<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We tried to register for an OpenStack BOF at Supercomputing 2012 this year and were turned down. How is OpenStack vendor specific? Being rejected makes no sense to me considering they had BOFs on BlueGene, Cray XMT, and CoArray Fortran last year. <grumble> The same 25 people will attend the CoArray Fortran BOF this year and their average age is probably 70. </grumble><div><br></div><div>Is anyone aware of any SC12 sessions that we might crash? Discuss it on openstack-hpc list!</div><div><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-hpc">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-hpc</a></div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><br><div><div><div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Brian Schott, CTO</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Nimbis Services, Inc.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:brian.schott@nimbisservices.com">brian.schott@nimbisservices.com</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">ph: 443-274-6064 fx: 443-274-6060</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="links_and_docs" style="padding: 0px 5px; "><table cellspacing="0px" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><div class="page_title" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.25; padding: 8px 0px 16px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(165, 42, 42); ">bof214 Reviews Details</div></td><td align="right" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="contents" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 242); padding: 5px 10px 15px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>Submission: </b>Bridging the Cloud-HPC Gap with OpenStack<br><b>Contributors: </b><span style="color: gray; ">Pai, Schott, Walters</span><br><br>Key for the below column headings: <span id="rev_cat_div_hide_span"><a class="clickable" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; ">hide</a></span><div id="rev_cat_div"><table style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="border: 0px; ">Review Categories (higher is better):</th></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Goals:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Does the proposal clearly articulate the goals of the BOF?<br>[Absolutely NO; Probably NO; Probably YES; Absolutely YES]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Fit:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Does the BOF fit with the goal of the SC12 Technical Program? (Demonstrate, debate and discover innovative, cutting-edge advances in HPC, networking, storage and analysis)<br>[Absolutely NO; Probably NO; Probably YES; Absolutely YES]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Interact:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Does the proposed BOF define an interactive approach?<br>[Not interactive; Slightly interactive; Moderately interactive; Fully interactive]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Innov:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Does this BOF include a new or innovative idea applicable to technology or policy?<br>[Absolutely NO; Probably NO; Probably YES; Absolutely YES]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>New:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Is the proposed BOF new or a repeat from previous years?<br>[Repeat of Previous Year(s); Repeat of SC11 BOF; New; Don't know]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Commun:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Is the proposed BOF an “organized meeting” for a community activity? If yes, is this a newly formed community?<br>[No, No; Yes, No; Yes, Yes; Don't know]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Int:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Do you believe that there will be interest at SC12 in this topic?<br>[Absolutely NO; Probably NO; Probably YES; Absolutely YES]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Qual:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">What is the quality of the technical content of this BOF?<br>[Poor; Fair; Good; Excellent]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Worksh:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Can the proposed BOF be a small workshop or a tutorial?<br>[Absolutely NO; Probably NO; Probably YES; Absolutely YES]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Vendor:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Does the BOF define a commercial technology by a specific vendor?<br>[Vendor Specific; Vendor Agnostic; Not commercial]</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Accept:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Proposal Acceptability<br>[REJECT; NEUTRAL; ACCEPT]</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><br><br><div class="centered" style="text-align: center; "><div class="lefted" style="text-align: left; "><div class="sum_box" style="background-color: rgb(247, 207, 166); padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 144, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><table cellspacing="0px" width="100%" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; "><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Summary of reviews of bof214s1</b></td><td align="right" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "></td></tr></tbody></table><hr><table cellpadding="3px" cellspacing="1px" width="100%" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; "><tbody><tr><th style="border: 0px; ">Reviewer</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Goals</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Fit</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Interact</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Innov</th><th style="border: 0px; ">New</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Commun</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Int</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Qual</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Worksh</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Vendor</th><th style="border: 0px; ">Accept</th></tr><tr class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 220, 192); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><a href="https://submissions.supercomputing.org/?args=zYprcnt3D40tprcnt3DArQbCzprcnt3DHzGMTrJUHtGAX0zU3z0IQ3TzU30CxG3prcnt3DJ9N_zNTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzU3ACIIfb0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTz0Cx0zfsG_NNTrAprcnt3DxGAX0zU3z0IQ3TtUbprcnt3DsfGQUIYprcnt3DbTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTtUbb0XfQbGztN9TzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTAprcnt3DxGPCf40zU3b0bfPz#bofrev145" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; "><span