In this podcast, Zaira Martín-Moldes and Davoud Ebrahimi describe their computational research into how bones form. “The authors used XSEDE supercomputers to model the protein folding of integrin, an essential step in the intracellular pathways that lead to osteogenesis. This research will help larger efforts to cure bone disorders such as osteoporosis or calcific aortic valve disease.”
Archives for 2017
Deep Learning and Automatic Differentiation from Theano to PyTorch
December 26, 2017 by
Inquisitive minds want to know what causes the universe to expand, how M-theory binds the smallest of the small particles or how social dynamics can lead to revolutions. “The way that statisticians answer these questions is with Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), which we learn on the first day of the summer school and which we combine with High Performance Computing. The second day focuses on a popular machine learning approach ‘Deep-learning’ which mimics the deep neural network structure in our brain, in order to predict complex phenomena of nature.”
Trinity Supercomputer lands at #7 on TOP500
December 25, 2017 by
The Trinity Supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory was recently named as a top 10 supercomputer on two lists: it made number three on the High Performance Conjugate Gradients (HPCG) Benchmark project, and is number seven on the TOP500 list. “Trinity has already made unique contributions to important national security challenges, and we look forward to Trinity having a long tenure as one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.” said John Sarrao, associate director for Theory, Simulation and Computation at Los Alamos.
Xtreme Design HPC Cloud Management Demo at SC17
December 25, 2017 by
In this video from SC17, Naoki Shibata from Xtreme Design demonstrates the company’s innovative solutions for deploying and managing HPC clouds. “Customers can use our easy-to-deploy turnkey HPC cluster system on public cloud, including setup of HPC middleware (OpenHPC-based packages), configuration of SLURM, OpenMPI, and OSS HPC applications such as OpenFOAM. The user can start the HPC cluster (submitting jobs) within 10 minutes on the public cloud. Our team is a technical startup for focusing HPC cloud technology.”
12 Days of Christmas from Radio Free HPC & Dan Olds
December 24, 2017 by
In this video, Dan Olds from Radio Free HPC offers up his rant-filled rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas. The Radio Free HPC podcast is a joint production by industry pundits focused on High Performance Computing. “To all of our listeners, we wish you a very happy Holiday Season!”
2018 Technology Trends from Mellanox CTO Michael Kagan
December 24, 2017 by
In this video, Mellanox CTO Michael Kagan offers his view of technology trends for 2018. “Mellanox is looking forward to continued to Technology and Product Leadership in 2018. As the leader in End-to-End InfiniBand and Ethernet Technologies, Mellanox will introduce new products (Switch Systems/Silicon, Acq. EZchip Technology) to accelerate future growth. The company is also positioned to benefit from market transition from 10Gb to 25/50/100Gb.”
Ace Computers Offers OpenStack Solutions
December 23, 2017 by
Today Ace Computers announced four leading-edge OpenStack applications for clusters, servers and workstations. Although the company has been working with top open source application providers for decades—this is the first announcement of an offering portfolio that includes Red Hat, SUSE, Bright Computing and CentOS. “We have the advantage over most of our competitors of decades-long partnerships with many platform developers,” said Ace Computers CEO John Samborski. ” These strong relationships give us access to leading-edge innovations and expertise that allow us to build the best possible solutions for our clients.”
Video: Taking the Nanoscale to the Exascale
December 23, 2017 by
Theresa Windus from Iowa State University gave this Invited Talk at SC17. “This talk will focus on the challenges that computational chemistry faces in taking the equations that model the very small (molecules and the reactions they undergo) to efficient and scalable implementations on the very large computers of today and tomorrow. In particular, how do we take advantage of the newest architectures while preparing for the next generation of computers? “
SC17 Awards Ceremony and Conference Recap
December 22, 2017 by
In this video from SC17, Jeff Hollingsworth and Paul Hovland host the Conference Finale Event announcing the winners of the Best Paper, Best Poster, ACM Gordon Bell Prize, Student Cluster Challenge and other honors for our technical program. “The conference drew 12,753 attendees and featured a technical program spanning six days – marking the second largest SC conference of all time.”
PRACE Launches Outreach to Universities Program
December 22, 2017 by
The European Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is expanding to make its programs and training offerings more accessible for university students and faculty members. “The Outreach to Universities program is the one-stop shop where the latest student-centric information on programs, educational opportunities and more can be found.”
