As the 31st International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, or SC19, approaches, the OLCF and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are once more playing an active role in this premiere high-performance computing (HPC) event.

Held from November 17–22 in Denver, SC19 gives OLCF staff members the opportunity to share their work and knowledge with the HPC community and learn about the latest technologies and accomplishments from the world’s leading vendors, research organizations, and universities. The theme of this year’s conference is “HPC is Now.”

 

Schedule

Saturday, November 16

• 10:45am: Junqi Yin, Academic Discussion Group Workshop 2019 “Towards Summit-scale Distributed Deep Learning” Galvanize, Inc. 1062 Delaware Street Denver, CO 80204

Sunday, November 17

• 8:30am-5:00pm: Ashley Barker, Session Chair “Students@SC” 705-707
  • 8:30-8:45am: Ashley Barker “Decoding SC – How to Maximize Your Time at the Conference” 705-707
  • 8:45-9:15am: Doug Kothe Career Panel Kick-Off “Delivering on the Exascale Computing Project Mission for the U.S. Department of Energy” 705-707
  • 9:15-10:30am: Eric Nielsen, Fernanda Foertter, Doug Kothe, Kate Evans, Jini Ramprakash “Careers in HPC Panel”  705-707
  • 3:00-5:00pm: Ashley Barker, Ketan Maheshwari “Resume Workshop” Four Seasons 4
• 8:30am-12:00pm: Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Tutorial “Using the SPEC HPG Benchmarks for Better Analysis and Evaluation of Current and Future HPC Systems” 303
• 9:00am-5:30pm: Scott Klasky, Qing Liu, Mark Ainsworth, Session Chairs “The 5th International Workshop on Data Analysis and Reduction for Big Scientific Data (DRBSD-5) in Conjunction with SC19” 506
  • 9:40-10:00am: Jieyang Chen, David Pugmire, Matthew Wolf, Nicholas Thompson, Jeremy Logan, Kshitij Mehta, Lipeng Wan, Jong Youl Choi, Ben Whitney, Scott Klasky “Understanding Performance-Quality Trade-offs in Scientific Visualization Workflows with Lossy Compression”
  • 11:50am-12:10pm: Mark Kim, David Pugmire “PAVE: An In Situ Framework for Scientific Visualization and Machine Learning Coupling”
  • 12:10-12:30pm: Jong Youl Choi, Jeremy Logan, Kshitij Mehta, Eric Suchyta, William Godoy, Nick Thompson, Lipeng Wan, Jieyang Chen, Norbert Podhorszki, Matthew Wolf, Scott Klasky, Julien Dominski, Choong-Seock Chang “A Co-Design Study Of Fusion Whole Device Modeling Using Code Coupling”
• 9:00am-5:30pm: Session “Deep Learning on Supercomputers” 501-502-503
  • 4:00-4:30pm: Mark Coletti, Dalton Lunga, Amy Rose, Workshop “Evolving Larger Convolutional Layer Kernel Sizes for a Settlement Detection Deep-Learner on Summit” 502-503-504
  • 5:00-5:30pm: Junqi Yin, Shubhankar Gahlot, Nouamane Laanait, Ketan Maheshwari, Jack Morrison, Sajal Dash, Mallikarjun Shankar, Workshop “Strategies to Deploy and Scale Deep Learning on the Summit Supercomputer” 502-503-504
• 10:30am – 10:55am: Debsindhu Bhowmik, “DeepDriveMD: Deep-Learning Driven Adaptive Molecular Simulations for Protein Folding” 502-503-504
• 10:50-11:10am: Ethan T. Coon, Wael Elwasif, Himanshu Pillai, Peter E. Thornton, Scott L. Painter, Workshop “Exploring the Use of Novel Programming Models in Land Surface Models” 507
• 11:00-11:30am: Kshitij Mehta, Matthew Wolf, Jeremy Logan, Eric Suchyta, Jong Choi  Workshop “A Codesign Framework for Online Data Analysis and Reduction” 708
• 12:40pm: Jack Wells,  “Evolving Cost, Capability, and Possibility: The Supercomputer Journey at ORNL” HPC Day with the Next Platform, Space Gallery
• 3:45pm – 4:15pm: Abhishek Dubey, Georgia Tourassi, Jacob Hinkle “Deep Kernel Learning for Information Extraction from Cancer Pathology Reports” 712
• 8:00pm: OpenACC Board of Directors Meeting, Sheraton Denver

