Post-conference workshops are included in the conference registration. Workshops are offered March 12, 19, and 26.
*You can access the Zoom Webinar details by clicking the below Zoom links listed beside each workshop.*
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Friday, March 12 (9:00 AM – Noon)
Workshop 1: TXWHPC Round Table: Impacts and Opportunities Post 2020
Presented by: Texas Women in HPC
Click here to access the recording on our YouTube channel.
Speakers:
- Melyssa Fratkin, TACC
- Cristina Beldica, Intel
- Elizabeth L’Heureux, BP
- Carla Allen, Del Valle ISD
- Dawn Hunter, TACC
- Kelly Nolan, Simon Fraser University
Abstract: This session, organized by Texas Women in HPC, will be a round table discussion of the impacts of COVID-19, nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice, and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on our culture and daily life. In particular, we will address how the events of 2020 impact women in the workplace in HPC and Oil & Gas.
The discussion will cover three main topic areas:
- The changing paradigm of women in the workplace – how working from home during the pandemic has impacted women; and the realities, challenges, and opportunities of going back to work in 2021.
- The range of responses by corporations to the BLM movement, and how women, in particular, have been impacted by discriminatory treatment as a result of institutional inequality and systemic racism
- The differences in attitude and impact of male allies – how working from home changed their outlook and ability to make a difference.
We will hear from speakers from industry and academia on these varied topics, and produce a set of concrete recommendations to support Women in HPC/Women in Oil & Gas going forward.
Friday, March 12 (1:00-4:00 PM)
Workshop 2: HPC in the Cloud Tutorial
Presented by:
- AWS: Maxime Hugues, Karthik Raman, Srinivas Tadepalli, Jyothi Venkatesh
- NVIDIA: Reynaldo Gomez, Fatmir Hoxha, Osama Qazi, and Ken Hester
*We are working on providing the recording to attendees.*
Abstract: Cloud computing technologies have matured to the point that nearly all HPC production workloads can be efficiently accommodated in a cloud environment with nearly unrivaled completeness of services and the ability to accommodate the most demanding computational workloads at scale. This tutorial will go through cloud infrastructure foundation, HPC cases that leverage cloud, demo how to setup a HPC cluster, run seismic processing application and visualize the result in the cloud by using the adequate resources when needed.
No prerequisites.
| Time (CST) | Presentation Title |
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and Introduction |
| Modern Cloud Infrastructure | |
| ParallelCluster Demo on AWS | |
| 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:15 PM | Energy SDK Introduction |
| Energy SDK Demo on AWS | |
| 2:45 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM | NVIDIA IndeX Introduction |
| NVIDIA IndeX Demo on AWS | |
| 3:30 PM | Wrap-up |
Friday, March 19 (10:00-11:30 AM)
Workshop 3: Overview of Innovation at Rice University
Presented by: Marie-Nathalie Contou-Carrere (Carbon Hub), Fred Higgs (Rice Center for Engineering Leadership – RCEL), Genevera Allen (D2K), and Jan Odegard (The Ion).
Click here to access the recording on our YouTube channel.
- 10:00 AM: Introductions by Angela Wilkins
- 10:05 AM: Marie-Nathalie Contou-Carrere – Carbon Hub
- 10:20 AM: Fred Higgs – Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)
- 10:35 AM: Genevera Allen – D2K Lab
- 10:50 AM: Jan Odegard – The Ion
- 11:05 AM: Open Discussion led by Angela Wilkins
Friday, March 26 (9:00 AM – Noon)
Workshop 4: Best Practices in Supercomputing Systems Management
Presented by: Practitioners and Experts from Industry, Academia, and National Labs
Click here to access the recording on our YouTube channel.
Speakers:
- Keith Gray, BP
- Tommy Minyard, TACC
- Ron Cogswell, Shell
- Noella Soares, Shell
- Kent Blancett, BP
- Shawn Hall, BP
- Jonathan Eichelberger, BP
- David Baldwin, Shell
- Andreas Dilger, Whamcloud
- Peter Jones, Whamcloud
Abstract: This workshop will share best practices in supercomputing systems management. In the last few years, our industry has made great progress improving the reliability of very large MPI jobs but challenges remain on how to support a broader set of applications. Given higher density systems, greater expectations from filesystems, and an evolving service model supported by cloud, the challenges for HPC professionals grow more difficult.
The workshop will also cover best practices in HPC systems management. Presenters will review container technologies and discuss how this may assist in supporting a broader application workload. There will be updates on filesystem management, facilities, and water cooling. Experts and practitioners from industry, academia, and national laboratories will present and share their experiences on these subjects as well as lead a discussion.
| Time (CST) | Presentation Title |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9:10 AM | Challenges of a Rapidly Changing Systems World: How HPC Teams Need to Prepare and Manage |
| 9:30 AM | HPC Containers: TACC eExperience with Singularity and CharlieCloud |
| 10:10 AM | Containers at Shell |
| 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | Lustre Update |
| 11:05 AM | BeeGFS on Nodes with Nvme Drives |
| 11:20 AM | Update on Water Cooled Systems Management |
| 11:30 AM | Address Questions, List priorities and Concerns |
