Evaporation of the HPC Application Software Market Session: BoF-27 Event Type: BOF Time: 5:15pm - 6:45pm Speaker(s): Stanley Ahalt, Suzy Tichenor Location: 608-609 Abstract: Interactive discussion among panelists and attendees regarding the challenges of creating and maintaining HPC application software for a competitive, corporate “production” environment, the state of the ISV application software market, and the role of government, universities and national laboratories to help accelerate development of new and/or updated code. Discussion will also draw on Council on Competitiveness/DARPA Study of ISVs (http://www.compete.org/hpc/hpc_software_survey.asp), which found that the business model for HPC application software has almost evaporated and lack of scalable application software is impeding more aggressive industrial use, and national competitiveness. Panelists: Dr. Stanley Ahalt, Executive Director, Ohio Supercomputer Center (moderator) Paul Bemis, Vice President Marketing, Fluent, Inc. Dr. Al Geist, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Thomas Lange, Director, Corporate R&D Modeling & Simulation, The Procter & Gamble Company Loren Miller, Director, IT Research Development & Engineering, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Dr. Reza Sadeghi, Vice President, Solver Development, MSC.Software Chair/Speaker Details: Stanley Ahalt Ohio Supercomputer Center Suzy Tichenor Council on Competitiveness