CUG2019 Proceedings


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Birds of a Feathers
Birds of a Feather
BoF 3A
Chair: Matt Allen (Indiana University)
Systems Support SIG Meeting
Matthew Allen (Indiana University)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
BoF 3B
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Programming Environments, Applications, and Documentation (PEAD) Special Interest Group meeting
Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
BoF 3C
Chair: Sadaf R. Alam (CSCS)
Tools and Utilities for Data Science Workloads and Workflows
Sadaf R. Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre), Mike Ringenburg (Cray Inc.), and Maxime Martinasso (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
BoF 12A
Chair: Sadaf R. Alam (CSCS)
Third Annual Meeting on Opportunities for containers in HPC ecosystems
Sadaf R. Alam (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre), Shane Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center), Lucas Benedicic (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre), and Douglas Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
Birds of a Feather
BoF 12B
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Managing Effectively the User Software Ecosystem
Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab); Peggy Sanchez (Cray Inc.); Guilherme Peretti-Pezzi (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre); Christopher Fuson, (Oak Ridge National Laboratory); and Yun He and Mario Melara (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Birds of a Feather
BoF 12C
Chair: Veronica G. Vergara Larrea (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Large-scale System Acceptance Testing: Procedures, Tests, and Automation
Veronica G. Vergara Larrea and Reuben Budiardja (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))
Abstract
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Birds of a Feather
BoF 24C
Chair: Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Open Discussion with CUG Board
Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract

New Sites
New Site
New Site 8
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
New Site - Indian Institute of Science
Prasun Dhang (Indian Institute of Science)
Abstract
New Site
New Site 17
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
New Site - IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP)
Muyoung Heo (ICCP)
Abstract
New Site
Site Talk 21
Chair: Trey Breckenridge (Mississippi State University)
ORNL’s Frontier - Direction of Discovery
Jim Rogers (ORNL)
Abstract
New Site
New Site 27
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
New Site - Paderborn University
Christian Plessl (Paderborn University)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 10A
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Shasta System Management Overview
Harold W. Longley (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Shasta System Monitoring Framework
Patricia Langer (Cray)
Abstract
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Significant Advances in Cray System Architecture for Diagnostics, Availability, Resiliency, and Health
Stephen Fisher and Christer Lundin (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 10B
Chair: Scott Michael (Indiana University)
Cray Performance Tools: New Functionality and Future Directions
Heidi Poxon (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Porting Quantum ESPRESSO Hybrid Functional DFT to GPUs Using CUDA Fortran
Thorsten Kurth (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Joshua Romero, Everett Phillips, and Massimiliano Fatica (NVIDIA); and Brandon Cook, Rahul Gayatri, Zhengji Zhao, and Jack Deslippe (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Accelerating modern scientific simulations with FPGAs
Tobias Kenter, Paolo Gorlani, and Christian Plessl (Paderborn University)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 10C
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
Dynamically Provisioning Cray DataWarp Storage
François Tessier, Maxime Martinasso, Mark Klein, Matteo Chesi, and Miguel Gila (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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Exploring Lustre Overstriping For Shared File Performance on Disk and Flash
Michael Moore (Cray, Inc.) and Patrick Farrell (Whamcloud)
Abstract
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Designing an All-Flash Lustre File System for the 2020 NERSC Perlmutter System
Kirill Lozinskiy, Glenn K. Lockwood, Lisa Gerhardt, Ravi Cheema, Damian Hazen, and Nicholas J. Wright (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 11A
Chair: Veronica G. Vergara Larrea (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Exploring New Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities on Cray’s Software Preview System
Jim Brandt and Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories), Joe Greenseid (Cray Inc.), William Kramer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois), Patti Langer and Aamir Rashad (Cray Inc.), and Michael Showerman (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
Abstract
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Reimagining image management in the new Shasta environment
Harold W. Longley and Eric Cozzi (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Exploring the Mysterious Universe of Shasta Software for Perlmutter
James F. Botts and Douglas M. Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 11B
Chair: Abhinav S. Thota (Indiana University)
Challenges in Providing an Interactive Service with Jupyter on Large-Scale HPC Systems
Tim Robinson, Lucas Benedicic, Mark Klein, and Maxime Martinasso (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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Resource Management in a Heterogeneous Environment
Jonathan Sparks (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Cray Programming Environments within Containers on Cray XC Systems
