Software Technology Working Group

System Software and Tools

Participants:

• Introduction
• The Challenge of Software Technology
• Technology Trends and StrategicOpportunities
• BLISS versus the Metasystem: TwoVisions of PetaFLOPS Computing
• Discussion of Software Technology Areas
  • Programming Languages and Models
  • Programming Technology
  • Input/Output
  • Resource Management/Scheduling
  • The Training and Experience Base of ScientificProgram Developers
• Recommendations
  • Machine-Effectiveness Recommendations
  • Human-Effectiveness Recommendations
  • Infrastructure Recommendations
• Epilogue