CUG2016 Proceedings


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Applications & Programming Environments
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 7A
Chair: Helen He (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Performance on Trinity (a Cray XC40) with Acceptance-Applications and Benchmarks
Mahesh Rajan (Sandia National Laboratories); Nathan Wichmann, Cindy Nuss, Pierre Carrier, Ryan Olson, Sarah Anderson, and Mike Davis (Cray Inc.); Randy Baker (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Erik Draeger (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Stefan Domino and Anthony Agelastos (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Improving I/O Performance of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model
Tricia Balle and Peter Johnsen (Cray Inc.)
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Performance Evaluation of Apache Spark on Cray XC Systems
Nicholas Chaimov and Malony Allen (University of Oregon), Khaled Ibrahim and Costin Iancu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Shane Canon and Jay Srinivasan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 8A
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Trinity: Architecture and Early Experience
Scott Hemmert (Sandia National Laboratories); Manuel Vigil and James Lujan (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Rob Hoekstra (Sandia National Laboratories); Daryl Grunau; David Morton; Hai Ah Nam; Paul Peltz, Jr.; Alfred Torrez; and Cornell Wright (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Shawn Dawson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Simon Hammond and Michael Glass (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Code Porting to Cray XC-40 Lesson Learned
James McClean and Raj Gautam (Petroleum-Geo Services)
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Early Experiences Writing Performance Portable OpenMP 4 Codes
Verónica G. Vergara Larrea, Wayne Joubert, M. Graham Lopez, and Oscar Hernandez (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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A Reasoning And Hypothesis Generation Framework Based On Scalable Graph Analytics: Enabling Discoveries In Medicine Using Cray Urika-XA And Urika-GD
Sreenivas R. Sukumar, Larry W. Roberts, Jeffrey Graves, and Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 14A
Chair: Chris Fuson (ORNL)
Estimating the Performance Impact of the MCDRAM on KNL Using Dual-Socket Ivy Bridge nodes on Cray XC30
Zhengji Zhao (NERSC/LBNL) and Martijn Marsman (University of Vienna)
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Cray Performance Tools Enhancements for Next Generation Systems
Heidi Poxon (Cray Inc.)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 15A
Chair: Zhengji Zhao (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Lonestar 5: Customizing the Cray XC40 Software Environment
Cyrus Proctor, David Gignac, Robert McLay, Si Liu, Doug James, Tommy Minyard, and Dan Stanzione (Texas Advanced Computing Center)
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The Cray Programming Environment: Current Status and Future Directions
Luiz DeRose (Cray Inc.)
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Making Scientific Software Installation Reproducible On Cray Systems Using EasyBuild
Petar Forai (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)), Kenneth Hoste (Central IT Department of Ghent University), Guilherme Peretti Pezzi (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre), and Brett Bode (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 18A
Chair: Tina Declerck (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Opportunities for container environments on Cray XC30 with GPU devices
Lucas Benedicic, Miguel Gila, and Sadaf Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
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Shifter: Containers for HPC
Richard S. Canon and Douglas M. Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and David Henseleer (Cray Inc.)
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Dynamic RDMA Credentials
James Shimek and James Swaro (Cray Inc.)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 18B
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Characterizing the Performance of Analytics Workloads on the Cray XC40
Michael F. Ringenburg, Shuxia Zhang, Kristyn Maschhoff, and Bill Sparks (Cray Inc.) and Evan Racah and Mr Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
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Interactive Data Analysis using Spark on Cray Urika Appliance (WITHDRAWN)
Gaurav Kaul (Intel) and Xavier Tordoir and Andy Petrella (Data Fellas)
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Experiences Running Mixed Workloads On Cray Analytics Platform
HARIPRIYA AYYALASOMAYAJULA and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 19A
Chair: Zhengji Zhao (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Optimizing Cray MPI and SHMEM Software Stacks for Cray-XC Supercomputers based on Intel KNL Processors
Krishna Kandalla, Peter Mendygral, Nick Radcliffe, Bob Cernohous, Kim McMahon, and Mark Pagel (Cray)
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What's new in Allinea's tools: from easy batch script integration and remote access to energy profiling.