Maxime Martinasso, Miguel Gila, William Sawyer, Rafael Sarmiento, Guilherme Peretti-Pezzi, and Vasileios Karakasis (ETH Zurich / CSCS)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 11C
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Scheduling Data Streams for Low Latency and High Throughput on a Cray XC40 Using Libfabric
Farouk Salem, Thorsten Schütt, Florian Schintke, and Alexander Reinefeld (Zuse Institute Berlin)
Abstract
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Characterizing Full-system Network Performance and Congestion Management Capabilities with Improved Network Benchmarks
Peter Mendygral, Nathan Wichmann, Duncan Roweth, Krishna Kandalla, and Kim McMahon (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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New Lustre Features to Improve Lustre Metadata and Small-File Performance
John Fragalla; Bill Loewe, PhD.; and Torben Kling-Petersen, PhD. (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 19A
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
I/O Performance Analysis of Science Applications Using HDF5 File-level Provenance
Tonglin Li and Quincey Koziol (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); Houjun Tang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab); Jialin Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center); and Suren Byna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Roofline-based Performance Efficiency of HPC Benchmarks and Applications on Current Generation of Processor Architectures
JaeHyuk Kwack, Thomas Applencourt, Colleen Bertoni, Yasaman Ghadar, Huihuo Zheng, Christopher Knight, and Scott Parker (Argonne National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Experiences porting mini-applications to OpenACC and OpenMP on heterogeneous systems
Veronica G. Vergara Larrea and Reuben Budiardja (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Rahulkumar Gayatri and Christopher Daley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center), and Oscar Hernandez and Wayne Joubert (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))
Abstract
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Hierarchical Roofline Analysis for GPUs: Accelerating Performance Optimization for the NERSC-9 Perlmutter System
Charlene Yang and Thorsten Kurth (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Samuel Williams (Computational Research Division/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 19B
Chair: David Hancock (Indiana University)
Uncovering Lustre Performance Issues in Operational Weather Forecasting at DMI with View for ClusterStor
Thomas Lorenzen (Danish Meteorological Institute DMI) and Torben Kling Petersen (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Analysis of parallel I/O use on the UK national supercomputing service, ARCHER using Cray LASSi and EPCC SAFE
Andrew Turner and Dominic Sloan-Murphy (EPCC, The University of Edinburgh); Karthee Sivalingam and Harvey Richardson (Cray Inc.); and Julian Kunkel (University of Reading)
Abstract
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Interfacing HDF5 with A Scalable Object-centric Storage System on Hierarchical Storage
Jingqing Mu and Jerome Soumagne (The HDF Group); Suren Byna, Quincey Koziol, and Houjun Tang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); and Richard Warren (The HDF Group)
Abstract
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Hybrid Flash/Disk Storage Systems with Lustre
Nathan Rutman (Cray)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 19C
Chair: Abhinav S. Thota (Indiana University)
Running Alchemist on Cray XC and CS Series Supercomputers: Dask and PySpark Interfaces, Deployment Options, and Data Transfer Times
Kai Rothauge (UC Berkeley); Haripriya Ayyalasomayajula, Kristyn J. Maschhoff, and Michael Ringenburg (Cray Inc.); and Michael W. Mahoney (UC Berkeley)
Abstract
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Machine learning on Crays to optimise petrophysical workflows in oil and gas exploration
Nick Brown (EPCC)
Abstract
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Scalable Reinforcement Learning on Cray Systems
Ananda Vardhan Kommaraju, Kristyn J. Maschhoff, Michael F. Ringenburg, and Benjamin Robbins (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Urika-GX Platform's Multi-Tenancy Support: Lessons Learned
Oleksandr Shcherbakov, Dennis Hoppe, Thomas Bönisch, and Michael Gienger (High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart) and Stefan Andersson, Juri Kuebler, and Nina Mujkanovic (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 28A
Chair: Tina Declerck (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Hardware Discovery and Maintenance Workflows in Shasta Systems
Steven Presser and Brent Shields (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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The Beat Goes On... Cascade XC Release Schedule and Patching Stragegy
Kelly Mark (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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The Art of Conversation with CrayPort (Bidirectional Record Management)
Daniel Gens, Owen James, and Elizabeth Bautista (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and Melissa Abdelbaky (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 28B
Chair: Ann Gentile (Sandia National Laboratories)
Continuous Deployment Automation in Supercomputer Operations: Techniques, Experiences and Challenges
Nicholas Cardo, Matteo Chesi, and Miguel Gila (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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The role of emerging orchestration and execution models in HPC Environments
Richard Canon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and Jonathan Sparks (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
PBS Professional on Shasta
Lisa Endrjukaitis and Vincent Stumpf (Altair Engineering, Inc.)
