Workshop on Fostering an Open-Source Runtime Eco-System for PaRSEC

Background

About the workshop

This workshop is organized around the PaRSEC ecosystem and hosted at the Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on behalf of the FOREST team (Fostering an Open-source Runtime Eco-system for the Task-based System PaRSEC). It brings together users, developers, and collaborators to discuss the technical direction of PaRSEC, strengthen community coordination, and support planning for the next phase of the project.

Host

Innovative Computing Laboratory

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Organizers

FOREST Team

Natalie Beams, Joseph Schuchart, and Qinglei Cao.

Workshop schedule

Current workshop schedule. All times are local to Knoxville, Tennessee. In-person attendance is at ICL, with online participation available via Zoom.

Please upload your slides to the shared Google Drive folder: tiny.utk.edu/parsec2026. If you have any trouble uploading your slides, you may also send them directly to Natalie at nbeams@icl.utk.edu, and she will upload them for you.

Wednesday, May 6

8:00 AM

Coffee and pastries

9:00 AM

Welcome remarks

Jack Dongarra, UTK

9:15 AM

PaRSEC

George Bosilca, NVIDIA

10:00 AM

Break and photo

10:30 AM

Section 1

Chair: Piotr Luszczek

10:30 AM

Aurelien Bouteiller

AMD

10:50 AM

Joseph Schuchart

SBU

11:10 AM

Julian Samaroo

MIT JuliaLab

11:30 AM

Pedro Valero Lara

ORNL

11:50 AM

Sanjay Kale

UIUC

12:10 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM

Section 2

Chair: Natalie Beams

1:10 PM

Piotr Luszczek

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1:30 PM

Dali Wang

ORNL

1:50 PM

Patrick Diehl

LANL

2:10 PM

Edward Valeev

Virginia Tech

2:30 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Qinglei Cao

SLU

3:20 PM

Yang Liu

LBNL

3:40 PM

Wei Wu

NVIDIA

4:00 PM

Panel for discussion and POSE II

Chair: TBD

6:30 PM

Dinner

VIDA, 531 S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902 · 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Dinner menu: Vida dinner menu
For local attendees, free downtown parking is available near Market Square; State Street Garage, 500 State St., Knoxville, TN 37902, is a convenient option and is about a 4-minute walk to VIDA. For attendees staying at the Crowne Plaza, VIDA is about a 7-minute walk from the hotel.

Thursday, May 7

8:00 AM

Coffee and pastries

9:00 AM

Keynote

Hatem Ltaief, KAUST

10:00 AM

Break

10:00 AM

Section 3

Chair: TBD

10:30 AM

Rajkumar Kettimuthu

ANL

10:50 AM

Martin Swany

IUB

11:10 AM

Rabab Alomairy

MIT

11:30 AM

Chris Clark

Linux Foundation

11:50 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Section 4

Chair: TBD

1:00 PM

Guojing Cong

ORNL

1:20 PM

Yunhe Feng

UNT

1:40 PM

Weijian Zheng

ANL

2:00 PM

Closing

5:00 PM

Room closing

Venue

Main room: 233 Claxton
1122 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37996

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Workshop room: 233 Claxton, 1122 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Local information

Key details for planning travel to Knoxville and navigating the workshop.

Travel info

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a popular nearby destination for attendees who plan to stay longer in the Knoxville area.

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Airport

Most attendees should plan to arrive through McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS).

Parking

Please register parking using the link sent by email.

Vol Hall is the preferred parking location, but it may fill quickly. ParkMobile spaces are available as a backup option. Please note that S-9 parking is not available because that area is now gated.

View the campus map of ParkMobile parking areas

Campus parking map showing ParkMobile areas. If the embedded map does not load, use the link above.

Hotel

Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University
401 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902, United States

Open hotel details

Hotel location: Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University.

Contact

For schedule updates, travel questions, or local arrangements, please contact the workshop organizers.

Natalie Beams · Joseph Schuchart · Qinglei Cao

Qinglei Cao's phone and email: 865-686-2069 · qinglei.cao@slu.edu