Monday, November 18

• 8:30am-5:00pm: David Bernholdt, Tutorial “Better Scientific Software” 401
• 8:30am-5:00pm: Tom Papatheodore, Tutorial “Application Porting and Optimization on GPU-Accelerated POWER Architectures” 404
• 9:00am-5:30pm: Al Geist and Jack Dongarra, Workshop Chairs, Christian Engelmann, Workshop Program Chair “ScalA19: 10th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems” 607
• 9:05am – 9:40am: Georgia (Gina) Tourassi “Scalability and Data Security: Deep Learning with Health Data on Future HPC Platforms” 704-706
• 11:00-11:30am: Seyong Lee, Steven Hamilton, Jeffrey Vetter, Workshop “Enhancing Monte Carlo Proxy Applications on GPUs” 603
• 9:00am-5:30pm: Seung-Hwan Lim, Session Chair, Workshop “Machine Learning in HPC Environments” 502-503-504
  • 11:00-11:30am: J. Travis Johnston, Steven R. Young, Catherine D. Schuman, Junghoon Chae, Don D. March, Robert M. Patton, Thomas E. Potok, Workshop “Fine-Grained Exploitation of Mixed Precision for Faster CNN Training” 502-503-504
• 12:05-12:30pm: Bing Xie, Sarp Oral, Sudharshan Vazhkudai, Feiyi Wang, Workshop “Applying Machine Learning to Understand the Write Performance of Large-Scale Parallel Filesystems” 601
• 1:30-3:00pm: David Bernholdt, Presenter, Barney Maccabe, Panelist “Early Career Program: Key Professional Communications” 709
• 5:15-6:45pm: David Bernholdt, BoF Session Leader “Software Engineering and Reuse in Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analytics for Science and Engineering” 710

Tuesday, November 19

• 10:00am: Arjun Shankar and Ketan Maheshwari (multi-lab team), Demo “Distributed Computing and Data Ecosystem: A Pilot Project by the Future Laboratory Computing Working Group” DOE booth, Demo Station 1 (#925)
• 12:15-1:15pm: George Markomanolis, Session Leader BoF “The IO-500 and the Virtual Institute of I/O” 205-207
• 1:30-3:30pm: Arjun Shankar, Meeting co-organizer Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination Team (MAGIC) Meeting
  • Ketan Maheshwari “Distributed Computing and Data Ecosystem”
  • Arjun Shankar “Cross-Facility Workflows and API Requirements”
  • Arjun Shankar “Next Steps: Interest and adoption potential”
• 2:00pm: Dan Jacobson, “Exascale Biology: From Genome to Climate with a Few Steps along the Way” NVIDIA booth (#901)
• 3:15pm: David Womble, Talk “Opportunities at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Science” DOE booth (#925)
• 3:30pm: Ross Miller, Talk “Early Results With CUDA On AArch64” Red Hat booth (#1635)
• 5:15-6:45pm: Oscar Hernandez, BoF “Can Arm Take the Lead in HPC?” 301-302-303 (For related information: “ARM + NVIDIA HPC Software Ecosystem Evaluation on Wombat at NCCS”
• 5:15-6:45pm: Benjamin Hernández, Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, BoF “Americas HPC Collaboration” 607
• 5:15-6:45pm: Jack Wells, Session Leader for BoF “OpenACC API User Experience, Vendor Reaction, Relevance, and Roadmap” 702

