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Dell EMC HPC Community  
March 27-30, 2017 |  Austin, TX

This Community meeting focused on the shared challenges of developing and using HPC systems through a combination of presentations, discussions, and networking sessions with HPC leaders.  Members were also able to take advantage of opportunities for 1x1 meetings with Dell EMC executives and technical staff, special bonus tours of the nearby Dell EMC development labs and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin.

We encourage customers from all regions and HPC segments to participate in the Community! 
We welcome any volunteers who wish to present at the next event. Contact Ed Turkel.

Previous Events

​​​​- November 2018​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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June 2018​​​​​​​​​​​​
​-March 2018​​​​​​
- November 2017​​​​​​
- September 2017​​​​
- June 2017​​
- March 2017
​- November 2016
​- June 2016
- April 2016

View March presentations

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Keynote Speakers

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​Thomas Lippert
Jülich Supercomputer Center
​Director
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​Happy Sithole
Center for High Performance Computing
​Director

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​Armughan Ahmad
Dell EMC
​SVP, Global Solutions & Alliances

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​Jay Boisseau
Dell EMC
​Chief HPC Technology Strategist

Featured Speakers

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Ted Barragy
​CGG
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Vanessa Borcherding
​Weill Cornell Medical School
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Paul Calleja
​University of Cambridge
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Antonio Cisternino
University of Pisa
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Joseph George
SUSE 
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Marc Hamilton
​NVIDIA
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Ron Hawkins
​SDSC
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James Lowey
​TGEN
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Bill Magro
​Intel
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Gregory Newby
​Compute Canada
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Steven Stein
​Intel
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George Turner
Indiana University

Presentations & Discussions

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​• Architectures for Data-Centric HPC
• New HPC systems for Life Sciences 
• Machine Learning, Deep Learning & AI
• Cloud in HPC 
• Partner & Member Presentations on Best Practices in HPC

Working Groups

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​• Next generation HPC Systems 
• Performance of HPC Systems 
• Data Center considerations for HPC Systems
• Tiered storage in the cloud
• Bright
• ScaleIO with SSD/HDD for IEEL

• Machine/Deep Learning
• And more...

​Lab Tours & 1x1 Meetings

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Bonus Dell EMC HPC Innovation Lab tours  and Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are available on March 30, 2017.  
 
Optional private NDA meetings with a Dell EMC expert are available on March 30, 2017.

Dell EMC HPC Community Agenda  
​March 2017

Monday, March 27
5:00pm-9:00pm          Registration
6:00pm-9:00pm          Welcome Reception

Tuesday, March 28         
8:00am-8:30am          Breakfast
8:30am-8:45am          Welcome & Introductions, Ed Turkel, Dell EMC
8:45am-9:15am           Dell EMC Executive Update: Armughan Ahmad, SVP, Global Solutions & Alliances
9:15am-9:30am           Dell EMC Keynote: Jay Boisseau, Chief HPC Technology Strategist
9:30am-10:00am          Keynote Address: Thomas Lippert, Director, Jülich Supercomputer Center
10:00am-10:30am        Break

​Session #1: Architectures for Data-Centric HPC
10:30am-10:55am        Gregory Newby, CTO, Compute Canada, "Compute Canada's Approach to Data-Centric HPC"
10:55am-11:20am         Ted Barragy, CGG, Manager Advanced Systems, "Overview of CGG’s Seismic Processing Storage System" 
11:20am-11:45am        Bill Magro, Intel Fellow & Chief Technologist, Intel
11:45am-12:15pm       Discussion/Panel  
12:15pm-1:15pm          Lunch

Session #2: HPC in Life Sciences
1:15pm-1:40pm           Paul Calleja, Director HPC, University of Cambridge: "Clinical and Biomedical Platforms for HPC and HPDA"
1:40pm-2:05pm           James Lowey, CIO, TGEN: "Storage Infrastructure for Precision Medicine"
2:05pm-2:30pm          Ron Hawkins, Technology Executive, SDSC: "Life Sciences Research Computing at SDSC" 
2:30pm-2:55pm           Vanessa Borcherding, Director, Scientific Computing, Weill Cornell Medical College
2:55pm-3:25pm          Discussion
3:25pm-3:55pm          Break

3:55pm-4:20pm           Dell EMC Performance Update, Onur Celebioglu, Dell Innovation Lab
4:20pm-4:50pm           Discussion/Panel
4:50pm-5:50pm           Working Groups
6:30pm-9:30pm           Networking Reception/Dinner at Punch Bowl Social 
                                       11310 Domain Dr. (located directly across from hotel)

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​Wednesday, March 29
8:00am-8:30am           Breakfast
8:30am-9:00am           Keynote Address: Happy Sithole, Director, Center for High Performance Computing

Session #3: Machine Learning, Deep Learning & AI
9:00am-9:25am           Steven Stein, Product Marketing Manager, Intel
9:25am-9:50am           Marc Hamilton, VP of Solutions Architecture & Engineering, NVIDIA: "AI and the GPU Ready Data Center"
9:50am-10:20am         Break 
10:20am-10:45am       Bryan Varble, Staff Architect, Mellanox: "Next Generation Smart Interconnect for Machine Learning" 
10:45am-11:10am        Antonio Cisternino, Researcher, University of Pisa: "Deep and Machine Learning at UNIPI"
11:10am-11:35am         Dell EMC Machine Learning: Jay Boisseau, Jeff Kirk, Bhavesh Patel
11:35am-12:05pm        Discussion
12:05pm-1:05pm         Lunch

Session #4: Cloud in HPC
1:05pm-1:30pm           George Turner, Sr HPC Technical Manager, & Mike Lowe, Lead Systems Programmer, Indiana University: "Jetstream, New Ventures in Research, Engineering, and Educational Computing"
1:30pm-1:55pm            John Taylor, University of Cambridge: "SKA-SDP and OpenStack"
1:55pm-2:20pm           Joseph George, VP of Strategy, SUSE: "Combining HPC and Cloud into HPC-as-a-Service (HPCaaS)"
2:20pm-2:50pm           Discussion
2:50pm-3:20pm           Break

3:20pm-4:20pm           Working Groups
4:20pm-4:50pm           Dell EMC HPC Panel
4:50pm-5:30pm           Feedback & Discussion 


Thursday, March 30:
- Optional 1x1s meetings with Dell EMC experts
- Special Tours of the HPC Innovation Lab and Dell EMC facilities
- Special Tours of Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin

Meeting Location


​The Westin Austin at the Domain
11301 Domain Drive
Austin, TX 78758

March 27-30, 2017

  

If you are employed by a public agency or healthcare institution, please note that participation in this learning event will be provided at no cost to attendees. Attendees may opt to attend the dinner & networking reception. For the precise cost of this event, please contact Monika Gupta. By registering for this event you certify that to the best of your knowledge, you are not currently part of a bid evaluation team with respect to an opportunity to which Dell is a party; and that: (1) you have verified with your ethics counsel your ability to accept these gifts or other things of value, or (2) you will make payment to the vendor for the items listed as required by law.
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