General Information

The DOE Office of Science SciDAC Program reviewed the National Fusion Collaboratory Project at the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center May 29 & 30, 2003, in building NW17 room 218.

Details from the committee's written report will be posted when they are received. The information below was posted for the meeting.

An interactive map is available.

This web site contains information on:

• Meeting Theme
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Registration
• Hotel Information, directions, airport transportation
• List of registered participants
• Information for Review Committee
• Contact Information

A review of the National Collaboratory pilot projects will be conducted about 18 months from initiation of the projects. The goal of these projects is to create early implementations of virtual laboratories that give scientists the technology to collectively observe and attack problems using combinations of ideas, methodologies, and instrumentation that do not exist at any single location. The peer review panel for each project will be composed of discipline-specific scientists as well as collaborative technology specialists, probably five or six individuals.

The panel of peers will be charged with the following:

• Evaluate the scientific and/or technical merit of the project.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of the project¹s approach.
• Evaluate the organization and management of the project.
• What are the strengths and weakness of the project?
• Are there recommendations for future work or redirected efforts based on presentations by the project for new and continuing activities?

Meeting Agenda

The meeting will take place at the MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center in Building NW17 in room 218. A simple map is available as well as a an MIT interactive map. All participants must register prior to attending.

Meeting Registration

Meeting registration on-line is now available.

A wireless network will be made available to meeting participants.

Hotel Information, directions, airport transportation

The meeting will take place at the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center. A block of rooms at $129/night has been reserved at the Kendall Hotel, 350 Main Street, Cabridge, MA (617) - 577-1300. These rooms will be held until May 13. Please mention the group name "Fusion Collaboratory" when reserving your room. Once your reservation has been made the cancellation policy is 24 hours prior to the arrival date.

The MIT PSFC can easily be reached by public transportion. A simple map is available as well as a an MIT interactive map.

The address for the MIT PSFC:
167 Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
(617) 253-8100 

Local weather information is available from the NWS.

Meeting Participants

A list of registered participants can be found at the bottom of the registration page.

Information for Reviewers

The following information is provided to the Review Committee to assist in their evaluation of the NFC Project:

• Review Committee:
  • Glen Bateman, Lehigh University
  • James D. Myers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Carmen Pancerella, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Charles Severance, University of Michigan
  • John Sarff, University of Wisconsin
• Project web site:
  • http://www.fusiongrid.org
• Project management plan:
  • Project Management Plan
• Quarterly technical progress reports of the project:
  • To date there have been 5 quarterly reporting periods during the NFC Project. Reports are structured with a summary section followed by an Appendix that has each non-edited institutional report. All 5 quarterly reports have been concatenated and are available for download in
    PDF format (3 MB).
• Key published papers and/or presentations:
  • A complete list of relevant papers and presentation are avaiable from http://www.fusiongrid.org/research/papers.html

Contact Information

Technical Contact: David P. Schissel (schissel@fusion.gat.com)
Local Contact: Martin Greenwald (g@psfc.mit.edu)