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

• Paul Muzio (Chair, HPC User Forum), Rupak Biswas (Vice Chair), Earl Joseph (IDC) and Steve Conway (IDC)

• 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

• Paul Muzio (Chair, HPC User Forum), Rupak Biswas (Vice Chair, HPC User Forum), Earl Joseph (IDC) and Steve Conway (IDC)

• 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.