Patrick Wohlschlegel (Allinea Software)
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Configuring and Customizing the Cray Programming Environment on CLE 6.0 Systems
Geir Johansen (Cray Inc)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 19C
Chair: Tina Declerck (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
The GNI Provider Layer for OFI libfabric
Howard Pritchard and Evan Harvey (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and Sung-Eun Choi, James Swaro, and Zachary Tiffany (Cray Inc.)
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Big Data Analytics on Cray XC Series DataWarp using Hadoop, Spark and Flink
Robert Schmidtke, Guido Laubender, and Thomas Steinke (Zuse Institute Berlin)
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Performance Test of Parallel Linear Equation Solvers on Blue Waters - Cray XE6/XK7 system
JaeHyuk Kwack, Gregory Bauer, and Seid Koric (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 20A
Chair: Chris Fuson (ORNL)
Scaling hybid coarray/MPI miniapps on Archer
Luis Cebamanos (EPCC, The University of Edinburgh); Anton Shterenlikht (Mech Eng Dept, The University of Bristol); and David Arregui and Lee Margetts (School of Mech, Aero and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester)
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Enhancing Scalability of the Gyrokinetic Code GS2 by using MPI Shared Memory for FFTs
Lucian Anton (Cray UK), Ferdinand van Wyk and Edmund Highcock (University of Oxford), Colin Roach (CCFE Culham Science Centre), and Joseph Parker (STFC)
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Scalable Remote Memory Access Halo Exchange with Reduced Synchronization Cost
Maciej Szpindler (ICM, University of Warsaw)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 20B
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Directive-based Programming for Highly-scalable Nodes
Douglas Miles and Michael Wolfe (PGI)
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Balancing particle and Mesh Computation in a Particle-In-Cell Code
Patrick H. Worley and Eduardo F. D'Azevedo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Robert Hager and Seung-Hoe Ku (Princeton Plasmas Physics Laboratory), Eisung Yoon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Choong-Seock Chang (Princeton Plasmas Physics Laboratory)
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Computational Efficiency Of The Aerosol Scheme In The Met Office Unified Model
Mark Richardson (University of Leeds); Fiona O'Connor (Met Office Hadley Centre, UK); Graham W. Mann (University of Leeds); and Paul Selwood (Met Office, UK)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 21A
Chair: Richard Barrett (Sandia National Labs)
Stitching Threads into the Unified Model
Matthew Glover, Paul Selwood, Andy Malcolm, and Michele Guidolin (Met Office, UK)
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On Enhancing 3D-FFT Performance in VASP
Florian Wende (Zuse Institute Berlin), Martijn Marsman (Universität Wien), and Thomas Steinke (Zuse Institute Berlin)
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Exploiting Thread Parallelism for Ocean Modeling on Cray XC Supercomputers
Abhinav Sarje (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Douglas Jacobsen (LANL), Samuel Williams (LBNL), Todd Ringler (LANL), and Leonid Oliker (LBNL)
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Cori - A System to Support Data-Intensive Computing
Katie Antypas, Deborah Bard, Wahid Bhimji, Tina M. Declerck, Yun (Helen) He, Douglas Jacobsen, Shreyas Cholia, Mr Prabhat, and Nicholas J. Wright (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and Richard Shane Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 21C
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Maintaining Large Software Stacks in a Cray Ecosystem with Gentoo Portage
Colin A. MacLean (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois)
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Early Application Experiences on Trinity - the Next Generation of Supercomputing for the NNSA
Courtenay Vaughan, Dennis Dinge, Paul T. Lin, Kendall H. Pierson, Simon D. Hammond, J. Cook, Christian R. Trott, Anthony M. Agelastos, Douglas M. Pase, Robert E. Benner, Mahesh Rajan, and Robert J. Hoekstra (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Executing dynamic heterogeneous workloads on Blue Waters with RADICAL-Pilot
Mark Santcroos (Rutgers University); Ralph Castain (Intel Corporation); Andre Merzky (Rutgers University); Iain Bethune (EPCC, The University of Edinburgh); and Shantenu Jha (Rutgers University)
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Evaluating Shifter for HPC Applications
Donald M. Bahls (Cray Inc.)
