High Performance Computing workshop

Find out about the latest HPC developments

A Research Services research event
Date	24 June 2015
Time	10:30 to 14:45
Place	Amory C417, Streatham Campus Video linked to Daphne du Maurier Seminar B, Penryn Campus. We are able to support transport from Penryn to Streatham and will make arrangements depending on the level of interest.
Provider	Research Services
Organizer	Research and Knowledge Transfer Events
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Event details

Presentations

Links to presentations are available at the bottom of this page.

Who should attend?

All researchers and staff with an interest in High Performance Computing (HPC) are welcome to attend this event.

Workshop aims:

Provide a networking opportunity for researchers already using (or potentially using) HPC facilities.
Identify collaboration and funding opportunities.
Exeter IT staff will present the anticipated timescales and capabilities of our new HPC system.
The workshop will showcase existing research projects using HPC facilities.

What is the event about?

The University of Exeter is investing £3 million into a new HPC system which will enable our staff to continue conducting world-leading research. The aim is to provide a flexible system which can be used by staff in all disciplines.

During this workshop researchers from across the University's colleges will demonstrate projects which have used High Performance Computing facilities. Representatives from the HPC governance group and RKT will also outline potential collaboration and funding opportunities.

Programme

Time	Activity	Speaker
10.30	Introduction and welcome	Professor Nick Talbot
10.35	HPC at Exeter - overview and objectives of the workshop	Professor Richard Everson
10.45	Quickfire presentations: round 1 Demonstrations of what's possible from current HPC users.	Professor Tim Harries Dr Hannah Florance Professor John Thuburn Professor Peter Challenor Dr Gavin Tabor
11.30	Break and networking opportunity
11.50	HPC - collaboration and funding opportunities. An opportunity to find out more about how to include HPC equipment in funding bids, and how to make use of the equipment with existing research.	Professor Richard Everson and RKT team.
12.10	Quickfire presentations: round 2	Professor Gabriella Giannachi Dr Travis Coan Dr Martin Schreiber Dr Colin Torney
13.00	Buffet lunch
13.45	The new HPC System: proposed technical capabilities	Steve Trowell and Dave Acreman, Exeter IT
14.10	Plenary discussion Panel discussion focused on the following topics: Using cloud computing or 'home-grown' facilities. Storage. What existing barriers are there to using HPC?	Professor Richard Everson (chair) Dr Konrad Paszkiewicz Dave Acreman Steve Trowell
14.45	End

Registration

To register for this event please email research-events@exeter.ac.uk.

Attachments
Acreman.pdf	Dave Acreman - Technical capabilities of the new HPC system (741K)
Challenor.pdf	Peter Challenor - Uncertainty Quantification (386K)
CoanHPC.pdf	Travis Coan - HPC for the Social Sciences (261K)
Florance.pdf	Hannah Florance - Metabolomics Mass Spectrometry Facility (1252K)
Giannachi.pdf	Gabriella Giannachi - HPC in the humanities (1249K)
Schreiber.pdf	Martin Schreiber - HPC trends – (Myths about) accelerator cards & more (1926K)
Tabor.pdf	Gavin Tabor - Optimisation and CFD (1915K)
Torney.pdf	Colin Torney - GPU Computing for Ecology and Evolution (963K)
Weedon.pdf	Mike Weedon - HPC projects at the Medical School (666K)
Everson__2_.pdf	Richard Everson and Bridget Sealey - HPC overview (100K)
Thuburn.pdf	John Thuburn - HPC and Atmospheric Modelling (303K)

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