[Colloquium] Science and Supercomputing, Today and Tomorrow: Collaborating with Argonne and ALCF

[Benjamin Recchie]

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Collaborations in Computing

RCC partners with Argonne National Laboratory to present the following speaker series event:

Science and Supercomputing,
Today and Tomorrow:
Collaborating with
Argonne and ALCF

Katherine Riley, Director of Science, ALCF,
Argonne National Laboratory



Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Kathleen A. Zar Room, John Crerar Library
High-performance computing has transformed how a lot of science and engineering research is conducted. Answering a question in 30 minutes that used to take 6 months can quickly change the way one asks questions. Large computing facilities, like the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, provide access to some of the worlds largest computing, data, and network resources in the world. Indeed, the DOE complex has the highest concentration of supercomputing capability in the world. However, by nature of their existence, making use of the largest computers in the world can be a challenging and unique task.
This talk will discuss how a PI would consider getting started at the ALCF through collaborations and allocations through INCITE, ALCF, and discretionary programs. A statement to the computing facilities is often "I would use the facilities if only X." We are always asking for that X and our substantial science staff is working on researching and implementing solutions. Importantly, I will try to give you some of the logic for why the environment is what it is today, discuss how the DOE computing facilities are working on the larger ecosystem, and show how we are evolving for new use cases.
About the speaker:

Katherine Riley is the Director of Science for the ALCF, leading division activities in computational science, performance engineering, visualizations, and data sciences. She was one of the facility's first hires in 2007. She previously served as a principal scientific applications engineer and manager of the ALCF catalyst team, a group of computational scientists who work directly with users to help them maximize their time on ALCF systems and achieve their research goals. She has also been a key contributor to the strategic vision of the facility, assisting with the design and development of ALCF supercomputers by helping to identify the scientific requirements for new systems. She has spent her career focused on scientific application architecture and how this impacts performance, scalability, and extensibility.

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Benjamin Recchie
Communications, Outreach, and Project Manager, Research Computing Center
The University of Chicago
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Chicago, IL 60637
E: bcrecchi at uchicago.edu
T: 773.834.5546



Benjamin Recchie
Communications, Outreach, and Project Manager, Research Computing Center
The University of Chicago
970 E 58th St., Room 340
Chicago, IL 60637
E: bcrecchi at uchicago.edu
T: 773.834.5546
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