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Filesystems & I/O
Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 7B
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collective I/O Optimizations for Adaptive Mesh Refinement Data Writes on Lustre File System
Dharshi Devendran, Suren Byna, Bin Dong, Brian Van Straalen, Hans Johansen, and Noel Keen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Nagiza F. Samatova (North Carolina State University)
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Finally, A Way to Measure Frontend I/O Performance.
Christopher Zimmer, Veronica Vergara Larrea, and Saurbh Gupta (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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A Classification of Parallel I/O Toward Demystifying HPC I/O Best Practices
Robert Sisneros (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) and Kalyana Chadalavada (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 14B
Chair: Ashley Barker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Architecture and Design of Cray DataWarp
Dave Henseler, Benjamin R. Landsteiner, and Doug Petesch (Cray, Cray Inc.); Cornell Wright (Los Alamos National Laboratory); and Nicholas J. Wright (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
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Exascale HPC Storage – A possibility or a pipe dream?
Torben K. Petersen (Seagate)
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 15B
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The Evolution of Lustre Networking at Cray
Chris A. Horn (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Extreme Scale Storage & IO
Eric Barton (Intel Corporation)
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Managing your Digital Data Explosion
Matt Starr and Janice Kinnin (Spectra Logic)
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 19B
Chair: Richard Barrett (Sandia National Labs)
FCP: A Fast and Scalable Data Copy Tool for High Performance Parallel File Systems
Feiyi Wang, Veronica Vergara Larrea, Dustin Leverman, and Sarp Oral (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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LIOProf: Exposing Lustre File System Behavior for I/O Middleware
Cong Xu (Intel Corporation), Suren Byna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Vishwanath Venkatesan (Intel Corporation), Robert Sisneros (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Omkar Kulkarni (Intel Corporation), Mohamad Chaarawi (The HDF Group), and Kalyana Chadalavada (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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Psync - Parallel Synchronization Of Multi-Pebibyte File Systems
Andy Loftus (NCSA)
Abstract
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 21B
Chair: Frank M. Indiviglio (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
H5Spark: Bridging the I/O Gap between Spark and Scientific Data Formats on HPC Systems
Jialin Liu, Evan Racah, Quincey Koziol, and Richard Shane Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Alex Gittens (University of California, Berkeley); Lisa Gerhardt (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Suren Byna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Michael F. Ringenburg (Cray Inc.); and Mr Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
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The time is now. Unleash your CPU cores with Intel® SSDs
Andrey O. Kudryavtsev (Intel Corporation) and Ken Furnanz (Intel)
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Introducing a new IO tier for HPC Storage
James Coomer (DDN Storage)
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Systems Support
Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 8C
Chair: Jean-Guillaume Piccinali (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Crossing the Rhine - Moving to CLE 6.0 System Management
Tina Butler and Tina Declerck (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Scaling Security in a Complex World
Wendy L. Palm (Cray Inc.)
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The NERSC Data Collect Environment
Cary Whitney, Elizabeth Bautista, and Tom Davis (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Making the jump to Light Speed with Cray’s DataWarp - An Administrator’s Perspective
Tina M. Declerck and David Paul (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 14C
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
ACES and Cray Collaborate on Advanced Power Management for Trinity
James H. Laros III, Kevin Pedretti, Stephen Olivier, Ryan Grant, and Michael Levenhagen (Sandia National Laboratories); David Debonis (Hewlett Packard Enterprise); Scott Pakin (Los Alamos National Laboratory); and Paul Falde, Steve Martin, and Matthew Kappel (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Cray XC Power Monitoring and Control for Knights Landing (KNL)
Steven J. Martin, David Rush, Matthew Kappel, Michael Sandstedt, and Joshua Williams (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 15C
Chair: Helen He (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
SLURM. Our way. A tale of two XCs transitioning to SLURM.
