[Ubuntu Chicago] UniForum Chicago - Recipe For The Perfect Supercomputer

[Wayne Schneidman]

Recipe for the Perfect SupercomputerWilliam AllcockTuesday June 23rd 2015
at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/recipe_for_the_perfect_supercomputer.html#GettingThere>
Abstract

In this talk I will try and give you a flavor for the process and
challenges involved with bringing supercomputers that rank in the top 10 in
the world into production. I will give you an overview of the DOE HPC
centers, why we exist and the benefit we provide, the Argonne systems
themselves (unfortunately, many of the details are still under
non-disclosure agreement), the project processes, how we prepare
applications to take advantage of million way parallelism, and some of the
challenges unique to systems of this scale.

After the meeting we generally adjourn to Cozymel's around the corner from
IIT for a more informal get together and discussion.
Bio

William (Bill) E. Allcock has worked at Argonne for 15 years. He is
currently the Manager of the Advanced Integration Group, which is
responsible for systems software development and integrating the entire
system software stack together. He has also been the Operations Director
for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, team lead for the systems
and networking team, and technology coordinator for the GridFTP package in
the Globus Toolkit. Prior to Argonne, Bill worked has worked as a process
engineer in the paper industry, instrumentation and embedded systems
developer, and Infantry Officer in the Wisconsin National Guard.
Getting to the meetingThe next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be
at:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489

Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
<http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html>
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of
Naperville and Butterfield roads in south Wheaton's Danada development. The
campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the
North-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road
interchange of the East-West Tollway (I-88).

>From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound
at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on Butterfield Road
to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station
on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind
the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

>From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway)
westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

>From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville
Road exit. At the traffic light, turn right and then right again to the
intersection with Naperville Road. Turn right (north) for 1.5 miles to Rt.
56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed
1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East
Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on
your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park
in the Student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.
<http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html>
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