The Dell HPC Community events feature keynote presentations by HPC experts and working group sessions to discuss best practices in the use of Dell HPC Systems. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to:
  • receive updates on HPC strategy, product and solution plans from Dell EMC executives and technical staff and technology partners;
  • meet with Dell EMC technical staff and provide feedback and help to influence those plans;
  • discuss and share information with other HPC experts;
  • participate in technical and application discussions of new methods, techniques, and solutions​.

We encourage customers from all regions and HPC segments to participate! 
We welcome any volunteers who wish to present. 

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

View November 2016 presentations ​

Dell HPC Community  
​November 12, 2016 | Noon-6pm | Radisson Hotel | Salt Lake City

​Keynote Speaker
Jim Ganthier
Sr. Vice President, Validated Systems and HPC, Dell EMC
Dell EMC
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Featured Speakers

Blair Bethwaite
Monash University
​
"OpenStack for HPC at Monash:
​the Best of Both Worlds?" 
Jay Boisseau
Dell EMC: Senior HPC Strategist Consultant
​Dell EMC HPC technology strategy update
Alasdair King
University of Cambridge
​
​“The Cambridge Bio-Cloud”
Tommy Minyard
Texas Advanced Computing Center
"Jetstream and Cloud Research at TACC”
Josh Simons
VMWare

​“Virtualization for HPC”​
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Shawn Strande
San Diego Supercomputer Center
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​“Virtualization on the Comet Cluster”
Percy Tzlenic
Dell EMC
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"2 TIERS™ – Game Changing Storage Architecture for HPC"

Agenda
Subject to change

12:00pm   Registration, lunch and welcome/introductions
12:45pm   Dell EMC executive update
                   - Jim Ganthier, SVP, Validated Systems and HPC, Dell EMC 
1:00pm     Dell EMC HPC technology strategy update
                   - Jay Boisseau
1:15pm     VMware roadmaps 
​                   - Josh Simons
1:30pm     Dell EMC storage update
                   - Percy Tzelnic 
1:45pm      HPC Cloud presentations & discussion:
                   “OpenStack for HPC at Monash: the best of both worlds?"
                        - Blair Bethwaite, Monash University
                   “The Cambridge Bio-Cloud”
                        - Aladair King, University of Cambridge
                   OpenStack scientific working group update and discussion                    
2:45pm      Break 
3:00pm      "Virtualization on the Comet Cluster” 
                       - Shawn Strande, San Diego Supercomputer Center            
                   "Jetstream and Cloud Research at TACC” 
                       - Tommy Minyard, Texas Advanced Computing Center
                   “Containers v. Virtualization for HPC”
                       - Josh Simons, VMware
                    Discussion 
4:15pm       "2 TIERS™ – Game Changing Storage Architecture for HPC"
                       - Percy Tzelnic, Dell EMC
                   Storage cloud discussion
4:55pm      Technology Panel: "What is your company doing to promote HPC cloud?"
                       - Lee Carter, VP EMEA, Bright Computing 
                       - Evan Burness, Director of HPC Solutions, Cycle Computing
                       - Bill Magro, Intel Fellow & Chief Technologist, HPC Software, Intel 
                       - Scot Schultz, Director of HPC & Technical Computing, Mellanox
                       - Peter Lillian, Business Development Manager, NVIDIA
                       - Greg Keller, Co-Founder & Principal, R-Systems             
​6:30pm     Dinner and networking reception

Meeting Location

Radisson Hotel- Salt Lake City Downtown
215 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Conveniently located next to the
​Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center
*Note: Attendees are financially responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements.
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 at an estimated value of $98. 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.