Douglas M. Jacobsen, James F. Botts, and Yun (Helen) He (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Early experiences configuring a Cray CS Storm for Mission Critical Workloads
Mark D. Klein and Marco Induni (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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Analysis of Gemini Interconnect Recovery Mechanisms: Methods and Observations
Saurabh Jha and Valerio Formicola (University of Illinois), Catello Di Martino (Nokia), Zbigniew Kalbarczyk (University of Illinois), William T. Kramer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois), and Ravishankar K. Iyer (University of Illinois)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 18C
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Network Performance Counter Monitoring and Analysis on the Cray XC Platform
Jim Brandt (Sandia National Laboratories), Edwin Froese (Cray Inc.), Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories), Larry Kaplan (Cray Inc.), and Benjamin Allan and Edward Walsh (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Design and implementation of a scalable monitoring system for Trinity
Adam DeConinck, Amanda Bonnie, Kathleen Kelly, Samuel Sanchez, Cynthia Martin, and Michael Mason (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Jim Brandt, Ann Gentile, Benjamin Allan, and Anthony Agelastos (Sandia National Laboratories); and Michael Davis and Michael Berry (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Dynamic Model Specific Register (MSR) Data Collection as a System Service
Greg Bauer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois), Jim Brandt and Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories), and Andriy Kot and Michael Showerman (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 20C
Chair: Andrew Winfer (KAUST)
How to Automate and not Manage under Rhine/Redwood
Paul L. Peltz Jr., Adam J. DeConinck, and Daryl W. Grunau (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Abstract
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The Intel® Omni-Path Architecture: Game-Changing Performance, Scalability, and Economics
Andrew Russell (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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The Hidden Cost of Large Jobs - Drain Time Analysis at Scale
Joseph 'Joshi' Fullop (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Abstract
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User Services
Paper · User Services
Technical Session 7C
Chair: Ashley Barker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Unified Workload Management for the Cray XC30/40 System with Univa Grid Engine
Daniel Gruber and Fritz Ferstl (Univa Corporation)
Abstract
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Driving More Efficient Workload Management on Cray Systems with PBS Professional
Graham Russell and Jemellah Alhabashneh (Altair Engineering, Inc.)
Abstract
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Broadening Moab for Expanding User Needs
Gary Brown (Adaptive Computing)
Abstract
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Paper · User Services
Technical Session 8B
Chair: Jenett Tillotson (Indiana University)
Technical Publications New Portal
Peggy A. Sanchez (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Improving User Notification on Frequently Changing HPC Environments
Chris Fuson, William Renaud, and James Wynne III (ORNL)
Abstract
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Slurm Overview and Road Map
Jacob Jenson (SchedMD LLC)
Abstract
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Interactive Visualization of Scheduler Usage Data
Daniel Gall (engility/noaa)
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Other
Tutorial
Tutorial 1A
Cray Management System for XC Systems with SMW 8.0/CLE 6.0
Harold Longley (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1B
Knights Landing and Your Application: Getting Everything from the Hardware
Andrew C. Mallinson (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1C
CUG 2016 Cray XC Power Monitoring and Management Tutorial
Steven Martin, David Rush, Matthew Kappel, and Joshua Williams (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1A Continued
Cray Management System for XC Systems with SMW 8.0/CLE 6.0
Harold Longley (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1B Continued
Knights Landing and Your Application: Getting Everything from the Hardware
Andrew C. Mallinson (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1C Continued
CUG 2016 Cray XC Power Monitoring and Management Tutorial
Steven Martin, David Rush, Matthew Kappel, and Joshua Williams (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2A
Cray Management System for XC Systems with SMW 8.0/CLE 6.0
Harold Longley (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2B
Getting the full potential of OpenMP on Many-core systems
John Levesque (Cray Inc) and Jacob Poulsen (Danish Met)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2C
eLogin Made Easy - An Introduction and Tutorial on the new Cray External Login Node.
Jeff Keopp and Blaine Ebeling (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2A Continued
Cray Management System for XC Systems with SMW 8.0/CLE 6.0
Harold Longley (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2B Continued
Getting the full potential of OpenMP on Many-core systems
John Levesque (Cray Inc) and Jacob Poulsen (Danish Met)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2C Continued
eLogin Made Easy - An Introduction and Tutorial on the new Cray External Login Node.