Abstract
Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 28C
Chair: Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab)
FirecREST: RESTful API on Cray XC systems
Felipe A. Cruz and Maxime Martinasso (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
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User-Friendly Data Management for Scientific Computing Users
Kirill Lozinskiy, Lisa Gerhardt, Annette Greiner, Ravi Cheema, Damian Hazen, Kristy Kallback-Rose, and Rei Lee (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Implementation of a multi-purpose DataHub: Making the XC-40 more attractive to Data Scientists at KAUST
Samuel Kortas (KAUST) and Kristyn Maschhoff and Jim Maltby (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 29A
Chair: Kevin Buckley (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
Using Slurm to Balance the XC Equation
Douglas Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center), Brian Christiansen (SchedMD LLC), and Christopher Samuel (Lawr)
Abstract
Optimisation of PBS Hooks on the Cray XC40
Sam Clarke (Met Office, UK)
Abstract
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Impact of Large Jobs and Reservations on Cray Systems Using Slurm
Yun (Helen) He (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Emily Zhang (University of California, Berkeley); and Woo-Sun Yang (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Abstract
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PBS 18 Multiplatform Scheduling
Peter Schmid (General Electric)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 29B
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Statistical Analysis of Titan Reliability as it reaches End of Life
Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
Perlmutter: A 2020 pre-exascale system optimized for Science
Katie Antpyas, Jay Srinivasan, and Nicholas Wright (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
Measuring and Mitigating Processor Performance Inconsistencies
Kevin D. Stroup (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Cray Inc.) and Paul Peltz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Abstract
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Evaluating Compiler Vectorization Capabilities on Blue Waters
Celso L. Mendes, Gregory H. Bauer, Brett Bode, and William T. Kramer (National Center for Supercomputing Applications/University of Illinois)
Abstract
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Paper/Presentation
Technical Session 29C
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
Modelling the earth’s geomagnetic environment on Cray machines using PETSc and SLEPc
Nick Brown (EPCC)
Abstract
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Sustained Petascale Direct Numerical Simulation on Cray XC40 Systems (Trinity, Shaheen2 and Cori)
Bilel Hadri (KAUST Supercomputing Lab), Matteo Parsani (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Maxwell Hutchinson (Citrine Informatics), Alexander Heinecke (Intel Corporation), and Lisandro Dalcin and David Keyes (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Abstract
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Unravelling the Origin of Magnetic fields in Accretion Discs Through Numerical Simulations
Prasun Dhang and Prateek Sharma (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Abstract
Massively Parallel SVD Solver on Cray Supercomputers
Hatem Ltaief and Dalal Sukkari (KAUST), Aniello Esposito (Cray Inc.), Yuji Nakatsukasa (University of Oxford), and David Keyes (KAUST)
Abstract

Plenary
Plenary
General Session 4
Chair: Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
CUG Welcome
Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Keynote: Robust Deep Learning Inference with Limited Resources
Vincent Gripon (IMT Atlantique, Université de Montréal)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 7
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
Scaling Results From the First Generation of Arm-based Supercomputers
Simon McIntosh-Smith, James Price, Andrei Poenaru, and Tom Deakin (University of Bristol)
Abstract
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Driving Innovation in HPC
Trish Damkroger (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 13
Chair: Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
CUG Business
Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
Fifty Years and Counting: The past and future of Numerical Weather Prediction at Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC
Richard Hogue (Meteorological Service of Canada)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 16
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
Cray Corporate Update
Peter Ungaro (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 20
Chair: Brian Skjerven (Pawsey Supercomputing Centre)
1 on 100 or More
Peter Ungaro (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 25
Chair: Jim Rogers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The HPC Processor Landscape: A Panel Discussion of Shasta Architecture Options
David Cownie (AMD), Brent Gorda (Arm), Jeff Watters (Intel), and Tom Reed (NVIDIA)
Abstract
Plenary
General Session 30
Chair: Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
CUG 2019 Conference Close
Colin McMurtrie (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre)
Abstract
CUG2020 Site Presentation
TBD TBD (TBD)
Abstract

Technical Workshop
Technical Workshop
Technical Workshop 1A
Chair: Wade Doll (Cray Inc.)
