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Dell EMC HPC Community  
March19 - 21, 2018  |  Austin, TX

with optional lab tours and 1x1s with Dell EMC executives on March 22, 2018
Don't miss the optional
Diving into Deep Learning Workshop on March 22, 2018!
This Community meeting focuses on the shared challenges of developing and using HPC systems through a combination of presentations, discussions, and networking sessions with HPC leaders.  Members will be able to take advantage of opportunities for 1x1 meetings with Dell EMC executives and technical staff. 

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

View March 2018 presentations

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Sessions

Working Groups

  • Dell EMC Updates
  • Customer and Sponsor Keynotes
  • Cloud in HPC
  • AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • HPC Architectures for data-centric HPC and High Performance Data Analytics
  • Brief Customer Site Updates
  • Vendor Hot-Seat Panel
  • Performance updates on latest HPC technologies/solutions
  • Requirements for next generation HPC systems
  • Technology deep dive on machine and deep learning
  • Datacenter power and cooling technologies
  • Requirements for large HPC systems, leading towards Exascale
  • Meltdown mitigation, best practices

Keynote Speakers

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Thierry Pellegrino
Dell EMC
Vice President Business Strategy & HPC Solutions Server and Infrastructure Systems
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Nash Palaniswamy
Intel
Director of Worldwide Business Development and Operations for Technical Computing 

Session Speakers

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LeAnne Reed
HPC Product Manager
​Dell EMC
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CK Kumar
Marketing Executive
​Dell EMC
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Wolfgang Mertz
CTO Unstructured Data Solutions
Dell EMC
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Craig Warthen
Solutions Services Strategist
​Dell EMC
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Onur Celebioglu
HPC Engineer Director
Dell EMC
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Kevin Shinpaugh
Director IT & HPC
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute


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Jay Boisseau
AI & HPC Technology Strategist
Dell EMC
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Robert Crovella
SA Manager
​Nvidia
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Brendon Hall
Director, Energy Solutions Group
Enthought
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Venkatesh Ramanathan
Software Engineer
​Paypal
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Michael Fernandez
Lead Systems Engineer
Aerofarms
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Alan Sill
Senior Director, High Performance Computing Center
Texas Tech University
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Stefan Brunner
Lead Solutions Architect
SonicWall
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Alasdair King
Research Computing Solutions Specialist
​University of Cambridge
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Gilad Shainer
VP, Marketing 
Mellanox Technologies
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Sambit Bhattacharya
Professor
​Fayetteville State University
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Brian Kucic
Founding Principal 
R Systems
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Tim Carroll
​Principal, Azure Big Compute 
Microsoft
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Cristin Merritt
Partner Manager
​Alces Flight
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Josh Simons
Chief Technologists, HPC
​VMWare
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Michael Bauer
Software Engineer
Sylabs, Inc.
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Michael Halpin
Director of Business Development, Intel
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Jimmy Pike
Vice President & Dell EMC Fellow, Dell EMC
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Mario Gallegos  |  Senior Principal Systems Development Engineer  |  Dell EMC

Dell EMC HPC Community Agenda  

Draft Agenda
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Monday, March 19th 
5:00pm - 9:00pm - Registration
6:00pm - 10:00pm - Welcome Reception

Tuesday, March 20th
8:00am - 8:45am - Breakfast Reception & Introductions | Ed Turkel
8:45am - 9:05am - Dell EMC Executive Keynote | Thierry Pellegrino
9:05am - 9:25am - Intel Executive Keynote | Nash Palaniswamy | Neuromorphic & Quantum Computing 
9:25am - 11:10am - Dell EMC Roadmap Updates
   - HPC update | LeAnne Reed
   - Server update | CK Kumar
   - Storage update | Wolfgang Mertz