Jeff Keopp and Blaine Ebeling (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 3A
Chair: Matteo Chesi (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Jobs I/O monitoring for Lustre at scale
Matteo Chesi (CSCS), Bilel Hadri (KAUST), Tina Declerck (NERSC), Sven Trautmann (Cray Inc.), Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and Torben Kling Petersen (Seagate)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 3B
Chair: Richard S. Canon (LBNL)
Containers for HPC
Richard S. Canon and Douglas M. Jacobson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and Sadaf Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 3C
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Open Discussion with CUG Board
David Hancock (Indiana University)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 4A
Chair: Derek Burke (Seagate)
Sonexion Collaboration (Invitation Only)
Derek Burke (Seagate)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 4B
Chair: CJ Corbett (Cray Inc.)
Cray and HPC in the Cloud
Steve Scott (Cray, Cray Inc.) and CJ Corbett, Kunju Kothari, and Ryan Waite (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 4C
Plenary
General Session 5
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
CUG Welcome
David Hancock (Indiana University)
Abstract
The Strength of a Common Goal
Florence Rabier (ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)
Abstract
Quo Vadis HPC?
Isabella Weger (ECMWF - European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forcasts)
Abstract
Numerical weather prediction ready to embrace Exascale!
Nils Wedi (ECMWF - European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 6
Chair: Andrew Winfer (KAUST)
Cray Corporate Update
Peter Ungaro (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Cray Products Update
Ryan Waite (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Cray Future Directions
Steven Scott (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 7A
Chair: Helen He (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Performance on Trinity (a Cray XC40) with Acceptance-Applications and Benchmarks
Mahesh Rajan (Sandia National Laboratories); Nathan Wichmann, Cindy Nuss, Pierre Carrier, Ryan Olson, Sarah Anderson, and Mike Davis (Cray Inc.); Randy Baker (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Erik Draeger (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Stefan Domino and Anthony Agelastos (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract
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Improving I/O Performance of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model
Tricia Balle and Peter Johnsen (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Performance Evaluation of Apache Spark on Cray XC Systems
Nicholas Chaimov and Malony Allen (University of Oregon), Khaled Ibrahim and Costin Iancu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Shane Canon and Jay Srinivasan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Paper · User Services
Technical Session 7C
Chair: Ashley Barker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Unified Workload Management for the Cray XC30/40 System with Univa Grid Engine
Daniel Gruber and Fritz Ferstl (Univa Corporation)
Abstract
pdf
Driving More Efficient Workload Management on Cray Systems with PBS Professional
Graham Russell and Jemellah Alhabashneh (Altair Engineering, Inc.)
Abstract
pdf
Broadening Moab for Expanding User Needs
Gary Brown (Adaptive Computing)
Abstract
pdf
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 8A
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Trinity: Architecture and Early Experience
Scott Hemmert (Sandia National Laboratories); Manuel Vigil and James Lujan (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Rob Hoekstra (Sandia National Laboratories); Daryl Grunau; David Morton; Hai Ah Nam; Paul Peltz, Jr.; Alfred Torrez; and Cornell Wright (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Shawn Dawson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Simon Hammond and Michael Glass (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Code Porting to Cray XC-40 Lesson Learned
James McClean and Raj Gautam (Petroleum-Geo Services)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Early Experiences Writing Performance Portable OpenMP 4 Codes
Verónica G. Vergara Larrea, Wayne Joubert, M. Graham Lopez, and Oscar Hernandez (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
A Reasoning And Hypothesis Generation Framework Based On Scalable Graph Analytics: Enabling Discoveries In Medicine Using Cray Urika-XA And Urika-GD
Sreenivas R. Sukumar, Larry W. Roberts, Jeffrey Graves, and Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 8C
Chair: Jean-Guillaume Piccinali (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Crossing the Rhine - Moving to CLE 6.0 System Management
Tina Butler and Tina Declerck (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Scaling Security in a Complex World
Wendy L. Palm (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
pdf
The NERSC Data Collect Environment
Cary Whitney, Elizabeth Bautista, and Tom Davis (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Making the jump to Light Speed with Cray’s DataWarp - An Administrator’s Perspective
Tina M. Declerck and David Paul (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 9A
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Systems Support SIG Meeting
Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 9B
Chair: Chris Fuson (ORNL)
Best Practices for Managing HPC User Documentation and Communication
