In its 4th edition, the highly successful series of European Workshops on HPC Infrastructures will return to Lugano, Switzerland, on April 23/24, 2013. The aim of this series of workshops is to bring together specialists for HPC centre design and operation to discuss the latest trends and technologies for infrastructure of supercomputing centres. Given that the requirements for HPC centres differ significantly from traditional data centres this workshop provides a unique forum to exchange with other sites that have similar requirements and challenges. It will be followed by an internal PRACE HPC infrastructure session on Apr 25, 2013.
This years event will focus on a number of interesting updates from various HPC sites around Europe and beyond, Energy Efficient Computing, Infrastructure Technologies as well as some considerations about future developments in HPC.
The Lugano workshop will take place at the Hotel Cadro Panoramica, situated above Lugano and at a short drive from the new CSCS site.
Registration deadline: 15th March 2013
Agenda
| Time | April 22nd |
| 18:30 | Welcoming dinner |
| Time |
April 23rd |
| 08:15-08:30 | Welcoming |
| Session I – Current Building Projects | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Site Presentation Leibniz-Rechenzentrum », H. Huber |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Site Presentation NERSC Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories », J. Broughton |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Highlights of Early Facility Experience at the New High Efficiency NCAR », A. Andersen, NCAR |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Site Presentation CEA », J.-M. Ducos |
| 11:00 -11:30 | Site Presentation PSNC », N. Meyer |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Site Presentation EPCC », J. Sweet |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| Session II – Energy Efficient Computing | |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | IBM, L. Brochard, IBM STG – Deep Computing » |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Cray, P. Williams, Senior VP HPC Systems » |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | SGI, R. Wolff, Principal Engineer » |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Bull, L. Cargemel, R&D Manager » |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Panel Discussion |
| Time | April 24th |
| Session III -Infrastructure Technologies | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Ultracapacitors », S. Vrabiescu, Maxwell Technologies SA |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Intelligent Energy Management integrated (IEMi and eBoost) », L. Giuntini, GE Digital Energy |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session IV – Current Building Projects | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Site Presentation NREL », M. Patterson, Intel Corporation |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Site Presentation ORNL », J. Rogers |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Site Presentation TU Dresden », D. Hackenberg |
| 11:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| Session V – Energy Efficient Computing | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Working Group », Natalie Bates |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Preparing for Exascale », Michael K Patterson , Intel Corporation |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Site Presentation CSCS », L. Gilly |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Transfer to CSCS |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Site Tour of CSCS |
| 17:30 | End of Workshop |
| Time | April 25th |
| PRACE Closing Session @CSCS | |
| 08:30 – 12:00 | PRACE Closing Session @ CSCS |
Travel:
Please check the website of the Hotel for closer information on how to reach the site. The CSCS travel indications also offer complete information on how to get to Lugano.
Accommodation:
The Hotel Cadro Panoramica offers a wide selection of rooms and self-catered apartments that all have balconies with a fantastic view over the city of Lugano and surrounding mountains. To book your room please contact the hotel at info(at)cadro-panoramica.ch and mention the booking code “4th HPC Infrastructure Workshop” to get access to the conference flat rate of 150 CHF per person and night + tax including ADSL Internet in the room, a breakfast buffet, parking and access to the pool and sports facilities.