevue is quite a nice town, but the public
> transportation isn’t that great compared to Seattle. There is bus 560 that runs
> once per half hour from airport (once per hour during weekend) and the trip is
> about 50 minutes; otherwise we would need to use taxi or rental car (Taxi is
> about $55 to Bellevue downtown, Uber is about $35-$40), which takes about 30
> minutes from/to the airport. Bellevue also has fewer hotels (one Hyatt, one
> Westin, one Courtyard Marriott, a few other nice local hotels). Should we get a
> doodle poll to decide whether the majority would prefer San Jose vs Bellevue
> given the above information? If we get this done early I can secure the meeting
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> From: mpi-forum [ mailto:mpi-forum-bounces at lists.mpi-forum.org ] On Behalf Of
> Schulz Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:43 AM
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> Subject: [Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016
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> I just realized that this email I sent a week ago never made it out and got
> stuck in our list server. So here it is again, with some updates. Please
> respond to the doodle poll below soon.
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> During the MPI forum meeting two weeks ago in Chicago, we had a discussion about
> future locations for the MPI forum. The general consensus was to keep the 3 US
> + EuroMPI meeting schedule and to also keep the length for each meeting (Mon
> afternoon to Thu noon for the US meetings). As for locations and dates, here is
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> Chicago (Microsoft facility downtown):
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> 2/29-3/3 -OR– 3/7-3/10 (see below)
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> Seattle (Microsoft facility downtown):
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> 6/6-6/9
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> However, it turns out that the facility has no meeting room large enough for us
> – the proposal is therefore to hold the meeting in Bellevue near Seattle at the
> same dates.
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> Edinburgh (hosted by EPCC, part of EuroMPI):
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> 9/21-9/23 (before EuroMPI)
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> Dallas (IBM facility)
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> 12/5-12/8
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> All these dates and locations are tentative – please check all dates for obvious
> conflicts. If there are any, please send me email and I’ll collect them.
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> As for Chicago – either week works and matches previous schedules. I have setup
> a doodle poll, so we can decide which one to use. The link is:
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> http://doodle.com/qnhmueikzgf6veeb
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> Please use a “NO” only if there is a serious conflict and use the “Maybe” option
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> I would like to move quickly on this, though, to make sure our hosts have time
> to lock in the facilities. So, please participate in the doodle poll and send
> me potential conflicts by 6/20, this Friday.
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> ________________________________________________________________________
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> Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov , http://scalability.llnl.gov/
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> CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
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> ________________________________________________________________________
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> Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov , http://scalability.llnl.gov/
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> CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
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