Abstract Description: In 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy established the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) – a joint project of the DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC) and the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) – that will result in a broadly usable exascale ecosystem and prepare mission critical applications to take advantage of that ecosystem. […]
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SC17 Invited Talk Preview: Dr. Pradeep Dubey Presents “Artificial Intelligence and The Virtuous Cycle of Compute”
Abstract Description: Traditionally, there has been a division of labor between computers and humans where all forms of number crunching and bit manipulation are left to computers, whereas intelligent decision-making is left to us humans. We are now at the cusp of a major transformation that can disrupt this balance. This disruption is triggered by […]
SC17 Invited Talk Preview: Dr. Alexandre Bayen Presents “Inference and Control in Routing Games”
Abstract Description: This talk presents inference, control, and game-theoretic algorithms developed to improve traffic flow in transportation networks, implemented on HPC platforms. First, traffic estimation algorithms using crowdsourced mobile data are presented. These rely on applications of convex optimization to inverse modeling problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). The implementation of these algorithms on mobile […]
SC17 Invited Talk Profile: The TOP500 List – Past, Present and Future
Abstract Description: Since 1993, The TOP500 list has served as the defining yardstick for supercomputing performance. And at SC17 in November, the 50th TOP500 list will be announced. Published twice a year, it is a compilation of the world’s 500 largest installations and some of their main characteristics. Systems are ranked according to their performance on the Linpack benchmark, […]
SC17 Invited Talk Spotlight: Indiana University’s Dr. Judy Qiu Presents “Harp-DAAL: A Next Generation Platform for High Performance Machine Learning on HPC-Cloud”
Abstract Description: Scientific discovery via advances in simulation and data analytics is an ongoing national priority. A corresponding challenge is to sustain the research, development and deployment of the high performance infrastructure needed to enable those discoveries. Early cloud data centers are evolving with new technologies to better support massive data analytics. Analysis of Big […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Author Sharon Bertsch McGrayne Presents “Bias: from Overt to Unconscious and What Research Suggests Can Be Done”
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne is the author of several books about the history of science and scientific discoveries. Her last book was a history of Bayesian probability, “The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy”. Summary of the Talk: […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Masaki Satoh Presents “A Super High-Resolution Global Atmospheric Simulation by the Non-Hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model”
Dr. Masaki Satoh, an internationally recognized expert in atmospheric science and professor at the University of Tokyo’s Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, will be an invited speaker at SC16. Satoh will speak on “A Super High-Resolution Global Atmospheric Simulation by the Non-Hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model.” Satoh developed the Non-Hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM) with Dr. […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Maria Klawe Presents “Diversity and Inclusion in Supercomputing”
Like many other computing research areas, women and other minority groups are significantly under-represented in supercomputing. This talk discusses successful strategies for significantly increasing the number of women and students of color majoring in computer science and explores how these strategies might be applied to supercomputing. Speaker Background: Dr. Maria Klawe began her tenure as […]