Chris Fuson and Ashley Barker (ORNL), Gerber Richard (NERSC), Frank Indiviglio (GFDL), and Helen He (NERSC)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 9C
Chair: Peter Messmer (NVIDIA)
GPU accelerated Cray XC systems: Where HPC meets Big Data
Peter Messmer (NVIDIA), Chris Lindahl (Cray Inc.), and Sadaf Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 10A
Chair: Michael Showerman (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Addressing the challenges of "systems monitoring" data flows
Mike Showerman (NCSA at the University of Illinois) and Jim Brandt and Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 10B
Chair: Peggy A. Sanchez (Cray Inc)
Technical Documentation and Users
Peggy A. Sanchez (Cray Inc)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 10C
Plenary
General Session 11
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
CUG Business
David Hancock (Indiana University)
Abstract
Weather and Climate Services and need of High Performance Computing (HPC) Resources
Petteri Taalas (WMO - World Meteorological Organization)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 12
Chair: Andrew Winfer (KAUST)
Accelerating Science with the NERSC Burst Buffer Early User Program
Wahid Bhimji, Deborah Bard, Melissa Romanus AbdelBaky, David Paul, Andrey Ovsyannikov, and Brian Friesen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Matt Bryson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Joaquin Correa and Glenn K. Lockwood (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Vakho Tsulaia, Suren Byna, and Steve Farrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Doga Gursoy (Argonne National Laboratory); Chris Daley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Vince Beckner, Brian Van Straalen, David Trebotich, Craig Tull, and Gunther H. Weber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); and Nicholas J. Wright, Katie Antypas, and Mr Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Is Cloud A Passing Fancy?
Rajeeb Hazra (Intel)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 13
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
1 on 100 or More...
Peter Ungaro (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 14A
Chair: Chris Fuson (ORNL)
Estimating the Performance Impact of the MCDRAM on KNL Using Dual-Socket Ivy Bridge nodes on Cray XC30
Zhengji Zhao (NERSC/LBNL) and Martijn Marsman (University of Vienna)
Abstract
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Cray Performance Tools Enhancements for Next Generation Systems
Heidi Poxon (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 14C
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
ACES and Cray Collaborate on Advanced Power Management for Trinity
James H. Laros III, Kevin Pedretti, Stephen Olivier, Ryan Grant, and Michael Levenhagen (Sandia National Laboratories); David Debonis (Hewlett Packard Enterprise); Scott Pakin (Los Alamos National Laboratory); and Paul Falde, Steve Martin, and Matthew Kappel (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Cray XC Power Monitoring and Control for Knights Landing (KNL)
Steven J. Martin, David Rush, Matthew Kappel, Michael Sandstedt, and Joshua Williams (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 15A
Chair: Zhengji Zhao (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Lonestar 5: Customizing the Cray XC40 Software Environment
Cyrus Proctor, David Gignac, Robert McLay, Si Liu, Doug James, Tommy Minyard, and Dan Stanzione (Texas Advanced Computing Center)
Abstract
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The Cray Programming Environment: Current Status and Future Directions
Luiz DeRose (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Making Scientific Software Installation Reproducible On Cray Systems Using EasyBuild
Petar Forai (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)), Kenneth Hoste (Central IT Department of Ghent University), Guilherme Peretti Pezzi (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre), and Brett Bode (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois)
Abstract
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 15B
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The Evolution of Lustre Networking at Cray
Chris A. Horn (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Extreme Scale Storage & IO
Eric Barton (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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Managing your Digital Data Explosion
Matt Starr and Janice Kinnin (Spectra Logic)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 15C
Chair: Helen He (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
SLURM. Our way. A tale of two XCs transitioning to SLURM.
Douglas M. Jacobsen, James F. Botts, and Yun (Helen) He (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Early experiences configuring a Cray CS Storm for Mission Critical Workloads
Mark D. Klein and Marco Induni (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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Analysis of Gemini Interconnect Recovery Mechanisms: Methods and Observations
Saurabh Jha and Valerio Formicola (University of Illinois), Catello Di Martino (Nokia), Zbigniew Kalbarczyk (University of Illinois), William T. Kramer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois), and Ravishankar K. Iyer (University of Illinois)
Abstract
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Birds of a Feather
Interactive 16A
Chair: Timothy W. Robinson (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Programming Environments, Applications and Documentation SIG Meeting
Tim Robinson (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 16B
Chair: Cory Spitz (Cray Inc.)