   - 30 min Break 
   - Services update | Craig Warthen
   - Innovation Lab update | Onur Celebioglu
11:10am - 11:30am - Customer Updates
    -Virginia Tech | Kevin Shinpaugh | High Performance Computing at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech
11:30am - 12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - 12:50pm - Dell EMC AI Strategy & Solutions Update | Jay Boisseau | Dell EMC
12:50pm - 1:10pm - NVIDIA Deep Learning Technology and Building Blocks | Robert Crovella | NVIDIA
1:10pm - 1:30pm - Transforming Geoscience with AI | Brendon Hall | Enthought 
1:30pm - 1:50 pm - Graph Representation Learning to Prevent Payment Collusion Fraud | Venkatesh Ramanathan | Paypal
1:50pm - 2:10 - 
Using IoT and AI to Feed the World | Michael Fernandez | Aerofarms
2:10 pm - 2:40pm - Open Discussion
2:40pm - 3:25pm - Break
3:25pm - 4:05pm - Customer Updates
   - Texas Tech University | Alan Sill | Testing Redfish Data Center Control At Scale
   - SonicWall | Russell Riley | Cyber Security In High-Performance Computing Environment
4:05pm - 4:35pm - Vendor Panel: Intel, Nvidia, Mellanox, VMWare
4:35pm - 5:05pm - Dell EMC CTO Panel 
5:05pm - 5:35pm - Dell EMC Hot Seat
6:30pm - 9:30pm Networking Reception and Dinner

Wednesday, March 21st
8:00am - 8:30am - Breakfast Reception & Registration
8:30am - 10:40am - Sessions: Data Centric HPC
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Collaboration on Burst Buffers via NVMEoF | Alasdair King | 
University of Cambridge

   - Dell HPC Storage: Engineering update | Mario Gallegos | Dell EMC
   - Solid State Technology to Keep Up with High Performance Computing Demands | Michael Halpin | Intel
   - Enhancing Applications for Next Generation HPC platforms  | Gilad Shainer | Mellanox
   - 30 min Break 
   - Gen-Z: The Fabric that Operates at the Speed of the CPU | Kurtis Bowman | Dell EMC
10:40am - 11:10am - Open Discussion
11:10am - 11:55am - Working Groups

   - Technology deep dive on machine and deep learning
   - Performance updates on latest HPC technologies/solutions
   - Requirements for next generation HPC systems
   - Datacenter power and cooling technologies
   - Meltdown / Spectre mitigation, best practices

11:55am - 12:55pm - Lunch
12:55pm - 1:40pm - Working Groups

   - NVIDIA Deep Learning Workflows 
   - Performance updates on latest HPC technologies/solutions
   - Requirements for next generation HPC systems
   - Datacenter power and cooling technologies
   - Meltdown / Spectre mitigation, best practices

1:40pm - 2:00pm - Customer Update
   - Machine Learning from Multi-modal Data | Sambit Bhattacharya | Fayetteville State University
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Sessions: Cloud in HPC- Hybrid Cloud
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DellEMC HPC Cloud Solution - Cores, Capabilities, Consulting and more... | Brian Kucic | R-Systems
   - Cloud: What Were We Worried About Again? | Tim Carroll | Microsoft
   - 
The Liverpool Barkla Cluster – Hybrid HPC | Cristin Merritt | Alces Software
3:00pm - 3:45pm - Break
3:45pm - 4:25pm - Sessions: Cloud in HPC Sesssion - Virtualization and Containers
   - Accelerating Virtualized HPC Workloads  | Josh Simons | VMWare
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 Convergence of Enterprise and HPC Workloads with Singularity | Michael Bauer | Sylabs
4:25pm - 4:55pm - Open Discussion
4:55pm - 5:30pm - Sessions: Feedback & Closing Remarks
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Thursday, March 22nd
  • Tours of TACC (see Stampede 2!) and the HPC and AI Innovation Lab
  • 1x1 meetings with Dell EMC execs and technical staff​
  • Hands-on training workshop on machine and deep learning | 9:00am - 12:00pm

Meeting Location

Westin Austin at the Domain
11301 Domain Dr 
Austin, TX 78758

Hotel Information

​The Westin at the Domain
11301 Domain Drive
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 832-4197
*Note: Attendees are financially responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements.

Who's attending?

ATEA
​Aerofarms

Alces Flight
Altair
Ansys, Inc
Atia
Bitfusion
Bright Computing
CERN
Clemson University
Cornell University
County of San Mateo
CSIR
Cummings, Inc
DDN
DRW Holdings, LLC
EST Group
Eclipse Holdings
Fayetteville State University
insideHPC
Intel
John Deere
M D Anderson Cancer Center
Mellanox
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Purdue University
R Systems

Red Hat
Saldalab, LLC

Samsung
San Diego Supercomputer Center

Senizaiz
System Fabric Works
TACC
TGEN
Texas Tech University

Tulane University
UTRGV
University of Cambridge
University of Dallas

University of Florida
University of Maryland

University of Pisa
University of Texas at Dallas

University of Texas at San Antonio
​Virginia Tech University

​X-ISS

Community Partners

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