Abstract Description: What makes HPC actually high-performing? Besides the (typically mentioned) large-scale computational problems and the resulting involvement of large-scale computing infrastructure, it is probably the pursuit of efficiency at all levels, in order to obtain the high performance desired. Here, both performance and efficiency can have completely different meanings: the classical complexity-driven one (O(N […]
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SC17 Invited Talk Preview: Dr. Theresa L. Windus Presents “Taking the Nanoscale to the Exascale”
Abstraction Description: Chemistry is a central science in that, at its core, chemistry is the understanding of the way atoms and molecules interact. Chemistry influences many areas such as physics, biology, pharmaceuticals, materials, and chemical engineering. Computational chemistry, while a relatively young part of the chemistry field, has become a third pillar in the science […]
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 Preview: China’s Dr. Haohuan Fu Presents “Lessons on Integrating and Utilizing 10 Million Cores: Experience of Sunway TaihuLight”
The Sunway TaihuLight system: pushing the science and engineering capabilities to the next level. Abstract Description: The Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is the world’s first system with a peak performance greater than 100 PFlops and a parallel scale of over 10 million cores. Different from other existing heterogeneous supercomputers, the system adopts its unique design strategies […]
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: ORNL’s Dr. Thomas Schulthess Presents “Reflecting on the Goal and Baseline for Exascale Computing”
Full Abstract: Application performance is given much emphasis in discussions of Exascale computing. A 100-fold increase in sustained performance over today’s applications running on multi-petaflops supercomputing platforms should be the expected target for Exascale systems deployed early next decade. In this talk we will reflect on what this means in practice and how much these […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: NCAR’s Janice Coen Presents “Advances and Challenges in Wildland Fire Monitoring and Prediction”
Short Summary: This talk will highlight current research in integrated weather – wildland fire computational modeling, fire detection and observation, and their application to understanding and prediction. Invited Talk speaker Dr. Janice Coen is a Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. She investigates wildland fire behavior and its interaction […]
SC16 Invited Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Kristin A. Persson Presents “The Materials Project – A Google of Materials”
Short Introduction: This talk will focus on how The Materials Project (www.materialsproject.org) is harnessing the power of supercomputing together with state-of-the-art quantum mechanical theory to compute the properties of all known inorganic materials and beyond, design novel materials and offer the data for free to the community together with online analysis and design algorithms. Invited […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Thomas Sterling Presents “Runtime Systems Software for Future HPC: Opportunity or Distraction?”
Short Introduction: This presentation will provide a comprehensive review of driving challenges, strategies, examples of existing runtime systems, and experiences. One important consideration is the possible future role of advances in computer architecture to accelerate the likely mechanisms embodied within typical runtimes. The talk will conclude with suggestions of future paths and work to advance […]