Evolving parallel file systems in response to the changing storage and memory landscape
Cory Spitz (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 16C
Chair: Wendy L. Palm (Cray Inc.)
Security Issues on Cray Systems
Wendy L. Palm (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 17A
Chair: Bill Nitzberg (Altair Engineering, Inc.)
PBS Professional: Welcome to the Open Source Community
Bill Nitzberg (Altair Engineering, Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 17B
Chair: CJ Corbett (Cray Inc.)
Cray and HPC in the Cloud: Discussion and Conclusion
Steve Scott, Kunju Kothari, CJ Corbett, and Ryan Waite (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
Interactive 17C
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 18A
Chair: Tina Declerck (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Opportunities for container environments on Cray XC30 with GPU devices
Lucas Benedicic, Miguel Gila, and Sadaf Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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Shifter: Containers for HPC
Richard S. Canon and Douglas M. Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and David Henseleer (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Dynamic RDMA Credentials
James Shimek and James Swaro (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 18B
Chair: Jason Hill (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Characterizing the Performance of Analytics Workloads on the Cray XC40
Michael F. Ringenburg, Shuxia Zhang, Kristyn Maschhoff, and Bill Sparks (Cray Inc.) and Evan Racah and Mr Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Interactive Data Analysis using Spark on Cray Urika Appliance (WITHDRAWN)
Gaurav Kaul (Intel) and Xavier Tordoir and Andy Petrella (Data Fellas)
Abstract
Experiences Running Mixed Workloads On Cray Analytics Platform
HARIPRIYA AYYALASOMAYAJULA and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 18C
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Network Performance Counter Monitoring and Analysis on the Cray XC Platform
Jim Brandt (Sandia National Laboratories), Edwin Froese (Cray Inc.), Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories), Larry Kaplan (Cray Inc.), and Benjamin Allan and Edward Walsh (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract
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Design and implementation of a scalable monitoring system for Trinity
Adam DeConinck, Amanda Bonnie, Kathleen Kelly, Samuel Sanchez, Cynthia Martin, and Michael Mason (Los Alamos National Laboratory); Jim Brandt, Ann Gentile, Benjamin Allan, and Anthony Agelastos (Sandia National Laboratories); and Michael Davis and Michael Berry (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Dynamic Model Specific Register (MSR) Data Collection as a System Service
Greg Bauer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois), Jim Brandt and Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories), and Andriy Kot and Michael Showerman (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Abstract
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 19B
Chair: Richard Barrett (Sandia National Labs)
FCP: A Fast and Scalable Data Copy Tool for High Performance Parallel File Systems
Feiyi Wang, Veronica Vergara Larrea, Dustin Leverman, and Sarp Oral (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
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LIOProf: Exposing Lustre File System Behavior for I/O Middleware
Cong Xu (Intel Corporation), Suren Byna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Vishwanath Venkatesan (Intel Corporation), Robert Sisneros (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Omkar Kulkarni (Intel Corporation), Mohamad Chaarawi (The HDF Group), and Kalyana Chadalavada (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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Psync - Parallel Synchronization Of Multi-Pebibyte File Systems
Andy Loftus (NCSA)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 20A
Chair: Chris Fuson (ORNL)
Scaling hybid coarray/MPI miniapps on Archer
Luis Cebamanos (EPCC, The University of Edinburgh); Anton Shterenlikht (Mech Eng Dept, The University of Bristol); and David Arregui and Lee Margetts (School of Mech, Aero and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester)
Abstract
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Enhancing Scalability of the Gyrokinetic Code GS2 by using MPI Shared Memory for FFTs
Lucian Anton (Cray UK), Ferdinand van Wyk and Edmund Highcock (University of Oxford), Colin Roach (CCFE Culham Science Centre), and Joseph Parker (STFC)
Abstract
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Scalable Remote Memory Access Halo Exchange with Reduced Synchronization Cost
Maciej Szpindler (ICM, University of Warsaw)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 20B
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Directive-based Programming for Highly-scalable Nodes
