The HPC User Forum has announced the preliminary agendas for two same-week meetings taking place in Paris from October 12-13 and in Munich from October 15-16, 2015. The meetings are hosted by GENCI and Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), respectively. GENCI is the organization that implements and ensures coordination of the major French high-performance computing centers, while LRZ is the computer center for Munich’s universities and for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, as well as a national center for high performance computing.
58th HPC User Forum Agenda — October 12-13, 2015
Host: GENCI, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Paris Institute of Earth Physics), 1 rue Jussieu, Paris
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Welcome/Introductions
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Paul Muzio (Chair, HPC User Forum), Rupak Biswas (Vice Chair), Earl Joseph (IDC) and Steve Conway (IDC)
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Catherine Rivière and Stephane Requena, GENCI
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STRATEGIES
13:15 The European HPC Strategy, Augusto Burgueno-Arjona, European Commission
13:45 The French HPC Ecosystem and the European Vision, Catherine Rivière, GENCI
14:15 America’s National Strategic Computing Initiative, Steve Conway/Bob Sorensen, IDC
HPC AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
14:45 Best Practices in Partnering with Industry, Hervé Mouren, Teratec
15:15 HPC at Renault, Eric Landel
15:45 Break
16:00 HPC in the Life Sciences, Jack Collins, National Cancer Institute
16:30 HPC at Airbus, Eric Chaput
17:00 After-Meeting Socializing
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
9:00 Welcome/Logistics/IDC HPC Market Update, Stephane Requena, Earl Joseph and Steve Conway
HPC LEADERSHIP IN CLIMATE/WEATHER RESEARCH
9:15 Using HPC to Inform Climate Change Decisions, Paul Muzio, City University of New York
9:45 Innovation in Simulating Marine Hydrodynamics, Erwin Jacquin, HydrOcean
10:15 Update on HPC Use for Weather and Climate, Steve Finn, Emagine IT
10:45 Break
NEW AND DISRUPTIVE DEVELOPMENTS
11:00 Quantum Computing at NASA, Rupak Biswas, NASA
11:30 Leveraging HPC Technologies in an Enterprise World, Arno Kolster, PayPal
12:00 [SPEAKER FROM TOTAL: STEPHANE WILL TRY TO FIND ONE]
12:30 Building Bridges: A System for New HPC Communities, Jim Kasdorf, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
13.00 Meeting wrap up and plans for future HPC User Forum meetings, Paul Muzio and Steve Conway
13:15 Meeting ends
59th HPC User Forum Agenda — October 15-16, 2015
Host: Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ). Meeting Address: Boltzmannstraße 1, Garching (Munich)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Welcome/Introductions
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Paul Muzio (Chair, HPC User Forum), Rupak Biswas (Vice Chair, HPC User Forum), Earl Joseph (IDC) and Steve Conway (IDC)
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Arndt Bode, Leibniz Rechenzentrum
STRATEGIC HPC INITIATIVES: GSC AND NSCI
13:15 Update: Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, Thomas Lippert, GSC CEO
14:15 Juelich Supercomputing Center, Thomas Lippert
14:45 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Michael Resch
15:15 Extreme Scaling and Energy Efficiency at LRZ, Arndt Bode
15:45 Break
16:00 Summary of First Public Forum on America’s National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), and New Findings on HPC ROI, Earl Joseph and Steve Conway, IDC
16:30 CSCS Update: Thomas Schulthess, Swiss National Supercomputing Center
17:00 After-Meeting Socializing
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
9:00 Welcome/Logistics/IDC HPC Market Update, Earl Joseph and Steve Conway
CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESEARCH
9:15 Energy-Efficient Cooling, Thomas Ludwig, German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ)
9:45 Update on HPC Use for Weather and Climate, Steve Finn, Emagine IT
10:15 Using HPC to Inform Climate Change Decisions, Paul Muzio, City University of New York
10:45 Break
LIFE SCIENCES
11:00 Building a Comprehensive Phylogenetic Tree of Life, Alexandros Stamatakis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
11:30 HPC in the Life Sciences, Jack Collins, National Cancer Institute
DISRUPTIVE DEVELOPMENTS
12:00 Leveraging HPC Technologies in an Enterprise World, Arno Kolster, PayPal
12:30 Building Bridges: A System for New HPC Communities, Jim Kasdorf, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
13.00 Quantum Computing at NASA, Rupak Biswas, NASA
13:30 Meeting wrap up and plans for future HPC User Forum meetings, Paul Muzio and Steve Conway
Registration is to both events free, and all are welcome.
About the HPC User Forum
The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. The organization has grown to 150 members. It is directed by a volunteer Steering Committee of users from government, industry and academia, and operated for the users by market analyst firm IDC. The Forum holds two full-membership meetings a year in the United States, and also holds two meetings annually in international locations.
