NASA Kepler Mission Manager to give Keynote at HPC User Forum

Dr. Roger Hunter leads a team of over 80 scientists and engineers on a mission that is expected to last at least 3.5 years in search of another earth. KEPLER is NASA’s first mission capable of finding earth-size worlds around other stars. Launched in March 2009 KEPLER’s objective is to determine if other Earths exist in our galaxy and how many are there. The results will be profound — either Earth is a very rare planet, or earth-like planets are commonplace. KEPLER has already confirmed the existence of 61 exoplanets, that is, earth-sized planets in stars’ habitable zones.

The April HPC User Forum in Richmond, VA, also will feature other timely sessions:

• Developments in data-intensive computing (“Big Data”)

• Advances in parallel programming and performance modeling

• A distinguished panel on the role and prospects for government funding

• A panel on disruptive HPC technologies

• A major session on industrial access to high-end HPC resources

• Talks on processor technologies, storage and networking

• IDC’s update on the worldwide HPC market

• Vendor technical updates

The Agenda Includes:

Monday, April 16, 2012

5:00pm Registration starts

6:30pm Welcome Dinner Reception and Short Vendor Technology Updates

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

7:15am Networking Breakfast

8:00am Welcome, Steve Finn, Rupak Biswas and Earl Joseph

Morning Session Chair: Steve Finn

8:10am HPC Market Update, Earl Joseph and Steve Conway

8:15am Data-Intensive Computing – Redefining HPC? (Moderator: Paul Muzio)

• Big Data in Cancer Research, Jack Collins, National Cancer Center-ABCC

• “Stampede”: Intel MIC And Data-Intensive Computing, Jay Boisseau, Texas Advanced Computing Center

• Big Data and PLFS: A Checkpoint File System For Parallel Applications, John Bent, EMC

• Data-intensive Computing Research At PNNL, John Feo, Pacific Northwest National Laborator

• 10:15am – 10:30am Brea

• Cray Technical Perspective On Data-Intensive Computing, Amar Shan, Cra

• Data Analysis and Visualization in the DOD HPCMP, Randall Hand, ERDC

11:30am Invited Vendor Technology Updates: Intel and HP

12:00pm Networking Lunch

 Afternoon Session Chair: Rupak Biswas

1:00pm Data-Intensive Computing – Redefining HPC? (Part two)

• Data Analytics In Health Care, Colin Hill, GNS Biotech

• Processing Large Volumes of Experimental Data, Shane Canon, ORNL

• SGI Technical Perspective On Data-Intensive Computing, Eng Lim Goh, SGI

• Trends in High Performance Analytics, David Pope, SAS

3:00pm Performance Modeling – Better Understanding Future System Performance

• HPCMP Benchmarking & Performance Analysis, Mark Cowan, USACE ERDC ITL

• Break at 3:30pm

• Performance Optimization, Phil Mucci Samara Technology Group

• Modeling Performance, Energy Metrics And Reliability, TBD, San Diego Supercomputer Center

• Advances in Parallel Programming Environments, David Luebke, NVIDIA

5:00pm RENCI HPC Activities Update, Charles Schmitt, RENCI

5:30pm Networking Break and Time for 1-on-1 Meetings

6:30pm Reception and Dinner Event.

Keynote Speaker: Roger Hunter, NASA Kepler Mission Manager, The Search for Exoplanets

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

7:15am Networking Breakfast

8:10am Welcome, Earl Joseph and Steve Finn

Morning Session Chair: Vince Scarafino

8:15am Potential Disruptive Technologies Panel: We have added a new HPC User Forum focus area to explore emerging technologies that have the potential to redefine the HPC market (or at least add new useful capabilities) (Moderator: Earl Joseph):

• Phil Mucci, Samara Technology Group

• The use of ARM-based processors at HP

• The use of DSP technology, Arnon Friedmann, TI

• David Luebke, NVIDIA

• New Aspects of VPI, Virtualization and Co-Design, Mellanox

• The Data Analytics Supercomputer, Charles Kaminski, LexisNexis

• Vendor 2

10:00am Break

10:30am Update on HPC at HLRS, Michael Resch, HLRS/University of Stuttgart

11:00am DOD HPCMP Update, John West, Director, HPCMP

11:30am DOD PETTT Program: Leveraging National HPC Assets, Patrick Dreher, HPTi

12:00pm Networking Lunch

 Afternoon Session Chair:

1:00pm Center for Applied High Performance Computing (Danville, VA), Gil Miller, Noblis

1:30pm Panel: Government Funding Approaches & New Ideas (Moderator: Vince Scarafino)

Panel Members:

• John West, DoD HPCMP

• Almadena Chtchelkanova, NSF

• Jay Boisseau, TACC

• Michael Resch, HLRS/University of Stuttgart

• Mike Little, NASA

2:30pm A New NSF Initiative, The Earth Cube, Almadena Chtchelkanova, NSF

3:00pm Break

3:15pm Industrial Access to HPC:

• Blue Waters, Merle Giles, NCSA

• Industrial Advisory Council on HPC South Africa, Happy Sithole

• INCITE program update, Julia White, ORNL

• ORNL industrial outreach program, Suzy Tichenor, ORNL

• Industrial outreach in Europe, Michael Resch, HLRS/University of Stuttgart

4:30pm HokieSpeed and Compute the Cure for Cancer, Wu Feng, Virginia Tech

5:00pm Meeting Wrap-Up, Steve Finn, Rupak Biswas, Steve Conway and Earl Joseph

• The meeting will take place at the historical Jefferson Hotel in Richmond.

• Register at: www.hpcuserforum.com

• Questions? Contact Steve Conway, [email protected] or Earl Joseph ([email protected]).