Leonardo Flores from the European Commission gave this talk at the HPC User Forum in Milwaukee. “High-Performance Computing is a strategic resource for Europe’s future as it allows researchers to study and understand complex phenomena while allowing policy makers to make better decisions and enabling industry to innovate in products and services. The European Commission funds projects to address these needs.”
Interview: Jeffrey Schwab on Building the World’s Fastest Network at SC17
September 6, 2017 by
In this guest feature, Jeffrey Schwab describes his role as SCinet Chair at SC17 and how his team of volunteers is building the fastest and most powerful volunteer-built network in the world. “I believe the main attraction for SCinet volunteers is the opportunity to build something unique on a scale and timetable that is challenging in its own right.”
ACM Europe to Focus on Cybersecurity and HPC this week in Barcelona
September 4, 2017 by
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center will host the ACM Europe Conference this week, bringing together over 300 computer scientists from around the world. With main themes centering on Cybersecurity and High Performance Computing, the event takes place Sept. 7-8 in Barcelona.
Challenges and Opportunities for HPC Interconnects and MPI
September 4, 2017 by
“This talk will reflect on prior analysis of the challenges facing high-performance interconnect technologies intended to support extreme-scale scientific computing systems, how some of these challenges have been addressed, and what new challenges lay ahead. Many of these challenges can be attributed to the complexity created by hardware diversity, which has a direct impact on interconnect technology, but new challenges are also arising indirectly as reactions to other aspects of high-performance computing, such as alternative parallel programming models and more complex system usage models.”
HPC vs. Cloud – The Return on Investment in eResearch
September 3, 2017 by
Alan Williams from NCI presented this talk at the HPC Advisory Council Australia Conference. “Explore the services and technology at the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), based in Canberra, Australia, with Allan Williams, and the delivery of HPC, Cloud and Storage services to Australian researchers around the country.”
Enter Your Team in the ISC 2018 Student Cluster Competition
September 1, 2017 by
Applications are now being accepted for the ISC 2018 Student Cluster Competition. Entering its 33rd year, ISC High Performance offers students a unique opportunity to learn how HPC influences our world and day-to-day learning. “The ISC-HPCAC Student Cluster Competition encourages international teams of university students to showcase their expertise in a friendly yet spirited competition that builds critical skills, professional relationships, competitive spirits, and lifelong friendship.”
Video: DDN Burst Buffer
September 1, 2017 by
Justin Glen and Daniel Richards from DDN presented this talk at the HPC Advisory Council Australia Conference. “Burst Buffer was originally created to checkpoint-restart applications and has evolved to help accelerate applications & file systems and make HPC clusters more predictable. This presentation explores regional use cases, recommendations on burst buffer sizing and investment and where it is best positioned in a HPC workflow.”
Bringing Your Kids to SC17 in Denver?
August 31, 2017 by
“As part of its ongoing inclusivity efforts, SC17 will once again offer on-site child care during the conference. Available to registered attendees and exhibitors for a small fee, SC17 day care is available for children between the ages of 6 months through 12 years old are eligible to participate.”
Video: MVAPICH at Petascale on the Stampede System
August 30, 2017 by
“This talk will focus on the role MVAPICH has played at the Texas Advanced Computing Center over multiple generations of multiple technologies of interconnect, and why it has been critical not only in maximizing interconnect performance, but overall system performance as well. The talk will include examples of how poorly tuned interconnects can mean the difference between success and failure for large systems, and how the MVAPICH software level continues to provide significant performance advantages across a range of applications and interconnects.”
Agenda Posted for LAD’17 in Paris
August 29, 2017 by
The LAD’17 conference has posted their meeting agenda. Also known as the Lustre Administrator and Developer Workshop, the event takes place Oct. 4-5 in Paris. “EOFS and OpenSFS are organizing the seventh european lustre workshop. This will be a great opportunity for Lustre worldwide administrators and developers to gather and exchange their experiences, developments, tools, good practices and more.”
