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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 2012 Retreat
November 29 & 30, 2012
4th Floor, CIC BLDG., Carnegie Mellon University
We are pleased to welcome our ISTC Collaborators to the 2nd Annual ISTC-CC Retreat.
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Retreat Agenda
Additional agenda details will be added as the event approaches.
Wednesday, November 28 Optional Events at Holiday Inn |
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6:00-7:00 pm |
Sign-in / Reception |
7:00-9:00 pm | Dinner/Poster Session (posters starting at 7:30 pm) |
Thursday, November 29 Event Location Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC) |
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8:30-8:55 am |
Continental breakfast / Registration |
8:55-9:00 am | Welcome |
9:00-9:15 am | Opening Remarks |
9:15-10:15 am | Center Overview |
10:15-10:30 am | Break |
10:30-11:15 am | Keynote Speaker |
11:15-11:45 am | Poster Previews (30 seconds each) |
11:45 am-1:15 pm | Lunch / Poster Session 1 |
1:15-2:45 pm | Poster Session 2 |
2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
3:00-4:30 pm | Research Talks Session 1 Garth Gibson (CMU) Carlos Guestrin (CMU/Washington) Ganesh Ananthanarayanan (UC Berkeley, PhD student) |
4:30-4:45 pm | Break |
4:45-6:15 pm | Research Talks Session 2 Onur Mutlu (CMU) Ada Gavrilovska (GA Tech) Dave Andersen (CMU) |
6:30-9:00 pm | Reception / Dinner |
Friday, November 30 Event Location Collaborative Innovation Center (CIC), |
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8:30-8:55 am | Continental breakfast |
8:55-9:00 am | Welcome |
9:00-9:45 am | Keynote Speaker |
9:45-10:45 am | Research Talks Session 3 Ion Stoica (UC Berkeley) Mike Freedman (Princeton) |
10:45-11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am-Noon | Research Talks Session 4 Margaret Martonosi (Princeton) Pieter Simoens (CMU, Post-doc) |
Noon-12:20 pm | Minutes of Madness |
12:20 am-1:45 pm | Lunch with Breakout groups |
1:45-3:15 pm | Research Talks Session 5 Jim Cipar (CMU, PhD student) Hrishi Amur (GA Tech, PhD student) Ted Willke (Intel Labs, SAL, Principal Engineer) |
3:15-4:15 | All-hands Brainstorming |
Pittsburgh 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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NOTE: Evening gatherings (dinners on Wed and Thurs) will be held at or near the Holiday Inn.
UNIVERSITY
CENTER HOLIDAY INN (most convenient) 100 Lytton Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-682-6200 - Reservations 412-681-4749 - Fax Code = ICC |
$109+taxes Reservation deadline: November 16, 2012 Guests can make on line reservations by visiting our website www.holidayinn.com/pit-univctr and entering their arrival/departure dates and 3-letter group code ICC. Guests can also call our Reservations Manager, Lauren Cahill, directly at 412-682-6259. |
COURTYARD
MARRIOTT - SHADYSIDE 5308 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 1-800-321-2211 - Reservations 412-683-3113 - Reservations 412-683-3133 - Fax |
Details TBA |
WYNDHAM
GARDEN HOTEL 3454 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-683-2040 - Reservations 412-688-1986 - Fax |
Details TBA |
Transportation
Most of the hotels we have listed above have shuttle transportation
to CMU available. Please request that you be dropped off on the west
end of Frew Street, then refer to the attached map for directions to the CIC Building. There are several options available for getting to and from the airport:
Rental Car: Available at the airport from all the major companies.
Taxi Service (~$50 each way)
- Yellow Cab: 412-321-8100
- Cab Service: 412-855-4484
Limousine Service
Airport Sedan Service (Larry
Waite)
Advance reservations are required, ~$55 each way
Contact Larry Waite, 412-401-LIMO
(5466)
Gateway Limo
Rates: $54.00 from the airport to Downtown, Oakland, Shadyside, and Squirrel Hill (sedan). The rate for a van, a 14 passenger vehicle, is $78.00 per hour. Mention CMU when making a reservation.
Call the office at 412-782-5800 or 1-800-390-1222 (phones answered 24/7) for reservations.
Supershuttle - book online
- Shared van - $23 each way, $8 per additional passenger
- Private van - $115 each way
- Executive sedan - $60 each way
Airport Shuttle (PATransit
28X - Airport Flyer) ($3.75 each way, exact change)
Leaves CMU from the corner of Forbes and Morewood Avenues every 20 minutes
starting at 4:25 a.m., last shuttle at 10:55 p.m. Shuttle leaves the airport from
the arrivals level, door #6, starting at 5:20 a.m. approximately every 30 minutes.
MAPS
- Location of the CIC Building
- Directions to CMU from the airport
- Map of walk from Holiday Inn to CMU campus (about a 15 minute walk)
Contacts
ISTC Administrative Manager
Carnegie Mellon University
4720 Forbes Avenue - CIC 410
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213-3891
T (412)268-2476
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