Wednesday, November 20

• 10:30-11:00am: Christopher Zimmer, Scott Atchley, Brian Smith, Paper “An Evaluation of the CORAL Interconnects” 301-302-303
• 12:30pm: Jack Wells, “Beyond the CPU: Is Accelerated Computing for Everyone?” NVIDIA booth (#901)
• 1:30-3:00pm: Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Session Chair “Network Congestion and Offload” 401-402-403-404
• 3:30-5:00pm: “Gordon Bell Prize Finalist Session” 1 205-207
  • 3:30pm: Torsten Hoefler, et al. “A Data-Centric Approach to Extreme-Scale Ab Initio Dissipative Quantum Transport Simulations”
  • 4:15pm: Vikram Gavini, et al. “Fast, Scalable and Accurate Finite-Element Based Ab Initio Calculations Using Mixed Precision Computing: 46 PFLOPS Simulation of a Metallic Dislocation System”

Thursday, November 21

• 8:30am-5:00pm: M. Graham Lopez, David L. Green, Ed D’Azevedo, Wael Elwasif, Adam McDaniel, Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete, Research Posters “Poster 50: Implementing an Adaptive Sparse Grid Discretization (ASGarD) for High Dimensional Advection-Diffusion Problems on Exascale Architectures” E Concourse
• 8:30am-5:00pm: Yuya Kawakami, ACM Student Research Competition “Poster 1: Early Experiences on OpenPOWER Architecture: Analysis of Billion-Scale Atomistic Datasets” E Concourse
• 8:30am-5:00pm: Jack C. Wells, Christopher J. Zimmer, Tjerk P. Straatsma, Research Posters “Poster 64: 416-PFLOPS Fast Scalable Implicit Solver on Low-Ordered Unstructured Finite Elements Accelerated by 1.10-ExaFLOPS Kernel with Reformulated AI-Like Algorithm: For Equation-Based Earthquake Modeling” E Concourse
• 10:00am: Travis Johnston “Exascale Deep Learning to Accelerate Cancer Research” NVIDIA booth (#901)
• 10:30-11:00am: Sarp Oral, Sudharshan S. Vazhkudai, Feiyi Wang, Christopher Zimmer, Christopher Brumgard, Jesse Hanley, George Markomanolis, Ross Miller, Dustin Leverman, Scott Atchley, Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Paper “End-to-End I/O Portfolio for the Summit Supercomputing Ecosystem” 205-207
• 10:30am-12:00pm: Paul Kent, Steven Hamilton, Panel “Developing Exascale-Capable Applications: Recent Progress and Lessons Learned from the Exascale Computing Project” 201-203
• 12:15-1:15pm: Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Session Leader for BoF “HPC System Testing: Procedures, Acceptance, Regression Testing, and Automation” 607
• 12:15-1:15pm: Hyogi Sim, Sudharshan Vazhkudai, BoF “Extracting Metadata from the ORNL HPSS Archive to Improve its Usability”
• 12:15-1:15pm: Travis Humble, Session Leader for BoF “Quantum Computing at the DOE Laboratories: Status and Future Directions” 505
• 1:30-3:00pm: Sudharshan Vazhkudai Session Chair “Improving Next-Generation Performance and Resilience” 405-406-407
• 3:30-5:00pm: Suzy Tichenor, Session Chair HPC Impact Showcase “HPC Impact Showcase for Paint Application, Offshore Engineering, and HPC Disaster Recovery” 503-504

Friday, November 22

• 8:00am-12:00pm: Thomas Papatheodore, Jack Morrison, Ashley Barker, Students@SC “Hands-On with the Summit Supercomputer” 705-707-709
• 9:07-9:25am: Thomas Naughton, Wael R. Elwasif, 3rd International Workshop on Emerging Parallel and Distributed Runtime Systems and Middleware (IPDRM’2019) “Characterizing the Performance of Executing Many-Tasks on Summit” 503-504
• 10:30-10:50am: Piyush Sao, Christian Engelmann, Workshop on Fault-Tolerance for HPC at Extreme Scale (FTXS) “Self-Stabilizing Connected Components” 301-302-303