Douglas Miles and Michael Wolfe (PGI)
Abstract
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Balancing particle and Mesh Computation in a Particle-In-Cell Code
Patrick H. Worley and Eduardo F. D'Azevedo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Robert Hager and Seung-Hoe Ku (Princeton Plasmas Physics Laboratory), Eisung Yoon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Choong-Seock Chang (Princeton Plasmas Physics Laboratory)
Abstract
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Computational Efficiency Of The Aerosol Scheme In The Met Office Unified Model
Mark Richardson (University of Leeds); Fiona O'Connor (Met Office Hadley Centre, UK); Graham W. Mann (University of Leeds); and Paul Selwood (Met Office, UK)
Abstract
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Paper · Systems Support
Technical Session 20C
Chair: Andrew Winfer (KAUST)
How to Automate and not Manage under Rhine/Redwood
Paul L. Peltz Jr., Adam J. DeConinck, and Daryl W. Grunau (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Abstract
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The Intel® Omni-Path Architecture: Game-Changing Performance, Scalability, and Economics
Andrew Russell (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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The Hidden Cost of Large Jobs - Drain Time Analysis at Scale
Joseph 'Joshi' Fullop (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Abstract
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Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 21A
Chair: Richard Barrett (Sandia National Labs)
Stitching Threads into the Unified Model
Matthew Glover, Paul Selwood, Andy Malcolm, and Michele Guidolin (Met Office, UK)
Abstract
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On Enhancing 3D-FFT Performance in VASP
Florian Wende (Zuse Institute Berlin), Martijn Marsman (Universität Wien), and Thomas Steinke (Zuse Institute Berlin)
Abstract
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Exploiting Thread Parallelism for Ocean Modeling on Cray XC Supercomputers
Abhinav Sarje (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Douglas Jacobsen (LANL), Samuel Williams (LBNL), Todd Ringler (LANL), and Leonid Oliker (LBNL)
Abstract
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Cori - A System to Support Data-Intensive Computing
Katie Antypas, Deborah Bard, Wahid Bhimji, Tina M. Declerck, Yun (Helen) He, Douglas Jacobsen, Shreyas Cholia, Mr Prabhat, and Nicholas J. Wright (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and Richard Shane Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Paper · Filesystems & I/O
Technical Session 21B
Chair: Frank M. Indiviglio (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
H5Spark: Bridging the I/O Gap between Spark and Scientific Data Formats on HPC Systems
Jialin Liu, Evan Racah, Quincey Koziol, and Richard Shane Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Alex Gittens (University of California, Berkeley); Lisa Gerhardt (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Suren Byna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Michael F. Ringenburg (Cray Inc.); and Mr Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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The time is now. Unleash your CPU cores with Intel® SSDs
Andrey O. Kudryavtsev (Intel Corporation) and Ken Furnanz (Intel)
Abstract
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Introducing a new IO tier for HPC Storage
James Coomer (DDN Storage)
Abstract
Paper · Applications & Programming Environments
Technical Session 21C
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Maintaining Large Software Stacks in a Cray Ecosystem with Gentoo Portage
Colin A. MacLean (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois)
Abstract
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Early Application Experiences on Trinity - the Next Generation of Supercomputing for the NNSA
Courtenay Vaughan, Dennis Dinge, Paul T. Lin, Kendall H. Pierson, Simon D. Hammond, J. Cook, Christian R. Trott, Anthony M. Agelastos, Douglas M. Pase, Robert E. Benner, Mahesh Rajan, and Robert J. Hoekstra (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract
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Executing dynamic heterogeneous workloads on Blue Waters with RADICAL-Pilot
Mark Santcroos (Rutgers University); Ralph Castain (Intel Corporation); Andre Merzky (Rutgers University); Iain Bethune (EPCC, The University of Edinburgh); and Shantenu Jha (Rutgers University)
Abstract
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Evaluating Shifter for HPC Applications
Donald M. Bahls (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Plenary
General Session 22
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Conference Closing Session
David Hancock (Indiana University)
Abstract

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