Shasta Hardware Technical Workshop
Wade Doll and Bob Alverson (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Technical Workshop
Technical Workshop 1A Continued
Chair: Wade Doll (Cray Inc.)
Shasta Hardware Technical Workshop
Wade Doll and Bob Alverson (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
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Technical Workshop
Technical Workshop 2A
Chair: Larry Kaplan (Cray Inc.)
Shasta Software Technical Workshop
Larry Kaplan, Matt Haines, Jason Rouault, Harold Longley, Bill Sparks, and John Fragalla (Cray Inc.) and Dave Poulsen (Cray)
Abstract
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Technical Workshop
Technical Workshop 2A Continued
Chair: Larry Kaplan (Cray Inc.)
Shasta Software Technical Workshop
Larry Kaplan, Matt Haines, Jason Rouault, Harold Longley, Bill Sparks, and John Fragalla (Cray Inc.) and Dave Poulsen (Cray)
Abstract
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Tutorials
Tutorial
Tutorial 1B
Chair: Michael Ringenburg (Cray, Inc)
Analytics and AI on Cray Systems
Michael Ringenburg and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.) and Mustafa Mustafa, Thorsten Kurth, and Steven Farrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Tutorial
Tutorial 1C
Chair: John Levesque (Cray Inc.)
Preparing an application for Hybrid Supercomputing using Cray's Tool Suite
John Levesque (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 1B Continued
Chair: Michael Ringenburg (Cray, Inc)
Analytics and AI on Cray Systems
Michael Ringenburg and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.) and Mustafa Mustafa, Thorsten Kurth, and Steven Farrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
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Tutorial
Tutorial 1C Continued
Chair: John Levesque (Cray Inc.)
Preparing an application for Hybrid Supercomputing using Cray's Tool Suite
John Levesque (Cray Inc.)
Abstract
Tutorial
Tutorial 2B
Chair: Michael Ringenburg (Cray, Inc)
Analytics and AI on Cray Systems
Michael Ringenburg and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.) and Mustafa Mustafa, Thorsten Kurth, and Steven Farrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Tutorial
Tutorial 2C
Chair: Andrey Ovsyannikov (Intel)
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 9200 Processor Performance Evaluation for weather. AI Benchmarking and Preparing for Intel® OPTANE™ DC Persistent Memory.
Andrey Ovsyannikov, Christine Cheng, and Jackson Marusarz (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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Tutorial
Tutorial 2B Continued
Chair: Michael Ringenburg (Cray, Inc)
Analytics and AI on Cray Systems
Michael Ringenburg and Kristyn Maschhoff (Cray Inc.) and Mustafa Mustafa, Thorsten Kurth, and Steven Farrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center)
Abstract
pdf, pdf
Tutorial
Tutorial 2C Continued
Chair: Andrey Ovsyannikov (Intel)
Intel® Xeon® Platinum 9200 Processor Performance Evaluation for weather. AI Benchmarking and Preparing for Intel® OPTANE™ DC Persistent Memory.
Andrey Ovsyannikov, Christine Cheng, and Jackson Marusarz (Intel Corporation)
Abstract
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