EXDCI-1 conclusions stated that the road to Exascale was not only a change of magnitude in computing capacities, but a complete paradigm shift driven by the data explosion. This shift required efforts not only in technical discoveries, but towards the entire HPC ecosystem: from hardware to software, passing by involving more and more communities from the labs to the SMEs.
In this paradigm shift, the European Union was a frontrunner in software applications while lagging behind its competitors in the hardware sector. The international competition in the HPC domain was rising up and the first Exascale machines expected in the US and China in the coming years.
Since EXDCI-1 vision was released, most of its conclusions had tangible impacts on the EU HPC landscape, and many initiatives are ongoing that build demonstrators for the Exascale era, with continuous collaborations in all parts of the HPC value chain (Big Data, IA, scientific communities, SMEs). Those efforts also led to the creation of the EuroHPC JU, new important actor for the EU HPC Ecosystem.
The second technical meeting of the EXDCI-2 project wants to assess the progress made since its inception and builds on this assessment to build a new vision that will help the EU HPC Ecosystem to progress with and beyond the existing challenges in the best coordinated manner. Conclusions of this meeting will also be shared with the HPC community during the EHPCSW 2020 to be held in March in Porto.
The meeting's agenda is the following:
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1st day – An assessment of the progress made by the EU HPC ecosystem towards Exascale |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Welcome and registration |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Foreseen technologies in a convergent world of distributed models: Upcoming HPC technologies: Upstream technologies |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Jean-François LAVIGNON |
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11:45 – 12:15 |
EuroHPCSW 2020 |
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11:45 – 12:15 |
Serge BOGAERTS |
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12:15 – 12:45 |
BDEC |
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12:15 – 12:45 |
Mark ASCH |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Foreseen technologies in a convergent world of distributed models: Upcoming HPC technologies: Legacy Codes |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Guillaume COLIN de VERDIERE |
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15:00 – 15:25 |
Break |
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15:25 – 17:45 |
Foreseen technologies in a convergent world of distributed models: Trends and influencing factors |
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15:25 – 15:45 |
Introduction |
Michael MALMS |
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15:45 – 16:00 |
HPC and the digital continuum |
Marc DURANTON |
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16:00 – 16:15 |
Application co-design |
Erwin LAURE |
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16:15 – 16:30 |
Data everywhere |
Gabriel ANTONIU |
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16:30 – 16:45 |
AI everywhere |
Maria PEREZ |
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16:45 – 17:00 |
Trustworthy Computing |
Jens KRUEGER |
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17:00 – 17:45 |
Open discussion |
Michael MALMS |
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17:45 – 18:00 |
Break |
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18:00 – 19:30 |
Evolution of the ecosystem |
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Discussion on post EXDCI2-CSA |
Serge BOGAERTS |
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20:30 |
Dinner |
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2nd day – EU HPC Ecosystem towards and beyond Exascale -Next steps and vision |
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09:00 – 10:30 |
Foreseen technologies in a convergent world of distributed models: Applications |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
The place of AI in the future, trans-continuum e-infrastructure |
Mark ASCH François BODIN |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Stéphane REQUENA |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 12:15 |
Building on the ecosystem’s results |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Stéphane REQUENA |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
How best to foster the HPC ecosystem and leverage the results of EU projects
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Maike GILLIOT Thierry BIDOT Jean-François LAVIGNON |
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12:15 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 – 14:15 |
Elements for a new vision |
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13:30 – 14:15 |
François BODIN |
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14:15 – 14:45 |
EXDCI-1 and EXDCI-2 legacy |
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Lessons learned and takeaways (2015 – 2020) |
Serge BOGAERTS |
After the table