style="white-space: nowrap; ">Reviewer 1</span></a></td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Absolutely YES (3)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Moderately interactive (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Repeat of Previous Year(s) (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Yes, No (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Good (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably NO (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Not commercial (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">ACCEPT (2)</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 238, 222); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><a href="https://submissions.supercomputing.org/?args=zYprcnt3D40tprcnt3DArQbCzprcnt3DHzGMTrJUHtGAX0zU3z0IQ3TzU30CxG3prcnt3DJ9N_zNTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzU3ACIIfb0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTz0Cx0zfsG_NNTrAprcnt3DxGAX0zU3z0IQ3TtUbprcnt3DsfGQUIYprcnt3DbTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTtUbb0XfQbGztN9TzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTAprcnt3DxGPCf40zU3b0bfPz#bofrev282" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; "><span style="white-space: nowrap; ">Reviewer 2</span></a></td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Slightly interactive (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Don't know (4)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Yes, No (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Fair (1)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Probably YES (2)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">Vendor Specific (0)</td><td valign="top" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">REJECT (0)</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b>Averages:</b></td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">2.5</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">2.0</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.5</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">2.0</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">2.5</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.0</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">2.0</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.5</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.5</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.0</td><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; ">1.0</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br>Commitee Comments <a href="https://submissions.supercomputing.org/?args=zYprcnt3D40tprcnt3DArQbCzprcnt3DHzGMTrJUHtGAX0zU3z0IQ3TzU30CxG3prcnt3DJ9N_zNTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzU3ACIIfb0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTz0Cx0zfsG_NNTrAprcnt3DxGAX0zU3z0IQ3TtUbprcnt3DsfGQUIYprcnt3DbTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTtUbb0XfQbGztN9TzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTAprcnt3DxGPCf40zU3b0bfPz#committee_comments" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; ">jump</a><br><hr><div class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 238, 222); padding: 10px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a name="bofrev145" style="color: blue; "></a><table cellspacing="0px" width="100%" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(165, 42, 42); ">Review of bof214s1 by <span style="white-space: nowrap; ">Reviewer 1</span></span></b></td><td align="right" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><a href="https://submissions.supercomputing.org/?args=zYprcnt3D40tprcnt3DArQbCzprcnt3DHzGMTrJUHtGAX0zU3z0IQ3TzU30CxG3prcnt3DJ9N_zNTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzU3ACIIfb0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTz0Cx0zfsG_NNTrAprcnt3DxGAX0zU3z0IQ3TtUbprcnt3DsfGQUIYprcnt3DbTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTtUbb0XfQbGztN9TzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTAprcnt3DxGPCf40zU3b0bfPz#top" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; ">top</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><b>Comments for Authors:</b><br><blockquote style="margin: 0.5ex 3ex; ">The presentation will inform attendees of the current state of HPC OpenStack, followed by a discussion between the attendees to describe missing/desired features, state of the art, potential opportunities, etc.<br><br>Previous BoFs were very successful.</blockquote><br></div><hr><div class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 220, 192); padding: 10px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a name="bofrev282" style="color: blue; "></a><table cellspacing="0px" width="100%" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><b><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(165, 42, 42); ">Review of bof214s1 by <span style="white-space: nowrap; ">Reviewer 2</span></span></b></td><td align="right" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "><a href="https://submissions.supercomputing.org/?args=zYprcnt3D40tprcnt3DArQbCzprcnt3DHzGMTrJUHtGAX0zU3z0IQ3TzU30CxG3prcnt3DJ9N_zNTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzU3ACIIfb0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTz0Cx0zfsG_NNTrAprcnt3DxGAX0zU3z0IQ3TtUbprcnt3DsfGQUIYprcnt3DbTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTtUbb0XfQbGztN9TzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTAprcnt3DxGPCf40zU3b0bfPz#top" style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; ">top</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><b>Comments for Authors:</b><br><blockquote style="margin: 0.5ex 3ex; ">The high-level questions and goals of this BoF are laudable. However, the focus here is purely on OpenStack. Due to the very narrow scope/focus of this BoF, this reviewer does not believe this is "community" enough to be a BoF and should be therefore placed under a vendor program.</blockquote><br></div><hr><a name="committee_comments" style="color: blue; "></a><div class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 220, 192); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><table width="100%" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border: 0px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Optima, 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Committee Comments to Authors:</b></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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