ISC High Performance 2024
12 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
EPCC will be among an expected 3,000 attendees of the ISC conference and exhibition in Hamburg, Germany from 12–16 May 2024. Find us at Booth A10.
Image: TeamEPCC at EPCC's base in the Bayes Centre, Edinburgh.
ISC 2024 will include both a conference programme and an exhibition, with both focusing on the effective use of HPC in science, engineering, and business. EPCC will be active across the programme.
EPCC booth (A10)
Come along to our booth to meet our team, learn about the latest developments and have fun with some of our activities:
• Wee Archie, our mini supercomputer, has been rejuvenated for ISC'24. Test your skill by designing and flying an aircraft wing.
https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/whats-happening/articles/transformation-wee-archie
• Virtual Reality tour of ARCHER2, the UK National HPC Service operated by EPCC.
https://discover.epcc.ed.ac.uk/hardware/activities/2024/04/03/virtual-tour
• Competition: win a LEGO Concorde set by suggesting the winning name for our Scottish "hairy coo" mascot".
ISC2024 Student Cluster Comp
TeamEPCC will compete in the in-person competition. Cheer them on at their booth in Foyer S04, and follow their progress:
Instagram @teamepcc
X @TeamEPCC
https://www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/student-cluster-competition/
Vendor Showdown
Monday, May 13, 2024 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Hall 4 - Ground floor
Speakers include Mark Parsons.
First-time Exhibitor Pitch
Monday, May 13, 2024 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM. Hall 4 - Ground floor.
Speakers include Mark Parsons.
Birds of a Feather
HPC Outreach: Telling our Stories of HPC in Science
Monday, May 13, 2024 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM. Hall F - 2nd floor.
Co-organised by Eleanor Broadway and Weronika Filinger.
Developing a Sustainable Future for HPC and RSE Skills: Training Pathways and Structures
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:05 AM to 11:05 AM. Hall E - 2nd floor.
Organised by Weronika Filinger, who is also among the speakers.
Democratizing AI Accelerators for HPC Applications: Challenges, Success, and Support
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM. Hall E - 2nd floor
Joseph Lee will co-run this session.
HPC Next: The RISC-V Ecosystem
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:05 AM to 11:05 AM. Hall G1 - 2nd floor
Nick Brown is a speaker and event co-organiser.
Workshops
RSEHPC@ISC24
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Andrew Turner and Neil Chue Hong are co-organisers of this co-located event.
RSEHPC workshop: “Enhancing the Symbiosis Between HPC and RSE Communities”
Speakers include Eleanor Broadway, with a talk titled “Fostering Early Career Skill Development in HPC and RSE: Leveraging Community Support” on Thursday, May 16. And Weronika Filinger, with her talk "UNIVERSE-HPC - Defining MSc programme for RSEs in HPC".
Fourth International Workshop on RISC-V for HPC
Thursday, May 16, 2024 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Hall Y8 - 2nd floor
Nick Brown is a speaker and the event organiser.
2nd International Workshop on Sustainable Supercomputing
Thursday, May 16, 2024 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Hall Y3 - 2nd floor
Michèle Weiland is a co-organiser of this co-located event.
https://sites.google.com/view/isc-sustainable-supercomputing/home
Third Combined Workshop on Interactive and Urgent High-Performance Computing
Thursday, May 16th, 2024. 2nd floor (room and exact times to be confirmed.)
Nick Brown is a co-organiser.
https://www.interactivehpc.com
Tutorial
Accelerating Generative AI with PyTorch
Sunday, May 12, 2024 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Hall Y1 - 2nd floor
Speaker: Christodoulos Stylianou (currently studying for a PhD in HPC, Computational & Data Science and Software Engineering at EPCC, supervised by Prof Michèle Weiland).
Project Poster
Exascale Computing Algorithms & Infrastructures Benefiting UK Research Program
Monday, May 13, 2024 3:00 PM to Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:00 PM. Foyer D-G - 2nd floor
Project poster by Nick Brown on display.
Women in HPC
Women in HPC Poster Series
Monday, May 13, 2024 3:00 PM to Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:00 PM. Foyer D-G - 2nd floor
Women in HPC Poster Pitch
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:15 PM to 2:30 PM. Hall G1 - 2nd floor
Featuring Laura Moran, presenting her poster titled “Rust in HPC: A Comparison to C and Fortran” and Eleanor Broadway as the WHPC Poster Chair.
Women in HPC programme of events:
https://womeninhpc.org/events/isc-2024
Featuring Weronika Filinger as Chair of the WHPC ISC24 Organising Committee.