Aug. 29, 2022 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a free, eight-week virtual training series to teach undergraduates and graduates the fundamentals of using world-class supercomputers to advance the use of AI for research. Classes will be held on Tuesdays from September 20 – November 8, 2022, from 3-5 pm Central Time. The […]
ALCF to Offer 8-Week Intro to AI-driven Science on Supercomputers — Student Training Series
August 29, 2022 by
ALCF to Hold Annual Simulation, Data and Learning Workshop Oct. 4-6
August 23, 2022 by
The ARgonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) will hold its annual Simulation, Data and Learning Workshop this October 4-6. The event is designed to help researchers improve the performance and productivity of simulation, data science, and machine learning applications on ALCF systems. Registration is here. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to: Work directly with ALCF […]
Argonne’s Polaris Supercomputer Deployed for Scientific Research
August 9, 2022 by
Argonne National Laboratory announced that the Polaris supercomputer, a 44-petaflops HPE system powered by AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, is now open to the research community. Researchers can apply for computing time through the ALCF’s Director’s Discretionary allocation program. Details on the system can be found here. The system, housed at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility […]
ALCF to Hold Cerebras AI Testbed Workshop, Aug. 9-10
July 29, 2022 by
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) will hold a virtual AI testbed training event Aug. 9-10 that will introduce users to the Cerebras hardware and software stack. It will provide hands-on training to get started on the system in the ALCF AI Testbed. Registration is here. Day 1 will focus on Cerebras hardware and software architecture. […]
Argonne to Host DeepHyper Training Session July 15
June 23, 2022 by
June 23, 2022 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a virtual hands-on training session on DeepHyper (https://github.com/deephyper/deephyper), on Friday, July 15 from 9 am to 4 pm Central Time. Registration is here, the deadline for registering is Thursday, July 1. Deep Hyper is a distributed automated machine learning (AutoML) software package for automating the […]
ALCF Developer Session June 30: Profiling Deep Learning Applications with NVIDIA Nsight
June 6, 2022 by
On Thursday, June 30 from 1-2 pm Centeral Time, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a developer session on performance analysis techniques for deep learning applications using the NVIDIA Nsight Systems profiling tool to peek under the covers. The session will cover how to collect performance information for the neural network layers to relate […]
Final Aurora Learning Paths Training Module to Be Held June 8
June 6, 2022 by
June 6, 2022 — This Aurora Learning Paths training series continues on Wednesday, June 8, 1:30-3:30 Central Time, with a module focused on using Data Parallel Python to advance code development for the ALCF’s upcoming Aurora system. The session will cover K-Means and Gpairs as examples to demonstrate the implementation of algorithms with live sample […]
Proposals Open to Research Community for ALCF AI Testbed’s Cerebras and SambaNova Systems
May 2, 2022 by
Proposals are now being accepted by the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility for access to its AI Testbed, a collection of advanced artificial intelligence accelerators available for science. Researchers interested in using the AI Testbed’s Cerebras CS-2 and SambaNova DataScale systems can submit project proposals via the ALCF’s Director’s Discretionary program. Access to additional testbed resources, including Graphcore, Groq, and Habana accelerators, will be […]
INCITE Issues Call for Papers for HPC-intensive Research Proposals
April 28, 2022 by
INCITE, the Department of Energy’s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment program, has issued a call for proposals for high-impact, computationally intensive research projects through June 17, 2022. For more information, read the INCITE announcement. For details on proposal requirements, visit the INCITE website. INCITE’s open call provides an opportunity for researchers to pursue […]
ALCF to Hold Polaris HPC Developer Session Online April 27
April 13, 2022 by
On Wednesday, April 27, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will offer an overview of the ALCF’s latest high performance compute system for its user community. Polaris is a HPE Apollo 6500 Gen10+ with Nvidia GPUs and is currently number 12 on the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The event is scheduled from […]
