March 17, 2024 — The HPC User Forum has updated its agenda spotlighting speakers at its upcoming meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9-10, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA.
The full agenda and registration information can be found here. Register at: https://www.hpcuserforum.com/
“The forum is a meeting place for the HPC community to learn about new developments in HPC and HPC-enabled AI from leading centers, policy makers, researchers and others,” said Bob Sorensen, SVP of research and chief analyst for quantum computing, Hyperion Research. “The April lineup of speakers and topics includes developments in AI and HPC, new government programs, HPC site updates and new discoveries from end users in industry, government, and academia.”
The dinner speaker will be Dr. Jacqueline Le Moigne, Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) Program Manager from the NASA Earth Science Technology Office. Dr. Le Moigne’s topic will be Earth System Digital Twins.
Here’s the agenda:
Tuesday, April 9th
7:15 – 8:00 am Breakfast and Badging
8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome and Meeting Overview
• Welcome & Logistics, Piyush Mehrotra and Earl Joseph
• HPC Market Update, Earl Joseph
(Session Leader: Nick Wright, LBL)
8:30 – 10:45 am Government Programs Supporting HPC, AI and QC
• 8:30 – 9:00 am US DOE Office of Science New Programs and Updates, Ceren Susut-Bennett, Department of Energy Office of Science
• 9:00 – 9:30 am NSF New Programs and Updates, Katie Antypas, NSF
• 9:30 – 10:00 am Chips and Science Program Updates, Stephen Ezell, ITIF
• Break: 10:00 – 10:15 am
• 10:15 – 10:45 am New Activities at Sandia National Laboratory, Siva Rajamanickam, SNL
10:45 – 11:15 am The Making of Data Center Alley – How Loudoun Virginia became the Heart of the Internet, Buddy Rizer, Executive Director, Dept of Economic Development for Loudoun County, Virginia
11:15 – 11:30 am Vendor Update: Rob Renzoni, Hammerspace
11:30 – 12:00 pm New Research on Quantum Computing, Bob Sorensen, Hyperion Research
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
(Session Leader: Elizabeth L’Heureux, BP)
1:00 – 2:00 pm Updates on Using HPC and AI in Industry
• Nissan’s Use of HPC, Simran Kumari, Nissan
• BP Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) Capabilities and Success Stories, Elizabeth L’Heureux, BP
2:00 – 3:00 pm Innovative Technologies Panel: DDN, Intel, MemVerge, NextSilicon
3:00 – 3:15 pm Vendor Update: Chris Maestas, IBM
3:15 – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 – 5:30 pm The Need for Greater Diversity and Ways to Increase Diversity in HPC/AI.
• Melyssa Fratkin, TACC (moderator)
• Candy Culhane, LANL
• Dorian Arnold, Emory University
• Debra Goldfarb, AWS
• Kathryn Kelley, CASC (The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation)
• Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratory
• Panel Discussion
5:30 – 6:00 pm Break
6:00 – 8:30 pm Special Dinner Event and Presentation: Earth System Digital Twins, Dr. Jacqueline Le Moigne, NASA Earth Science Technology Office
Wednesday, April 10th
7:15 – 8:00 am Breakfast and Badging
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome and Meeting Logistics
Session Leader: Piyush Mehrotra, NASA)
8:15 – 11:15 am HPC Site Updates:
• 8:15 – 8:45 am LBL Update and NERSC-10, Nick Wright, LBL
• 8:45 – 9:15 am ANL Update, Dave Martin, ANL
• 9:15 – 9:45 am Update on Leadership Computing in Europe, Leonardo Flores, EU (video presentation)
• Break: 9:45 – 10:15 am
• 10:15 – 10:45 am Update on HPC, Quantum and AI in Japan at Riken, Satoshi Matsuoka (video presentation)
10:45 – 11:15 am HPC and AI at Homeland Security, Adam Cox, DHS
11:15– 11:30 am Vendor Update: HPE
11:30 – 11:45 am Key Findings of Surveys on Cloud Computing for Engineering Simulation, Wim Slagter, Ansys
11:45 – 12:00 pm Vendor Update: Dave Turek, CATALOG
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
(Session Leader: David Martin, ANL)
1:00 – 1:30 pm Future Technologies, Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University
1:30 – 1:45 pm Vendor Update: Amarendra Joshi, Oracle & Montis
1:45 – 2:15 pm Overview of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation, Kathryn Kelley, CASC
2:15 – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 – 4:15 pm New Directions and Activities in AI & Large Language Models:
• 2:45 – 3:15 pm Advancing Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, Erwin Gianchandani, NSF
• 3:15 – 3:30 pm Arun Majumdar, Permion
• 3:30 – 4:00 pm Dr. Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, NYU Langone
• 4:00 – 4:15 pm Demo of Using Generative AI for New Ways for Designing Cars, Neil Ashton, AWS
4:15 – 4:45 pm Recent developments from the NIST HPC Security Working Group, including the release of NIST SP 800-223 and updates on other ongoing activities, Yang Guo, Computer Security Division, NIST
4:45 – 5:00 pm Conclusions, Piyush Mehrotra and Earl Joseph
5:00 – 5:15 pm Break
5:15 – 8:00 pm Special Event: Networking Time & Cocktail Reception
